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7.31.2026: Texas Beats Biden’s Lizard
#627
Today at 10:00 AM

(00:47) Lizard Litigation Ends…
(01:54) Cattle Imports Resume Amid Mixed Views of Screwworm Threat…
(02:38) Top Regulator Says Lawmakers Didn’t Approve Controversial Plan…
(04:43) Houston ISD’s Contradictory Stance on Graphic Content…


7.30.2026: Will Texas Target Fauci?
#626
Yesterday at 10:00 AM

(00:56) Republican AG Candidate Middleton Pledges Texas Investigation of Fauci…
(02:14) Austinite Files Federal Challenge to City’s Tree Ordinance…
(03:12) El Paso Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Children…
(04:28) Waller County GOP Presses for Restrictions on Flock Cameras…


7.29.2026: Tax-free Data Centers?
#625
Last Wednesday at 10:00 AM

(00:45) Senators Question Tax Exemption for Data Centers…
(01:37) Recent Rainfall Delays Corpus Christi Water Emergency…
(02:45) Police Officer Under Investigation for Alleged Flock Camera Misuse…
(03:58) Texas Threatens To Revoke Use of National Education Group's Certification…


7.28.2026: Talarico’s Islamic Mystics
#624
Last Tuesday at 10:00 AM

(00:41) Smuggling Ring Charged With Death of Illegal Aliens Trapped in Boxcar…
(01:28) Islamic Academy Acquires Former Baptist Church Property…
(02:01) Talarico: Islamic Mystics Shaped My Faith as Much as Christians…
(03:47) State Water Plan Receives Initial Approval Despite Missing Data Center Analysis…


7.27.2027: Labeling Foreign Invaders
#623
Last Monday at 10:00 AM

(00:50) Federal Legislation Filed to Disincentivize Birth Tourism…
(01:46) Parents: United ISD Knew About Abusive Teachers…
(02:27) Wise County Success Under ICE Partnership…
(04:11) Regulators Begin Making Data Centers Pay Their Own Way…


7.24.2026: McKinney Mosque Moves Forward
#622
07/24/2026

(00:47) UH Poised To Eliminate 40 Percent of Core Curriculum…
(01:42) Proposed McKinney Mosque Moves Forward Despite Opposition…
(02:52) Midland ISD Challenges School ‘Robin Hood’ Law…
(04:20) Appeals Court Allows Illegal Abortion Clinics to Continue Work During Trial…


7.23.2026: No More ‘Forever Students.’
#621
07/23/2026

(00:47) DHS Ends Indefinite Stay Policy for International Students…
(01:36) Trucker Pleads Guilty After Admitting To Hauling Illegal Aliens…
(02:12) Italian Court Demands Formal Death Penalty Waiver…
(03:29) Arizona Model Could Strengthen Citizenship Verification in Texas Elections…


7.22.2026: School Coverup Crackdown
#620
07/22/2026

(00:48) Schools Face Federal Crackdown on Coverups…
(02:13) New THC Restrictions Begin July 31…
(03:14) Abbott Orders More Agencies To Investigate Birth Tourism…
(04:29) Black Democrats Press Talarico on Outreach…


7.21.2026: Sharia Is Already Here
#619
07/21/2026

(00:45) Texas Congressman Backs Investigation Into ‘Woke’ Advisory Firms…
(01:51) Speaker at Plano Mosque Says 'Sharia Is Already Here’…
(02:39) Houston-Area Man Convicted in Smuggling for Ransom Scheme…
(03:53) Republican Lawmakers Reject Mexican Senator’s ‘Lectures’ on Border Security…


7.20.2026: 14 Months, 0 Releases
#618
07/20/2026

(00:52) 14 Consecutive Months, 0 Releases…
(01:40) Texarkana Officers Not Liable in Death of Felon…
(03:09) Fort Worth Weighs Data Center Pause…
(04:36) Abbott Appoints New Secretary of State…


7.17.2026: Limiting Flock
#617
07/17/2026

(00:46) Federal Legislation Would Limit Flock's Automated License Plate Readers…
(02:11) Congressional Resolution Affirms States’ Rights To Defend the Border…
(02:58) Sea Drone Company Announces Texas Shipyard…
(04:37) A.G. Secures Settlement With Genetic Testing Company…


