"These jobs pay among the highest wages in Texas, and directly contribute to our country's national and energy security," said Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association after data was released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicating that the upstream oil and natural gas industry's employment ranks grew by 900 jobs from August to September.

So few of the Biden White House's economic policies comport with basic common sense that I'm asked the same question over and over and over as i travel around the country: "Is Biden intentionally trying to take a wrecking ball to the economy?" Here's the answer...

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are corporate administrators of prescription drug benefit programs and serve as the intermediary between drug companies and pharmacies. But state oversight of PBMs is needed to protect consumers. State-level protections have helped safeguard consumers from anti-competitive and abusive trade practices PBMs have engaged in before.

"Designating this important monument as a National Historic Site will ensure the stories and memories of Blackwell students are never forgotten,” said Cong. Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) at a gathering to commemorate the legislation he & Sen. John Cornyn passed and helped get signed into law to designate the Blackwell School a National Historic Site under the National Park Service.

In President Biden's and the Democrat's America, every state in the nation has become a border state thanks to Joe Biden's open-border agenda White House. Fentanyl is now the #1 Killer of young people in America, and its plague in communities continues to escalate across the nation – and Texas.

The Texas economy has added 721,800 positions since September 2021, and state unemployment declined slightly to 4.0%. “With more than half a million job ads posted right now in Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission remains dedicated to ensuring job seekers have the skills employers need to fill those positions,” said TWC Chairman Bryan Daniel.

Gas & Grocery Inflation. Perversion in Schools. Open Borders. Criminals Running Wild, literally. Unfortunately these factors all intensified last week. ​​​​​​​The liberal media's cheerleaders have begun hedging their predictions, walking back their official optimism to avoid total humiliation as their narrative's begun to turn to ashes. Are the ranks breaking? The front shattering? The rout beginning?

As 45% of Likely U.S. Voters say they "Strongly Disapprove" of Joe Biden's job as president, and just 22% ‘Strongly Approve,’ Mr. Biden’s Approval Index Rating as of Friday, Oct. 21st is a -23% according to Rasmussen Reports' Daily Presidential Tracking Poll. And, he is impacting down-ballot races in the six key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin.

“The CDC continues to make recommendations that ignore science, erode public trust, and target Americans’ healthcare freedom. Sadly, too many states will wield this recommendation as a mandate to force children to receive the COVID vaccine in order to attend school. The CDC knows this, but doesn’t care," said Sen. Cruz after the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention voted to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the immunization schedule states use to require routine vaccinations for children to attend school.

“It’s hard to imagine a more dangerous & radical policy than the Biden White House’s decision to allow violent criminals to roam freely in our communities. Congress has mandated that the Executive Branch must detain specific criminal aliens, and when Congress requires the Executive to act, the Executive lacks the authority to disregard that instruction.,” said Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton.

As part of the statewide Texas Clear Lanes initiative, the $418 million segment aims to increase mobility, reduce congestion, and enhance safety for Loop 1604 drivers through roadway improvements on more than 2.5 miles at the highly traveled Interstate 10 interchange in northwest Bexar County.

In the aftermath of the school shooting tragedy in Uvalde, Texas earlier this year, Congressman Gonzales announced $1,237,426 in funding from the U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) & the Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) for School Violence Prevention Programs in the school districts across south & west Texas’ 23rd Congressional District. 

If Democrats take a drubbing this election – and it seems increasingly likely, but not certain, that they will – it will be rooted in the COVID Lock-Downs and their irrational obsession with so-called "Systemic Racism" and "Protecting Our Democracy." Political momentum, and the fundamentals, are now favoring Republicans up and down the ballot in crucial swing states – and Democrats are defenseless.

"They didn't maintain the required election records, and violated the law," said State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, adding, "14 polls with no proper chain-of-custody for the Mobile Ballot Boxes means the election personnel of Harris County cannot follow State & Federal laws!" An audit letter from the Texas Secretary of State's Office has revealed massive chain-of-custody breaches in Harris County during the 2020 election.

“Texas is taking action... Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug our nation has ever encountered – and it’s a byproduct of President Biden’s open border policies. Its killing innocent Texans, with well over 1,500 lives lost from communities across our state,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, launching his statewide “One Pill Kills” campaign to raise awareness of the deadly drug.

“You can’t open the spigot of our strategic oil reserves – which is meant for national emergencies – to hide your failed energy policies or serve your political purposes," said Congresswoman Mayra Flores, slamming President Biden for continuing to drain the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the White House announced another 15 million barrels would be scheduled for release.

“Google’s indiscriminate collection of the personal information of Texans, including very sensitive information like biometric identifiers, will not be tolerated. I will continue to fight Big Tech to ensure the privacy and security of all Texans,” said Attorney General Paxton of the company's actions, saying it was done without properly obtaining user's informed consent to do so. 

Despite what you hear about them in the Corporate Sock-Puppet Media, look at that GOP Lineup running to take back the U.S. Senate this year. Its a broad range of exceptional people with unique skill sets leveraged for maximum effect. And what's the alternative? A bunch of liberal-Democrat prissy snobs who are bending over backwards trying to tell you their pronouns.