Liberal blogger tied to Joe Straus and Byron Cook is caught in a lie.
Tony McDonald
TEC Bureaucrat Attends Anti-Free Speech Conference
Last week the TEC’s top bureaucrat attended what some are calling a “funeral” for the Wisconsin speech regulator that abused conservatives in the Badger state. Natalia Luna Ashley, Executive Director of the Texas Ethics Commission, was identified as a speaker at the...
Cook Plan for Illegal Aliens Becomes Campaign Issue Statewide
Over the past two sessions, State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana) has pushed a legislative proposal so bad that it has not just harmed his political future, but the future of any representative voters perceive to have supported it. In 2013 and again in 2015, Cook pushed...
Sanctuary Cities Hearing Turned into Attack on Conservatives
When House Speaker Joe Straus (R–San Antonio) and State Affairs Chairman Byron Cook (R–Corsicana) called a committee hearing on Thursday to discuss sanctuary cities and “undocumented immigrants,” conservatives knew to expect inaction. Indeed, Cook has repeatedly...
Oops! Straus Political-Cover Operation Brands Democrats “Effective Conservatives”
At the start of the 84th legislative session, liberal Republican House Speaker Joe Straus engaged in a lame attack on Empower Texans, decrying organizations that produce “scorecards” as a mechanism of informing voters about the difference between politicians’ campaign...
Democrat Praises Straus for Hiring Democrats
The liberal Republican speaker of the Texas House is hiring more democrats, prompting praise from the political left. Last week, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus promoted Patricia Shipton, his “strategic legal advisor” and a former lobbyist, to Chief of Staff after...
YCT Releases Legislative Ratings
Another conservative group is out with ratings of the 84th Texas Legislature and they confirm many Texas Republicans are not what they claim to be on the campaign trail. Young Conservatives of Texas today released the 21st installment of their ratings of the Texas...
Sen. Uresti Exposed in Shocking New Video
It is going to be an uncomfortable Thanksgiving.
Rep Blames Cook for Failure of Illegal Immigrant Tuition Bill
One of Cook’s colleagues is now blaming him for killing a bill aimed at illegal immigration.
National Spotlight on Texas Ethics Commission
The misdeeds of the speech regulators at the Texas Ethics Commission are beginning to draw the attention of national media. J. Christian Adams is out today at PJ Media with a story exposing how bureaucrats at the TEC are working with speech regulators from a list of...