Shea Jordan Smith
@sheajordansmith.bsky.social
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The Harris County Democratic Party’s Steering Committee just sent a very loud message: they voted 17–7 to deny John Whitmire the party endorsement.
This isn’t symbolic—this is the first big test, and now the resolution heads to the full Precinct Chair meeting in December.
This isn’t symbolic—this is the first big test, and now the resolution heads to the full Precinct Chair meeting in December.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The Harris County Democratic Party’s Steering Committee just sent a very loud message: they voted 17–7 to deny John Whitmire the party endorsement.
This isn’t symbolic—this is the first big test, and now the resolution heads to the full Precinct Chair meeting in December.
This isn’t symbolic—this is the first big test, and now the resolution heads to the full Precinct Chair meeting in December.
…and, eight months later, the government is LESS EFFICIENT than before.
Where are the prosecutions for all this “fraud” Elon Musk and DOGE swore they’d uncover?
Elon dropped $27 million on Trump’s campaign, promised to expose $2 trillion in waste, and told people to expect a $5,000 rebate check.
Where are the prosecutions for all this “fraud” Elon Musk and DOGE swore they’d uncover?
Elon dropped $27 million on Trump’s campaign, promised to expose $2 trillion in waste, and told people to expect a $5,000 rebate check.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
…and, eight months later, the government is LESS EFFICIENT than before.
Where are the prosecutions for all this “fraud” Elon Musk and DOGE swore they’d uncover?
Elon dropped $27 million on Trump’s campaign, promised to expose $2 trillion in waste, and told people to expect a $5,000 rebate check.
Where are the prosecutions for all this “fraud” Elon Musk and DOGE swore they’d uncover?
Elon dropped $27 million on Trump’s campaign, promised to expose $2 trillion in waste, and told people to expect a $5,000 rebate check.
Meanwhile, Zohran controlled his WH appearance, while Whitmer and Bowser got walked all over.
Hell, Whitmer herself even said that she was caught off guard by the presser in the Oval. That covering of her face by the fireplace moment is vastly different than Mamdani stoic and holding fast.
Hell, Whitmer herself even said that she was caught off guard by the presser in the Oval. That covering of her face by the fireplace moment is vastly different than Mamdani stoic and holding fast.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Meanwhile, Zohran controlled his WH appearance, while Whitmer and Bowser got walked all over.
Hell, Whitmer herself even said that she was caught off guard by the presser in the Oval. That covering of her face by the fireplace moment is vastly different than Mamdani stoic and holding fast.
Hell, Whitmer herself even said that she was caught off guard by the presser in the Oval. That covering of her face by the fireplace moment is vastly different than Mamdani stoic and holding fast.
I’m realizing why Marjorie Taylor Greene has chosen January 5th as her resignation date: that’s the cutoff for her to qualify for a congressional pension.
Members of the House have to win three consecutive terms and serve at least five years.
Members of the House have to win three consecutive terms and serve at least five years.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m realizing why Marjorie Taylor Greene has chosen January 5th as her resignation date: that’s the cutoff for her to qualify for a congressional pension.
Members of the House have to win three consecutive terms and serve at least five years.
Members of the House have to win three consecutive terms and serve at least five years.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress is one of the few bipartisan wins.
After stoking chaos, spreading conspiracy theories, and turning Congress into a circus, she’s now leaving because Washington wouldn’t bow to her extremism or her victim narrative.
After stoking chaos, spreading conspiracy theories, and turning Congress into a circus, she’s now leaving because Washington wouldn’t bow to her extremism or her victim narrative.
BREAKING
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress is one of the few bipartisan wins.
After stoking chaos, spreading conspiracy theories, and turning Congress into a circus, she’s now leaving because Washington wouldn’t bow to her extremism or her victim narrative.
After stoking chaos, spreading conspiracy theories, and turning Congress into a circus, she’s now leaving because Washington wouldn’t bow to her extremism or her victim narrative.
For a whole year, Republican consultants built their entire 2026 midterm strategy around turning Mamdani into the socialist boogeyman of the Democratic Party…
All for Trump to go into the Oval Office today and practically stan him.
All for Trump to go into the Oval Office today and practically stan him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
For a whole year, Republican consultants built their entire 2026 midterm strategy around turning Mamdani into the socialist boogeyman of the Democratic Party…
All for Trump to go into the Oval Office today and practically stan him.
All for Trump to go into the Oval Office today and practically stan him.
Yesterday I had the chance to sit down with Texas State Representative and U.S. Senate candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social to talk through issues that matter to our community—and it was a moment.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yesterday I had the chance to sit down with Texas State Representative and U.S. Senate candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social to talk through issues that matter to our community—and it was a moment.
Every time Greg Abbott is on the ballot, he remixes the same tired script: “Texas is a disaster, and only I can save it.”
Um… who exactly has been governor this entire time?
Um… who exactly has been governor this entire time?
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every time Greg Abbott is on the ballot, he remixes the same tired script: “Texas is a disaster, and only I can save it.”
Um… who exactly has been governor this entire time?
Um… who exactly has been governor this entire time?
