- The Joint General & Special Election is November 4.
- Houston voters can get free rides to and from the polls;
- Mike’s Voter Guide: Recommendations on the 2025 Texas Constitutional Propositions;
- Petition campaign to recall John Whitmire as Houston Mayor;
- City council speakers say they received calls from HPD before speaking out against the department;
- Exclusive: [from the HOUSTONCHRONICLE-dot-COM] — Explore the political connections of top executives who build in Houston’s floodplains;
- Thinking of buying a home in a Houston floodplain? Ask these 8 questions to protect your investment;
- Tucker Carlson’s interview with far-right antisemite Nick Fuentes divides conservatives;
- Katie Miller had a podcast meltdown and threatened the citizenship of a critic;
- Perhaps Constitutional Amendments should be proposed when the Republicans are out of power.
- An alternative to Constitutional Amendments; the Article V call for a convention of the States;
Tag Archives: election
@90.1FMKPFTHouston – Oct. 26+27+29, 2025. Airs Sun. at 1 pm, and re-airs Mon. at 2 pm, and Weds 11 am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- The Joint General & Special Election is November 4.
- Houston voters can get free rides to and from the polls;
- Mike’s Voter Guide: Recommendations on the 2025 Texas Constitutional Propositions;
- Petition campaign to recall John Whitmire as Houston Mayor;
- SNAP Program Threatened: 900,000 Houston-Area Lives Impacted;
- Alamo Trust president resigns after Dan Patrick calls for her removal;
- US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces;
- The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder;
- Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration;
- NATO chief: Trump ‘completely right’ in reason for holding back Tomahawks;
- US can spare only limited Tomahawk missiles, likely [with] no major impact on Ukraine conflict;
- Why Is the U.S. Navy Running Out of Tomahawk Cruise Missiles?;
@90.1KPFT HoustonTX – Oct. 19+20+22, 2025. Airs Sun. at 1 pm, and re-airs Mon. at 2 pm, and Weds 11 am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- The Joint General & Special Election is November 4.
- Houston voters can get free rides to and from the polls;
- my thoughts on the elections generally and the 17 Proposed Amendments to the Texas State Constitution;
- Petition campaign to recall John Whitmire as Houston Mayor;
- Texas Democrat stands on criticism of Young Republicans’ ‘Nazi’ group chat;
- Gavin Newsom Seeks Congressional Probe Of GOP “I Love Hitler” Texts, Slams VP Vance’s “Kids Do Stupid Things” Response And Says DOJ “Cannot Be Trusted”;
- 3 takeaways from the second No Kings day of nationwide protests;
- Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was “not a suggestion”;
- Carney calls out new normal between old friends;
- Ukraine’s cheap interceptor drones are rewriting the air war playbook;
- Von der Leyen and Costa psychodrama sees them struggle in Copenhagen;
Oct. 31 & Nov 3+6, 2024, Thurs 6PM, Sun 1pm (CT), and Weds 11am. TOPICS: 1. ELECTION INFO; 2. Vote Center at Country Inn and Suites in NW Harris Co. closed due to ongoing issues, officials say; 3. This Election Day will be unprecedented. Here’s how the Houston Landing will cover it; 4. HISD Halloween policy: No costumes allowed for middle, high school students; 5. Houston gives millions for HOA trash collection. What happens if it imposes a garbage fee?; 6. Another Houston-area city blocks utility-scale battery storage project. How will it affect the grid?; 7. The California exodus has continued. Here’s where most people leaving the Golden State moved to — and why.; 8. Second Texas doctor sued for providing gender-affirming care to minors; 9. 2 swing states show why the US is struggling to build enough houses; 10. The Group at the Center of Trump’s Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven’t Heard of; 11. Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion in U.S. spending could bring economic turmoil; More. [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. #kpfthoustontx
Now in our 11th year on KPFT!
Going forward, new shows will post for Thursday at 6PM (CT) broadcast and re-run on Sundays at 1PM and Wednesdays at 11AM.
