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Texas ‘Trump Train’ Defendants Ask Court to Dismiss Democrats’ Attack on Free Speech
“This lawsuit is an attempt to silence political opposition by intimidation through the court system.” — Jerad Najvar
Ronny Jackson Wants To End Taxpayer-Funded ‘Fake News’
Legislation would defund NPR and PBS.
Amid Arrest Speculation, Trump to Hold First 2024 Rally in Waco
The rally comes on what could be an eventful week for the 45th president.
Legislation Filed in Texas to Allow for Recalling US Senators
A new bill would help to recall senators who don’t serve the state’s best interest.
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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. He's truly a one-man...
Giving Us More Gas (Taxes)
Ever heard of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission? Well, they want your money. This quasi-governmental body is suggesting that gasoline taxes be TRIPLED over the next five years. Big Government, not Big Oil, is already the biggest...
You Say You Want A Revolution
On the night of December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty boarded a ship in Boston Harbor and destroyed the tea – dumping it in the water – as a way to protest the British government’s tax policies. Supportive crowds stood on water’s edge. British sailors watched...
Tax Equity
More than two dozen members of the Texas Legislature are calling on Congress to maintain the sales tax deduction for Texans on our federal income taxes. Unless Congress acts, we'll again lose this important protection. For many years, only people living in states...
No Headline: Conservatives Press For Sanity
Seventeen members of the Texas House have sent a letter to Texas' delegation to the U.S. Congress, urging them to sustain the President's veto of the massive expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program. Don't expect the letter to make the newspapers -- they...
Cornyn Among Few Senators to Vote Against Pork for Bike Paths, Montana Ballpark, and “Peace Garden”
Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a handful of U.S. Senators to vote against three separate servings of pork. First, he was among 14 Senators who voted for an amendment to the transportation funding bill to stop any further pork projects before deficient bridges...
Grow Government Today, Pay For It Later
Bad ideas are running rampant in Beantown. I've come to Boston for the National Conference of State Legislators. It should be called the National Conference for Growing Government. By and large, NCSL is a cheerleading session for those legislators, bureaucrats,...
Tearing Down Walls, Advancing Liberty
It was 20 years ago today, on June 12, 1987, that Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, in West Berlin, and uttered perhaps the most important words of the 20th Century. He said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ... Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall....