Category Archives: Texas

Abbott Receives Draft Proposal For APD Takeover

In the wake of the Austin City Council’s insane decision to partially defund the police, Governor Greg Abbott has received proposed legislation for the state to take over the Austin Police Department. Just in time for Christmas: The Legislative Council … Continue reading →

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Gun News Roundup for December 20, 2020

Been a while since I did a gun news roundup, but a few items of interest caught my attention: About that ammo shortage: Demand actually was on the upswing before the year 2020 even began. Then the dumpster fire that … Continue reading →

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Everybody In California Is Moving to Texas

Regular BattleSwarm readers already know about Tesla, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan moving from California to Texas. It looks like those were just the first pebbles of the avalanches of companies and people looking to get the hell out of … Continue reading →

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Texas Election Fraud Lawsuit Rejected

Well, so much for that hope of overturning massive election fraud: The Supreme Court on Friday evening rejected a suit brought by the state of Texas seeking to challenge election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. The Court wrote … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 11, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Democrats dance to China’s tune, the media suddenly discover that Hunter Biden is covered in a thick coat of industrial-grade sleaze, California continues to destroy its economy, and Elon Musk moves to Texas. … Continue reading →

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Paxton’s Supreme Court Gambit

Multiple lawsuits over election fraud are preceding through the courts and appeal process. One of the most important is a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin seeking … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 4, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! First up: The rest of the nation gets to see what an incompetent hypocrite Austin’s current mayor is: Austin Mayor Steve Adler is the latest powerful democrat to prove they’re a complete hypocrite: … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 27, 2020

This Black Friday LinkSwarm is coming to you absolutely free! President Donald Trump pardons former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. Good. He was railroaded and then held prisoner by a rogue judge long after the Department of Justice ordered him … Continue reading →

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Bill Filed To Regulate SWAT Teams

The filing season has started for next year’s 87th Texas Legislature, and Rachel Malone, Texas Director of Gun Owners of America, sent out an email highlighting various gun-related bills (both pro- and anti-Second Amendment) in the forthcoming session. One entry … Continue reading →

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A Look At The State-Level Democratic Crash

With the final results of the presidential race still up in the air, let’s look at the horrible job the Democratic Party did in down-ballot races. Let’s start with Florida: After suffering crushing losses from the top of the ballot … Continue reading →

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