7.16.2026: State Agencies Ordered To Cut Budgets
#616
07/16/2026

(00:39) State Agencies Directed to Reduce Budget Requests…
(02:19) ICE Arrests 238 Illegal Aliens in Rio Grande Valley…
(02:47) Grievance Studies Program gets $100,000 From TAMU…
(04:29) Fifth Circuit Tosses Climate Groups Challenge to Deepwater Natural Gas Port…


7.15.2026: Yes, Biden Policies Drove Up Housing Costs
#615
07/15/2026

(00:44) Illegal Immigration Raised Home Prices During Biden Administration…
(01:37) Austin Unveils Its Latest Record-Setting Budget…
(02:17) Paxton Rallies in the RGV…
(03:41) Attorney General Asked To Take On Birth Tourism Scheme…


7.14.2026: Flock’s Mass Surveillance
#614
07/14/2026

(00:40) University Employees Participating in Conference Alleged to Violate State Law…
(01:40) Eagle Pass Denies Request To Stage Buoy Barriers…
(02:20) Trump Says He Didn’t Expect Henry Cuellar to Run Again…
(04:10) New Concerns Raised About Flock's 'Mass Surveillance’…


7.13.2026: Rogue Prosecutors
#613
07/13/2026

(00:53) Judge Voids Misleading 2021 Statewide Ballot Measure…
(02:07) UNT Appoints Critical Race Theory Scholar as Interim Provost…
(03:08) Experts Warn of Pasture Mealybug Outbreak in Texas…
(04:37) Report: Reining In Rogue District Attorneys…


7.10.2026: Illegal Aliens Lose Key Benefit
#612
07/10/2026

(00:50) Texas Ban on In-State Tuition for Illegals Upheld by Federal Court…
(01:46) Trump Petitions SCOTUS To Rehear Birthright Citizenship Case…
(03:03) POLL: Texans Worried About Data Centers…
(04:35) Ex-Texas Tech Professor Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme…


7.9.2026: Soros Floods Texas With Cash
#611
07/09/2026

(00:42) Soros Continues Funding Efforts To Turn Texas Blue…
(01:43) Leadership Begins to Align Behind Closed Primary Push…
(02:38) Houston ICE Agent Shoots Mexican National in Self-Defense…
(03:57) Texas Film Commission Sent Staff To Left-Wing Film Festival…


7.8.2026: Judge Orders Turbine Cleanup
#610
07/08/2026

(00:50) Abbott Orders Investigation Into South Texas Hospital Over Birth Tourism…
(01:58) New AI Data Center Planned For Hood County…
(02:55) Judge Orders Cleanup of West Texas Wind Turbine Blade Dump…
(05:22) Federal Court Rules Illegal Aliens Entitled to Bond Hearings…


7.7.2026: Trumpapalooza Tickets On Sale
#609
07/07/2026

(00:46) Want To Be A "Trumpapalooza" Delegate?…
(01:52) Guatemalan Admits Role in Smuggling Incident That Left 53 Dead…
(02:53) Texarkana Residents Rally Against Proposed Data Center Expansion…
(04:33) Trading Has Officially Begun on the Texas Stock Exchange…


7.3.2026: Huffines Appointed As New Comptroller
#608
07/03/2026

(00:31) Celebrating American Exceptionalism…
(01:20) Gov. Abbott Appoints Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller…
(02:20) Evidence of Criminal’s Satanism Can Be Used…
(03:53) Regulators Approve Plan To Manage Large-Load Requests, Including Data Centers…


7.2.2026: Criminalizing birth tourism
#607
07/02/2026

(00:34) Lawmaker Calls for Special Session to End 'Birth Tourism’…
(01:46) UT-Tyler Offers Voluntary Incentive to Streamline Bureaucracy…
(02:26) AG Freezes Foreign Site’s Domain for Ignoring Age-Verification Law…
(03:50) Nearly 73,000 School Choice Accounts Receive Initial Funding…


