Did someone or something seize control of the United States? What happened to the U.S. border? Where did it go? Who erased it? Why and how did 5 million people enter our country illegally? Did Congress secretly repeal our Immigration Laws? What has the woke hysteria ignited?
As 20 deranged House Republicans continue to inflict embarrassment and crisis in Congress, a lot has to be sorted out if we're to save the country from the twin disasters of Big Government Socialism and Democrat Wokeism. It's a sad, frustrating, and unsettling situation for the Republican Party – not to mention for regular American citizens hurting from the challenges we face as a nation.
“If you look at the competitive seats on the 2024 election map, all of them are held by Democrats. You have to squint very hard to find a pickup opportunity for them,” said Jacob Rubashkin of the non-partisan campaign tracker Inside Elections. Senators like West Virginia's Joe Manchin are becoming endangered species, and they're up for reelection in battleground states with targets on their backs.
As the newly elected justice for South Texas' 13th Court of Appeals in the Rio Grande Valley, the Hidalgo County GOP congratulated former State Representative Aaron Peña as he was sworn in on New Year's Day while surrounded by many family members, supporters and local elected officials. “Hopefully that momentum continues,” said one, as Republicans continue to make huge gains in South Texas.
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency Texas effort has led to over 336,000 Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions and more than 23,000 Criminal Arrests, with more than 20,000 Felony Charges reported. Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard took historic action in 2022 under Operation Lone Star. Here's some of the results.
Rep. Guerra filed his first pieces of legislation for the upcoming 88th Legislative Session that are focused on his constituents' priorities: improving our state’s healthcare and education systems, protecting small businesses and consumers, increasing transparency and efficiency in government, and improving energy infrastructure.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a Utah- and Indiana-led motion to intervene in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceeding to prevent the Vanguard investment management fund from exerting too much power over publicly-traded utilities via its back-door strategy to push costly and controversial Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) investing activism.
My heart is usually with the Members of Congress who are so annoyed by the rest of the GOP that they do or say stupid things just out of simple frustration. But that doesn’t make what they say and do any less stupid. Maybe I’m too cynical, I don’t know for sure, but now that we’ve established the fact that 2022 sucked I fear 2023 will be the House GOP fighting among itself – but we can always hope.
After Holiday Travelers all across America face a nationwide Artic Blast and are burned by 1,000s of airline delays traveling home for Christmas, and as many fight what's amounted to the "perfect storm" of issues affecting air travel in Texas – the 2nd-most populous state in the U.S. and home to 5 of its 15 Largest Cities – here’s one way for the Feds & the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to respond.
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 336,000 migrant apprehensions and more than 23,000 criminal arrests, with more than 20,000 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 354 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.
Resources on the Comptroller’s website offer answers to frequently asked questions, outreach materials, detailed challenge submission instructions and a one-page guide that includes links to video tutorials on submitting individual challenge types.
Data released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream oil and gas employment in Texas is experiencing continued growth, with the sector adding 2,600 jobs in November.
Some surprises, such as the weakening of Russia and the chastening of China, are good news. But others – like America's current economic conundrums – leave us puzzled and most likely unprepared for the surprises of 2023. Things didn't quite work out as many people had expected in 2022... on just about every point across the political spectrum.
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Andrew "Andy" Kahan to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for a term set to expire on November 19, 2027. He also appointed Cynthia "Cyndi" Wheless to the Texas Juvenile Justice Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. Additionally, the Governor named Scott Matthew as Chair of the Board.
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) led 48 of his House Republican colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern over the December 21st, 2022 discontinuation of Title 42, saying, "Without it, Federal, State & Local Law Enforcement will be stretched beyond their limits, and threats to our national security will multiply.”
Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough challenging a new VA rule that attempts to circumvent state laws that protect the unborn by providing taxpayer dollars for abortions.
The problems escalated dramatically shortly after Biden took office in January 2021. During the 2022 fiscal year, which ran from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, 98 suspected terrorists were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"As appraisal values continue to climb across Texas, there's surprising good news! Property Tax Bills for homeowners in Austin, Houston and San Antonio are down – and I'm not just talking about their ISD School Taxes, it's the entire tax bill," said State Senator Paul Bettencourt during a press conference earlier in the day, calling the news and citizen's actions that have led to lower average property tax bills "astonishing!"
