- November 4, 2025, Joint General & Special Election;
- Houston launches Train Watch to provide real-time updates on blocked train crossings;
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe: No Agreement with ICE on Detention Center on Reservation;
- ICE chief threatens to ‘flood’ Boston with agents after mayor won’t abandon sanctuary policy;
- ICE’s detention of Atlanta reporter seeks to ‘silence him’, ACLU petition says;
- FBI searches former Trump adviser John Bolton’s home and office;
- Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100-seat Republican majority;
- Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honouring Pulse nightclub victims;
- Six Republican states send 1,100 troops to US capital amid crackdown;
- Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey was ‘unlawful,’ judge rules;
- DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money;
- Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from striking deep inside Russia – report;
- Mike’s Observations;
Tag Archives: Redistricting
#kpfthoustontx – August 17+18+20, 2025. Sun. at 1pm, re-aired Mon. at 2pm, and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- Neil Aquino is a political activist in Houston. He wrote a necessary post about issues in Harris County Commissioners Court
- As Houston considers e-scooter ban, Downtown businesses form coalition pushing for regulations;
- Texans face potential electricity price surge as power demand skyrockets;
- Abbott calls second special session as first round ends with Democrats still out of state;
- Midland school board votes to restore school name honoring Confederate general;
- Trump took over D.C. police. Can he take over law enforcement in other cities?;
- DeWine: ‘Ohio National Guard troops to be sent to Washington, D.C. to help with city policing efforts’;
- Russia sees victory as Trump adopts Putin’s approach to ending Ukraine war;
- Government papers found at Captain Cook hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit;
- Democrat from Trump country auditions for 2028 with plan to win culture wars;
#kpfthoustontx – August 10+11+13, 2025. Sun. at 1pm, re-aired Mon. at 2pm, and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- Goodbye to the full check – the Social Security Administration will begin withholding 50% of SSI for accrued debts;
- ‘I’m basically having a panic attack right now’; Manvel wrangles with tightening budget;
- Mayor John Whitmire removes members of LGBTQ board after one member repeatedly requested meetings;
- Lina Hidalgo’s censure marks first time a sitting Harris County Judge is formally admonished;
- ICE: Houston-area Trump-themed burger joint owner now facing deportation;
- Online Hate Speech Resembles Mental Health Disorder Language;
- Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences;
- Investigating Extremist Brains and Building Cognitive Resilience;
- What Supreme Court justices said about gerrymandering;
- JB Pritzker Reacts to Possibility of FBI Arresting Texas Democrats;
- A Historic Azerbaijan–Armenia Peace Deal and the Corridor That Changes Everything;
- Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal;
#kpfthoustontx – July 27+28+30, 2025. Sun. at 1pm, re-aired Mon. at 2pm, and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- Fort [Bend] County commissioners appoint new citizens redistricting committee members amid ongoing debate;
- ‘We’re cooked’: Mattress Mack issues stark warning for Harris County;
- Houston mayor’s newly created police ‘club unit’ closed 5 clubs over 3-day period;
- Trump signs an executive order to make it easier to remove homeless people from streets;
- Texans will pay higher power bills as clean energy development slows because of tax credit cuts, economists say;
- , I thought I’d share some of the headlines from the Texas Tribune to demonstrate how Republicans are working hard for Texas:
- Independents Drive Trump’s Approval to 37%, [a] Second-Term Low;
- Democrats desperately look for a redistricting edge in California, New York and Maryland;
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
Weds, AUGUST 23+24, 2023, Weds 11 AM & Thurs 6PM (CT). TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV — Voter Info; Oct. 10 Deadline to REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Naming Hurricanes; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; Texas Supreme Court says Harris County must abolish its elections administrator’s office by September 1; In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing; These Voters Share Almost No Political Beliefs, but They Agree on One Thing: We’re Failing as a Nation; Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from Aug. 24; China-based BRICS bank aims to de-dollarize debt by expanding local currency lending; China says African countries want industrialisation over infrastructure; Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Real Estate Crisis; European Union To Require U.S. Travelers With Passports To Fill Out Visa Application; MORE. [AUDIO/VIDEO] 90.1 FM-HD2, #kpfthoustontx
AUDIO:
POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;Oct. 10 Deadline to REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Naming Hurricanes; Everything you need to know before voting for Houston’s new mayor in November election; Texas Supreme Court says Harris County must abolish its elections administrator’s office by September 1; In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing; These Voters Share Almost No Political Beliefs, but They Agree on One Thing: We’re Failing as a Nation; Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from Aug. 24; China-based BRICS bank aims to de-dollarize debt by expanding local currency lending; China says African countries want industrialisation over infrastructure; Why It’s So Hard for China to Fix Its Real Estate Crisis; European Union To Require U.S. Travelers With Passports To Fill Out Visa Application; 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
Mon, Feb. 1, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” apps; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; Bellaire roundup: Council sets date for consensus facilitation firm, refers specifications review to commission and more; Analysis: Just when you think campaign season is over, Texas pulls you back in; It’ll be awhile before redistricting happens; Pa. could become national outlier in how it elects appellate judges, worrying some experts; Texas prepares to test for lead in schools’ drinking water for the first time; After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote; After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote; ‘We need to work together’: Manchin blasts Harris’ TV hit on Covid relief; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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