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Airline seating

I became aware of the dispute about the 2017 Christmas Eve flight seat cancellation and looked for any content anywhere that Jackson Lee had any generated any action involved in the cancellation of another passenger's seating that had originally been booked using frequent flier miles, save to be given the seat herself afterwards. The airline seated their passenger, after what it believed had been a cancellation by that traveler, in an Economy Plus seat and also that passenger accepted a $500 voucher to resolve any inconvenience. All prior content of the talk page had been archived by other editors before I posted this. Activist (talk) 00:36, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congresswoman released ad telling supporters to vote on the wrong day

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4340445-congresswoman-released-ad-telling-supporters-to-vote-on-the-wrong-day/

I'm not sure if this is notable or relevant enough to be included. However, very recently, someone else was convicted for doing a very similar thing.

Source: https://apnews.com/article/influencer-mackey-conviction-hillary-7ca8f2bcb487a89f80a24029aeb3ee58

I'm on the fence on this one. What do others think?

SquirrelHill1971 (talk) 18:57, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this should be included. However, the ad she put out wasn't intended to persuade the other side to vote on the wrong day; her ad told her own supporters to vote on the wrong date. Self-sabotage but not criminal election interference. Visiblesmoggy (talk) 18:18, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee tells schoolkids that moon is a ‘planet’ and ‘made up mostly of gases’

Please add that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee tells schoolkids that moon is a ‘planet,’ as well as ‘made up mostly of gases.’ Here is one of many sources (this one from the NY Post): https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/sheila-jackson-lee-tells-students-the-moon-is-a-planet-made-up-mostly-of-gases/ 65.30.173.148 (talk) 22:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For reference, this is under "Political views and statements" and "Gaffes" listed solely as "made up mostly of gases." This is important because the source currently on Wikipedia leads to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee giving a reply that she meant the sun, which is also not a planet. 65.30.173.148 (talk) 22:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait change

Sorry if I'm unaware but is there a reason the portrait was changed from 116th to 105th Congress? Lowkschwonz (talk) 03:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usually it's standard that one someone has passed away the portrait is changed to show them in "Their prime" (See Feinstein), however I think having a black and white photo from the 90s is too far away. It should be a official portrait from around the 2010s. In addition it feels extremely disrespectful to change the image only 30 minutes after her death was announced. Whoever changed it should've waited an additional day. TheFellaVB (talk) 03:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. But with this discussion I think we should go ahead and vote. I decided to make another section to do that. Dancingtudorqueen (talk) 04:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait vote

Obviously we need to reach a consensus on what image to use of Jackson Lee. Here are the reasonable options I have found so far. Please feel free to drop more suggestions.

Cast your vote

Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Option E
Option F
Option G

Dancingtudorqueen (talk) 03:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

B or G would get my vote. I think a color photo makes more sense, then E feels perhaps a bit too recent and C + F are very close-up, so that is what my thinking would be to land at B or G. AddMLR (talk) 04:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think G is definitely an excellent portrait since it shows her at a younger age, but also having a picture of her in color + in step with her usual hairstyle. Dancingtudorqueen (talk) 04:14, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Option G completely. Option B would be fine but it feels too zoomed out honestly Lowkschwonz (talk) 06:24, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also like G. Could be convinced on the black and white options (D&A). B&E are too zoomed out, C&F are too zoomed in. Dcpoliticaljunkie (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]