AUDIO:
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- ELECTION INFO;
- Vote Center at Country Inn and Suites in NW Harris Co. closed due to ongoing issues, officials say;
- This Election Day will be unprecedented. Here’s how the Houston Landing will cover it;
- HISD Halloween policy: No costumes allowed for middle, high school students;
- Houston gives millions for HOA trash collection. What happens if it imposes a garbage fee?;
- Another Houston-area city blocks utility-scale battery storage project. How will it affect the grid?;
- The California exodus has continued. Here’s where most people leaving the Golden State moved to — and why.;
- Second Texas doctor sued for providing gender-affirming care to minors;
- 2 swing states show why the US is struggling to build enough houses;
- The Group at the Center of Trump’s Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven’t Heard of;
- Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion in U.S. spending could bring economic turmoil;
Weds, SEPT. 13+14, 2023, Weds 11 AM & Thurs 6PM (CT). TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV — Voter Info; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; West U City Council debates city entrance signage on Buffalo Speedway; Houston to launch first-ever firearm dashboard with goal of reducing injuries; Ken Paxton took a “corrupt” interest in lawsuit on Nate Paul’s behalf, whistleblower testifies; This is the true scale of the Airbnb apocalypse in New York; Online prices plunge by the most in three years; America is in a factory boom again. Even a recession may not bring it down this time; The IRS Is Using AI to Target the Ultra-Wealthy for Tax Violations; US likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for the first time: Officials; G20 adds the African Union as a member, issues call rejecting use of force in reference to Ukraine; Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Real Estate Crisis; Extreme Heat Pushes US Airlines to Shed Fuel, Limit Passengers; More. [AUDIO/VIDEO] 90.1 FM-HD2, #kpfthoustontx
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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; West U City Council debates city entrance signage on Buffalo Speedway; Houston to launch first-ever firearm dashboard with goal of reducing injuries; Ken Paxton took a “corrupt” interest in lawsuit on Nate Paul’s behalf, whistleblower testifies; This is the true scale of the Airbnb apocalypse in New York; Online prices plunge by the most in three years; America is in a factory boom again. Even a recession may not bring it down this time; The IRS Is Using AI to Target the Ultra-Wealthy for Tax Violations; US likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for the first time: Officials; G20 adds the African Union as a member, issues call rejecting use of force in reference to Ukraine; Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Real Estate Crisis; Extreme Heat Pushes US Airlines to Shed Fuel, Limit Passengers; More.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig where we discuss local, state, national, and international stories. My co-host, assistant producer and show editor is Andrew Ferguson.
Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) or Thursdays at 6PM on KPFT 90.1 FM-HD2, Houston’s Community Media. You can also hear the show:
- Live online at KPFT.org (from anywhere in the world!)
- Podcast on your phone’s Podcast App
- Visiting Archive.KPFT.ORG
Weds, AUGUST 30+31, 2023, Weds 11 AM & Thurs 6PM (CT). SPECIAL GUEST: Moji Agha. TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV — Voter Info; Oct. 10 Deadline to REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it; New $23M Sunrise Lofts serves Texas youth aging out of foster care; GOP silences [a] ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for [1] day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts; The Unconstitutional Expulsion of Legislators; MORE. [AUDIO/VIDEO] 90.1 FM-HD2, #kpfthoustontx
AUDIO:
GUEST: Joining our program from Boulder, Colorado, brother Moji Agha is an Iranian-American reformist Muslim Sufi “monk” (or dervish) and a bilingual poet and writer. He is a retired psychologist and university faculty in cultural psychology. Among the non-profits he has founded are the Mossadegh Legacy Institute, the Iranian Nonviolence Initiative, the Culture-analysis Institute, and Intersectional Circles Initiative.
POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Oct. 10 Deadline to REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it; New $23M Sunrise Lofts serves Texas youth aging out of foster care; GOP silences [a] ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for [1] day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts; The Unconstitutional Expulsion of Legislators; More.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig where we discuss local, state, national, and international stories. My co-host, assistant producer and show editor is Andrew Ferguson.
Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) or Thursdays at 6PM on KPFT 90.1 FM-HD2, Houston’s Community Media. You can also hear the show:
- Live online at KPFT.org (from anywhere in the world!)
- Podcast on your phone’s Podcast App
- Visiting Archive.KPFT.ORG
All Hands On Deck!”
Sharron Winbush lays out a blueprint for action.: “The GOP planned this coup years ago and (1) systematically closed polling places, (2) changed voting laws, and most important (3) MADE SURE EVERY REPUBLICAN VOTED IN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION FOR Alderman, Mayor, Congress, Senate, Governor, Judges to make sure KEY CITIES HAD REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS RUNNING CITY, STATE, CONGRESS, JUDICIAL SYSTEM and SENATE! which is how they EFFECTIVELY BOXED OBAMA IN so he couldn’t be as effective. WE MUST DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
1- START #IMMEDIATELY PLANNING OUR COUP; getting every person WHO DID NOT VOTE IN THIS ELECTION (40 million) engaged, those who voted 3rd party (10 MILLION!) back in line, and help the 21 million whose votes were suppressed, stolen etc.
2- GET NUMBERS & EMAILS of every DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, CONGRESSPERSON, MAYOR, GOVERNOR – all POLITICIANS and PASTORS of churches- IN STATES WHERE VOTES WERE SUPPRESSED and HELP THEM START NOW GETTING DRIVERS LICENSES for people.
