Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas hospital after doctor trashes state’s migrant ID order

  Abbott said the physician’s viral video about patient citizenship questions puts his hospital’s funding ‘at risk.’ 

How David Cook went from Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s ally to le…

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Why Uvalde—A Rallying Cry for Texas Democrats—Went for Trump

   Politics & Policy Why Uvalde—A Rallying Cry for Texas Democrats—Went for Trump The South Texas…

Texas’ approval of Bible-infused curriculum drives conservative push

   AUSTIN, Texas — The State Board of Education approved new elementary school curriculum that combines…

Texas lawmaker threatens university budget cuts over LGBT studies

   By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, November 27, 2024 The Texas State Capitol…

Trump Nominates Professor Who Sounded Alarm on COVID Lockdowns—and Was Censored—to Lead NIH

   The Trump-Vance transition team announced that Stanford Professor Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, author of “The…

OPINION: Labor Secretary Nominee Chavez-DeRemer Is a Trojan Horse to Complete the Union Takeover of DOL

   Independent professionals and small businesses were hoping to breathe a sigh of relief that President-elect…

Tom Cotton Sends Letter to Lloyd Austin Telling Him to ‘Knock off the Nonsense’ Obstructing Trump

   Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), in a scathing letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, slammed…

Unexpected Thanksgiving Memory, a Live Volcano, and a Moving Torch

   This is the 23rd in an ongoing series of personal Memories. All the others are…

Texas State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum

  School districts can choose their own lesson plans, but the state will offer an incentive of…

Is It Better if Texas Officials Join the Trump Administration or Not?

   Politics & Policy Which Texans Should We Wish Upon the Trump Administration? Is it better…

Senate Democrats Give Themselves Whiplash on the Filibuster, and Kyrsten Sinema Has Thoughts

   Though the retiring Kyrsten Sinema won’t be a Senator for much longer, you can tell…

America Still Loves Ronald Reagan – ‘Reagan’ Film Going Gangbusters

   In 1980, I was released from a three-year sentence to something called “high school,” which…

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Responds to Donald Trump’s Promised Tariffs

   Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has pledged to have a good working relationship with President-elect…

NEW: Trump Transition Team Signs Key Agreement With Biden White House

   Following his resounding win on November 5, one of the knocks on President-elect Donald Trump’s…

Nefarious Japanese Shoe Thief Caught on Camera

   In Japan, in the southwestern city of Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu, authorities were…

Report: The Politically Incestuous Relationship Between North Carolina Dems and the Local Media Continues

   You know, writing about how the mainstream media and Democrats are – metaphorically speaking –…

Kamala Harris Returns From Hawaiian Vacation, Immediately Reminds America That We Dodged a Bullet

   Kamala Harris has returned from the $7 million dollar house she stayed at during her…

MSNBC ‘Analyst’ Thinks Trump Voters Care More About the Price of Guacamole Than Sealing the Border

   In the lead-up to this year’s presidential election and in the weeks since it’s been…

Highlights, Lowlights, and Results – Plus the New Playoff Rankings From College Football Week #13

   As the season is on approach to the conference finals, all eyes shift to those…

How the Democrats Lost Their Base—and Knew It All Along

   It’s one thing to lose an election; it’s another to lose your identity. The Democratic…

Trump wants to deport millions of people. Texas leaders are ready to help

   Perhaps no other state is more prepared – or eager – to carry out President-elect…

Texas Legislature shifts right: What that means for the LGBTQ community

   The political landscape in Texas has shifted further to the right as we head into…

Texas Legislature shifts right: What that means for the LGBTQ community

   The political landscape in Texas has shifted further to the right as we head into…

Trump Pledges Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China in Sweeping Trade Policy Announcement

   In a bold declaration, President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping tariffs on America’s…

Anti-DEI Warrior Robby Starbuck Notches Another Victory—Nation’s Largest Retailer Dials Back

   I’ll start by saying unequivocally that I’m no fan of DEI. I saw what it…

Van Zant Delivers Southern Rock and Spirit With ‘Always Look Up’

   I grew up as something of a cultural hybrid. While I was born and raised…

WATCH: Carville Goes Nuclear on Kamala’s Progressive Staffers – ‘I’d Fire Them, Then Fire Who Hired Them’

   Democratic strategist James Carville lived up to every part of his “Ragin’ Cajun” nickname in…

