Houston Democracy Project Notes & Observations, 9/21-Do Houston GOP Councilmembers Support Mass Deportations?

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Here are Houston Democracy Project Blog Notes & Observations for September 21. Election Day is in 44 days on November 5th & Early Voting begins in 30 days on October 21st. (Today's Picture of the Day is a nice recent scene of Houston. While this election is stressful, we can't be stressed all the time.)   

*Authoritarianism will require a local infrastructure of support and action. Those migrants won't round up themselves. The six Republican members of Houston City Council are Twila Carter, Willie Davis, Julian Ramirez, Mary Nan Huffman, Amy Peck and Fred Flickinger. Do they support Trump? Do they believe immigrants eat pets? Will they commit to accepting election results they don't like? The local political press could ask them point blank. I don't understand why they don't. Here are the phone numbers and e-mails of Houston City Council. Contact their offices and ask where they stand on taking our freedom. Why aren't they held accountable for the extremism of the Republican Party?  

* The Houston Professional Firefighters Association got a big contract from the City of Houston recently despite the fact the city is strapped for cash. The firefighters union hasn't endorsed in the Presidential race even though Trump and Vance are union busting fascists and that Houston is a diverse city of immigrants. You'd think there would be some solidarity.....No. I don't really think that. But I'll keep hope alive they'll do the right thing & not forget if they keep silent.

* Trump's comments that Jewish voters will bear some of the blame should he lose should be taken at face value. Jewish people are never safe. Under Trump/Vance they'll be even less safe. If Mayor Whitmire wanted to protect Jewish people here in Houston, he'd spend less time making up stories that local Gaza protestors are paid by Iran and more time fighting an anti-Semitic Republican Party.    

* I wrote yesterday about how Democratic Party elected officials often have different objectives than the active rank & file who do so much of the work to sustain the party. One elected official who has been showing up for Get Out The Vote efforts is Harris County Criminal Court, #8 Judge Erika Ramirez. Judge Ramirez was lout walking today as she has already in the fall campaign. And she is not even on the 2024 ballot. She was elected in 2022 and will be up next in 2026. Judge Ramirez is fully with the program. Ask elected officials you know what they are doing to get out the vote in 2024.  

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