U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a hearing slammed Big Tech’s brazen abuses of power and discussed the need for legislation to address Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, and YouTube with special protections from liability, after YouTube announced it will remove content that alleges widespread election fraud.
Congressman Brady joined Rep. Mike Johnson and 104 members of the House Republican conference in sending an Amicus Brief focused on affirming to the Court the signatories’ concerns with the integrity of our election system.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide support to the Houston Police Department (HPD) in their efforts to address an alarming rise in road rage-related shootings in the city of Houston.
Democrats were ready and would take no chances this time – they wouldn’t make the same mistakes Hillary made in losing to Donald Trump. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
As questions remain as to whether or not Pennsylvania's recently expanded Mail-In Voting procedure violates the State's Constitution by allowing Voting-by-Mail without an excuse, a State Court has blocked further "Certification of Election Results" in the key battleground state pending a Friday, November 27th hearing scheduled at 11:30 a.m.
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) today announced the guiding principles for Texas' COVID-19 vaccine allocation process, which will serve as a foundation for the state's initial distribution for COVID-19 vaccines expected as early as next month.
As the Trump Campaign called for signature matching during the next recount in Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently quoted State Election Officials as saying they will be unable to engage in signature matching due to the fact that after signature matching was conducted when ballots were first counted, the double-security mailing envelopes (with the voters signatures) to compare to the signatures on the individual ballots were separated – allegedly to ensure the secrecy of individual votes.
Control of the U.S. Senate now comes down to the state of Georgia's two runoff elections… Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler & David Perdue vs. Democrat challengers Raphael Warnock & Jon Ossoff. Georgia began sending out Absentee Ballots Wednesday, and Early Voting starts Friday, December 14th. The races will be the most expensive elections of their kind in history.
"This therapy drug will help prevent hospitalizations and reduce the strain on our healthcare system and workers," said Gov. Greg Abbott from Lubbock Thursday while holding a briefing with local officials to provide an update on the distribution of Bamlanivimab, an Eli Lilly & Company monoclonal antibody therapy for the COVID-19 CoronaVirus.
While most of the attention during the 2020 Election focused on the White House, determining which party would control the power to redraw each state's Congressional & State Legislative Districts was also at stake. Clearly, Americans delivered better results for Republicans than Democrats – and, for who might control the U.S. House of Representatives for the next 10 years.
"Every Texan deserves to feel safe in their own community. The State of Texas will continue to provide Dallas with the resources they need to crack down on this heinous activity and protect Dallas residents," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, directing the Texas Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) to provide direct support to Dallas Police in order to help reduce violent crime and protect the city's communities.
Senators Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio & Kelly Loeffler sent a letter to President Trump urging the administration to ensure that U.S. Customs Policy & Guidelines are not discriminatory earlier this week, and will allow Israeli goods produced in Judea & Samaria to be labeled “Made in Israel.”
“The guidance issued by the administration, at our urging, will provide the framework to allow the U.S. to set a global standard,” said Cong. Pete Olson & Suzan DelBene, applauding the Trump White House's guidance release that outlines a government-wide approach to how federal agencies implement AI Systems, and ensure they are both safe and trustworthy.
“It’s unclear how much voter fraud took place in Nevada – but what is clear is the state's signature verification isn’t the fail-safe security check that elections officials make it out to be,” wrote Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks after conducting his own experiment to prove a voter can vote many times – without being caught.
Governor Greg Abbott has announced a $420 million reimbursement program to cover costs incurred by Texas public schools that purchased Wi-Fi hotspots and/or eLearning devices (such as laptops, tablets, and Chromebooks) so students could learn remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a full committee hearing examining Big Tech’s abuses of power, specifically suppressing free speech, silencing the free press, and undermining the integrity of our elections.
“The president elect doesn’t get named 'president elect' until he has at least 270 state certified electors, or until his opponent concedes – neither of which has happened as of now,” said legal scholar and former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who is known for his Constitutional Law scholarship and advocacy of civil liberties. "Neither is entitled as a matter of law, or constitutionality, to say they are the 'president elect'.”
After Tuesday's elections, a political struggle to determine the balance of power in Washington – as well as Democrat's ability to implement their liberal agendas – appears to be set. While North Carolina & Alaska's Senate seats are still being counted, Georgia's two Senate seats hurtle toward their Jan. 5th runoff date.
Sen Ted Cruz today appeared on Fox News’s ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss the need to allow the legal process to move forward to ensure a fair and transparent election result.
The U.S. Supreme Court's has ordered Pennsylvania Democrats to respond by Thursday evening as to how it can legally justify a State Court Judge's Constitutional decision to over-ride state law and institute a 3-day extension for Mail-In Ballot submission. State law, previously passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature, sets the legal deadline as Election Day.