Trump picks Texan Brooke Rollins to lead Agriculture Department

  Rollins, who grew up in Glen Rose and once led the Texas Public Policy Foundation, will…

Texans speak on University of Austin’s ’60 Minutes’ showcase

  It comes as billionaires have grown frustrated with elite universities and their stance… 

Lawsuits And Loopholes Threaten Voter Secrecy In Texas

   Texas election officials are grappling with increasing concerns about voter privacy, as a push for…

VICTORY: Judge Upholds Missouri’s Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors

   Cole County, Missouri Circuit Court Judge R. Craig Carter has upheld Missouri’s ban on transgender…

Jack Smith’s Election Interference Case Against Donald Trump Is Officially Toast (Updated)

   Update – 5:05 p.m. Eastern: As reported earlier, Special Counsel Jack Smith formally moved to…

Adam Schiff Copes and Seethes After Jack Smith Drops Trump Charges, but There’s More to His Crying

   One of the most dishonest, slimiest members of Congress is speaking out after news broke…

According to Apple, NYT’s ‘The Daily’ Is the Top Podcast, Rogan Is Third

   Perhaps historians will offer honest answers on the effect of the Joe Rogan interview of…

Strutting Male Turkey Steals the Show During During Cringe Biden Pardoning Ceremony

   Though opinions vary on when it started, the official Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the…

TikToker’s DNA Test Unveils Grandma’s Dark Secret: A 25-Year-Old Murder Case Solved

   A TikToker named Jenna Rose recently put out a video in which she tells a…

CNBC: The Beating Will Stop When Morale Improves – Thanksgiving Turkey Will Be Historically Cheap

   Joe Biden may have made one of his last public appearances. Fittingly, it was with…

BIG DECISION on Missouri’s Voter Photo ID Law

   In a victory for election integrity, a judge in Missouri has upheld that state’s voter…

Dishonest Media Strikes Again As Outlets Take Concealed Cash From Teachers Unions for Positive Coverage

   More and more American parents are getting fed up with the public school system. They…

Republicans in Virginia (and Elsewhere) Must Champion Rural Healthcare Over Big Pharma’s Lobbying

   As we dissect the results of the 2024 elections, one trend is crystal clear: the…

What to Know About Brooke Rollins, Trump’s Choice for Agriculture Secretary

   A Texas native, Ms. Rollins worked in the first Trump White House and has also…

Texas lawmakers are mostly silent on addressing threats to ballot secrecy

   Texas officials had to issue emergency guidance this year to patch holes in new election…

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances

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Will Texas do something about threats to ballot secrecy?

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Texas probes alleged advertiser boycott of conservatives

   Shutterstock/CrackerClips Stock Media The State of Texas is investigating whether the World Federation of Advertisers…

Landgraf files legislation to crack down on hoax threats in Texas schools

   State Rep. Brooks Landgraf AUSTIN State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed House Bill 268…

Blue State Democrats Are Shaking in Their Boots As Trump Gears Up to Advance His Agenda

   Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson once joked about the Trump administration’s many legal missteps…

Red vs. Blue: Should Family Transcend Politics?

   If you were to look at my brother, the first words that would come to…

Rand Paul Reminds Critics of Hegseth’s Planning to Ditch Military DEI Why It Matters

   The current Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking military officer and…

The Question: Where in the World Is Kamala Harris? The Answer: On a Tropical Vacation

   It wasn’t that long ago that I was typing the words “Kamala Harris” dozens of…

Marjorie Taylor Greene to NPR: The DOGE Is Coming for You

   The Elon Musk-Vivek Ramaswamy team-up for the forthcoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has many…

Broken: ‘The Resistance’ Is Mostly MIA for Trump 2.0

   Do you remember the liberal meltdowns after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton for the presidency in…

Texas board approves public school reading material that includes Bible stories

  Only Republican members of the education board voted for it. All Democratic members and three Republicans…

State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum for Texas public schools

   A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a…

Texas board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

   Democratic-linked South Asian advocacy group warns move ‘undermines religious freedom’ By Ian M. Giatti, Christian…

Texas Supreme Court says Ken Paxton can’t be deposed in whistleblower case

   The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, can’t…

How Texas jails built migrant incarceration

  Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against…

Texas tees up likely legal battle with biblical public school lessons

  Texas has joined the states mixing the Bible with public school classrooms, setting up another potential…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Texas Board of Education Approves Curriculum Heavy on Christianity

