“Blocking our ability to investigate certain election crimes would have been a serious disruption to the electoral landscape – with only a month left before Election Day,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton, as he appealed to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a request which has now granted a temporary stay until October 10th. A.G. Paxton has been investigating illegal ballot harvesting under Senate Bill 1, a Texas election integrity law.
CNN recently dropped a bombshell report regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for the White House. According to Harry Enten, their CNN Senior Data Reporter, Harris is headed toward “the worst Democratic performance with union voters in a generation.” For anyone connected to the union community, such a probably feels less like a surprise – and more like a long-overdue confirmation of the obvious.
While raising concerns about “the number of improperly vetted aliens who've illegally crossed the border increasing the likelihood of domestic attacks” after they have been released without identification into neighborhoods across the country, Sen. Ted Cruz ramped up his demand for answers from President Biden's Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas about how many Illegal Border Crossers have been flown into the nation on taxpayers’ dime – posing election year concerns for citizen's safety, and national security.
Governor Greg Abbott today touted Texas’ robust job training programs that provide opportunities for Texans to go into high-demand, good-paying jobs and the impact on the state’s manufacturing industry during a tour with manufacturing students and a press conference at Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Waco. The Governor also celebrated National Manufacturing Day and praised the might of the “Made in Texas” brand
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) announced over $12 million in federal funding for border security through Operation Stonegarden. This federal grant program provides funding to local and state law enforcement agencies to partner with Border Patrol against human and drug smuggling. Congressman Gonzales has fiercely advocated for Operation Stonegarden funding through his position on the House Appropriations Committee.
"With more than 1.6 million people visiting the Alamo annually, I'm dedicated to working with the City of San Antonio and the Alamo Trust to ensure visitors from all around the world – and for future generations to come – will forever be able to experience and learn about the sacrifices made for liberty at this Sacred Site," said Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, as she, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and numerous others spoke this morning at the Construction Kickoff of the Alamo Visitor Center & Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
When Joe Biden became president, the Middle East was calm. Now it's in the midst of a multifront war. So quiet was the inheritance from the prior Trump administration that nearly three years later, on September 29, 2023 – and just eight days before the October 7th Hamas massacre of Israelis – Biden's national security advisor Jack Sullivan could still brag that "The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades." Their legacy now, will be the current Middle East Disaster.
A staggering 60% of "Likely Voters" in Michigan, Ohio & Wisconsin told the New York Times-Siena Poll conducted Sept. 21-26 that the country is "headed in the wrong direction" – compared to just 31% who said its "on the right track." Residents in Georgia & North Carolina are begging the Biden-Harris White House for help after Hurricane Helene, war is erupting in the Middle East, as illegal immigrants continue to cross the Southern Border and swarm into local neighborhoods across the nation.
“The aftermath of Hurricane Helene left dangerous flood waters and debris that can be life-threatening to people and animals. Our hearts grieve for all Americans who were lost, and Texas will continue to do all we can to help our fellow Americans in this time of need,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, today announcing he has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy state emergency response resources to support the state's recovery efforts following a request from North Carolina Emergency Management.
“This Kelly-Cruz bipartisan legislation is a major win for Texas, and it will speed up the building of new semiconductor projects nationwide while unlocking tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in Texas," said Ted Cruz, the Senate Commerce Committee's Ranking Member, of the bipartisan legislation he authored with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to expedite semiconductor manufacturing construction. The bill removes burdensome hurdles to achieving environmental reviews and dramatically speeds up construction timelines for current and future projects not only in Texas, but across the country.
Last week, the House of Representatives passed my bill, the "Next Generation Pipelines Research & Development Act," which will strengthen public-private partnerships and improve Federal research, development, and demonstration related to the evolution of key pipeline systems across the country. As our nation’s infrastructure is rapidly aging, this legislation ensures pipelines are modern, secure, and cost effective, ready to take on our growing energy needs.
“While overall September sales tax collections grew modestly, receipts were down across most major sectors compared with a year ago,” said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar earlier today, noting that State Sales Tax Revenue totaled nearly $3.85 billion in September – which represents an increase of 1.5% when compared to September of 2023. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 58% of all tax collections.
They say vice presidential debates don’t really mean anything, and that’s usually true. But one thing is clear: after Tuesday, JD Vance is the Republican's Taylor Swift – except he’s not mediocre, insufferable, or incapable of maintaining a long-term relationship. Does that matter for November? Calm, cool, capable, and in charge of the facts, JD Vance conclusively demonstrated that he’s smart, he’s adaptable, he knows how to connect with an audience – and its beyond any serious dispute that he was a terrific choice for vice president.
“It is clear that the root causes of the uptick in crime over the last several years are the pro-criminal policies implemented in Major Urban Areas – and the refusal of rogue prosecutors to enforce the laws on the books,” says a just released investigative report by the House Judiciary Committee, which details its findings of Violent & Non-Violent crime spikes in major Democrat-led cities following the “Defund the Police” movement, and liberal downgrading of serious crimes by the Biden-Harris White House.
As Hurricane Helene battered western North Carolina & eastern Tennessee – prompting large-scale flooding, massive destruction of local cities, and killing more than 130 Americans – President Biden spent the weekend on the beach in Delaware while Kamala Harris continued a California fundraising tour. Independent of the weather, the nation now has its first coast-wide port strike since 1977. Its a strike that could cost the U.S. economy up to $5 billion per day – and increase prices for Halloween & Christmas Holiday shoppers.
Governor Greg Abbott on Monday celebrated the Texas Stock Exchange (TSXE) and the state’s historic economic milestones during a press conference at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. The Governor was joined at the press conference by TXSE Group Inc. Founder and CEO James Lee, former U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Senator Tan Parker, Representative Giovanni Capriglione, Representative Morgan Meyer, and other business and community leaders.
"The City of Austin is illegally seeking to use public funding to support travel expenses for out-of-state abortions. The Texas Constitution prohibits governmental entities from doing so,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filing suit against the City of Austin to prevent the it's unlawful use of public money to fund expenses for women traveling out of Texas. Austin appropriated $400,000 in taxpayer money for “Reproductive Health Grants” which “included support for airfare, gas reimbursements, hotel stays, ride reimbursements, childcare stipends, companion travel, and food.”
Three years after the Biden-Harris White House’s deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan – which resulted in the deaths of 13 brave U.S. Servicemembers and over 170 Afghan civilians – no one has been held accountable for the administration's dereliction of duty. This week at the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr. Biden touted his withdrawal as "the right decision" even though it left 1,000 Americans stranded under Taliban rule, and emboldened America’s adversaries around the globe.
