Black History Month Edition Featuring Mattress Mack, Amanda Edwards, Kenneth Omoruyi for Congress

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TRUE AMERICAN HERO JIM “MATTRESS MACK” MCINGVALE SHARES HIS ENDORSEMENT FOR U.S. CONGRESS - PAGE 10 EMILY HUNT

CONGRESSMAN WESLEY HUNT

JUDGE FREDERICKA PHILLIPS

AMANDA EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS

JUDGE JERALYNN MANOR

“MATTRESS MACK.”

“LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM.”

“BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024.”

STATE OF TEXAS - HISTORICAL DOCUMENT - HARRIS COUNTY

“OUR HISTORY IS AMERICA’S HISTORY.”

History in the Making...

“SUPER TUESDAY - MARCH 5, 2024.”

ENDORSEMENT

“KENNETH FOR CONGRESS.”

Kenneth Omoruyi is endorsed by Jim “Mattress Mack” Mcingvale in the race for U.S. Representative - District 7, in the Republican Primary.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly (far right) praises the Texas Supreme Court for allowing Velda Renita Faulkner, Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, Amber Boyd-Cora, and Brendetta Scott to remain on the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in TX.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

MARQUEE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE

“ROBERT SLATER, JR.”

“SHEILA JACKSON LEE & AMANDA.”

“DEMOCRATS SHOULD VOTE SHEILA OUT OF OFFICE.”

THE 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS: Businessman Robert Slater, Jr. (left), and former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards (far right) are the two candidates seeking to unseat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in the Democratic Party Primary.

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GERALD WOMACK HAS BEEN RUNNING AN “ILLEGAL MAIL BALLOT HARVESTING OPERATION” OUT OF 4412 ALMEDA ROAD IN THIRD WARD FOR DECADES

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The marquee race in the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary will be the battle for the 18th Congressional District of Texas between former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, businessman Robert Slater, Jr., and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. The biggest concern I have related to Amanda Edwards’s and Robert Slater’s chances of winning is whether these candidates have a team in place to deal with Gerald Womack and his “ILLEGAL BALLOT HARVESTING OPERATION” that he’s been running for decades to help “SHE-JACK” win her re-election bids.

Remember, Gerald Womack is the “CRIMINAL MASTERMIND” who hired Gloria Palmer, Tomar Bishop, and other known “BLACK BALLOT HARVESTERS” who then went out and stole the identities of “DEAD BLACK VOTERS” and forged the names of the dead people onto “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS” and then used the U.S. Postal Service to send the “FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS” to Harris County Clerk (Diane Trautman), back on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Now, for the record, Diane Trautman, the Harris County Clerk at the time, “STAMPED THE FRAULENT PACKAGE” at (2:12 P.M.) on Mon., February 10, 2020, and then sent her letter of resignation to Harris County Judge (Lina Hidalgo) a few months later on May 9, 2020, with an effective date of May 31, 2020.

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HCRP AND HCDP AGREE TO CONDUCT JOINT PRIMARY ELECTION ON 3/5/2024

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A First in the History of Harris County, TX

Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth announced today that the Republican and Democratic Parties in Texas’ largest county have agreed to conduct a joint election during the March 5, 2024 Primary election cycle. This means that the two political parties will jointly hold the election in common precincts, and voters from both parties will be able to cast ballots using the same voting equipment on Election Day. In previous years, the parties have held separate primary elections.

“Conducting a Joint Primary will be a first in the history of Harris County,” said Clerk Hudspeth, the County’s Chief Election Official. “I commend the Chairs of each party and their

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executive committees for their due diligence in arriving at an accord that addresses the challenges presented by new legislation and best serves Republican and Democratic Primary voters.”

Senate Bill 924, passed during the 2023 Legislative session, provides that voting precincts cannot be combined in the conduct of a primary election. As a result, the political parties must open significantly more polling locations for their primaries, making it more challenging to conduct separate elections due to a lack of resources.

“For Democratic and Republican primary voters, this year’s joint aspect of the Election Day

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voting process will be familiar. It is the same voting process used for years in the conduct of early voting during Primary Elections, and it is the same Election Day voting process used when voting in a November election,” added Clerk Hudspeth.

In Texas, primary elections take place on the first Tuesday in March in even-numbered years. The primary elections determine a political party’s nominees for the November general election.

Aside from the approval of the county chairs of participating parties and the county elections officer, the governing authority of the County must approve the joint election agreement via resolution.

