In 2nd grade, could you imagine finding your name in the index of a nationally published poetry anthology? And if you were a 2nd-grade teacher, how thrilled would you be to have 18 students' poems included? Let me introduce you to Smaya Reddy Devidi, a 2nd grader at Harmony Science Academy in Cedar Park – located just north of Austin – and her teacher Mrs. Manisha Winchell.
Objectivity about the 2024 Election requires that one assess what is going right & wrong for BOTH parties. And right now, there’s a lot going right for Republicans. First and foremost, there's the massive change at the Republican National Committee. Next, Donald Trump's in a position where its becoming likely he can win the presidency. And finally, things're going well in the effort to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
The United Kingdom leads all nations for the number of direct foreign investments in the Lone Star State, and Texas is the #1 State for exports to the United Kingdom. In the last decade, U.K. companies invested $8.6 billion through 326 projects in Texas, creating over 18,200 Texas jobs. "This will make it cheaper and easier for our businesses to thrive in each other's markets, and I thank Gov. Abbott and his team for helping to make it happen," said the U.K.'s Secretary of Business & Trade, Kemi Badenoch.
“It is unbelievable these basic facts have to be explained, but apparently Democrats have forgotten them. Like any country – let alone any ally – Israel has a right to choose its own government, and its top priority should be defending its citizens," said Sen. Ted Cruz earlier today, after Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer delivered a brazen floor speech Thursday morning in which he called for elections to be held in Israel in order to form a new government.
“We are especially concerned by the willful failure of 'Sanctuary Cities' to hold Criminal Non-Citizens in custody after Federal Law Enforcement Agencies have issued arrests. This has led to the release of violent offenders into American communities, and poses a real & direct threat to public safety. We're asking you to take aggressive action to end the abuse of our nation’s laws, and discourage sanctuary cities from providing safe harbor to violent criminals,” said Gonzales and 22 of his fellow Congressmen.
The program, created by Hegar in 2016, was designed to help entities realize greater transparency and increase taxpayer confidence in local governance. The Comptroller’s office awards stars to local entities in the areas of Traditional Finances, Contracts and Procurement, Economic Development, Public Pensions, Debt Obligations, and Open Government and Compliance.
Just as Midwestern Voters soured on liberals in the 1980s and started supporting Ronald Reagan's Blue-Collar Republican message, so too are settled-in Mexicans seeming to sour on today's leftist-liberal excesses – and moving over to the GOP. In California's recent primary, Democrats cast 59% of the total votes, and Republicans cast 39% – down from Biden's 63%-34% primary margin over Trump in 2020. That suggests gains for Republicans in the Hispanic & Asian Communities.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved his request for disaster declarations in Texas communities affected by wildfires in the Panhandle. Texas counties included in the declarations are Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, and Wheeler.
George Floyd's death during a police chokehold on May 25, 2020, ignited nationwide protests to reform police procedures. Fast-forward to Feb. 22, 2024, when Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was bludgeoned to death allegedly at the hands of an illegal migrant, Jose Ibarra, a member of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Democrats are accusing Republicans of trying to "score cheap political" points by demanding that migrants be vetted before being allowed in the U.S.
“While I commend Customs & Border Protection for their tireless efforts to police the border, this idea for DHS to spend 10s of millions of dollars or more to build a 'Joint Processing Center' – to accommodate 500 non-citizens in processing, is an expensive Band-Aid on a gunshot wound,” said Texas Land Comm. Dawn Buckingham Tuesday, in a letter first obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“District Attorneys who choose not to prosecute criminals appropriately have created unthinkable damage across Texas," said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, announcing his proposal of a new rule to enhance the reporting requirements for Texas' District & County Attorneys who preside over counties with a population of more 250,000.
The soft drinks are gone, "but 3-gallon jugs of Arizona Green Tea are still on the shelves." The good stuff – Dawn Dish Soap, L’Oreal Shampoo, Clairol Root Touch-Up hair kits, DayQuil, NyQuil, diapers, Cetaphil & Neutrogena – they're all either behind Plexiglass, available only at the counter – or under Lock & Key. "Other shelves, stretching entire aisles, are totally empty."
"What month did Beau die? Oh God, May 30th," says Joe Biden, before a White House Counsel staffer interjects, "2015." Mr. Biden then asks, "Was it 2015 he died?" And an unidentified speaker says, "It was May of 2015," to which Biden repeats, "It was 2015. Or I'm not sure the month, sir, but I think that was the year." Biden then says, "And what's happened in the meantime – Trump gets elected in November of 2017?" 2017?
Joe Biden threatened the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of abortion, and lied about his economic record when Americans can clearly see for themselves just how bad things are when they go to the grocery store or the gas station. Biden even began the speech by talking not about America, but about Ukraine – which was invaded under his watch.
“Instead of throwing money at a processing center – which is an expensive Band-Aid on a gunshot wound that'll have no significant impact on this ongoing border invasion – Joe Biden should change his lawless approach to the border and secure it for the sake of the nation,” said Texas General Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham of Biden's latest proposal.
U.S. Congressmen Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) and Tom Suozzi (NY-3) launched the Democrats for Border Security Task Force, a group of 26 House Democrats dedicated to countering the surge of illicit narcotics threatening communities across the country and addressing the influx of irregular migration at the southern border. Cuellar and Suozzi will serve as Co-Chairs of the newly formed Task Force.
Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, Congress dedicated roughly $1.4 billion to the construction of walls and barriers along the southern border in order to reduce the number of illegal aliens entering the country. Immediately upon taking office, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order demanding construction stop and directing the Department of Homeland Security to devise a way to redirect the funds.
It is increasingly obvious, and we've known it for a long time; America has become divided. Its split between Right & Left, between those who hold on to traditional American values based upon Christianity, the Declaration of Independence & our Constitution, and those who have fallen for the Marxist, Socialist, atheistic, materialistic lie that's produced a globalist ungodliness embodied in the Democrat Party.
