The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) last week appealed a district court ruling which restored gun rights for 18-20 year old adults in Texas. The Texas district court decision issued by Judge Mark Pittman this summer affirmed that under Texas’ Constitutional Carry law, 18-20 year old law-abiding citizens must be allowed to carry a … Continue reading Texas Department of Public Safety’s Austin Leaders Go Woke, Fight Against Pro-Gun Ruling
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Over the weekend, The Epoch Times published a story about the University of Texas Medical Branch taking responsibility for signing “poorly drafted” agreements with three top level biosecurity labs in China, one of which was the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The report explains: The three contracts, including one with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), gave the Chinese labs … Continue reading A Call to Investigate UTMB and its Ties to Three Chinese Top Level Biosecurity Labs
Republican members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), sent a letter to Senate colleagues highlighting concerns with a proposal to impose a tax on small- and medium-sized businesses—businesses already reeling from the pandemic, massive inflation and worker shortages. A proposal to expand the so-called Net Investment Income Tax, or … Continue reading Democrat plans for new small business tax would crush struggling US economy
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement responding to the latest power outages in Texas: “It might shock people to discover that the state of Texas has fallen into the same green energy dependency cycle which has captured California. At least that is what the agency overseeing utilities in Texas, the … Continue reading Texas and California Agree: Depend on Wind Energy and Prepare for Blackouts
U.S. Senator John Cornyn faced Republican Party of Texas convention delegates for the first time since leading the Republican compromise for gun control “framework” in Washington, D.C. Chants of “No Red Flags” could be heard throughout the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston as Cornyn took the stage.National Association for Gun Rights and Texas … Continue reading John Cornyn Booed by Republicans for Supporting Gun Confiscation
The National Association for Gun Rights is denouncing Senator John Cornyn, and demanding that he apologize after he called Texas GOP activists a “mob” in the wake of his support for federal gun control legislation. During the Texas GOP convention this past weekend, Senator Cornyn was met with loud boos and chants of “No Red … Continue reading National Association for Gun Rights Demands Apology from John Cornyn
The Institute for Justice (IJ) calls on Houston officials to repeal an Orwellian ordinance that requires various businesses to install surveillance cameras at their own cost and turn footage over to the police without a warrant. The City Council passed the ordinance today by a vote of 15-1, and it will go into effect in 90 … Continue reading Institute for Justice Calls on Houston to Back Off Plan to Force Businesses to Conduct 24/7 Surveillance
ollowing the initial results of the Texas GOP primary which showed Greg Abbott in first place, conservative Republican Don Huffines announced he would not contest the election results and declared victory on forcing the incumbent governor to the right. Don Huffines issued the following statement: “For over a year our campaign has driven the narrative in Texas … Continue reading Don Huffines Will Not Contest Election, Declares Victory on Issues
The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836. When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement … Continue reading Full text of the Texas Declaration of Independence
This week conservative Republican candidate for governor Don Huffines announced his campaign has earned the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus. Republican Liberty Caucus Vice Chair James R. Peinado issued the following statement: “Don Huffines has been a bold and passionate defender of Texas Liberty since before he got elected to the Texas Senate where he fought … Continue reading Don Huffines Announces Republican Liberty Caucus Endorsement