Democrats, once the home of the Middle-America Working-Class – and, they said, the downtrodden – have obviously never been more over-the-top confident about who and what their voting base is: affluent, elite, predominantly white and predominantly urban-suburban college-educated graduates. There's simply no other way to explain Joe Biden's latest cynical, 70-odd-days out from a disastrous Mid-Term Election policy.
"The dangerous actions taken by Judge Lina Hidalgo and Harris County represent a brazen disregard for the safety and security of the Texans they are sworn to protect. The State of Texas will ensure our brave law enforcement partners have the resources necessary for this solemn responsibility," said Gov. Greg Abbott following Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's finding that Harris County Commissioners acted to significantly reduce resources available to the County's Constables Office.
"We’re not going to allow left-wing bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. to transform our Texas Hospitals & Emergency Rooms into walk-in abortion clinics, and the decision last night proves what we knew all along: the law is on our side. No matter how many backdoors Joe Biden attempts to go through to illegally force abortions in Texas, I will fight back to defend our pro-life laws – and Texas mothers and children,” said Attorney General Paxton after a Federal Judge ruled in Texas' favor.
"This burdens hard-working Americans with debts they didn’t take on themselves. This will cost every American taxpayer an average of $2,100. It's a gut punch to every hard working single mother who worked double shifts to pay for her education, to every parent who borrowed against their home to send their kids to college, and to every American who sacrificed to make responsible decisions or Veterans who risked their lives to earn the G.I. Bill," said Cruz.
“Angie Chen Button is a go-getter in the Texas House, with a strong track record of delivering for her constituents and the people of Texas,” said House Speaker Dade Phelan, announcing a partnership with the Texas Realtors Association's political action committee, TREPAC, that is contributing a combined $50,000 to support State Representative Button's re-election campaign efforts in State House District 112.
The next time Republicans control all three branches of government they may wish to visit an old idea - the flat tax. When magazine publisher and Republican Steve Forbes ran for president in 1996, the flat tax was at the heart of his campaign.
In what were called "explosive comments" last summer, House Speaker Pelosi told reporters President Biden did not have the authority to cancel student loan debt. "He can postpone [payments] ... but he does not have that power [of debt forgiveness]," said Pelosi. So, why today is the kid from an upper-middle class family whose parents make up to $125,000 a year – or $250,000 for married couples – deserve debt relief when working-class families who couldn’t afford college and didn't go get nothing?
“The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has become more and more aggressive in implementing a political agenda, untethered from its statutory mission. Beyond the legal problems, the Proposed Rule worryingly ignores the interests of everyday Americans," wrote Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton and 20 other states, saying they believe this represents another thinly-veiled attempt by the Biden White House to target the energy and other industries vital to the American people.
Governor Abbott led a Statewide Weather Call earlier today with more than 350 Local Emergency Response Officials from all regions across Texas – including mayors, county judges, 1st responders & private sector partners – saying, "The State of Texas is using all means necessary to support local community efforts to protect life and property, and it’s essential that communities across the state take proactive measures."
Data released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream Oil & Natural Gas industry employment grew in July by 6,800 jobs over June, the second highest monthly increase in data history. Since the low point in employment during September of 2020, industry has added 45,800 Texas upstream jobs, averaging growth of 2,082 jobs per month.
This week marks a terrible milestone: The shameful and botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that allowed the Taliban to reassert control over the country for the first time in 20 years, killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans in an ISIS orchestrated terrorist attack, damaged relationships with our allies, and made our own country less safe. The legacy media is working hard to sweep its impacts under the rug.
The great Rush Limbaugh used to say, "The modern environmentalists worship the created, not the creator." As only 1-in-20 people say "Climate Change" is the No. 1 problem facing our country, last week Joe Biden signed the fiscally unconscionable $750 billion tax-&-spend "Inflation Reduction Act" and gave another $369 billion to the climate change-industrial complex. As Americans want and desperately need lower inflation and more prosperity, this law delivers neither.
With Mid-Term Elections less than 80 days away, Republicans continue to hold their year-long lead over Democrats and now have a 5% advantage in their bid to recapture Congress – and the GOP's lead in Rasmussen's "Generic Congressional Ballot" poll is now 2% higher than is was last week when they led 46%-43%. Republican's lead is due mainly to a 9% advantage among Independent Voters – and the FBI's damaged standing with Independent Voters.
Property Appraisals are rising amidst a booming Texas economy, but taxpayers can be assured their Property Tax Rates are on the way down to offset the increases. "The Cavalry's coming over the hill for Texas Homesteads this fall. After passage of Props 1 & 2 last May, 3.5 million homesteads will this year pay less on average in school taxes than last year. Over-65 homeowners are frozen this year, but will get an actual property tax cut in 2023," said State Sen. Paul Bettencourt.
200,000 illegal immigrants were encountered at the Southern Border last month – a 325% increase from the average July number under President Trump. This brings the total number of illegal crossings since President Biden took office to over 4.2 million – including 800,000 illegal immigrants. To put that in perspective, that's the size of more than 13% of the population of Texas. Here's the latest figures in perspective.
“This opinion will help create new processes that can be used to verify our elections have been conducted fairly and without any fraud. My office continues to lead from the front and we won’t back down until our elections are completely and totally secure,” said Attorney General Paxton, releasing an office opinion outlining the formal process to establish a crucial new tool in the fight for free and fair elections, and boost confidence in Texas’s elections.
In the first ratings for Schools Districts & Campuses in Texas since 2019 due to COVID-related pauses, Harmony Public Charter Schools – a Texas-born and Texas-wide charter school system with roughly 4,000 school professionals statewide – announced its 7 Central Texas campuses in Austin, Cedar Park and Pflugerville (with two more slated to open in Leander & Georgetown,) continued thier strong STEM-based college readiness learning performance.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave Democrats a boost recently. Whether it was intentional or not is irrelevant at this point—when the Senate Republican leader says that his party virtually has no chance of retaking the 50-50 Senate, people take notice.