For more election information, visit www.HarrisVotes.com or call 713755-6965. For news and updates, follow the County Clerk’s Office on social media at @HarrisVotes and @HarrisCoTxClerk.

HARRIS COUNTY CLERK TENESHIA HUDSPETH

REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN CINDY SIEGEL

DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN MIKE DOYLE

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All warm-blooded Americans should be supporting duly-qualified candidates who believe in our United States Constitution and the laws that govern us as a FREE NATION as God’s plan for America continues to unfold.”

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PRESIDENT

✔ JOSEPH R BIDEN JR ✔ CENK UYGUR ✔ MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ✔ GABRIEL A. CORNEJO ✔ DEAN PHILLIPS ✔ ARMANDO "MANDO" PEREZ-SERRATO ✔ FRANKIE LOZADA ✔ STAR LOCKE

UNITED STATES SENATOR

✔ MARK GONZALEZ ✔ CARL OSCAR SHERMAN ✔ MERI GOMEZ ✔ ROLAND GUTIERREZ ✔ COLIN ALLRED ✔ A. "ROBERT" HASSAN ✔ THIERRY TCHENKO ✔ HELI RODRIGUEZ PRILLIMAN ✔ STEVEN J. KEOUGH

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7 ✔ LIZZIE FLETCHER ✔ PERVEZ AGWAN

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 18

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 2 ✔ RANDY SAROSDY ✔ DASEAN JONES

JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 6 ✔ JOE POOL ✔ BONNIE LEE GOLDSTEIN

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 7 ✔ MICHELLE GWINN ✔ NASIR H. MALIK

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 15 ✔ MICHELLE ANDERSON BONTON ✔ JARVIS D. JOHNSON ✔ ALBERTO "BETO" CARDENAS JR ✔ KARTHIK SOORA ✔ TODD LITTON ✔ MOLLY COOK

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 130

✔ MARQUETTE GREENE-SCOTT ✔ WAYNE RAASCH

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 131

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 22 U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 38

✔ MELISSA MCDONOUGH ✔ GION CHRISTOPHER THOMAS

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DEMOCRATS WHO STAY AT HOME ARE VOTING TO ELECT REPUBLICANS...

CONTESTED “SUPER TUESDAY” DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACES FOR HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

✔ KATHERINE CULBERT ✔ BILL BURCH

✔ ROBERT SLATER JR X - SHEILA JACKSON LEE ✔ AMANDA EDWARDS

✔ BRETT ROBINSON ✔ HENRY ARTURO

✔ ERIK WILSON ✔ JAMES GUILLORY II ✔ ALMA A. ALLEN

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 139

“SUPER TUESDAY.”

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

✔ ANGIE THIBODEAUX ✔ JERRY FORD SR ✔ MO JENKINS ✔ ROSALIND CAESAR ✔ CHARLENE WARD JOHNSON

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 142

✔ CLINT DAN HORN ✔ - HAROLD V. DUTTON JR ✔ DANYAHEL (DANNY) NORRIS ✔ JOYCE MARIE CHATMAN

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 146

✔ LAUREN ASHLEY SIMMONS ✔ ASHTON P. WOODS ✔ SHAWN NICOLE THIERRY

JUSTICE, 1ST COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 2 ✔ GORDON GOODMAN ✔ BRENDETTA SCOTT

JUSTICE, 1ST COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 8 ✔ YSIDRA "SISSY" KYLES ✔ RICHARD HIGHTOWER

JUSTICE, 1ST COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 9 ✔ AMBER BOYD-CORA ✔ PETER KELLY

JUSTICE, 14TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 3 ✔ CHUCK SILVERMAN ✔ VELDA RENITA FAULKNER ✔ MARK RITCHIE ✔ JERRY ZIMMERER

JUSTICE, 14TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 4 ✔ DEREK OBIALO ✔ CHARLES SPAIN

JUSTICE, 14TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 6

DISTRICT JUDGE, 125TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ KYLE CARTER ✔ ANDREA ZEPEDA ✔ LEMA MAY MOUSILLI

DISTRICT JUDGE, 127TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ R.K. SANDILL ✔ DENISE BROWN

