On Thursday morning, President Trump announced that U.S. authorities apprehended a 24-year-old illegal immigrant, identified as one of the top three leaders of the MS-13 gang in the United States. MS-13 is one of the most dangerous transnational gangs in the world, known for brutal tactics including murder, extortion, sexual violence, and drug trafficking. Americans can finally breathe a sigh of relief, knowing his administration will stop at nothing to protect our communities.
Securing our border starts with strong leadership, and that’s exactly what we’re getting with President Trump. For four long years, Joe Biden’s open-border policies poured gasoline on the fire, unleashing chaos and endangering Americans. Now, the Trump administration is taking swift action to restore order, crack down on dangerous criminals and gangs, and secure our nation.
It is illegal discrimination to refuse to rent, sell, negotiate, or set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of housing because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin. It is also a violation of law to make, print, or publish any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates a preference, limitation or discrimination or the intention to make a preference, limitation or discrimination.
Since the COVID-low point of September of 2020, the industry has added 48,400 Texas upstream jobs, averaging growth of 913 jobs per month. During the same time, months with upstream oil and gas employment increases have outnumbered those with decrease by 38 to 14. These jobs pay among the highest wages in Texas, with employers in oil and natural gas paying an average salary of approximately $128,000 in 2024.
Democrats and your regime media check your calendars, guys. It’s 2025, and what used to work doesn’t work anymore. You guys haven’t changed, but we Republicans have. The fact that we are no longer reacting as you expect and demand us to, along with the revolution in media that has allowed us insurgents to evade the regime media gatekeepers, has made all your old go-to moves utterly useless. We’re winning, and you’re losing. It’s beautiful, man.
Think about this for a second: When asked "Who best represents your Democrat Party’s values," Democrats say Cong. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads with a meager 10%, a lame 9% say Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders hits 8%, and the rest barely even register – Oh Wait! 30% of respondents just said, “No one.” When your party’s best-known faces can’t even cobble together double-digit support – and a third of your base doesn’t even believe leadership exists – you’ve got a branding problem.
The Texas labor market continued to achieve record highs for both jobs and the civilian labor force in February. The state added 20,100 positions over the month to reach a total of 14,254,200 nonfarm jobs. Texas added 182,300 jobs from February 2024 to February 2025, bringing the annual nonfarm growth rate to 1.3 percent and outpacing the national growth rate by 0.1 percentage points.
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“The death of Sergio Ivan Rodriguez should have never occurred. There should have been a railroad grade separation. No Texan should die at these dangerous crossings, especially near our schools," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 1555, TxDOT Grant Program for Railroad Grade Separation Projects by Sen. Robert Nichols, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 Honoring the Life of Sergio Ivan Rodriguez by Sen. Carol Alvarado.
"While there is still more work to be done, today's collaboration is a testament to the public and private sectors’ ongoing commitment to enhancing workforce readiness – and unlocking economic potential for our communities." said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar earlier today, joining local officials and representatives from the Human-I-T to provide Career Tracks, formerly the Smithville Workforce Training Center, with 100 refurbished laptops to distribute to job seekers in the Career Tracks program.
After they tried to stop Elon Musk's DOGE Committee – and its identification of government Theft, Fraud & Abuse – leftist are now terrorizing Tesla owners nationwide. Nationwide violence is returning as they seek to destroy and damage Tesla cars, dealerships, and charging stations. Furious at their party's increasing impotence and incompetence, these contemporary Democrats are imposing their own version of a reign of Smut Terror. Too insignificant to derail the country, they're certainly destroying the Party.
Note to the Texas House DOGE Committee: If schools want more money this Session, how about they agree to cut some administrative positions and ivory tower office buildings to start. State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione – known for his diligence, integrity and lack of fear of the establishment – has been chosen to lead the new Delivery of Govt. Efficiency (DOGE) Committee in the Texas House... and help them out by requiring more be spent on rapid increases in reading. They won’t or don’t know how to do these on their own.
Senate Bill 14, by Sen. Phil King, establishes the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office. If passed into law, the office would be created within the governor’s office, along with an advisory panel to oversee regulatory reform. The office would be tasked with identifying and eliminating unnecessary rules, improving the rulemaking process, and increasing public access to regulatory information.
The United States Senate voted 70-28 on final passage of a resolution authored by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to overturn a Biden administration midnight rule imposing regulations on software developers of decentralized financial (DeFi) technology. The resolution had previously passed the House. The resolution has passed both chambers of Congress and now awaits the President’s signature to become law.
The RRC’s long history of common sense, science-based regulation of the oil and gas industry has safeguarded Texas communities and the environment while also fostering responsible production benefitting the state economy and America’s energy independence. The Texas oil and gas industry continued a hot streak in 2024 with production volumes surpassing records that were set in 2023.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom hosts a podcast. Why not? He has plenty of free time. In the last few years, California experienced a net population loss of nearly 1 million people. The average price of a home in the state is twice that of the national average. Its K-12 test scores in reading and math place California 37th of 50 states. The state's January 2025 unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was the second highest in the nation.
“Writing the budget for Texas – which has the 8th largest economy in the world – is no small feat. Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman has done skillful work on this budget, and I thank her for her continued leadership in ensuring our state’s financial future is secure. Our state’s fiscal foundation has never been more solid," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick earlier today, after the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 1, the Senate’s Budget for Texas which was spear-headed by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston.)
"Texas is on the cusp of game-changing legislation – and no one knows better than a parent about the power and importance of School Choice for children. We must prioritize our students," said Governor Abbott earlier today, boosting the growing level of support for school choice in the Lone Star State during an event at the Texas Capitol with former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows in Austin.
