"Ensuring the safety, welfare, and well-being of Texans is a top priority. Texas will not tolerate the harassment or coercion of the more than 250,000 individuals of Chinese descent who legally call Texas home," said Gov. Greg Abbott of the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Governor directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to target and arrest any criminals executing CCP influence operations.
Sen. Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, has been named by the National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) as a 2024 Congressional Champion of Interior Enforcement for his leadership to secure the southern border. Sen. Cruz earned this recognition for authoring the Justice for Jocelyn Act, one of NICE’s top-priority bills, aimed at enhancing the detention and tracking of illegal aliens entering the United States.
Founded in 1973, the Republican Study Committee is the largest Caucus of House Conservatives on Capitol Hill. The organization works to enact strong conservative policies that provide for and protect the American people. "This organization has been led by incredible mentors of mine, including Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Congressman Jim Jordan, Senator-Elect Jim Banks, and current Chairman Kevin Hern," said Cong. Pfluger upon being elected to the leadership post.
Props to President Donald Trump for nominating combat arms officer Pete Hegseth, a leader who embodies the motto of the Army Infantry School – “Follow me!” While the nomination stunned me at first, upon further reflection, its genius became clear. Trump isn’t bringing Hegseth, a decorated Infantry major, into the Pentagon to don green eye shades and manage every element of the military behemoth. He's hired Hegseth to channel George Patton and apply combat arms leadership and attitude.
Texas’ labor market achieved a new record high in October for number of people in the civilian labor force. After adding 47,300 people over the month, the seasonally adjusted civilian labor force reached the new record high of 15,497,100. This marks the tenth consecutive month of growth for Texas’ civilian labor force. Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force has added 360,800 people.
“Texas is the No. 1 state for semiconductor manufacturing, leading the nation as the top exporter of semiconductors and other electronic components for the last 13 years,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing the first Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $4,120,000 to Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc. (“IntelliEPI”) for their new 30,000-square-foot wafer production facility in Allen, Texas. The plant is expected to involve over $41 million in capital investment, and nearly triple the company’s annual production.
“President of the United States is the most important job in the world. The President leads the free world, and America just gave President Trump a mandate to lead the United States to a brighter future. Politically motivated prosecutions aimed at 'self-promotion' are at no time appropriate.… Now yours must end,” said 23 State Attorneys General, calling on the State of New York's AG Letitia James, Fulton County, Georgia's DA Fani Willis, and the Biden Dept. of Justices's Jack Smith to end their unfounded prosecutions.
U.S. News & World Report has named all of Harmony Charter School's elementary schools in Central Texas/the Austin Metroplex as "Top Schools in America" in its highly-anticipated Annual Rankings of U.S. Public Schools. The rankings look at factors such as college readiness (30%), both math and reading proficiency (20%) and performance (20%), underserved student performance (10%), and college curriculum breadth (10%). And, Harmony is still accepting applications for both students and teachers. Elementary in
Donald Trump will likely have to rely on drones, missiles, and air strikes – and not on major engagements – to deter our nation's enemies from aggression. He'll also have to the legion this are his domestic critics from claiming he has turned into some kind of "globalist interventionist." He is not, but from time to time such deterrence entails warning the reckless and adventurous around the globe that our allies have no better friend than the United State of America – and our adversaries have no worse an enemy.
“Nine million veterans rely on the VA to protect their Medical Records. Given the high-stakes political climate, this breach raises the possibility that VA personnel accessed these records for political purposes. Regardless of their motives, the employees’ flagrant violation of veterans’ medical privacy calls into question whether veterans can trust the VA to protect their confidential information, ” said Sen. Ted Cruz and his fellow Senators, raising their concerns to the Sect. of the Dept. Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough.
"Last year, I signed a law that prohibits increasing undergraduate tuition and fees for both the 2023-24 and the 2024-25 academic years. As this tuition freeze expires, let me be clear: I will not support any tuition increase at any public higher education institution in the upcoming biennium. When all Texans have access to quality and affordable education, they can earn better wages, meet workforce qualifications, and experience a higher quality of life."
"As an Agency, we will continue to lead the way in helping our Veterans find meaningful careers after their military service while being an advocate for other Texas businesses to do the same," said Texas Land Commissioner & Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham. "It's an honor to hire the men and women who have served our country proudly throughout the world, helping them continue their service," Buckingham said while encouraging Texas businesses to participate in the "We Hire Vets" Program.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today that – based on businesses sales made in the month of September – he will send the state's Cities, Counties, Transit Systems, and Special Purpose Districts $1.2 billion in Local Sales Tax Allocations for November, which represents an increase of 1.1% more than in November 2023.
President-elect Trump is rapidly assembling a team around him that will not only be fiercely loyal, but has demonstrated real-world experience and will push the “Trump Agenda” to the max. While all his picks have been exceptional, I want to focus on the two that have caused some on the far left to completely melt down as they speed-dial their therapists – and tearfully hug their emotional support rats. I'm talking about Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, and Cong. Matt Gaetz for Attorney General.
No matter how much money Kamala Harris and the Democrats spent on advertising, it turns out you can't convince American Voters – particularly women – that "the cost of living" and "the economy" are not that bad after a long bout of the highest rate of inflation in 40 years. According to exit polls, Donald Trump won: 45% of the overall Women's Vote; 53% of White Women voters; 38% of Latino Women; 37% of Women aged 18-29; 43% of Women aged 30 to 44; and 50% of Women from ages 45 to 64.
Republicans everywhere should pay attention to what defeated Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. Bob Casey is trying to pull off. His lawyers are in court arguing for: 1.) Ballots of NON-Registered “voters”; 2.) Un-Signed Mail-In Ballots; 3.) Mail-In Ballots without Dates; and 4.) Ballots cast in a County where the Voter does NOT Live, to be counted. While he has no chance, this is a warning of Democrat's future Game Plans. They want people who aren’t registered, who don’t have IDs, or who live Out of State to be counted.
“Every legislative session, the Texas Senate and Texas House take turns introducing the State Budget. This session, it's the Senate’s turn. Accordingly, Senate Bill 1 will be the State Budget, and to underscore its importance, Senate Bill 2 will be the Senate’s school choice legislation – 32 States, both Republican & Democrat, have enacted some form of School Choice, and there's absolutely no reason why Texas children and parents should be left behind," said Lt. Gov. Patrick of Texas' 1,200 School Districts, and 8,000+ campuses.
After Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security announced it would permit 1.3 million aliens – more than 200,000 of whom live in Texas – to apply for Permanent Residency without returning first to their home countries, on August 23rd Att. Gen. Paxton led a 16-State Coalition to sue DHS over a new policy granting so-called “parole in place” to 100s of 1,000s of illegal aliens which would allow them to gain permanent residency status, and eventual U.S. citizenship while remaining in the United States.
