Tag Archives: Brad Johnson

LinkSwarm For November 29, 2025

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Greetings, and welcome to a rare Saturday LinkSwarm! This week: The Supreme Court stays the injunction against the Texas redistricting map, a bunch of Twitter fakes exposed, Trump drops the boom on Somali illegal alien scumbags, “U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily … Continue reading →

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Austin Voters Reject Odious Proposition Q

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Lawrence Person

On an election night that was pretty lousy for Republicans across the country, an unexpected ray of light shown out from a very unexpected spot. The People’s Republic of Austin, against all odds, defeated Proposition Q. The rubber match between … Continue reading →

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Wesley Hunt Joins Texas Senate Race

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Lawrence Person

As long rumored, U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38) has joined the Texas senate race. The top of the ticket on the Republican side in Texas is now a three-way race as Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) made his long-rumored challenge to … Continue reading →

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Texas Redistricting Finally Passes House

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Lawrence Person

After all the unnecessary and futile drama of the Democrat’s quorum break, the Texas House has finally passed the congressional redistricting bill. After weeks of gridlock, the Texas House has approved a new congressional redistricting plan that Republicans say will … Continue reading →

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Understanding The Speed Of The Texas Flood

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Lawrence Person

The death toll from last week’s Texas flooding has passed 100. For those who don’t understand how a flood this deadly developed so quickly, Brad Johnson in The Texan‘s Fourth Reading newsletter explains: On Thursday, National Weather Service estimates projected … Continue reading →

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Paxton Up 9 Over Cornyn

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Lawrence Person

This is some pretty freaking big news. Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to lead Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in polling for the 2026 U.S. Senate race, according to a new survey released on Wednesday. The poll conducted by the Barbara … Continue reading →

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Paxton Gunning For Cornyn In 2026?

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Compared to most states, Texas has seen a very little recent change in office-holders elected statewide: Republican John Cornyn has been a Senator since December 2, 2002. Republican Ted Cruz has been a Senator since January 3, 2013. Republican Greg … Continue reading →

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Roundup For Today’s Texas Runoff

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Lawrence Person

If you live in Texas, today is primary runoff election day. In particular, Dade Phelan and a whole lot of his coalition cronies are fighting to stay in power, and voters can slam the door shut on them today. Brad … Continue reading →

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Biden Administration: You’re Not Exporting Any Of That Dirty, Sinful Natural Gas! Ted Cruz: Guess You Don’t Need Any Of These Department Of Energy Nominees Approved, Then. Biden Administration: [Folds]

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The Biden Administration, in its never-ending quest to punish the oil and gas industry for supplying cheap, reliable energy, tried to block the export of liquefied natural gas to Asia. Then Ted Cruz stepped in. The U.S. Department of Energy … Continue reading →

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More Donna ISD Weirdness: Active Shooters Thwarted?

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This is a small post-Uvalde-shooting story that I might not have posted had it not happened in Donna ISD. Four students at a high school in Donna, TX were arrested last week for making terroristic threats towards their school just … Continue reading →

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