DISTRICT JUDGE, 133RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ NICOLE PERDUE ✔ BRANDI JANELL-ESTELLE CROFFIE

DISTRICT JUDGE, 151ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ ERICA HUGHES ✔ MIKE ENGELHART

DISTRICT JUDGE, 152ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ ROBERT K SCHAFFER ✔ TAKASHA FRANCIS

DISTRICT JUDGE, 164TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

✔ CHERYL ELLIOTT THORNTON ✔ JOY DAWSON THOMAS

DISTRICT JUDGE, 165TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ JILL YAZIJI ✔ URSULA A. HALL

DISTRICT JUDGE, 333RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DISTRICT JUDGE, 338TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

✔ ALLISON JACKSON MATHIS ✔ RAMONA FRANKLIN

DISTRICT JUDGE, 486TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ✔ VIVIAN KING ✔ RODERICK RODGERS ✔ GEMAYEL "G" HAYNES

DISTRICT JUDGE, 507TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

✔ LILLIAN HENNY ALEXANDER ✔ JULIA MALDONADO

HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ✔ KIM OGG ✔ SEAN TEARE

COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT AT LAW NO. 16 ✔ JUAN J. AGUIRRE ✔ ASHLEY MAYES GUICE

PROBATE COURT NO. 5

✔ FRANSHENEKA "FRAN" WATSON ✔ CHAVON CARR ✔ TROY M. MOORE

COUNTY ATTORNEY

✔ UMEKA "UA" LEWIS ✔ CHRISTIAN D. MENEFEE

SHERIFF

✔ VERGIL RATLIFF ✔ JOE INOCENCIO ✔ DANA M. WOLFE ✔ ED GONZALEZ

COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR ✔ DESIREE BROADNAX ✔ ANNETTE RAMIREZ ✔ CLAUDE CUMMINGS III ✔ JERRY DAVIS ✔ DANIELLE KEYS BESS

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✔ BRITTANYE MORRIS ✔ TRACY D. GOOD

“It’s imperative that we make it our business to do our own research on candidates who are running for office.

All warm-blooded Americans should be supporting duly-qualified candidates who believe in our United States Constitution and the laws that govern us as a FREE NATION as God’s plan for America continues to unfold.”

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VOTE EARLY FEB. 20TH THRU MAR. 1, 2024 HARRIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PLACE 3 ✔ JOSH WALLENSTEIN ✔ RICHARD CANTU

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 2, PLACE 1 ✔ OSCAR SALAZAR JR ✔ JO ANN DELGADO

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1

✔ ALAN ROSEN ✔ GILBERTO "GIL" REYNA

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 ✔ JERRY GARCIA ✔ DAVID GARZA

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3

✔ JOHN JAY "JP" PORTILLO ✔ SHERMAN EAGLETON

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 6 ✔ ART AGUILAR ✔ SILVIA TREVINO

COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 7

✔ GARY HICKS ✔ MICHAEL COLEMAN ✔ JAMES "SMOKIE" PHILLIPS

HARRIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PLACE 6, PRECINCT 1 ✔ JOHN FITZGERALD ✔ RICHARD BONTON

DEMOCRATS WHO STAY AT HOME AND DO NOT GO TO THE POLLS TO VOTE ARE ACTUALLY CASTING THEIR VOTE TO ELECT REPUBLICANS CANDIDATES...

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AUBREY R. TAYLOR: “I totally agree with Commissioner Lesley Briones in her statement that Amanda Edwards has the vision, dedication and experience needed to move our entire community forward so that we all can thrive.”

“It’s imperative that we make it our business to do our own research on candidates who are running for office.

All warm-blooded Americans should be supporting duly-qualified candidates who believe in our United States Constitution and the laws that govern us as a FREE NATION as God’s plan for America continues to unfold.”

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

“CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.”

Judge Robert Johnson is up for re-election on November 5th.

Honorable Judge Robert Johnson JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR ALL

“I would like to thank God, the great citizens of Harris County, my family, and friends for the opportunity to serve as judge in the 177th Criminal District Court. And I look forward to receiving your support in the 2024 Presidential Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in the race for Judge, 177th Criminal District Court, in Harris County.”

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Pol. Adv. Paid for by Robert Johnson for Judge Campaign, Tonya Tompkins, Treasurer, in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.

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Honorable Judge Israel Garcia

Judge Israel Garcia will be up for re-election in 2024.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY

EARLY VOTING BEGINS: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024, AND ENDS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.

POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR BY THE ISRAEL GARCIA FOR HARRIS COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 5, PLACE 1 CAMPAIGN

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PRESIDENT

✔ RYAN L. BINKLEY ✔ CHRIS CHRISTIE ✔ RON DESANTIS ✔ NIKKI HALEY ✔ ASA HUTCHINSON ✔ VIVEK RAMASWAMY ✔ DAVID STUCKENBERG ✔ DONALD J. TRUMP

U. S. SENATOR

✔ TED CRUZ ✔ HOLLAND "REDD" GIBSON ✔ R.E. (RUFUS) LOPEZ

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7 ✔ CAROLYN B. BRYANT ✔ TINA BLUM COHEN ✔ CAROLINE KANE ✔ KENNETH OMORUYI

“SUPER TUESDAY.”

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

CONTESTED “SUPER TUESDAY” REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACES FOR HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 10

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER ✔ CHRISTIE CLARK ✔ CHRIS CORNER ✔ CHRISTI CRADDICK ✔ COREY HOWELL ✔ JAMES "JIM" MATLOCK ✔ PETRA REYES

✔ JARED B. LOVELACE ✔ MICHAEL T. MCCAUL

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 18

✔ JOHN DEVINE ✔ BRIAN WALKER

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 29

U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 36

✔ SHARON KELLER ✔ DAVID J. SCHENK

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 128

SHERIFF

JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PLACE 7

✔ TONYA MCLAUGHLIN ✔ STEVE ROGERS

✔ BRISCOE CAIN ✔ BIANCA GRACIA

✔ GLENN COWAN ✔ JOE DANNA ✔ PAUL DAY ✔ MIKE KNOX

✔ MANO DEAYALA ✔ JOHN PEREZ

✔ STEVE RADACK ✔ MIKE WOLFE

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 133

PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

✔ JOSE CASARES ✔ ANGEL FIERRO ✔ CHRISTIAN V. GARCIA ✔ ALAN GARZA

JUSTICE, 14TH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, PLACE 4

✔ LEE FINLEY ✔ MICHELLE SLAUGHTER

JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, PLACE 4

✔ LANA CENTONZE ✔ AARON HERMES

JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PLACE 8

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 138

COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR - COLLECTOR HARRIS COUNTY - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 5, PLACE 1

ELECTION DAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 ✔ BRIAN BABIN ✔ JONATHAN "PIPELINER" MITCHELL

✔ BARBARA PARKER HERVEY ✔ GINA PARKER

✔ LACEY HULL ✔ JARED WOODFILL

✔ ARLENE HECHT ✔ JAMES LOMBARDINO

THE CONTESTED RACE FOR HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN

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ENDORSEMENT ALERT

“I’m Endorsing Kenneth for Congress.” - Mack

KENNETH OMORUYI MATTRESS MACK ENDORSES

FOR U.S. CONGRESS PAID BY KENNETH OMORUYI FOR CONGRESS

TEXAS 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Americans Continue To Walk Away From Both Parties

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BY BILL KING

Since 1990, Gallup has been asking respondents a straightforward question: “In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent?” Gallup asks the question several times each year, and at the end of the year averages their findings for that year. Gallup’s most recent summary found that 43% of respondents identified as independents and 27% with each of our two major parties. That ties the previous high annual average in 2014.

This is just the latest data point confirming a trend that has been in place since the early 1950s, when nearly 90% of Americans identified with one of the two legacy parties. In 2006, more Americans identified as independents than with either of the parties for the first time. Since then, alienation from the two parties has accelerated.

Most of the recent defections have been from the Democratic Party, probably reflecting President Biden’s unpopularity. There was a similar erosion of Republican support during Donald Trump’s presidency as his popularity plummeted. Generally, around a presidential election, support for the two parties firms up as voters begin to focus on their choices. But the long term trend could not be clearer. Americans are gradually walking away from both parties.

Many, if not most, people are doing so for an obvious reason. The positions of neither party represent the large swath of voters who want moderate solutions to the problems facing the country. The partisans have attempted to belittle those who advocate for moderate solutions as being wishy-washy and not standing for anything. Not so. They just do not agree with

the extreme solutions advocated by the two incumbent parties.

Take abortion as an example. We have one party that wants to ban it completely or allow very narrow exceptions. The other party wants women to have a completely unfettered right to have an abortion at any time. But the polling has shown for decades that about 70% of Americans believe that a woman should have an unrestricted right to have an abortion until about 12-15 weeks of pregnancy, but after that needs to have a compelling reason to do so.

And that consensus holds across all demographic groups.

