Category Archives: Republicans

Coming To Texas This Summer: Demand > Supply

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Lawrence Person

You know how the much of the Texas interconnect grid went black back in 2021 due to over-reliance on trendy renewable energy rather than natural gas and nuclear baseload? Well guess what? Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Peter Lake and … Continue reading →

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Three Cheers For The Death Star

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The Texas Legislature looks like it’s finally ready to pass some long-overdue corrective oversight on local government overreach: Local elected and community leaders are denouncing what they’re calling the “Death Star” bill — legislation they say would strip the city … Continue reading →

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Score One For Gary Gates

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Lawrence Person

If you’re a longtime BattleSwarm reader, then you know that I’ve been pretty critical of Republican State Representative Gary Gates of Richmond. Before winning Texas House District 28 to fill the unexpired term of John Zerwas in 2019, Gates was … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 28, 2023

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Our Glorious Elites try mightily to keep us peons from expressing #WrongThink, two high profile media firings, and more Blue City decline. Enjoy a short but sweet Friday LinkSwarm! How the Deep State helped rig the election for Biden. It … Continue reading →

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The Rat’s Nest of Scandal In Democratic State Rep Jolanda Jones’s Office

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Smoothly-run offices have high retention rates and low attrition rates. So what does it tell you that Texas Democratic State Rep. Jolanda Jones has a 100% attrition rate in her senior staffers last week? The senior staff for Democrat State … Continue reading →

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Austin’s Ongoing Policing Crisis

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The term of Austin Mayor Steve Adler was so disasterous that it’s wrecking havoc on Austin even after he’s out of office. The massive scores of drug-addicted transients still plague Austin, and the defunding attempt that, at heart, was a … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Takes A Scalp

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The Biden Administration has shown a clear preference for rewarding far left political leanings than technical competence in its nominees for top posts (I’m looking at you, Pete Buttigieg). Texas Senator Ted Cruz took a strong stand against this trend … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 24, 2023

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Lawrence Person

More on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Syria gets spicy again, woke companies like Disney are having massive layoffs, and Sig Saur gets into the Killbot business. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Things that make you go Hmmmm: Courtesy of … Continue reading →

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The Republican Andrew Yang?

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

If I were tracking the 2024 Republican Presidential Primaries the way I tracked the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries (I’m not; the Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update was a huge pain in the ass and I don’t have the time to … Continue reading →

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