   And on the third day Texas’s curriculum arose. (© FlaglerLive) A majority of the Texas…

Trump picks Texan Brooke Rollins to lead agriculture department

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State of Texas: State offers land to assist future deportation efforts

  Buckingham described the plot as “essentially farmland,” and “easy to build on.” Her office did not…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Texas lawmakers aim to climb ranks of U.S. House

   WASHINGTON —  Following the GOP sweep in the Lone Star State on Election Day, Texans…

Texas lawmakers aim to climb ranks of U.S. House

   WASHINGTON —  Following the GOP sweep in the Lone Star State on Election Day, Texans…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Texas Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum

   A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a…

Texas Board of Education says it wants more control over public school library books

   A majority on the Republican-dominated State Board of Education said Thursday that it wanted more…

Trump to nominate Brooke Rollins of Texas as USDA secretary

   WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump Saturday announced his intent to name Brooke Rollins of Texas, the president…

Allegations swirl around Texas family running Christian TV network

  A report last week details serious accusations against a family member. 

Elon Musk Tells the SEC What We All Wish We Could Tell the Federal Bureaucracy

   A federal judge’s rejection of a demand by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it…

Taylor Lorenz Throws a Fit, Reveals Her Age After Nate Silver Raises Questions

   Nate Silver is a liberal but he has shown he’s sometimes willing to question folks…

It’s Slash and Burn Time in the Democratic Party As They Come Face to Face With Their Failures

   The 2024 election isn’t even a month behind us, and the recriminations within the Democratic…

If I Were a Corrupt Justice Department Official, I Might Be a Little Terrified About Now

   President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pam Bondi for attorney general has caused quite a stir,…

The Pro-Hamas Mob Might Be in for Some Troubling Times Under Trump

   Pro-Hamas agitators might not be doing so much agitating after President-elect Donald Trump gets into…

WATCH: Rep. Clay Higgins Delivers a Verbal Beatdown on a ‘Squad’ Member in Defense of Free Speech

   If there’s a nastier piece of work in the House of Representatives than Rep. Ayanna…

President Trump Must Reconsider the Nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to Be Surgeon General

   President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be the next Surgeon General of…

Geraldo Talks About ‘Squaring Off’ With Dan Bongino, Podcast Host Signals It Wouldn’t End Well for Him

   Former Secret Service agent and podcaster Dan Bongino is one of the names people are…

Paid Informants and Missed Flights: New OIG Report Peers Inside Controversial DEA Airport Program

   The Justice Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a management alert on Thursday…

Post-Election, Red Rural Counties Are Once Again Talking About Splitting off From Blue States

   It’s a common situation where a state has big, politically conservative but sparsely populated rural…

NEW: There’s a Twist in Who Will Run the Trump Ag Department

   Over the past day, speculation in the media was tipping former Georgia senator, Kelly Loeffler,…

Hamas Releases Video Allegedly Showing Oct. 7 Hostage Who Was Killed; The IDF Responds.

   While we didn’t see massive protests by leftists across the country after President-elect Trump’s victory…

Our Nutty Northern Neighbors: PM Justin Trudeau Says He Would Arrest Netanyahu If He Entered Canada

   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, as we reported, was busy dancing happily at a Taylor…

Signs of Reawakening: Italian Supervolcano Could Send World Spinning Into Chaos

   When set against the scale and scope of the world, humans and our efforts can…

Ranked Choice Voting Fails Bigly Almost Everywhere – Despite Backers Spending Big Bundles of Cash

   Ranked-choice voting and open primaries are two bad ideas whose time has most assuredly not…

American Academia Continues to Distinguish Themselves As Cornell U Offers ‘Queer Marxism’ Course

   Cornell University certainly distinguished itself after the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks against Israel—but…

Why ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Says He Is ‘P#ssed Off’ at NFL’s Response to Trump-Dance Celebrations

   One of the top ESPN television and radio presenters blasted the Nation Football League for…

As MSNBC Continues to Swirl Down the Toilet, Its Latest Excuse for Trump’s Win Is Crazy-Train Absurd

   In the slim chance that you need an example to understand why MSNBC’s ratings have…

What Is ‘CHEMSEX’ and Why Is the U.S. Spending Millions Advising Gay Men How to Safely Take Part?