The same is true on virtually every socalled divisive issue. A plurality, if not an outright majority, of Americans want common-sense, moderate policies. They want a strong national defense, economic policies that encourage well-paying jobs – not handouts – and a reasonable social safety net. They are not isolationists but also do not want to be the world’s policeman.

But because we have ceded control of

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our elections to the two incumbent parties and alCONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 lowed them to shamelessly gerrymander voting boundaries, their primary voters control the outcome in most jurisdictions. As a result, most elected officials do not give a tinker’s damn about what most people want, but instead only what their primary voters want. And they are too busy virtue signaling to their primary voters actually address the problems and issues our country faces.

Since 1980, Gallup has been asking people, “In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?”

Through the early 2000s, about half the American people averaged as saying they were satisfied, with noticeable drops only around recessions. But since about 2005, that has fallen into a range of about 20%-30%. Americans have been particularly gloomy since the onset of the pandemic, averaging just below 20%. I do not think it a coincidence that their dissatisfaction coincides the rise of extreme partisanship.

Pollster Frank Luntz has been asking his focus groups for some time: “Do you agree with the statement, ‘I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore." Recently, 72% of participants have been saying that they agree with that statement, which is the highest since Luntz has been asking the question.

I have no idea what is going to happen in the 2024 election, but I am sure it is going to be a "youknow-what" show. But regardless of the outcome, I suspect that the spectacle is going to be so abhorrent to a majority of the American people that they going to finally stand up and demand that the two cumbent parties relinquish their duopolistic stranglehold on our country.

BILL KING

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My Call To Action “BE THE PEOPLE” @DrCarolMSwain

EDITORIAL OPINION: Dr. Carol Swain, is the professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, for Prager University.

“AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS DEEPLY-ROOTED WITHIN THE HISTORY OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.”

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THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

DR. CAROL SWAIN

When you think about racial equality and civil rights, which political party comes to mind? The Republicans? Or, the Democrats? Most people would probably say the Democrats. But this answer is incorrect.

Since its founding in 1829, the Democratic Party has fought against every major civil rights initiative, and has a long history of discrimination.

The Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, opposed Reconstruction, founded the Ku Klux Klan, imposed segregation, perpetrated lynchings, and fought against the civil rights acts of the 1950s and 1960s.

rat, assassinated President Lincoln. LinIn contrast, the Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an anti-slavery party. Its coln’s vice president, a Democrat named Andrew Johnson, assumed the presidency. mission was to stop the spread of slavery into the new western territories with the aim But Johnson adamantly opposed Lincoln’s of abolishing it entirely. This effort, however, plan to integrate the newly freed slaves into the South’s economic and social order. was dealt a major blow by the Supreme Johnson and the Democratic Court. In the 1857 case Dred Party were unified in their opScott v. Sandford, the court position to the 13th Amendruled that slaves aren’t citiment, which abolished zens; they’re property. The slavery; the 14th Amendment, seven justices who voted in which gave blacks citizenship; and the 15th favor of slavery? All Democrats. The two justices who dissented? Both Republicans. Amendment, which gave blacks the vote.

The slavery question was, of course, ul- All three passed only because of universal timately resolved by a bloody civil war. The Republican support.

During the era of Reconstruction, fedcommander-in-chief during that war was eral troops stationed in the south helped the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln – the man who freed the slaves.

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“2024 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY.”

Three-Term Waller County Precinct #3 Constable (2013-Present) CEO of Miracles in Motion (Drug Treatment Rehab Facility — served hundreds of men and women (1980-2000) Owner, Holy Smoke BBQ Native of Waller County, Resident of PV Community Activist/Organizer(35-years)

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secure rights for the newly freed slaves.

Hundreds of black men were elected to southern state legislatures as Republicans, and 22 black Republicans served in the US Congress by 1900. The Democrats did not elect a black man to Congress until 1935.

But after Reconstruction ended, when the federal troops went home, Democrats roared back into power in the South. They quickly reestablished white supremacy across the region with measures like black codes – laws that restricted the ability of blacks to own property and run businesses. And they imposed poll taxes and literacy tests, used to subvert the black citizen’s right to vote.

And how was all of this enforced? By terror -- much of it instigated by the Ku Klux Klan, founded by a Democrat, Nathan Bedford Forrest.

As historian Eric Foner - himself a Democrat - notes:

“In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic Party.”

