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Texas House Speaker Signs Arrest Warrants for Absent Democrats
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats who are still absent from the state Capitol to avoid voting on an election reform bill. The Republican House speaker signed the warrants Tuesday night after a majority in the chamber voted for the measure, The Dallas Morning News reported. They were delivered…Sebastian Hughes -
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Texas Democrat Compares DC Stay With Dangerous Civil Rights Struggle
A Texas state lawmaker has likened himself and fellow “fugitive” Democrat legislators with civil rights protesters of the 1960s, many of whom were brutalized by police and their fellow citizens during peaceful marches. In an op-ed for USA Today, Texas state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, noted that a 1965 voting rights march in Alabama included…Fred Lucas -
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Texas Democrats’ Embarrassing Lawsuit Against Gov. Abbott
Twenty-two of the Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C, to prevent a quorum in the state House have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Greg Abbott. The lawsuit, which two of the twenty-two Democrats are disputing they signed onto, is embarrassingly bad. The complaint does not include the usual section for “claims” or…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Biden Administration Sues Texas Over Governor’s Order Restricting Transportation of Illegal Immigrants
The Biden administration filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order targeting the transportation of migrants spreading COVID-19 in the state, according to court documents filed Friday. Abbott, a Republican, announced restrictions on the ground transportation of illegal migrants in federal custody who could spread COVID-19 around Texas communities…Kaylee Greenlee -
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Texas Man Gets 11 Years for Buying Homes, Cars With $25 Million in COVID-19 Relief
A man from Coppell, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for running a fraudulent scheme to receive about $24.8 million in forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program during the pandemic, the Justice Department announced. Dinesh Sah, 55, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud and money-laundering offenses, the Justice…Steven Hall -
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Texas Governor Enlists National Guard to Catch Illegal Immigrants at Border
The Texas National Guard will be deployed to assist law enforcement officials in arresting illegal migrants on state criminal charges at the southern border, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced. Illegal migrants who are apprehended and found to have committed state offenses such as criminal trespassing, human trafficking, and narcotics smuggling are subject to arrest…Kaylee Greenlee -
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What to Know About How Those ‘Fugitive’ Texas Democrats Will Pay for Stay in DC
Special interest donors are covering much of the cost for Texas Democratic lawmakers to stay in pricey Washington, D.C., hotel rooms, but Texas taxpayers are still losing close to $500,000 on expenses for a legislative session that isn’t happening. Texas lawmakers who fled the legislative session in Austin for the nation’s capital ultimately will have to…Fred Lucas -
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Texas Moves Detained Illegal Immigrants to Vacant State Prison
Texas law enforcement officials have received the first migrants arrested and charged with state offenses at a vacant state prison, a Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson says. Officials on Tuesday transferred the first three migrants from the Val Verde County Jail near Del Rio, Texas, to the Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley as part of…Kaylee Greenlee -
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The Big Lie About Election Reforms in Texas and Other States
President Joe Biden claimed in a recent speech that state election reform efforts are “the 21st-century Jim Crow assault” and “the most dangerous threat to voting and integrity of free and fair elections in our history.” This has to one of the most foolish things he has ever said. It also displays a fundamental ignorance of the real…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Governor Says Texas Democrats Who Fled Vote on Election Reform Face Arrest
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Democrats who fled the state to avoid voting on an election reform bill will be arrested upon their return. Democratic members of the state House of Representatives left Texas to avoid being called to vote Monday on the election legislation. Under state law, two-thirds of House members are required for…Fred Lucas -
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Leftists’ Applause for Texas Democrats’ Flight Shows Hypocrisy on Democracy
If democracy dies, does any leftist care? You’d think so: After all, we’ve had years of hand-wringing about the erosion of democracy in our nation, from The Washington Post’s “Democracy dies in darkness” motto to The New Yorker magazine fretting in a headline that “American Democracy Isn’t Dead Yet, but It’s Getting There.” No doubt,…Katrina Trinko -
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How Zuckerberg Money Could Have Led to Biden Victory in Texas
Texas lawmakers passed a law restricting use of private money for election administration almost two months after research showed that at least $36 million in grants financed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had the potential to alter the state’s political landscape dramatically. Though prompted by the Zuckerberg grants, the new Texas law likely will prevent…Fred Lucas -
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Republicans Win Big in Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support
Republicans swept Texas’ mayoral elections over the weekend, relying on increased Hispanic support to win in large and mid-sized cities alike. In Forth Worth, a city of just over 1 million, 37-year-old Republican Mattie Parker cruised to victory against Democrat Deborah Peoples, making her the youngest mayor in the city’s history, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. In…Andrew Trunsky -
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How Pro-Lifers in This Texas Town Beat Planned Parenthood
Just one month after Lubbock, Texas, became the state’s largest sanctuary city for the unborn (and the only sanctuary city for the unborn with an active abortion clinic), Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas last week agreed to stop performing abortions within the city limits. This announcement came after a federal district judge dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit, citing lack of standing….Mary Szoch -
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Texas Passes Abortion Ban Protecting ‘Every Unborn Child With a Heartbeat’
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas had passed an abortion ban protecting “every unborn child with a heartbeat.” “The heartbeat bill is now LAW in the Lone Star State,” Abbott tweeted Wednesday. “This bill ensures the life of every unborn child with a heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion.”…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Overwhelmed Border Agents ‘Don’t Have Resources’ They Need, Texas Lawmaker Says
Texas is a border state, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how illegal immigration is affecting it. “With my military background, 20 years in the Air Force, it’s incumbent upon commanders to visit troops in the field,” Pfluger told The Daily Signal. “We’ve asked the commander in chief to…Rachel del Guidice -
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Texas Bill Would Rightly Ban Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youths Under 18
Two years ago, it became Texas law that a person has to be 21 to buy tobacco products. Up again for consideration this year in the Lone Star State are several bills to keep anyone under the age of 21 out of strip clubs and porn shops. So, if the Texas Legislature decides that an…Mary Elizabeth Castle -
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Texas Bill Would Provide Array of Supports to Women Seeking Abortion Alternatives
A new bipartisan bill in Texas, the Every Mother Matters Act, looks to offer women considering an abortion an avenue of support, highlighting the pro-life movement’s commitment to the aid and well-being of both the unborn and their mothers. Fully 75% of women seeking an abortion report that under different circumstances they would choose to…Melanie Israel -
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Texas Governor Orders Ban on COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Passports’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday banning government-issued vaccine "passports” statewide. Abbott, a Republican, said vaccinations against COVID-19 cannot be government-mandated and that state residents’ choice to not receive one should not prevent them from going about their lives. “Every day, Texans are returning to normal life as people get the safe…Andrew Trunsky -
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Texas Rancher Says Illegal Immigrants Repeatedly Damage His Property and Trash His Land
Illegal immigrants have torn down fences, left “bricks of marijuana,” and even stolen vehicles from a ranch near Carrizo Springs, Texas, and it’s happening more frequently since the election of President Joe Biden, a rancher told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday. The changes in visible foot traffic around the ranch increased in the months…Kaylee Greenlee