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A Texas Democrat seeking re-election in November has been arrested — again.
Early Saturday morning, police in Texas City responded to a report of a car parked in the left lane of Highway 3. Around 1:30 a.m., they discovered Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt (D) fast asleep in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked with the engine running and its hazard lights on, according to reports citing court documents.
Reports claim the officer opened the door and turned off the ignition for safety reasons before waking Wyatt up. When the officer asked her where she was, she claimed both that she was "in heaven" and in Houston, court documents said, even though Houston was more than 40 miles away.
According to court documents, Wyatt also told the officer she was in the area for a conference in Galveston later that morning. She initially claimed she had had one glass of wine at home around 10 p.m. the previous night but later changed her story and said she'd had two glasses of wine.
The cop smelled alcohol and noticed that Wyatt was not steady on her feet, the documents indicated. She also expressed uneasiness about taking a field sobriety test on account of a previous foot injury.
Wyatt was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor. She was released on $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on June 26.
Wyatt was similarly charged with DWI in December 2023 after reportedly registering an astonishing blood alcohol level of between 0.365% and 0.367%, more than four times the legal limit.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Wyatt allegedly violated the terms of her probation in that case, once in January 2024 and once in March 2024. Nevertheless, the case was dismissed in August after she completed a pretrial diversion program.
Then in December 2025, Wyatt was arrested again, this time for alleged burglary of a vehicle. A grand jury declined to indict her in connection with that case in April.
Wyatt, 56, was first elected to be Harris County treasurer in 2022. She is running for re-election in November and is among the 2026 candidates listed on the Harris County Democratic Party website.
Early Saturday morning, police in Texas City responded to a report of a car parked in the left lane of Highway 3. Around 1:30 a.m., they discovered Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt (D) fast asleep in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked with the engine running and its hazard lights on, according to reports citing court documents.
Reports claim the officer opened the door and turned off the ignition for safety reasons before waking Wyatt up. When the officer asked her where she was, she claimed both that she was "in heaven" and in Houston, court documents said, even though Houston was more than 40 miles away.
According to court documents, Wyatt also told the officer she was in the area for a conference in Galveston later that morning. She initially claimed she had had one glass of wine at home around 10 p.m. the previous night but later changed her story and said she'd had two glasses of wine.
The cop smelled alcohol and noticed that Wyatt was not steady on her feet, the documents indicated. She also expressed uneasiness about taking a field sobriety test on account of a previous foot injury.
Wyatt was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor. She was released on $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on June 26.
Wyatt was similarly charged with DWI in December 2023 after reportedly registering an astonishing blood alcohol level of between 0.365% and 0.367%, more than four times the legal limit.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Wyatt allegedly violated the terms of her probation in that case, once in January 2024 and once in March 2024. Nevertheless, the case was dismissed in August after she completed a pretrial diversion program.
Then in December 2025, Wyatt was arrested again, this time for alleged burglary of a vehicle. A grand jury declined to indict her in connection with that case in April.
Wyatt, 56, was first elected to be Harris County treasurer in 2022. She is running for re-election in November and is among the 2026 candidates listed on the Harris County Democratic Party website.
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Quote from: Herman on May 12, 2026, 06:31:00 PMExtending this war will be the reason the Republicans lose the House in November.Even it reaches a better outcome, unless it ends soon it will mean a certain Democrat win in Novemeber. And that will mean impeachment is their priority.
#16
Quote from: Dove on May 12, 2026, 11:53:20 PMThey are secular minded and dont know any better and it can be very confusing to people who dont tend to understand religions.one hundred percent
#17
Quote from: James Bond on Today at 10:14:12 AMwizer is complaining about the lag time.Doesn't he know that complaining is fat Oak's job.
#18
I wonder how the UAE leaving OPEC will affect oil prices and inflation?
#19
Tennessee state Republicans passed a new congressional map last week that, applying the logic of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Callais ruling, carves up a Democrat-held district that was the product of a racial gerrymander. They managed to do so despite obstruction and gross incivility from their Democrat colleagues.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, for instance, walked around the chamber blowing a bullhorn in the faces of lawmakers and subjecting them to potential noise-induced hearing loss. Jones — a Democrat who was caught on film throwing a traffic cone at a driver during a 2020 Black Lives Matter blockade — also set fire to a printout of the Confederate flag and repeatedly accused Republicans of racism.
Democrat state Sen. Charlane Oliver — the radical who threatened riots in 2024 over the passage of a bill she didn't like — danced atop her desk in the chamber, yelling and holding up a banner that said, "No Jim Crow 2 Stop the Steal."
