"This year's spring season has brought an unprecedented amount of rain and flash flooding to many of our communities," said Governor Greg Abbott earlier today, activating numerous resources to assist South, East, and Southeast Texas communities that are expected to receive heavy rain and flooding through the beginning of next week.

With President Biden's latest actions to reverse Donald Trump's "Energy Independence" efforts – suspending drilling in parts of the U.S. and eliminating 100,000+ American jobs by halting the Keystone Pipeline – economists predict Americans can expect to see higher prices at the pump this summer and a possible return to Barack Obama’s “new normal.”

As the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board pointedly observed: “When did emergency procedures amid a 100-year pandemic suddenly become the new baseline? The 67-page bill would roll back Covid-19 innovations like Harris County’s drive-through voting and 24-hour voting. It’s hardly crazy to think polling-place shenanigans might be more likely to happen at 3 a.m.”

The Texas House crossed another major deadline at midnight Wednesday morning, shutting down the ability for any more Senate Bills to be considered on the House Floor. This 2021 Session's already brought several policy victories for Texas Republicans, and more are expected to be delivered to Gov. Abbott's desk in these last few days of session. Here's how to track the progress.

"In just the first four months of this year alone, the Texas Department of Public Safety has seized more fentanyl than is needed to kill every man, woman & child in the State of New York. President Biden's open border policies have led to a surge in this deadly drug coming into our communities, and we must do more to combat this crisis,” said Gov. Abbott during a Thursday a press conference in Ft. Worth.

Flashback: Nearly half of Florida's Latino Voters cast a ballot for President Trump in November, and Democrats were roundly criticized for once again failing to build an outreach effort sufficient enough to even beat even Donald Trump in the Sunshine State. Of even bigger concern to them should be Trump's remarkable gains among Hispanic Voters in far South Texas' Rio Grande Valley.

In Texas, the State Legislature meets for 140 days every odd-numbered year to hear, review & potentially pass various pieces of legislation. This year's 87th Session began January 12th, and ends at midnight next Monday, May 31st. That means we're entering the final days of the 2021 Session and there are a number of specific deadlines that every legislator and their staffs are feverishly watching.

As talks over Joe Biden's supposedly "bipartisan" infrastructure plans have shown little progress for weeks, moderate Democrats in the House & Senate are withholding their endorsements. And with the likelihood of a Democrat-only backed push for Mr. Biden’s $4 trillion tax increase & spending spree growing – sagging prospects for 2022 are increasingly on Democrat's minds. 

Sen. Cruz remarked on the commission’s first meeting, urging it to abandon President Biden’s radical agenda and “defend the independence of the Supreme Court and prevent the court from being used as a partisan weapon.”

“According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the number of job openings in Texas is almost identical to the number of Texans who are receiving unemployment benefits," said Gov. Greg Abbott, informing the U.S. Department of Labor that Texas will opt out of further federal unemployment compensation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, effective June 26, 2021.

​​​​​​​"Since May 1st, Austin has deliberately failed to enforce what voters voted for. Placing homeless encampments in every single City Council District doesn’t’ just ignore the will of 58% of Austin voters, it throws hot water in their face," said leaders from the nonpartisan, nonprofit Save Austin Now organization after the city’s staff released its initial recommendations for enforcement.

A very curious thing happened in the traditionally liberal city of Austin, Texas in early May. Yet another election disappointed Democrat progressives when 57% of its residents voted in favor of policing, and for reinstating criminal penalties for the homeless who were camping in public spaces. So what’s going on in Austin? And does it have anything to do with the rest of America?

The truth is, “anti-racist” leaders and practitioners aren’t interested in anything as small as improving education for Black & Brown Children – or in teaching students not to be racists. Anti-racists want to end grading as conventionally understood, and its rising hostility is nothing more than an assault on the soul of our nation's education system – and America itself.

Throughout Democrat Jimmy Carter's presidency back in the late 1970s, America careened from one crisis to another – and it's happening again. Carter was a nice man, but he was a disastrous president because he was weak. Some say that Joe Biden is a nice man, but... Joe Biden's behavior is bringing us back to the 1970s. Here's how.

A group of farmers from Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota & Wisconsin are suing the Biden Administration's Secretary of Agriculture because they can’t participate in a COVID-19 Loan Forgiveness Program based upon the color of their skin. White farmers aren't eligible, which – the farmers say – amounts to a violation of their Constitutional Rights.

The total fertility rate for women in the United States during 2020 was 1,637.5 births per 1,000 women, a 42-year low. Millennials – saddled with student debt that their parents & grandparents didn't have to consider – are waiting until they establish better financial footings before having children, and its going to be a problem for American growth in the future.

The month of May has the most days set aside for Celebrating & Commemorating our Nation's Military, and there are several National Observances to take advantage of. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces play an integral role in the protection of our Country & Freedoms, and here's some opportunities to celebrate, say thank you, and show your appreciation for their Service & Sacrifices.

“Palestinian terrorists have repeatedly attempted to murder Israeli civilians and attacked Israeli cities with rockets and missiles. The Biden Administration cannot equivocate between our Israeli ally and Palestinian terrorists," said Sen. Ted Cruz after Hamas claimed responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel.

“This is a stunning setback, and unequivocal proof that President Biden is sabotaging our jobs recovery. Democrats are paying 4 in 10 jobless more to stay home than to return to work. The White House is in denial that many businesses – both small and large – can’t find the workers they need," said the top Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, Texas Cong. Kevin Brady.

Not all gamblers are the same, and not all kinds of gambling bring the same types of cost – when the business or pleasure gets out of control, gambling becomes a real medical condition. “Recreational” or “social” gamblers may be able to buy the occasional lottery ticket, take the rare casino trip, or bet small stakes in fantasy sports. But, they also are mentally able to quit.