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Chris Christie scolded Republican governors who are blocking municipalities and school boards from implementing mask and vaccine mandates, saying their heavy-handed control of local coronavirus mitigation efforts violates the tenets of conservatism. “I don't think governors should be telling the locals they can't do it. A real conservative, I think, says, 'Government is best that works at the level closest to the people,' the former two-term New Jersey governor and Republican 2024 contender said during a virtual appearance at the annual Texas Tribune Festival.

Executive Summary of Pressley vs Casar Travis County (TX) Election Contest https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AU/pressleyforaustin-com/downloads/297108/_Executive_Summary_of_Travis_County_Election_Contest_.pdf The Texas Election Code is clear. (links do not work in the body of the thread, please click to her page for the back up info. I am having to re-type all so I will cut to the basics w/o backup #'s) In Texas "the vote in an election is by official ballot" The Texas constitution and the Texas Election code mandate an official Texas ballot must contain the following: 1) Unique serial/ticket number 2) Election name 3) Election Date 4) Designation of "Official Ballot" 5) Voting square...

In what may have been his most significant foreign policy speech to date, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday positioned his Reaganesque foreign policy views between the hawkish Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) and what he described as the dovish Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY), while blasting President Barack Obama as a fool on the international stage. Speaking at the second annual Uninvited II national security forum across the street from the Conservative Political Action Convention, Cruz brutally mocked the Obama administration's description of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an "uncontested arrival." He called this yet another example of Obama's "tortured semantics" which...

DALLAS — Sen. Rand Paul on Friday met with George P. Bush, a rising star in Texas GOP politics, to discuss how to broaden the Republican Party’s appeal in diverse communities. “Really I wanted to get advice from him, as much as anything, about how the party grows in Texas and states with large Hispanic populations,” Paul (R-Ky.) told POLITICO backstage after stumping for a state senate candidate here. Bush recommended “showing up” in those communities, Paul said. The senator, who has said he is seriously considering a 2016 presidential bid, often talks about the importance of growing the Republican...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- Michigan corrections officials have asked a judge to issue an arrest warrant charging ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with violating his probation. In the warrant request, obtained by Local 4, Kilpatrick would be charged with two counts of obstruction of justice. The charges stem from Kilpatrick’s failure to make a $79,011 restitution payment last Friday. The document also said the former mayor didn't provide "a complete and accurate accounting of all finances" of his wife Carlita, and failed to surrender all tax refunds as ordered by Judge David Groner. According to court records, Kilpatrick submitted $40,2233 towards...

Proposition 2 (HJR 36 - #1) The proposed amendment would appear on the ballot as follows: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property’s value as a residence homestead." Proposition 3 (HJR 36 - #3) The proposed amendment would appear on the ballot as follows: "The constitutional amendment providing for uniform standards and procedures for the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes." Proposition 11 (HJR 14 - #1) The proposed amendment would appear on the ballot as follows: "The constitutional amendment to...

If Jeb Hensarling (R) of the 5th Congressional District of Texas, is your Congressman, I hope you folks will throw his sorry a** out of office in November. WHAT A LOW-LIFE SCUMBAG. Lou Dobbs just tore him up and the pollitical whore sat there with that crap eating grin on his face and REFUSED to stand up for consumers against the credit card companies. He has been bought off by the major credit card companies. I thought Lou Dobbs was going to reach through the monitor and punch him in his lying mouth.

Documents show that the Houston office of the federal agency charged with interior immigration enforcement has stopped investigating individual cases of "sham" marriages, which terrorists have used in the past to stay legally in the U.S. "Due to our current goals, priorities and lack of resources, we will not be participating in conducting one-on-one marriage fraud investigations," Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Gus Meza wrote in an October 2004 e-mail obtained by The Washington Times, citing the direction of supervisory agents in Houston. In another e-mail, an official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the bureau that...

Texas homeowners have a reason to be angry about their property taxes: They pay some of the highest rates in the country. One survey puts Texas at No. 3, behind only Connecticut and New Jersey. In another ranking, it's No. 5. The bottom line is that many Texans pay thousands of dollars a year in higher real estate levies -- a bill that often shocks newcomers. It's not unusual to owe twice as much in property taxes as friends and relatives in other states, even when their homes are worth more. Sure, we have no state income tax, and that...

SATURDAY PROTEST WELLS FARGO Due to Wells Fargo's illegal alien clientele, we will protest at Wells Fargo Saturday. Wells Fargo has boasted, because of their acceptance of the matricula consular ID card, their number of illegal alien customers grows by the hundreds daily. DATE: Saturday, December 11 Time: 9am to 2pm (the bank's open hours) Place: Wells Fargo - Temecula 27630 Ynez Road Temecula Directions: 15 frwy exit Rancho California Road Go east about one block to Ynez Left (north) on Ynez Road, Wells Fargo is 1/4 mile, on the right. If you bring a sign, assume that bank patrons...