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, for instance, walked around the chamber blowing a bullhorn in the faces of lawmakers and subjecting them to potential noise-induced hearing loss. Jones — a Democrat who was caught on film throwing a traffic cone at a driver during a 2020 Black Lives Matter blockade — also set fire to a printout of the Confederate flag and repeatedly accused Republicans of racism.
Democrat state Sen. Charlane Oliver — the radical who threatened riots in 2024 over the passage of a bill she didn't like — danced atop her desk in the chamber, yelling and holding up a banner that said, "No Jim Crow 2 Stop the Steal."
#20
A Big Mac in Taiwan costs only $2.38, compared to $7.99 in Switzerland, but after adjusting for hourly earnings, the time prices are very similar. In Pakistan, a Big Mac costs $3.77, but hourly earnings are $0.86, putting the time price at 4.4 hours. In Denmark, the price is $5.49, but hourly earnings are $57.60, so the time price is under six minutes. For the time it takes a worker in Pakistan to earn enough to buy one Big Mac, workers in Denmark can buy more than 46.
Time Pricing Big Macs Around the World
Even if a Big Mac is more expensive in money, it can be less expensive in time.
McDonald's operates in over 100 countries worldwide. Since 1986, The Economist magazine has published the Big Mac Index, built on the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP)—the idea that exchange rates should equalize the price of an identical basket of goods across countries. The following shows the dollar price of a Big Mac in each country, sorted by price:
But we can go one step further.
Instead of comparing currencies, we can compare time.
We start with the nominal price of a Big Mac in each country, converted to U.S. dollars, and then compare it to average hourly earnings. Since average hourly earnings data are not available for all countries, GDP per capita divided by annual hours worked serves as a reasonable proxy for relative wages between countries.
This transforms the question from "What does it cost?" to "How long do you have to work to get it?" A Big Mac can be more expensive in money but less expensive in time, depending on where you live.
A Big Mac in Taiwan costs only $2.38, compared to $7.99 in Switzerland, but after adjusting for hourly earnings, the time prices are very similar. In Pakistan, a Big Mac costs $3.77, but hourly earnings are $0.86, putting the time price at 4.4 hours. In Denmark, the price is $5.49, but hourly earnings are $57.60, so the time price is under six minutes. For the time it takes a worker in Pakistan to earn enough to buy one Big Mac, workers in Denmark can buy more than 46.
The Big Mac doesn't just measure currencies; it measures the spread of knowledge.
What looks like inequality in dollars is often a difference in productivity, learning, and institutional capacity. The real divide is not between rich countries and poor countries—it is between places where knowledge compounds and places where it is constrained.
When a sandwich falls from four hours of work to four minutes, something profound has happened—not to the burger, but to the growth and sharing of knowledge.
The story of abundance is not written in dollars. It is written in time.
Time Pricing Big Macs Around the World
Even if a Big Mac is more expensive in money, it can be less expensive in time.
McDonald's operates in over 100 countries worldwide. Since 1986, The Economist magazine has published the Big Mac Index, built on the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP)—the idea that exchange rates should equalize the price of an identical basket of goods across countries. The following shows the dollar price of a Big Mac in each country, sorted by price:
But we can go one step further.
Instead of comparing currencies, we can compare time.
We start with the nominal price of a Big Mac in each country, converted to U.S. dollars, and then compare it to average hourly earnings. Since average hourly earnings data are not available for all countries, GDP per capita divided by annual hours worked serves as a reasonable proxy for relative wages between countries.
This transforms the question from "What does it cost?" to "How long do you have to work to get it?" A Big Mac can be more expensive in money but less expensive in time, depending on where you live.
A Big Mac in Taiwan costs only $2.38, compared to $7.99 in Switzerland, but after adjusting for hourly earnings, the time prices are very similar. In Pakistan, a Big Mac costs $3.77, but hourly earnings are $0.86, putting the time price at 4.4 hours. In Denmark, the price is $5.49, but hourly earnings are $57.60, so the time price is under six minutes. For the time it takes a worker in Pakistan to earn enough to buy one Big Mac, workers in Denmark can buy more than 46.
The Big Mac doesn't just measure currencies; it measures the spread of knowledge.
What looks like inequality in dollars is often a difference in productivity, learning, and institutional capacity. The real divide is not between rich countries and poor countries—it is between places where knowledge compounds and places where it is constrained.
When a sandwich falls from four hours of work to four minutes, something profound has happened—not to the burger, but to the growth and sharing of knowledge.
The story of abundance is not written in dollars. It is written in time.