Gabbard, who recently purchased a home near Austin, has undergone a political transformation in recent years.
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Texas GOP Congress Members Call Attention to Illegal Alien Settlement
In a letter to Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, Texas’ Republican delegation to Congress have raised concerns about Colony Ridge.
Report: Biden Administration Funds Texas Drug Recovery Group Distributing Crack Pipes
The organization received $800,000 in federal grant money last year.
Texas Democrats Vote Against Federal Aid for Border Crisis
Among those voting no was U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D–Dallas), who is currently running to be the Democrat Senate candidate against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R–TX).
New York and Texas Clash Over Border Crisis
The states’ governors traded barbs over the influx of illegal aliens in New York.
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Library Conference Pushes Critical Race Theory
The event features “How to Be an Antiracist” author Ibram X. Kendi.
Analysis: Strategic Fight Sets up America for a Big Win
Thanks to 20 congressmen forcing changes to the House Rules, major reforms are now possible.
Cornyn Urged to Resign
Lamar County GOP says U.S. Sen. Cornyn has shown a “lack of fidelity” to the party’s principles.
President Biden to Visit Texas-Mexico Border 2 Years After Invasion Began
“Biden will get the usual Dog and Pony Show. Then he’ll leave and the madness will continue.”
CDC Promotes ‘LGBTQ Inclusivity’ Assessment for Schools
The test encourages school employees to assess their school’s support of LGBT students.
Majority of Texas Republicans Support McCarthy Bid For U.S. Speaker
Only three Texas Republicans opposed the ‘uniparty’ for a more conservative speaker.
Supreme Court Keeps Title 42 Immigration Policy Alive for Now
The program was set to expire on December 21.
Sen. John Cornyn Votes for $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill
“Sometimes the lesser of two bad choices is all you have got.”
Texas Judge Orders End to ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
The latest chapter in the “There and Back Again” legal saga.
Expiring Title 42 Order Threatens Texans’ Safety
“The most effective wall was Title 42.”
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Hey, Big Spender
This week the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste issued their annual Congressional scorecard. Our own U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison improved her score over previous years to be listed as a taxpayer hero. While the state’s senior senator continues to have an appetite for earmarks, she’s not alone. Leading the pack of Texans in the U.S. House of Representatives is Chet Edwards (D-Waco), who the watchdog group considers “hostile” to taxpayers.
Left Hook to Voters?
Liberals must see the handwriting on their electoral wall maps. Beyond the present concerns voters have with the Obama administration, the projected changes that will occur as a result of the 2010 Census seem to predict the political landscape will be very favorable for the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. However, it looks like President Obama’s influential supporters may think they’ve found a fix for this inconvenient problem.
DC Dems’ political fog on Texas
Given the self-delusional world inhabited by many Liberals, it comes as no surprise that many of them are giddy
Jones Decries Fed Power Grab
If California Democrat Henry Waxman gets his way, state authority over “oil and gas exploration and production” would be usurped by the federal government. That’s how Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones is describing the effects of HR 5626, which is expected to be before Congress in the next several days.
Does Congress Really Care About the States?
Tomorrow morning, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the minority leader of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), will address the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Kentucky. Wouldn’t it be refreshing if they spoke about what they really thought of the states and Constitutionally-divided government?
Defying Kings & Governing Ourselves
It was on July 2,1776, that the Continental Congress declared “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” It was two days later, of course, on the Fourth of July when they adopted the formal declaration.
Tearing Down The Wall
It was 23 years ago this weekend, on June 12, 1987, that Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, in West Berlin, and uttered perhaps the most important challenge of the 20th Century. “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! … Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.”
If flexible permitting doesn’t work, where are the numbers?
An Austin American-Statesman article elucidates upon the latest front on the Obama War on Texas. It begins this way: “In a letter dated Oct. 20, 1994, the director of a Texas
Communism’s European Facelift has Gone Bad Part 3
In part two of this series we discussed the childishness of socialism. It’s also deadly.
The Soviet Union showed us that strong poison kills quickly. Greece is showing us that diluted poison kills less quickly, but kills nonetheless.
Communism’s European Facelift Has Gone Bad Part 2
In part one of this series we discussed European socialism, Marxism’s second try, bribing people out of their freedom. Franklin D. Roosevelt took advantage of a scared American populace in the 1930’s to do just that.