President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, shared many views with the Klan. He re-segregated many federal agencies, and even screened the first movie ever played at the White House - the racist film “The Birth of a Nation,” originally entitled “The Clansman.”

A few decades later, the only serious congressional opposition to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 came from Democrats.

Eighty percent of Republicans in Congress supported the bill.

Less than 70 percent of Democrats did.

Democratic senators filibustered the bill for 75 days, until Republicans mustered the few extra votes needed to break the logjam.

And when all of their efforts to enslave blacks, keep them enslaved, and then keep them from voting had failed, the Democrats

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came up with a new strategy: If black people are going to vote, they might as well vote for Democrats. As President Lyndon Johnson was purported to have said about the Civil Rights Act, “I’ll have them n*****s voting Democrat for two hundred years.”

So now, the Democratic Party prospers on the votes of the very people it has spent much of its history oppressing.

Democrats falsely claim that the Republican Party is the villain, when in reality it’s the failed policies of the Democratic Party that have kept blacks down. Massive government welfare has decimated the black family. Opposition to school choice has kept them trapped in failing schools. Politically correct policing has left black neighborhoods defenseless against violent crime.

So, when you think about racial equality and civil rights, which political party should come to mind?

———————————————————I’m Carol Swain, professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, for Prager University.

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“Since becoming the presiding judge for the 80th Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas, Judge Jeralynn Manor, has done an exemplary job serving the people as a minister of justice. She deserves a second term and should be reelected to this bench in the upcoming 2024 Presidential election.” — AUBREY R. TAYLOR, publisher/investigative reporter.

PUTTING MY EXPERIENCE TO WORK Jeralynn Manor was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother was a nurse, and her father a career officer with the New Orleans Police Department. There he set the bar high for his daughter. He attained numerous awards and accommodations, including various achievements, such as becoming the first African American counter-sniper for the SWAT department and the first African American diver on the dive team.

Manor’s hard work and high goal standards are certainly founded in her bloodline. Manor’s “service to all mankind” mantra and dedication to her craft is evidenced in her career achievements.

Manor studied philosophy at Xavier University in New Orleans before finishing her undergraduate studies in Administration of Justice at Texas Southern University. She went on to Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where she earned the American Juris Prudence Award in Bankruptcy under the tutelage of the Honorable Justice Manual Leal of the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court and won 1st place in the Mock Trial competition. In 2001 Manor earned her Juris Doctorate and became a licensed attorney by the Texas Supreme Court. In her 17-plus years of practicing law, Attorney Manor has worked in several areas. She concentrated her early career as a fee attorney for 3 major title companies. Throughout her fee attorney and escrow practice, Manor closed and played an integral role in helping thousands of Texas to achieve home ownership.

Judge Manor resides in Houston, where she raises her children and continues serving the community on and off the bench.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE: Judge Erica Hughes is challenging Judge Mike Engelhart on “SUPER TUESDAY” in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

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High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly Believes that the Harris County Democratic Party is Running a “Shadow Discrimination Campaign” Against Black Females Like Judge Hughes AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©

Attorney Lloyd Kelly recently held a press conference in downtown Houston at 301 Fannin Street, behind the Court of Appeals building. At his press conference, attorney Kelly made it very clear that he believes that the Harris County Democratic Party is running a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” against several Black female judges, and judicial candidates who are vying for positions on the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot.

According to Kelly, “White male incumbents argued their Black female challengers were “NOT QUALIFIED” to run harkening back to the “literacy” test days applied during Jim Crow to keep Blacks from voting.”

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Mike Doyle, the chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party denied Judge Mike Englehart’s request to reject Judge Erica Hughes’s application and remove her from the Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in the race for the presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

On 1/1/2024

– Judge Mike Englehart filed a lawsuit alleging 102 signatures included with Judge Erica Hughes’s application had been forged. On New Year’s Day, an alleged secret hearing was conducted by the ancillary Judge McFarland, the presiding judge for the 133rd Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas was has conducted where Judge Mike Engelhart asked Judge McFarland (fellow Democrat) to grant TRO “Temporary Restraining Order” and remove Judge Erica Hughes from the Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in the race for presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

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Judge Mike Englehart goes out and hires high-profile Attorney Rusty Hardin and then files an appeal and ask the “Court of Appeals” to remove Judge Erica Hughes from the Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in the race for presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

On 1/8/2024

On 1/2/2024

Judge Erica Hughes ask for a hearing and tells Judge Jaclanel McFarland that she wants to depose expert who claimed that her signatures are forged. Judge Hughes also explained to Judge McFarland that she wanted to depose Mike Englehart and Mike Doyle, the chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party. In response to Judge Hughes’s request to depose Judge Engelhart’s socalled expert, Judge Engelhart claimed that his expert was not available to be deposed by Judge Hughes because of a knee surgery.

