Following the Ukraine-Biden bribery scandal’s exposure, Cruz is demanding Biden be impeached, prosecuted, and jailed.
Federal
SWA Mandates COVID Shots for Employees
Huffines jabs Abbott for not protecting Texans from vaxx mandates.
Biden’s Executive Orders Could Force Millions of Texans to Get COVID Vaccine
During the last special session, the Texas Legislature failed to enact a policy that would guarantee Texans’ right to medical freedom.
Biden’s Justice Department Sues Texas Over Heartbeat Act
Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed that the Texas law “prevents women throughout Texas from exercising their constitutional rights.”
US Supreme Court Allows Pro-Life Heartbeat Act to Take Effect
Abortion advocates filed for an injunction against the law, which the Supreme Court denied in a 5-4 ruling.
MOST RECENT
Trump Appointee Highlights Unfairness of Speech Regulations in First Act on FEC
Recently elected as chairman of the Federal Election Commission, Trey Trainor led the commission in dismissing an unfair complaint.
Cruz to Hold Hearing on Riots
Texas’ junior senator will explore how “anti-American anarchists” engage in riots and violence.
He’s Back: Obama Endorses Liberal Candidates in Texas
Conspicuously missing from the list? MJ Hegar, who recently won the Democrat nomination to face U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.
Doctors With Coronavirus Treatment Face Orwellian Suppression
Several doctors across the country—who are apparently successfully treating the Chinese coronavirus—are experiencing an Orwellian-like oppression by the media and government regulators.
Commentary: The Wild Polling Spectrum
With the nation in a state of upheaval, we can expect to see further divergence until societal habits begin to normalize.
Crenshaw, Hurd, Other Texas Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Confederate Monuments
Congressman Dan Crenshaw said he was “glad” to vote to remove the statues from the nation’s capital.
Commentary: The GOP Senate Is Asleep at the Wheel
America’s foundational values are being torn down, canceled, and erased from our culture. Wake up, senators. You have just a handful of weeks to remind us why you’re relevant.
New Ad Claims Troy Nehls ‘Blamed and Shamed’ Sex Trafficking Victim
Kathaleen Wall and Troy Nehls are in a runoff election for Houston-area Congressional District 22.
New Data Suggests Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn’t Work
Daniel Horowitz of Conservative Review says a new Penn State study highlights the ineffectiveness of government-mandated shutdowns.
Trump Authorizes Feds to Arrest Monument Vandals
Thus far, Texas DPS has been deployed to protect monuments on the grounds of the Texas Capitol, but many citizens fear those in other parts of the state have not been afforded the same protection.
ARCHIVE
California’s Possible Need for Federal Loan Shows Importance of Controlling Spending
In a disturbing development, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter today to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson saying the state may need to borrow $7 billion from the federal government to pay its bills. This indicates just how vital it is for Texas lawmakers to keep a lid on spending.
Bail-Out Sell-Out
Few things are more disgusting than having our principles sold-out by our political leaders. Make no mistake, the proposed federal “bail-out” of the credit market is a sell-out of our fundamental beliefs about freedom and the role of government. The action will burden us with debt and, worse, create horrific precedent for generations to come.
Noriega: More Federal Spending Is Needed For Public Education
According to the Dallas Morning News, State Rep. Rick Noriega who is currently campaigning to take over John Cornyn’s senate seat believes that the Texas education system needs to be overhauled How does he want to achieve this overhaul? He wants to spend more of your tax dollars on the federal level.
Freeing Health Care
That individuals find it all but impossible to find health insurance is a function of disfunctional public policy. Tax policy highly favors employer-provided health insurance, further removing individuals from seeing the real cost of the care they receive. It also ties people to their employer in ways that are economically unhealthy.
Got Freedom?
This week marked "cost of government day" — the date in which the average American has now paid the cost of taxes and regulations handed down from federal, state and local governments. The date, July 16, means Americans work more than half the year to pay for all the government we enjoy.
Leave Us Alone
The American Right and Left are each comprised of disparate groups, with a variety of priorities and objectives. What draws them together, into the Left and the Right? My friend Grover Norquist has developed a fairly convincing theory that’s at once obvious and obfuscated. In the title of his new book, “Leave Us Alone,” Grover provides what does, or should, unify the American center-right.
Big John
Hanging in Sen. John Cornyn’s office is a guitar signed by rockers ZZ Top. Pretty cool. More cool is the way Cornyn has been rocking the U.S. Senate. He forced the hand of the liberals on their global warming scam, and has become a consistent champion of free markets and budget reform in the gang of 100. It’s good to have Big John (video link) fighting in Washington.
New Pig Book Shows Congress is High on the Hog
Citizens Against Government Waste has just released their annual PIG Book cataloging Congress’ waste of tax dollars. It shows there were 11,610 pork projects approved this past year at a cost of $17.2 billion. Among them: $3 million for First Tee, a character-building golfing program, $1.9 million for the Charles Rangel Center for Public Service and $742,764 to fund olive fruit fly research.
March Lobbying Madness with Public Funds
The Center for Responsive Politics has a new bracket comparing the Sweet 16 universities by their federal lobbying expenditures. By this measure, UCLA ($560k) will play UNC ($31Ok) in the Finals – UT-Austin at $200k would be on the sidelines. The bracket is at: https://www.capitaleye.org/img/lobbying_16.gif.
Moore Conservative
One of the strongest voices for fiscal conservativism, and commonsense governance, is Steve Moore. He founded the Club for Growth, and now serves as senior economics writer at the Wall Street Journal, and a writer on the vaunted editorial page.