Alison Cook

Lapsed restaurant critic. Part-time misanthrope. Rabid Houstonian. Newsletter writer at

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

New on my newsletter: Why you need a fig tree
https://t.co/o4Ib88H30l

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Carpooling to school with JD Vance.

[Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet]

Tina Peters has never shown remorse for undermining Colorado’s elections. Now she’s celebrating with Donald Trump as he gears up to fuel yet another round of election conspiracy theories.

Colorado has rejected these lies before, and we’ll reject them again.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@WilsonCalvert That is a LOT. Can make it hard to feed your family you get hit like that.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

The factor I don't see mentioned much about ICE's Araujo traffic stop in unmarked vans: here on the East End, home to many freelance tradesmen, tool theft is a huge deal. It can nearly wipe you out.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@sgonzalezkelly rings so true to me. I don't think most people realize how big of a deal it is in this neighborhood.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@MooneyEsquire sigh

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

So deeply sick of this guy. Yeah, John, it’s ALL ABOUT YOU.

[🌈Prioritize people over cars @gratifihouston]

Now Whitmire complaining about a speaker who doesn't live in Houston. "I was disrespected". As he does, he's now trying to make himself the victim. "Political enemies" will be removed. He and his cronies on council are oblivious to the First Amendment. Honestly shocking.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Tonight, according to reports, Trump will again try to sow doubt about the 2020 elections with the hopes of rigging the 2026 midterms.

Trouble is, Trump's own Intelligence Community, during his first term, found ZERO evidence for his claims.

Don’t fall for his con.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@KTLA wait I saw this in a streaming series

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

Are we enjoying having no idea who will have oversight of Texas elections starting tomorrow

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

The woman in the photo grew up literally down the road, won 4 Utah state championships (1 in this exact stadium), Gatorade Player of the Year twice, National Player of the Year, scored the fastest first goal in USWNT history…

Could probably be worth a mention, but idk.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@KyleClark Tina Peters should be in jail.

[Michael Powell @powellAtlantic]

HoustonChronicle with a moving editorial on ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. "It’s on all of us — on voters, on Houstonians and everyday American people — to refuse to forget. To refuse to have one more life extinguished in our name, in our home.": https://t.co/aHJ3yjqUag

[lomikriel @lomikriel]

“More like a carjacking attempt than it does a police stop.”

ICE’s use of unmarked cars and shooting into vehicles during Houston killing violates policy, experts say

W/ @eddie__gaspar

https://t.co/ggr0WYw12c

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe Democrats were capable of stealing the 2020 election while out of power, but somehow incapable of doing the same in 2024 while in power. That is a categorically, phenomenally dumb thing to believe.

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

@atrupar Fraudster says what?

[Rebecca Hennes @beccaghennes]

Greg Abbott says he’s ‘pushing back’ on data centers. His biggest donors are cashing in on them. https://t.co/l03Y22m61B

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton’s billionaire handlers won’t let him answer questions in public. It’s why he hasn’t debated in over a decade.

But I want him to prove me wrong.

I’m challenging Ken Paxton to three televised debates.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship.

She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

EX PARDON ATTORNEY CALLS BLANCHE A LIAR: “2 days after Mr. Blanche was confirmed as Deputy A.G., he fired me. I declined to rubber stamp a political favor for Trump's friend and it cost me my job. He sent 🇺🇸 Marshals to my home to prevent me from speaking with Congress.”