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Category Archives: Texas
Memorial Day: Remembering William James Bordelon
This Memorial Day weekend we celebrate Medal of Honor winner, Texan, Marine Staff Sergeant and combat engineer William James Bordelon, who lost his life securing a beachhead during the invasion of Tarawa. His official citation reads: For valorous and gallant … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Texas
Tagged Congressional Medal of Honor, history, Memorial Day, Military, Tarawa, Texas, William James Bordelon, World War II
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Constitutional Carry Passes
Good news! The Texas legislature just sent Constitutional Carry to the Governor’s desk: After passing different versions of House Bill (HB) 1927, a bill to allow Texans over the age of 21 who can legally possess a handgun to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Guns, Regulation, Texas
Tagged 87th Texas Legislature, Constitutional Carry, Greg Abbott, Guns, Matt Schaefer, Regulation, Second Amendment, Texas
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Texas Senate Committee Passes Ban On Teaching Critical Race Theory
In a followup to last week’s story about the Texas House passing a similar bill, a Texas Senate committee also passed a ban on teaching Critical Race Theory. And they even made it better: When state Rep. Steve Toth (R-The … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for May 14, 2021
The Biden Recession blooms, Bibby bombs, Baltimore burns, inscrutable Flu Manchu somehow infects the vaccinated, and Canada’s institutional religious hostility inflicts its revenge on the pastor that defied them. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Carter Malaise II: Inflation Boogaloo: The … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Military, Republicans, Texas, Welfare State
Tagged .50 BMG, Ali Khamenei, Artur Pawlowski, Austin, Baltimore, baseball, Biden Recession, Bishop Garrison, bridges, broken window policing, Canada, Chip Roy, Christianity, Colorado, coronavirus, Crime, DarkSide, Dave Hunt, David Simon, Democrats, Disney, dogs, Ed Norris, Elise Stefanik, Foreign Policy, Frederick Bealefeld, Gaza, Grand Tour, Guns, hacking, Hamas, IDF, inflation, Iran, Israel, James May, Jihad, Joe Manchin, Kansas, Keir Starmer, Kevin Clark, LinkSwarm, Liz Cheney, Marilyn Mosby, Martin O’Malley, Military, Minneapolis, Mississippi river, New York Yankees, NRA, O.J. Simpson, Palestinians, police, religion, Republicans, Russia, Seychelles, Sheila Dixon, SLAP round, Social Justice Warriors, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Tennessee, Tesla Motors, Texas, Top Gear, Travis County, unemployment, Wayne LaPierre, Welfare State, William J. Bratton, Wuhan
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Texas House Passes Ban On Teaching Critical Race Theory
Here’s something that’s long overdue: The Texas House advanced legislation Tuesday in a 81-52 vote that would restrict public school districts from incorporating critical race theory into their curricula. The roll call vote actually shows 79 Yeas, 65 Nays and … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged Critical Race Theory, education, Greg Abbott, Social Justice Warriors, Steve Toth, Texas
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Huffines Challenges Abbott
Former state senator Don Huffines is running against incumbent Greg Abbott for the Republican nomination for Texas governor: Gov. Greg Abbott has gained another challenge from the right, with the addition of former State Sen. Don Huffines into the gubernatorial … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2022 Texas Governor's Race, Chad Prather, coronavirus, Don Huffines, Elections, Greg Abbott, ice storm, Kurt Schwab, Matthew McConnaughey, Texas
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Trump Red-Pilled Hispanics
For almost as long as I’ve been following politics, Democratic Party analysts like Ruy Teixeira have been confidently predicting a new, permanent Democratic majority based on the the demographic trend of rising numbers of minority voters, which explains why Democrats … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged 2020 Election, Democrats, Donald Trump, Eduardo Gamarra, Florida, Hispanics, Illegal Aliens, Monica De La Cruz-Hernandez, Republicans, Rio Grande Valley, Ruy Teixeira, Texas, Texas 15th Congressional District, Vicente Gonzalez
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LinkSwarm for May 7, 2021
Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! The Biden economy kicks in, China behaves badly (again), and rock stars are fed up with woke. Let’s lead off with this weird photo people have been taking about all week: How did … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Foreign Policy, Guns, Regulation, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Welfare State
Tagged Austin, Basecamp, Bill Gates, Charles C. W. Cooke, China, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Department of Energy, dogs, economy, Foreign Policy, Guns, inflation, Jake Ehlinger, Jennifer Granholm, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), Kentucky Ballistics, Michael Dell, Microsoft, MST3K, Obituary, Proterra, Rebekah Jones, Regulation, Roger Daltry, Scott Allen DeShields Jr., Sex Pistols, Social Justice Warriors, Stacey Abrams, stagflation, Texas, unemployment, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, Welfare State, Winston Churchill, Zhe "Shelly" Wang
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Texas House Passes “Urban Camping” Ban
On top of Austin voters banning “Urban Camping” (i.e., garbage strewn tent cities of transient drug addicts), the State of Texas has also banned it: In a rebuke over a year in the making, the Texas House of Representatives gave … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Texas
Tagged Abel Herrero, Austin, Eddie Lucio, Giovanni Capriglione, homeless, John Turner, Rafael Anchia, Richard Peña Raymond, Ryan Guillen, Terry Meza, Texas, Tracy King
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CRT Opponents Win School Board Seats
Some good news amidst the gloom: Two candidates opposed to teaching critical race theory (CRT) in public school classes have been elected to a Texas school board. Nine months after Hannah Smith and Cameron “Cam” Bryan introduced a proposal to … Continue reading