Last night, I had the honor of attending the (re)installment ceremony for Missouri City’s leaders: Mayor Robin Elackatt, At-Large Council Members Sonya Brown-Marshall and Lynn Clouser, and the newly elected District B representative, Sharita L. Thompson.
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Last night, I had the honor of attending the (re)installment ceremony for Missouri City’s leaders: Mayor Robin Elackatt, At-Large Council Members Sonya Brown-Marshall and Lynn Clouser, and the newly elected District B representative, Sharita L. Thompson.
A federal court just slapped down Texas’s racist, gerrymandered maps… and the judges weren’t subtle about it.
A bipartisan panel, including conservatives, agreed the Trump-backed redraw was engineered to silence Black and Brown voters and solely help the GOP in 2026.
A bipartisan panel, including conservatives, agreed the Trump-backed redraw was engineered to silence Black and Brown voters and solely help the GOP in 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A federal court just slapped down Texas’s racist, gerrymandered maps… and the judges weren’t subtle about it.
A bipartisan panel, including conservatives, agreed the Trump-backed redraw was engineered to silence Black and Brown voters and solely help the GOP in 2026.
A bipartisan panel, including conservatives, agreed the Trump-backed redraw was engineered to silence Black and Brown voters and solely help the GOP in 2026.
Mayor Congressman Sylvester Turner passed away on March 5, 2025.
Gov. Greg Abbott has magically picked January 31, 2026 as the date for the special election runoff to replace him.
That just so happens to be the exact day the current CR expires. Total coincidence, right?
Gov. Greg Abbott has magically picked January 31, 2026 as the date for the special election runoff to replace him.
That just so happens to be the exact day the current CR expires. Total coincidence, right?
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Mayor Congressman Sylvester Turner passed away on March 5, 2025.
Gov. Greg Abbott has magically picked January 31, 2026 as the date for the special election runoff to replace him.
That just so happens to be the exact day the current CR expires. Total coincidence, right?
Gov. Greg Abbott has magically picked January 31, 2026 as the date for the special election runoff to replace him.
That just so happens to be the exact day the current CR expires. Total coincidence, right?
To make sense of Houston’s never ending election season:
🗳️ City Council & HCC Runoff
Election Day: December 13
Early Voting: December 1–9
🏛️ Congressional District 18 Runoff
Election Day: January 31
Early Voting: January 21–27
🇺🇸 Primary Election
Election Day: March 3
Early Voting: February 17–27
🗳️ City Council & HCC Runoff
Election Day: December 13
Early Voting: December 1–9
🏛️ Congressional District 18 Runoff
Election Day: January 31
Early Voting: January 21–27
🇺🇸 Primary Election
Election Day: March 3
Early Voting: February 17–27
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
To make sense of Houston’s never ending election season:
🗳️ City Council & HCC Runoff
Election Day: December 13
Early Voting: December 1–9
🏛️ Congressional District 18 Runoff
Election Day: January 31
Early Voting: January 21–27
🇺🇸 Primary Election
Election Day: March 3
Early Voting: February 17–27
🗳️ City Council & HCC Runoff
Election Day: December 13
Early Voting: December 1–9
🏛️ Congressional District 18 Runoff
Election Day: January 31
Early Voting: January 21–27
🇺🇸 Primary Election
Election Day: March 3
Early Voting: February 17–27
“…we have nothing to hide”
Oh, they scrubbed every instance of his name out of those files.
Also, “affordability” being on quotes… let me go find my thread on their immediate pivot after getting whacked across the country at the ballot box a few weeks ago.
Oh, they scrubbed every instance of his name out of those files.
Also, “affordability” being on quotes… let me go find my thread on their immediate pivot after getting whacked across the country at the ballot box a few weeks ago.
President Trump on the Epstein files:
“House Republicans should vote to release the files because we have nothing to hide.”
“House Republicans should vote to release the files because we have nothing to hide.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“…we have nothing to hide”
Oh, they scrubbed every instance of his name out of those files.
Also, “affordability” being on quotes… let me go find my thread on their immediate pivot after getting whacked across the country at the ballot box a few weeks ago.
Oh, they scrubbed every instance of his name out of those files.
Also, “affordability” being on quotes… let me go find my thread on their immediate pivot after getting whacked across the country at the ballot box a few weeks ago.
When y’all take pictures of the screen while the pastor is preaching… and it’s just scripture and no notes… why do y’all do that?
Especially when it’s zoomed all the way out…
Especially when it’s zoomed all the way out…
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When y’all take pictures of the screen while the pastor is preaching… and it’s just scripture and no notes… why do y’all do that?
Especially when it’s zoomed all the way out…
Especially when it’s zoomed all the way out…
Donald Trump is up late at Mar-a-Lago crashing out because Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly decided to tell the truth about the economy and (once again) demand the Epstein files be released.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Donald Trump is up late at Mar-a-Lago crashing out because Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly decided to tell the truth about the economy and (once again) demand the Epstein files be released.
If we don’t get serious about affordability soon, Houston’s going to struggle to attract—and keep—the kind of people who make this city vibrant, functional, and forward thinking.
