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7 Texas Republicans Vote Against Measure to Rehire Pilots Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine
An amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill would have protected the employment of airline pilots, following a $25 billion bailout.
US Rep. Jackson Passes Amendment to Prohibit Defense Department From Paying for Abortions
The Department of Defense’s latest policy would reimburse service members for abortions in other states.
Ted Cruz Introduces DESIST Act to Stop JROTC Programs in CCP-linked Schools
The act targets schools owned, operated, or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
Texas Congressman Warns of Growing Chinese Influence Amid Border Invasion
According to U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, the Chinese Communist Party is pouring resources into South America to undermine the U.S.
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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...
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...
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. I've often wondered what...
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...
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 environmental research group accused the state environmental agency of turning "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. The Obama Administration is trying...
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. FDR was shrewd, though. Even though his policies...
Scandal: Feds refuse to require proper documents to enter the USA.
Last week there was a leaked Texas Department of Public Safety memo related to border security and the safety of Texans. Also we saw a report from the Rio Grande Valley on KRGV detailing how “Middle Easterners, some with ties to Islamic terrorism,” are paying big...
Communism’s European Facelift has Gone Bad Part 1
Full-fledged communism failed first. The genuine, undiluted article sank the Soviet Union in 1991 and vindicated generations of capitalist, freedom-loving people who had hated communism from the start. Still, it’s important to remember, capitalists were on the ropes...