On 1/3/2024

Instead of allowing Judge Erica Hughes to depose him, and his so-called expert witness, Judge Mike Engelhart chose to file a non-suit and close his case.

On

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The Texas 1st Court of Appeals rejects the case and sends Judge Mike Engelhart to the Texas 14th Court of Appeals, for them to hear his case.

On 1/9/2024

The Texas 14th Court of Appeals denies Mike Judge Mike Englehart’s request to remove Judge Erica Hughes’s name from the upcoming, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in the race for presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

On 1/9/2024

Judge Mike Englehart files a writ of mandamus asking the Texas Supreme Court to remove Judge Erica Hughes from the upcoming, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in the race for presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

On 1/10/2024

The Texas Supreme Court denies Judge Mike Englehart’s request to have Judge Erica Hughes removed from the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot, in the race for presiding judge, 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

“JUDGE MIKE ENGELHART.”

www.aubreyrtaylor.blogspot.com TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE: Judge Mike Engelhart is being challenged by Judge Erica Hughes on “SUPER TUESDAY” in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

“It’s imperative that we make it our business to do our own research on candidates who are running for office.

All warm-blooded Americans should be supporting duly-qualified candidates who believe in our United States Constitution and the laws that govern us as a FREE NATION as God’s plan for America continues to unfold.”

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE: Judge Erica Hughes is challenging Judge Mike Engelhart on “SUPER TUESDAY” in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 151st Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©

The fight for the 151st Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas could be one of the most interesting showdowns on the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot.

Judge Erica Hughes, is a member of the historic “BLACK GIRL MAGIC” phenomenon that swept through Harris County, Texas back during the 2018 Midterm Election.

That being said, Judge Erica Hughes could also be the toughest opponent the honorable Judge Mike Engelhart has ever had to face.

The winner of the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary race for the 151st Civil District Court will retain the bench, because they will not have a Republican opponent on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

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“It’s imperative that we make it our business to do our own research on candidates who are running for office.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE: Attorney Tracy Good is challenging Judge Brittanye Morris on “SUPER TUESDAY” in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 333rd Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

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The fight for the 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas has already had a bunch of twists and turns. However, the Texas Supreme Court has stepped in and forced the Harris County Democratic Party to place Judge Brittanye Morris’s name on the ballot.

That being said, Judge Brittanye Morris, and Attorney Tracy Good will now do battle on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in the Democratic Party Primary, race for the

333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas.

Once the Democratic nominee is selected, the winner will have to face off against Attorney Brian Staley, the Republican, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in the race for the 333rd Civil District Court, in Harris County, Texas.

Attorney Brian Staley is running uncontested on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in the Republican Party Primary.

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Is the Harris County Democratic Party Chairman Working Against Black Female Judges and Judicial Candidates Like Judge Morris? “MIKE DOYLE.”

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“It’s imperative that we make it our business to do our own research on candidates who are running for office.

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Composed of the chief justice and eight justices, the Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the state. The Supreme Court is in Austin, immediately northwest of the state Capitol.

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HIGH COURT KEEPS PRIMARY BALLOT OPEN TO BLACK CANDIDATES: Texas Supreme Court for allowing Velda Renita Faulkner, Amber Boyd-Cora, Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, and Brendetta Scott to remain on the upcoming Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Democratic Party Primary ballot in TX.

ALL-REPUBLICAN TEXAS SUPREME COURT ALLOWS THESE FOUR BLACK WOMEN TO REMAIN ON THE BALLOT

www.aubreyrtaylor.blogspot.com Justice Gordon Goodman is being challenged by Attorney Brendetta Scott, in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 2.

Justice Richard Hightower is being challenged by Attorney Ysidra "Sissy" Kyles, in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 8.

Justice Peter Kelly is being challenged by Attorney Amber Boyd-Cora, in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 9.

“Houston Business Connections Newspaper© would like to take this moment to thank all of the judges pictured on this page for their service to the people of Harris County, Texas. This “SPECIAL KEEPSAKE EDITION” is published by Aubrey R. Taylor Communications.”

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly speaking at his press conference. Attorney Kelly believes that there’s a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against African American female candidates by the Harris County Democratic Party.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly believes that there’s a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against these four duly qualified African American female candidates by the Harris County Democratic Party.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly walking up the steps to the Court of Appeals located at 301 Fannin Street in downtown Houston, Texas with Attorney Brendetta Scott, Attorney Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, and Attorney Amber Boyd Cora.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Richard Hightower in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 8.

“BLACK HISTORY.”

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Brendetta Scott, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Gordon Goodman in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 2.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Richard Hightower in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 8.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Amber Boyd-Cora, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Peter Kelly in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 9.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Velda Renita Faulkner, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Richard Hightower in the race for Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 3.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: State Rep. Jolanda Jones (HD-147) standing with Velda Renita Faulkner, Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles, Brendetta Scott, and Amber Boyd-Cora, after the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling to allow these four judicial candidates to remain on the Democratic Primary ballot.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Investigative Reporter/Publisher Aubrey R. Taylor (PRESS), and members of the (GROUND-ZERO CREW ©)”at the press conference hosted by Attorney Lloyd Kelly to explain how he’s uncovered what he believes to be a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against Black female judges and judicial candidates in Harris County, Texas.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: State Representative Jolanda Jones (HD-147) speaking at the press conference hosted by Attorney Lloyd Kelly to expose what he believes is a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against Black female judges and judicial candidates.

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MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT: Deputies with Harris County Precinct One showed up with their police dog (K-9 Unit) at the press conference hosted by Attorney Lloyd Kelly to explain how he’s uncovered what he believes to be a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against Black female judges and judicial candidates in Harris County, Texas.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: High-profile Attorney Lloyd Kelly speaking at his press conference. Attorney Kelly believes that there’s a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against African American female candidates by the Harris County Democratic Party.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Brendetta Scott listens to Attorney Lloyd Kelly speaking at his press conference. Attorney Kelly believes that there’s a “SHADOW DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN” being run against African American female candidates by the Harris County Democratic Party.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Attorney Brendetta Scott, speaking at the press conference after the Texas Supreme Court forced the Democratic Party to allow her to stay on the ballot to face off against Justice Gordon Goodman in the race for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals, Place 2.

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“Businessman Eric Carr, the owner of E&E Construction does a lot of good for a lot of people in the Houston area, and beyond. “He’s giving us mercy,” said Pastor Boudreaux, in a Fox 26 News Report, speaking of Mr. Carr. “Not just mercy but professional work,” he said. And he is right, Mr. Eric Carr takes great pride in the work he does, and E&E Construction Company is a great company to call for any of your general construction, home building, or home demolition needs.” - AUBREY R. TAYLOR, publisher of Houston Business Connections Newspaper.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH - “THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024.”

“CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.”

“MAYOR

KEVIN COLE.”

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A PASSION FOR LOCAL POLITICS Kevin’s passion for being involved in the local politics started in 1992. Kevin was appointed to the City of Pearland Planning & Zoning Commission in 1994.

Kevin then ran for City Council in 1995 and was successful. He served a single term to 1998. Kevin will tell you his biggest accomplishment while on Council was being a part of a Council that secured long-term water rights for the City.

Kevin made the decision to run for City Council again in 2004 and was elected. He served 2 terms ending in May 2010. Kevin had several major accomplishments during this time.

Cowart’s Creek diversion project was an item he ran on and was able to make it a part of the 2007 bond program. Today, it is complete and will help a large area of the City’s drainage.

The Lower Kirby area has developed because the Council made the decision to focus on a market-based approach to the area.

Kevin was able to utilize the skills as a real estate developer and help lead the Council to perform a market analysis followed by a market-based land plan. This led to rezoning the area based on the market and the Lower Kirby area finally took off. The City had become the de facto developer in that area by putting in the infrastructure, but the zoning really was difficult to deal with. So the City needed to act like a developer in performing this.

The City was successful in the 2007 bond program election. This was the largest program in the City’s history and covered roads, drainage, fire stations, parks, and the natatorium/rec center. When the real estate economy collapsed in Sept 2008, parts of the bond program were able to be implemented quicker. Several roads were moved up to take advantage of better pricing.

He was elected Mayor of Pearland on November 3, 2020.

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“MAYOR KEVIN COLE VALUES OUR PRAYERS, VOTE, AND SUPPORT.” - AUBREY R. TAYLOR

“CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.”

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