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Fort Worth Movie Theater Pulls Pro-LGBT Preview Following Public Pressure
The preview portrayed a horror movie antagonist as the perfect example of a “queer movie icon.”
Eventbrite Removes ‘Let Women Speak’ Event
The Big Tech company claims the event is dangerous and hateful.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Lawsuit in Dallas Against Data Scrapers
Four unnamed Dallas-based entities tried to “scrape every tweet ever made,” Musk alleges.
DPS Will Continue Patrolling Austin Despite City Ending Partnership
Gov. Greg Abbott said DPS jurisdiction covers “every square inch of Texas.”
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Spring Brings New Debt Props in DFW
Last fall, Texans were faced with billions of local debt propositions on their November 5th ballot. In total, more than $7 billion of additional debt was requested from voters across the state, including Prop 6 which would remove $2 billion from the State’s Emergency...
Vigilance At Every Level
There are compelling reasons why Texans need to be vigilant in holding their local officials accountable. Thanks to Congresswoman Kay Granger and F-rated Charlie Geren (Fort Worth), the Tarrant Regional Water District can now legally bully private landowners using...
Judge Sanctions Murphy Turner For Misleading Testimony
A Bexar County judge today awarded sanctions to Empower Texans against Murphy Turner and Associates "in light of the collective testimony given by the company's principals regarding lack of knowledge of mail pieces." MTA was sanctioned because principals Wayne...
The Incentive-Industrial Complex
While most Texans put in a hard day’s work to support their families, there are some among us who are content to live off the labor of others. Sadly, this is a truism in our current political sphere. And no, I am not talking about many of our political figures; though...
Cruz Leads Where TXLege Fails
Ted Cruz recently spoke at a school choice rally in Houston, celebrating the kickoff of National School Choice Week. Thousands of similar rallies all over the country are scheduled, as school choice initiatives in over 23 states are growing in both success and...
Fundraisers Speak Louder Than Words
As cited in an interview by the Texas Tribune, Sen. John Carona (SD16-Dallas) has a proud, unapologetic history of hosting fundraisers for liberal Democrats facing Republican challengers, including some at his private home in Dallas. The most surprising beneficiaries...
Video Outlines Evidence Against Murphy Turner
In advance of two hearings in Bexar County this week, Empower Texans has submitted to the court a video outlining the contradictory statements made by Murphy Turner Associates. The short video, created at the direction of lead counsel Joe Nixon of Beirne, Maynard...
Sen. Duncan plays the populist, ignorantly.
According to Lubbock’s Mudslide Media, state Senator Robert “Duncan suggested some of his fellow politicians have solicited votes in conservative parts of the state by attacking opponents as being “liberal,” rather than studying real issues. “We have dumbed down our...
Monorail Massengale and the Chamber of Boondoggles
From the “we can’t make this stuff up” file, out of Lubbock comes news that Lubbock master downtown developer Delbert McDougal is working to install a monorail. You read that correctly. A monorail. In Lubbock. We have previously written about how certain members of...