It shouldn’t surprise us that a former casino owner is rolling all the dice. He won the Presidency in order to avoid jail and he’s paranoid about being impeached for a third time after the 2026 elections.
In five years, behavior that merited bipartisan impeachment has now become government policy. Now voter suppression is outlined in executive orders and letters from the Justice Department. Remember how Bill Barr resigned rather than send out letters contesting the Georgia election.
Wild cards are coming into the 2026 election. The elections of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and Governors-elect Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey plus the slaughter of Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates have caused the shuffling of the deck for 2026.
The White House specifically ordered the Texas legislature to eliminate Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s district.
They may rue that day. On Monday, she pulled her own trump card and announced a run fro Senate with her equally bodacious pastor, Rev. Freddy Haynes of Friendship West Baptist Church announcing to replace her in the House.
They were among the most effective surrogates for Vice President Kamala Harris last year in the Presidential election, but often were restrained by campaign staff.
Texas will have a gravitation pull that impacts the eight states where African-Americans have a serious shot at becoming governor because the excitement they will spark will resonate around the natiou.
We’ve seen this movie before in 2017 and 2018. We have to make sure the policy environment is right.
Texas revised its historically underutilized business program last week to eliminate Black businesses.
Fortunately, the State of Black Business has tracked it for the past 22 year and we’re advising business and civil rights leaders on how to mount a 14th Amendment defense of the current program. Once again, things intended to hurt us can work to our benefit.