After advising New York City's Mayor last month to direct his complaints over Texas' efforts to secure its Southern Border to President Biden for refusing to secure the Southern Border, and after additional complaints from Washington, D.C.'s Mayor Muriel Bowser, Gov. Greg Abbott this week sent a letter to both mayors inviting them to visit Texas’ Southern Border to see the humanitarian crisis firsthand.
"The Biden Administration was not only complicit in the fake news narrative about our Mounted Agents in Del Rio last year, they actively fanned the flames," said Sen. Ted Cruz, introducing a "Sense of the Senate Resolution" detailing how the White House’s failed border policies have created the growing Illegal Immigration & Drug Crisis, including when Mounted Border Patrol Officers were falsely accused of “whipping” illegal immigrants.
“Pharmaceutical companies like Teva must be held accountable for their role in this devastating epidemic. We expect this settlement to make a crucial difference in preventing fatal overdoses and treating opioid addiction disorder. This settlement is a major win, and a step closer to helping people overcome opioid addiction,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"The sharpest increase from a year ago was once again in Oil & Gas Mining, but receipts from construction, manufacturing and wholesale trade were also up by double digits for the 8th consecutive month," said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, announcing that Texas' State Sales Tax Revenues jumped 14.7% from the same period in July 2021, and represent the highest monthly tax collections on record.
Everyone with half a brain knows that the worst time to raise taxes is during a recession, and the recent deal between far-left Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin will do just that. The bill's “Inflation Reduction Act” title is a dead give away on what Democrat's are trying to do – and spending $433 billion more while the country's suffering with 9.1% inflation will only push inflation higher.
"I was proud to fight for the needs of Texans and make sure that the Houston and Corpus Christi Communities have the resources they need to further economic development and public safety," said Sen. Ted Cruz after voting for the 2022 Water Resources Development Act, which he and his staff worked to ensure included numerous provisions benefitting Texas. Here's a list of the pro-Texas provisions included.
“No matter how many laws you pass, criminals, drug dealers and human traffickers will always break the law. The only thing liberals are doing is endangering mothers, fathers, children and entire communities. This type of legislation isn't about banning a certain type of firearm, its about taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves," said new South Texas Congresswoman Myra Flores.
"Responsible governance of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is of the utmost importance for our Coastal Communities, and I'm confident these Senators will focus their attention on this oversight task," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, announcing the appointments of the following Texas Senators to the Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding and Funding Structure Oversight Board.
Spending $2.3 billion on the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program at a time of historically high inflation is irresponsible – and adds to the ever-increasing pain Americans are feeling in their pocketbooks, says Paxton.
The media is our enemy, and it's wonderful to finally see Republicans treating reporters as what they are – digital vermin whose sole function is to shrimp and market The Swamp. There's been a rash of media handwringing because GOP superstars like Ron DeSantis aren't allowing them access to candidates or events. So what’s the big deal – we’re not in a recession, right? Republicans are getting it. Finally.
“I wish the White House had a vaccine for ‘denial,’ because their in denial about the recession, worker shortages, and inflation. Who in their right mind raises taxes heading into a recession? To me this seems very deceptive. They'd taken Tax Hikes off the table, and now they’ve put them back on – that’s $300 billion landing on U.S. companies that employ American workers and that build things in America,” said Cong. Kevin Brady.
China's President Xi Jinping delivered a fierce warning to President Joe Biden this morning during a two-hour phone call, telling him, "Those who play with fire will get burned. We hope the U.S. side can see this clearly," as tensions between the two super-powers approach a boiling point while the White House braces for a potential military response to Nancy Pelosi's upcoming trip to Taiwan.
It’s official – we’re in a recession. And we have been all year. Americans have totally lost confidence, and their assessment of family economic conditions six months from now is at its lowest since 2013. Small business sentiment is at a 48-year low. Higher interest rates have clobbered home construction, which is down 14% annually. And Joe Biden & the Democrats say the economy is strong?
In the aftermath of a soaring inflation report two weeks ago – showing that June's prices were rising at their fastest rate in over 40 years and inflation was at its highest level since 1982 – the Federal Reserve announced earlier today it was again hiking interest rates and would continue its aggressive campaign of increases through the end of 2022. Bank officials signaled more rate increases are on the way.
As 75% of middle-class Americans now say they're falling behind financially, and as a majority of Americans say they are worse off today than they were one year ago, a radical group of leftist activists called "Shutdown DC" is threatening to protest outside of tomorrow night’s Congressional Baseball Game in Washington, DC. They’re also graffitiing churches and firebombing Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
America has not seen a political environment this bad for an incumbent since 1980. Even 2010 was not as bad for Barack Obama as 2022 is for Joe Biden – and 2010 saw massive Democrat losses. You'd have to go all the way back to the 1890s to find a comparable level of damage being done by an incumbent party from the Federal to the Local Level – and 2022's shaping up to be worse than 2010.
While a new Rasmussen Reports National Survey shows that barely 1-in-5 of "Likely U.S. Voters" think it would be good for Democrats to have President Biden seek re-election in 2024, most believe Republicans are headed for victory this November. And, with 46% Strongly Disapproving of Mr. Biden 's job and just 19% Strongly Approving, his Presidential Approval Index clocks in at a -27.
Political & economic analysts are characterizing this week as a “Category 5 Economic Storm” for Democrats and the Biden White House. After shrinking in the 1st Quarter, the next set of official 2022 numbers come out Thursday morning and the Biden White House is already arguing "we’re not in a recession" – which seems like a clear indication they know what's coming. By mid-Thursday morning, we'll know if the U.S. is now in "a recession."