3- And know WHERE the NEAREST POLLING PLACES ARE even if it’s 20 miles away; arranging buses to TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO & FROM THE POLLS and use camera phones to post on social media so that IN MID-TERMS WE FLIP CONGRESS and SENATE… PUT A WALL AROUND TRUMP’S POWER SO HE IS #INEFFECTIVE. Just like they did Obama.
WE MUST VOTE FOR Mayor, Governor, Congress, Senate, Judges, etc. ALL BODIES OF GOVERNMENT and WE MUST SHOW UP LIKE WE NEVER HAVE IN HISTORY!
THIS IS THE WORK! THIS IS WHAT WE MUST FOCUS ON! USE THEIR #BLUEPRINT to TAKE BACK WASHINGTON. But we must also TAKE BACK EVERY RED STATE. WE HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT WE NEED #AllHandsOnDeck!”
Don’t be intimidated: VOTING IS YOUR RIGHT AS A CITIZEN!
For any voters who are intimidated or blocked from voting by Trump’s brown shirts…er I mean election monitors:

Houston Election Day, Nov. 5, 2013 Endorsements
Find your polling place: https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/voterws/viw/faces/SearchTDL.jsp
Below are two organizations whose endorsements I value in cases where I don’t know much (if anything) about the candidates:
- Houston GLBT Caucus: http://www.thecaucuspac.com/
- Houston Planned Parenthood: http://pphsetactionfund.org/elections.html
Election Night Coverage (and Call-In) On KPFT-Houston
I have the exciting privilege of hosting election night coverage tonight on KPFT 90.1 FM from 7PM to 10 (or maybe 11) PM CT. I’ll be joined by some smart and knowledgeable panelists (Charles Kuffner, Leo Gold and Geoff Berg). There will be race updates, interviews with some notable political personalities, and we will be taking some phone calls at 713-526-5738 to discuss people’s voting experiences whether you voted early, absentee, or on “the Day”.
You can also listen live on-line from anywhere in the country by clicking here: http://www.kpft.org/streamkpft_64.m3u
This is by far the most ambitious thing I’ve done on radio up to this point, so if you want to listen to a guy on a high wire without a net for 3-4 hours, tune in and give me a listen! Continue reading
Election Night Coverage (and Call-In) On KPFT-Houston
I’m excited to announce that I will be hosting election night coverage on KPFT (Houston) 90.1 FM from 7 PM to (at least) 10 PM CST. I will be joined by a panel of knowledgable and entertaining Houston personalities, and guests will include interesting and noteworthy personages.
You can listen and participate live from anywhere around the country by going to KPFT.org and clicking on “Listen Live“.
Tentatively scheduled panelists include Geoff Berg (blogger, and host of KPFT’s Partisan Gridlock) and Houston-based political blogger Charles Kuffner (OffTheKuff.com).
Currently scheduled guests tentatively include:
- Lane Lewis: Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party
- Gilberto Hinojosa: Chair of the Texas Democratic Party
- Brad Friedman: Founder of The Brad Blog, an acknowledged expert on voting rules, systems, and suppression around the United States.
- Robert Hooks: Actor, producer, and civil rights activist.
- Amanda K. Wolfe: Activist for better mass transit in Houston, and greater transparency and accountability for how Metro’s dollars are spent.
One of the aspects of this show to which I am most looking forward is taking calls from listeners in Houston and around the country in order to hear about their election experiences. Whether you voted in Houston or Hastings-on-Hudson. Whether you voted on election day, or early voted, or absentee voted, we’ll want to hear from you. Was it easy or hard? Was the ballot easily understandable or almost unintelligible? Did you feel welcome at the polls, or were you bothered by poll watchers?
I hope you’ll be listening and participating.
Avoid And Report Intimidation At The Polls: Two Suggestions
“@CanzoneriSally If you learn of voter intimidation call Election Protection Project at 866-OUR-VOTE. Nonpartisan & doing great work.” #p2
If ANYONE suspicious confronts you @ a voting location asking 2C your ID, pull out your camera phone,video them&interrogate them instead.
Texas Primary Runoff Election: July 31, 2012 (Early Voting 7/23-27)
There are still some runoff elections as a result of undecided primary races. To vote in the runoffs, you must have voted in that party’s primary. [8/1/2012: This is apparently only partially accurate. Please see the CORRECTION at the bottom of this post. – Mike]
For early voting and ballot information in Harris County (my home area, encompassing most of Houston) you can visit this site: http://harrisvotes.org/.
(Non-Texas voters may find some useful info for their localities here: http://gottavote.org/en/?choose-state=true)
I try to maintain some general voting and political reference material here: https://thinkwingradio.com/political-information-and-resources/
Your state may vary, but the information in Texas is as follows:
The early voting period for the July 31st Runoff Election is July 23 – 27, 2012.
