"The people of my district see it firsthand every day — the border crisis is in our backyard, and Americans are fed up," said Cong. Tony Gonzales, ahead of his legislation that will be voted on in the U.S. House this week to condemn the Biden Administration’s failure to enforce the nation's Immigration Laws & secure the border. Gonzales represents the largest Border District in the House of Representatives, Texas' 23rd Congressional District, which spans 823 miles of Texas-Mexico Border and includes Eagle Pass, Del Rio & El Paso.
As it turns out, despite all the promises over the past decade about how "Renewable Energy" is the future of power production in America, by far the biggest tax dodgers in the country are... the Wind and Solar Power Industries. Over the past several decades, "green energy" companies – what I call the climate-change-industrial complex – aren't paying its "fair share." The culprits here are the very companies that Joe Biden is in bed with: Green Energy firms.
The launch of "Operation Lone Star" – the multi-agency Texas effort to secure the border, stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons & people, and prevent, detect and interdict trans-national criminal gang & terrorist activities – has now led to over 506,500 Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions, and more than 41,200 Criminal Arrests that includes over 36,700 Felony Charges. In the fight against fentanyl, Texas Law Enforcement has now seized over 471 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this mission.
“As one of the state-designated Natural Resources Trustees, the Texas General Land Office will work with our partners to ensure this settlement money is used to implement natural resource restoration and recreational projects for the community affected by this destructive fire,” said Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, adding, “Taking care of Texans and our beautiful state is my top priority." The settlement is to recover damages caused by the March 2019 fire.
Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding Texas business owners that April 15th is the deadline to file your Property Tax Renditions with the local County Appraisal Districts, thereby reporting an updated record of property values to ensure Appraisal District change the valuation of what is taxed. Filing a decreased value report could lower owners’ final tax bills for 2024, and a "rendition" is a list of the taxable inventory, furniture & fixtures, machinery, equipment and other property owned or managed as of Jan. 1st each year.
Southeast Texas is the Energy Capital of the World. We're the hub for major segments of the industry – primarily Transmission & Refining – and now we're also leading the way in exports. The "Shale Revolution" increased natural gas production in the U.S., and led to the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Industry. But in January, Joe Biden stopped approvals of new LNG exports. His decision harms the American economy, jeopardizes U.S. jobs, weakens our energy security, and threatens our friends and allies.
A confidential internal memo circulated among top Democrat Party donors nationwide last week has revealed serious concerns about the amount of support Donald Trump is pulling from the party's usually reliable, but now fractured base. "If we're to blindly register non-voters and get them on the rolls, we would be distinctly aiding Trump’s quest," said the internal memo – reflecting a growing level of panic within the party over its "non-partisan" Voter Registration efforts.
An official at Texas A&M was caught on tape saying that DEI programs were simply being “rebranded.” At the University of Texas-Tyler an administrator said they were getting around SB 17 by “being creative.” At Texas Tech an administrator said DEI Programs were now all operating under the "Campus Access & Engagement Program." These frantic administrators seem unaware that the biggest indictment against DEI is – it doesn’t work. Sen. Creighton's right to remind university leaders across the state – it is Texas law.
Ronald Reagan led our nation and the world with peace through strength, unparalleled economic success, and making sure America was respected on the world stage. Now we have Joe Biden wreaking havoc, creating fear & chaos, while he projects weakness – everywhere. So it comes down to this: If Democrats succeed in turning Texas "blue," every person on the face of the globe will pay a heavy, almost unfathomable price. And "As Goes Texas, so Goes the Nation." But without Texas, it’s over.
The Democrat New York State Supreme Court Judge overseeing yet another Trump-related trial has refused to remove himself for conflicts of interest following news reports that disclosed his daughter and her Political Consulting Firm made millions working for past & present clients such as Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris's Campaign, as well as Congressman now-California Democrat Senate candidate Adam Schiff – a clear conflict of interest.
This time next year I’ll be graduating from High School, preparing to head off to college. I have friends a few years older who are planning weddings, and friends ahead of them who are settling into their first home – with their first child. The November Election will decide the future my generation grows up in – that we'll raise a family in. The stakes could not be higher, and it's too pivotal a time to keep the reigns of our nation in the hands of a “well meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
Denver has “received too many migrants,” and has run out of resources. “New York gives you more, Chicago gives you more – so I suggest you go there, where there's longer-term shelter. There are also more job opportunities there. If you stay here, you're going to suffer,” said Andres Carrera, the so-called “Newcomer Liaison” in the "Sanctuary City" of Denver, caught on video imploring a group of illegal aliens in the Mile High City to leave. “The opportunities are over,” he said, speaking in Spanish.
“Monthly state sales tax collections solidly exceeded collections from last March,” said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, announcing a 5.8% increase over March 2023. “Collections from sectors that have been increasing, compared with a year ago, continued to show strength, and receipts from some sectors that had been lagging saw gains," Hegar said. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the Texas State Budget, accounting for 57% of all tax collections.
A “rush to legislate” is almost always a bad idea – and we can see the evidence of such efforts in too many areas of everyday life. It’s better to let new innovations and technologies play out, and only then regulate or legislate if discrete problems have become obvious. Otherwise, we run the risk of letting precaution get in the way of innovation. Perhaps the best example of this today is the concerns and fears about Artificial Intelligence, or AI.
Books have been written about Leftist's & Liberal Democrat's "philosophy." They have an entire "world view" – and it's had repercussions wherever its been applied. Your average Democrat voter doesn’t understand it, and would probably disagree with most of it if they knew the truth of it. So here's what Leftists believe, and the consequences their beliefs will have on America the deeper they take root. Barack, Joe and others know EXACTLY what they're doing – and why.
We recently saw our brave Texas National Guardsmen overrun at the border by invading illegals. A few weeks ago, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) announced that 189,922 illegal immigrants were encountered at the Southern Border in February – the highest number ever during February. Joe Biden is allowing thugs, rapists, murderers, gang members, drug cartel & human traffickers to waltz into our communities. Here's a list of the most concerning that have come across the border in the last couple of weeks.
Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps created by the Biden White House’s refusal to secure the border. Governor Greg Abbott met last week with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin and discussed the need to hold President Biden accountable for his disastrous policies. Gov. Abbott also urged the Speaker to stand strong in passing Border Security Legislation that helps stop illegal crossings along the Southern Border.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., after reoccurring issues with certain airplane parts provided to Boeing. Spirit AeroSystems, “one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes,” according to the company, produces the fuselages for Boeing’s 737 jets. On certain models of the 737, apparent manufacturing defects have led to numerous concerning or dangerous incidents, some of which occurred in-air.
