HCF: Don Hooper
Don Hooper, a Houston native, spent his career in real estate and energy. Politics tends to govern both.
Outside the office, Don finds his true happiness in the great outdoors. Raised at the Houston Trap and Skeet Range, a gun club where he worked for his grandfather, he developed a lifelong passion for hunting and fly fishing. He'd gladly trade a weekend indoors for one spent on the water or in the field.
Houston-born and plainspoken, Don Hooper is more comfortable outdoors than behind a desk.
Downtown Houston
From Don's Desk
Harris County GOP Handed Joint Judicial Campaign to Someone Admonished for Ex Parte Contact
In 2022 a democrat district judge filed Mary Jane Smith's handwritten note in the public record and emailed a copy to every party, including Cindy Siegel. Four years later Siegel appointed her to chair the committee that raises money and runs the countywide campaign for Republican judges.
Sep 2, 2026Austin Sierra Club Marxists on the Move with Talarico
A 2020 Zoom recording surfaces of Talarico telling Austin Sierra Club activists that capitalism is an "oppressive system" and that Texas oil and gas is "not gonna last" — the same industry his 2026 Senate campaign now claims to champion.
Sep 1, 2026TLR Told You to Read John Arnold. Who Was Going to Tell You Who He Is?
Part two of the John Arnold investigation: which newsroom in this town is left to tell you who he is when a Houston billionaire is handed the microphone in a conservative newsletter.
Aug 30, 2026Why Is Ryan Patrick and Texans for Lawsuit Reform Promoting John Arnold, a Talarico Donor?
Texans for Lawsuit Reform's new chief spent a newsletter warning about hidden lawsuit money, then promoted a Talarico donor whose bail-reform millions have been tied to Harris County's crime wave.
Aug 29, 2026Dove Season Opens Statewide Tuesday. Houston Is Finally on the Same Clock.
After a century of delay, Houston's South Zone finally opens dove season on the same day as the rest of Texas, with record white-wing numbers and no more noon start.
Aug 28, 2026Welcome to Houston, Mr. President. Now Look Around.
Mr. President, welcome back to Texas. There is a case in this county that has gone unresolved for more than two years, and everything else here comes back to it.
Aug 27, 2026103 calls in a city of 2.3 million. That's the scandal?
I have stood at the public comment podium in Houston City Hall and read the names of four police officers to the people who govern this city. Rodney Johnson. Henry Canales. Kevin Will. Harold Preston. Four HPD officers, four families, four funerals with bagpipes and a folded flag.
Aug 26, 2026Closed Primaries — Republican Party of Texas Stands Up for the First Amendment
The Republican Party of Texas, joined by longtime GOP voter Chip Hunt, sued the state in federal court in Amarillo, arguing Texas’s open primary system violates the party’s First Amendment right of association by letting non-Republicans help pick its nominees.
Aug 9, 2026Who Showed Up — and Who Stayed Away — at Ken Paxton's Houston Rally
On Tuesday night at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton held the latest stop on his "Protecting the Texas Promise" campaign tour, unveiling a new economic agenda and drawing a mix of reconciled allies and notably absent GOP establishment figures.
Aug 8, 2026