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The Years-Long Shattering of a Mother’s Rights by a Harris County Judge
A tyrannical judge who handcuffed attorneys to chairs had a disturbing track record of stripping parental rights.

Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms
State agency hides how much it has indirectly invested in Chinese businesses.

Report: Texas Must Secure ‘Critical Infrastructure’
Texans face a rapidly changing battlespace.

Report: Divest From America’s Enemies
American states—including Texas—have invested a total of $68 billion in China.
Investigations Archive
Days of Freezing: One Family’s Trial With Unreliable Energy in Texas
Even before the statewide blackout in February 2021, life has not been easy for Miriah Sachs. She has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that has compromised her bones and joints. “I actually broke my pelvis when I was pregnant with my last baby. So walking...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Karl Rove’s Pro-gambling Wife on Texas A&M PAC Board
Texas A&M University System, a supposedly conservative institution, has a gambling lobbyist on the board of their political action committee. Rachel Horton, a member of the State Republican Executive Committee, posted to X about Texas A&M’s political action...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Textbook Supports “Transgender” Bathrooms
A political science textbook published by Texas A&M promotes the LGBT ideology around allowing males into female spaces. In the fall of 2019, Texas A&M published “Comparing the States and Communities: A STEM Approach to Politics, Government and Policy in the...
Investigations, State, West Texas
College at Texas Tech Offers ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ Agriculture Course
Texas Tech’s Agricultural College is offering a course full of “Diversity” and “Inclusion” in the 2024-2025 academic year. This comes after university leadership made it clear that their mandate is for the entire university to follow the letter and the spirit of the...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Chinese Infiltration of American Higher Education Reaches Texas A&M
American universities, including Texas A&M, are not fully shielded from Chinese government infiltration. Records show the Aggie institution has allowed China to infiltrate its Engineering Experiment Station, which works on multiple high-profile projects, including...
The Nonprofit Infiltrating Texas’ Government Schools
Out Youth Austin has published multiple videos advising Texas government schools on how to sexualize their libraries and classrooms. Out Youth Austin has their own channel on YouTube. Recordings there went back years. Their most recent recording was uploaded in June...
The Nonprofit Pushing Sexualization on Minors
A former sex educator sounds the alarm about the nonprofit that has marketed itself towards minors. This nonprofit also boasts of having the second-largest LGBT library in Texas. Monica Cline was disgusted by her two visits to Out Youth Austin in the late-1990s. She...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Offering DEI Course in Fall 2024
Texas A&M is offering a certificate in Social Justice Leadership for this fall 2024 semester. Texas Scorecard received a link to a form where prospective students can request information about nonprofit programs offered by Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government...
The Nonprofit Pushing “Trans” Programming on Minors
Out Youth Austin promotes “transgenderism” to Texas minors. Someone who has struggled with gender dysphoria warns against believing this ideology. Emelie Schmidt is a 25-year-old Texan in the southeast near Houston. When she was a teenager, she struggled with gender...