Houston’s affordability crisis isn’t just a housing issue anymore… it’s a talent problem waiting to freefall.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If we don’t get serious about affordability soon, Houston’s going to struggle to attract—and keep—the kind of people who make this city vibrant, functional, and forward thinking.
Houston’s affordability crisis isn’t just a housing issue anymore… it’s a talent problem waiting to freefall.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Houston’s affordability crisis isn’t just a housing issue anymore… it’s a talent problem waiting to freefall.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
When educators, nurses, artists, city workers, and young professionals can’t afford to live in the city they work in, that’s not sustainable.
Reposted by Shea Jordan Smith
We had aca (fox started calling it Obamacare to piss off whites) and Obama phones so people could stay connected we use to be headed somewhere not saying it was great but we could definitely kept the ball rolling that way to make change but we here now
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We had aca (fox started calling it Obamacare to piss off whites) and Obama phones so people could stay connected we use to be headed somewhere not saying it was great but we could definitely kept the ball rolling that way to make change but we here now
Barack Obama handed Trump a fully stabilized, steadily growing economy.
Trump broke it.
Joe Biden handed Trump a fast recovering economy: record-low unemployment, record-high job creation, the longest streak of month-to-month job gains.
Somehow… he managed to break it. Again.
Trump broke it.
Joe Biden handed Trump a fast recovering economy: record-low unemployment, record-high job creation, the longest streak of month-to-month job gains.
Somehow… he managed to break it. Again.
The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Barack Obama handed Trump a fully stabilized, steadily growing economy.
Trump broke it.
Joe Biden handed Trump a fast recovering economy: record-low unemployment, record-high job creation, the longest streak of month-to-month job gains.
Somehow… he managed to break it. Again.
Trump broke it.
Joe Biden handed Trump a fast recovering economy: record-low unemployment, record-high job creation, the longest streak of month-to-month job gains.
Somehow… he managed to break it. Again.
Policies that push people from one block to the next don’t solve homelessness, they hide it.
If someone has to sleep on a sidewalk, it’s not because they’re breaking rules—it’s because they don’t have a home.
Houston can lead nationally, if compassion and housing come first…
If someone has to sleep on a sidewalk, it’s not because they’re breaking rules—it’s because they don’t have a home.
Houston can lead nationally, if compassion and housing come first…
Law enforcement officers in Houston are issuing more citations to homeless people for various sidewalk obstruction violations. The move comes as the so-called civility ordinance expands.
Data: Houston police ramp up citations of homeless people
Law enforcement officers in Houston are issuing more citations to homeless people for various sidewalk obstruction violations. The move comes as the so-called civility ordinance expands.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Policies that push people from one block to the next don’t solve homelessness, they hide it.
If someone has to sleep on a sidewalk, it’s not because they’re breaking rules—it’s because they don’t have a home.
Houston can lead nationally, if compassion and housing come first…
If someone has to sleep on a sidewalk, it’s not because they’re breaking rules—it’s because they don’t have a home.
Houston can lead nationally, if compassion and housing come first…
The government shutdown will probably wrap up this week.
Federal workers will get their back pay, airports will be fully staffed again, SNAP will be restored—phenomenal.
But one thing still isn’t being answered…
How are people supposed to afford their higher ACA premiums?
Federal workers will get their back pay, airports will be fully staffed again, SNAP will be restored—phenomenal.
But one thing still isn’t being answered…
How are people supposed to afford their higher ACA premiums?
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government shutdown will probably wrap up this week.
Federal workers will get their back pay, airports will be fully staffed again, SNAP will be restored—phenomenal.
But one thing still isn’t being answered…
How are people supposed to afford their higher ACA premiums?
Federal workers will get their back pay, airports will be fully staffed again, SNAP will be restored—phenomenal.
But one thing still isn’t being answered…
How are people supposed to afford their higher ACA premiums?
Reposted by Shea Jordan Smith
It’s crazy that people still push this “Houston has no zoning” myth when clearly, we do.
It’s just disguised as endless loopholes, variances, and neighborhood veto power.
Like… how fucked are we if we’re having to mobilize the people just to get housing built?
It’s just disguised as endless loopholes, variances, and neighborhood veto power.
Like… how fucked are we if we’re having to mobilize the people just to get housing built?
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
It’s crazy that people still push this “Houston has no zoning” myth when clearly, we do.
It’s just disguised as endless loopholes, variances, and neighborhood veto power.
Like… how fucked are we if we’re having to mobilize the people just to get housing built?
It’s just disguised as endless loopholes, variances, and neighborhood veto power.
Like… how fucked are we if we’re having to mobilize the people just to get housing built?
Donald Trump has laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Donald Trump has laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
…and Houston has the Red Line (for now)
FIFA is selling parking spots (exact location: unknown) at 2026 World Cup games for between $75 and $175 — more than the price of some actual match tickets at previous World Cups.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
FIFA’s next 2026 World Cup cash cow: Exorbitant parking prices
If you're paying to park at 2026 World Cup matches it'll cost you more than some match tickets at previous editions of the tournament
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
…and Houston has the Red Line (for now)