From VoteTexas.org: Any registered voter may vote early by personal appearance (in person). Early voting by personal appearance for the July 31, 2012, Primary Runoff Election begins on July 23, 2012, and ends on July 27, 2012. You may vote at any early voting location in your county of registration.
July 31, 2012 – Primary Runoff Election
- Find my polling place
- Updated Statewide Republican Primary Races/Candidates
- Updated Statewide Democratic Primary Races/Candidates
You can see a list of runoffs for Texas Statewide positions (US Senator, etc.) here: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/candidates/, and here: http://votetexas.gov/voting/what.
You can contact the Texas Secretary of State (SoS) about election-related questions or complaints here: http://votetexas.gov/contact/
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CORRECTION: Thanks for this submission by J J Smith, on 2012/08/01 at 6:28 AM | In reply to ThinkWingRadio.
New News for all of us….. From http://votetexas.gov/faq/registration#1120:
Q. Does a voter have to vote in the primary election in order to vote in a runoff-election or on November 6, 2012?
A. A voter does not have to vote in the May 29, 2012 primary election in order to qualify to vote in a primary run-off election on July 31, 2012, OR in the general election on November 6, 2012. If you voted in one party’s primary on May 29, 2012, then you may not vote in the other party’s runoff on July 31, 2012. Remember if you signed a petition in lieu of filing fee for a candidate for one party, you many not vote in another party’s primary or primary runoff that voting year (2012). Whether you voted or not in the primary, you may vote for whomever you choose in November. Party affiliations expire on December 31.
TEXAS PRIMARIES: Ballot, Early Voting, and Primary Day Info
“Polls don’t win elections. Votes win elections!”
The voting information below has been taken directly from the Texas Secretary of State (TSoS) and VoteTexas web sites. Any questions should be directed to them. Contact information for the TSoS is on their site, and I’ve also pasted some VoteTexas contact info at the bottom of this post.
You may also glean some further useful voting information for your area at my Voting & Political Info tab.
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OCCUPY THE BALLOT! FINAL DAYS!! Run-off Elections For Houston City Council. VOTE!
Below is a modified re-post about run-off elections in Houston.
If you live outside of Houston, be sure to check for any current or approaching run-off elections in your area.
As is obvious to anyone who follows this blog, I support the #Occupy movement. But the most important thing IS to Occupy is the Ballot.
Statistically, more Americans identify as Democrats than as Republicans (Republicanians?). However, GOP voters are more likely to show up at the actual polls on election days.
Change begins at the ballot box. #OccupyTheBallot. Don’t let a majority of less than 10% of the electorate choose your Council members!
I received an email … which has most of the information that a Houston resident will need. (I have slightly revised it.) It is posted below the jump.
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ELECTION News: Run-off Elections For Houston City Council. VOTE!
As is obvious to anyone who follows this blog, I support the #Occupy movement. But the most important thing to Occupy is the Ballot.
Statistically, more Americans identify as Democrats than as Republicans (Republicanians?). However, GOP voters are more likely to show up at the actual polls on election days.
Change begins at the ballot box. #OccupyTheBallot. Don’t let a majority of less than 10% of the electorate choose your Council members!
I received and email today which has most of the information that a Houston resident will need. (I have slightly revised it.) It is posted below the jump.
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The Speech Obama SHOULD Give: Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Speech at Madison Square Garden (October 31, 1936)
Last night (September 1, 2011), Lawrence O’Donnell’s The Last Word ran part of a speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt just before the 1936 election. The most striking thing about his speech was the political fearlessness of it. One line in particular could be lifted by President Obama and cited in his speech to Congress: “Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.”
If only he would…
Below is the link to the page with the transcript, and the introduction written there.
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Is it time to consider internationally supervised elections in the United States?
[Update, April 2, 2012: Another embarrassing and inexcusable election scandal in Florida. Palm Beach Elections Overturned After Hand-Count Reveals Op-Scans Mistallied Results. As Brad Friedman’s article further suggests, we MUST have a verifiable paper trail for all election tallies have a physical count of ballots by humans before an election is certified. ]
[Update, June 13, 2011: This piece is made even more relevant by the recount discoveries and legal challenges surrounding the Wisconsin Supreme Court elections – Mike]
In 2000, the United States experienced a very close and heavily contested presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush. Bush won a minority of popular votes, but after legal challenges were exhausted, he had a majority of the Electoral College, giving him the election. Enough serious questions were left forever unanswered to shake Americans’ confidence in the honesty of the election outcome. The result was Continue reading
Bill White’s Concession Came Too Soon For Voters
Literally… It came too soon because the precinct ballots (in Harris County, at least) were literally still en route to Reliant Stadium for counting.
Below is the email I sent to the Bill White campaign:


Robert Andrews
Bob Krause @KrauseForIowa
M. Naz @Mozi_N