If the Oscar-winning actor and producer goes beyond just flirting with the idea of running for governor in Texas, he may have a shot of winning, a fresh survey published by the University of Texas and the Dallas Morning News indicates. The idea itself was supported by 40% of people …
Read More »Kamala Harris is no border czar, Texas Democrat says
“I’ve moved on from the vice president to say, ‘OK, let’s work with the ambassadors and let’s work with the State Department. Let’s work with the Homeland Secretary’,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday. “I wish we had a border czar. We’ve had border czars under different administrations,” …
Read More »Democrat Texas representative defects to Republicans over defunding of police, border crisis
Guillen revealed on Monday that he would seek re-election in 2022 as a Republican, announcing that his “fiscally conservative, pro-business, and pro-life values are no longer in-step with the Democrat Party of today.” He added that the values of the Democrats sitting in the capital were not the values of …
Read More »US federal judge overturns Texas ban on school mask mandates
In a ruling on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Lee Yeakel said that Abbott’s May executive order – which barred government agencies, including public schools, from mandating face masks – was at odds with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and put children with health conditions at higher risk. “The …
Read More »Elon Musk aims to solve Texas energy crisis
The commission wrote that Tesla Energy Ventures is now allowed to “provide retail electric services throughout the area served by ERCOT [Electric Reliability Council of Texas].” In August, Tesla Energy officially filed an application with the Texas Public Utility Commission to sell power in the Lone Star State. The application …
Read More »Should Texas go it alone? Ted Cruz thinks secession can’t be written off
While the United States descends deeper into the quagmire of woke insanity, where school students are being inundated with mask mandates, sexed-up studies and critical race theory, the residents of the nation’s second largest state have a message for Joe Biden and the Democrats: ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’. Ever since …
Read More »Elon Musk floats idea of Texas Institute of Technology & Science, gets its acronym trending with flood of puns and innuendos
“Am thinking of starting [a] new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science,” Musk tweeted in the early hours of Friday, adding that it would have “epic merch” and be “universally admired.” One didn’t have to be an engineer to get the joke with the acronym, but it did take …
Read More »SCOTUS to hear Texas abortion ban challenge, but refuses to block law
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Stotomayor dissented from the decision not to halt the law – known as SB 8 – in the meantime, ahead of November. Justices will next be deciding whether the federal government can challenge the law and “obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court …
Read More »Biden administration calls for SCOTUS to block Texas anti-abortion law – court filing
The Justice Department is seeking to block the law from coming into effect while the fight over its constitutionality continues in the courts. It has been statutory since September, excepting a 48-hour period ordered by a district court. The Biden administration filed on Monday to reverse a ruling by the …
Read More »Southwest CEO claims vax mandate had ‘ZERO’ to do with mass flight cancellations, vows to DEFY Texas mandate ban
Following thousands of flight cancellations and a union lawsuit against the company for implementing mandatory Covid-19 vaccination, Kelly insisted during an interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street that its mandate had “zero” connection to the chaos, and that they have “no issue” with employees. “We’re urging all of our …
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