   The Biden-Harris administration is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a project to advise homosexual…

Could the Democrats Still Put Kamala in the White House?

   Could it happen? Could the Democrats manage to land Kamala Harris in the White House,…

Donald Trump Faces His First Big Policy Test Over EVs

   With the election in the rearview mirror, things are rightfully shifting from ensuring victory to…

President-Elect Trump Names New HUD Chief

   On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump (never will get tired of writing that) placed former Executive…

DOJ Charges US Dual Citizen With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS Terrorists

   The Justice Department announced a major arrest of a dual United States-Albanian citizen who is…

SCOTUS Agrees to Review Appellate Ruling on Congress Giving the FCC Too Much Power

   The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take up a review of the Fifth…

Oh, So *Now* the Dems Like the Filibuster

   It’s something of an understatement to say that Democrats woke up the morning of November…

Day-O…Tally My Banana: Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million

   EA Bucchianeri wrote in “Brushstrokes of a Gadfly” that art is in the eye of…

Radical Transparency or Risky Gamble? Idaho County Puts Ballots Online for All to See.

   One Idaho county might just have a way to restore trust in elections, after questions…

Opponent of COVID Vaccine Mandates Appointed to Lead the Food and Drug Administration

   President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Marty Makary to be FDA Commissioner. Dr. Makary is…

Thanksgiving Travel: Storm systems crossing the U.S. could cause travel delays

  Several storm systems will traverse the U.S. through Thanksgiving Week bringing rain, snow, and cold…

Scott Turner nominated for HUD secretary

  Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this…

High Levels of Physical Fitness Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Those with Genetic Predisposition

High levels of physical fitness are linked to a lower risk of dementia for people with…

The Pentagon’s DEI Mafia Has Set Their Sights on Saving Themselves From Pete Hegseth

   Pentagon officials speaking on condition of anonymity are claiming that should Pete Hegseth be confirmed…

Study Says Married Men Age More Slowly Than Single Men. About That …

   Marriage is the structure on which human societies are built. It’s the basic element, the…

UPDATED: Confirmed: Trump Taps Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager to Lead Treasury: Trump Weighs In

   Update [6:39 p.m. EST]: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that sources confirm that President-elect Donald…

‘Last Man Out of Afghanistan’ Has Promotion to Four-Star General Scuttled Over Afghanistan Withdrawal

   Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin has blocked the promotion of the “last US soldier out…

Trump Reveals ‘Aggressive Cost Cutter’ to Hold OMB Position

   Hard on the heels of the announcement of President-elect Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary, he’s…

Donald Trump Announces Labor Secretary Pick – and There May Be a Problem

   Well, Friday evening just got a whole lot more exciting, with the latest announcement of…

President Trump Nominates New Surgeon General

   President-elect Trump has announced his appointment of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be the 22nd Surgeon…

BREAKING: Now We Know Who Pres. Trump Wants As the Director of CDC

   Yes, there is yet another new nomination Friday evening from the Trump transition team, and…

Former Trump Aide Turned Successful Broadcaster Nominated As Counterterrorism Director

   If you’re a fan of talk radio, at some point you’ve probably come across the…

Feel-Good Friday: Bone Marrow Donor Buys More Years for a Man’s Family, Then Forges a Bond With Widow

   Jill Thompson is brand director for Inheritance of Hope, a non-profit organization which helps individuals…

CNN Legal Analyst Torpedoes Dem Arguments Against Pam Bondi

   Folks on the left freaked out at President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Matt…

Florida Murder Trial Ends in Mistrial – 80-Year-Old Juror Was Doing a Crossword Puzzle in the Jury Room

   The trial of Jose Ibarra was mercifully short by murder-trial standards. Ibarra murdered Laken Riley.…

CBS’s Colbert and Hakeem Jeffries Wax Idiotic, Declare GOP Opposes ‘Access to Health Care for Everybody’

   CBS’ “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert trotted out House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…

Hit Piece on Trump’s Energy Secretary Ends Up Sounding More Like Over-the-Top Praise

   It didn’t take long for the media to run a hit piece on Chris Wright,…

Kamala Harris’ Campaign Embarks on Brand New Grift After Getting Thrashed on Election Day

   Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign raised about $1 billion to lose to President-elect Donald Trump…

Is There a Place in Team Trump for Alaska’s Favorite Rogue?

   In 2008, then-Senator John McCain made the interesting choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as…

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