Category Archives: Texas

LinkSwarm for February 22, 2019

Enjoy a 2/22 LinkSwarm! “Trump Is On Solid Legal Ground In Declaring A Border Emergency To Build A Wall.” A review of existing federal laws makes clear that President Donald Trump has clear statutory authority to build a border wall … Continue reading →

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Follow-Up: Houston To End No-Knock Raids

In a follow-up to Monday’s story, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo announced that HPD will no longer carry out no-knock raids: Houston police will no longer use no-knock warrants following a drug raid on a home that turned into a … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Dunlop Spotted In Houston

Remember that Houston no-knock narcotics raid gone wrong I mentioned a few weeks ago? The one where five policemen were shot and two homeowners were killed? It’s looking even worse now: An internal Houston police investigation has uncovered alarming deficiencies … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 15, 2019

There’s a much criticized spending bill with a lot of poison pill provisions and a tiny bit of border wall funding President Trump is expected to sign, and then declare a national emergency to get the wall built. While that’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 8, 2019

I’m saving Fauxcahontas and the Virginia Chapter of the Al Jolsen Reenactment Society for the weekend. And for some reason, there’s a lot of jet fighter news in this roundup. [Shrugs] “State Of The Union: Even Democrats Liked Trump’s Speech.” … Continue reading →

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State

Since everyone and their dog are talking about President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, I’m counter-programming by offering up Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s State of the State address. A transcript can be found here. Some super-high level bullet … Continue reading →

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HISD School Board: “A Step Below Hell”

Sometimes you link piece because you read it and go “What the hell?” Such is the case with this piece on the Houston Independent School District School Board: Three days after the stunning ouster of Houston ISD Interim Superintendent Grenita … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 1, 2019

I know many of you don’t want to hear it, but here in Texas we’re enjoying a comparatively mild winter… Why President Donald Trump will win the wall fight: Trump has, however, suggested that he may well go the emergency … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 25, 2019

How much of the vicious, fact-free attacks on the Covington kids were just baseline floating animus against Christians and Trump supporters on the part of the media, and how much are battlespace preparation over a possible nomination of Amy Coney … Continue reading →

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Dumbass Texan Arrested Fighting for the Islamic State

The world is filled with dumbasses, and some of them even come from Texas. But it takes a special kind of dumbassery to join the Islamic State: An American English teacher who joined ISIS says that witnessing people being beheaded … Continue reading →

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