7.1.2026: Abbott Makes Senate Moves
#606
07/01/2026

(00:52) Abbott’s Property Tax Plan Gains First Senate Backers…
(02:16) Donald Trump Announces National GOP Mid-Term Convention…
(03:09) Paxton Cracks Egg Antitrust Case, Hatches Settlement for Texans…
(04:29) Overreliance on Wind and Solar Drives Permian Basin Energy Controversy…


6.30.2026: Big Pharma Pays Up
#605
06/30/2026

(00:50) Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss EPIC’s Funeral Case…
(01:40) School Board President Gets 40 Years for CSAM…
(02:20) UT, A&M Oppose Ted Cruz’ NIL Measure…
(04:26) Paxton Settles With AstraZeneca, Generating $34 Million for State…


6.29.2026: Democrats Cheer ‘Going to Hell.’
#604
06/29/2026

(00:43) Republicans Crash Democrats’ Convention…
(02:48) Cy-Fair ISD Adopts $1.25 Billion Budget…
(03:37) SBOE Member Blasts Democrat’s Attempt to Silence Her…
(05:08) Supreme Court Allows Detransitioner’s Malpractice Lawsuit…


6.26.2026: Fighting California
#603
06/26/2026

(01:00) SBOE Removes Revolutionary War Battles From Social Studies Standards…
(02:04) GOP Targets Vicente Gonzalez’ Record…
(02:58) Federal Court: No Constitutional Right To Short-Term Rentals…
(04:43) Paxton Joins Legal Challenge to California Law…


6.25.2026: Texas Seeks Border Reimbursement
#602
06/25/2026

(00:36) Texas Seeks to Recover Billions Spent on Biden-Era Border Crisis…
(01:29) Austin Audit Heads to November Ballot…
(02:28) State Warns Democrat Judge About Abuse of Court YouTube…
(03:49) House Committee Probes Data Centers’ Strain on Water…


6.24.2026: US House Investigates Leftist D.A.
#601
06/24/2026

(00:53) Congressional Republicans Investigate Travis County DA Over Immigration Policies…
(02:03) New Poll Finds Close Senate Race…
(02:44) Talarico Called Himself a ‘Christian Who Hates Christianity’…
(03:55) Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over SpaceX Beach Closures…


6.23.2026: Removing Entrepreneurship
#600
06/23/2026

(00:47) SBOE Considers Removing 'Entrepreneurship’ and Reframing 'Free Enterprise’…
(01:58) Abbott Launches Workforce Push…
(03:00) Drug Seizures Surge While Illegal Crossings Stay Near Historic Lows…
(04:13) Clinic Owner Made Nearly $1 Billion in Fraudulent Medicare Claims…


6.22.2026: Terrorist Org Sues School
#599
06/22/2026

(00:42) Terrorist Org Sues Fort Worth ISD for Reassigning Muslim Principal…
(01:51) Fallon Legislation Restricts Funding for China-Tied Institutions…
(02:26) Federal Judge Blocks Paxton’s ActBlue Lawsuit…
(04:11) Education Board: New Reading List and Social Studies Standards…


6.19.2026: Texas GOP’s Priorities
#598
06/19/2026

(00:48) Talarico Welcomed Activist Group Targeting Oil and Gas…
(02:13) Paxton Sues Trans Health Association…
(03:09) Texas GOP Announces Delegate-Selected Legislative Priorities…
(04:28) Texas A&M to Host New Nuclear Reactor…


6.18.2026: Low Expectations
#597
06/18/2026

(00:45) Utility Commissioners Hit Pause on Extra-High-Voltage Line Case…
(02:28) Men Sentenced for Smuggling Illegal Aliens and Assaulting Federal Agents…
(03:07) Higher Ed Ombudsman Receives ‘Harassing & Profane’ Comments…
(04:21) Education Agency ‘Encouraged’ by 2026 STAAR Results…


6.17.2026: Kill the Kill Switch
#596
06/17/2026

(00:43) Activists Urge Repeal of Federal Kill-Switch Mandate…
(01:41) Houston Controller Calls for Suspension of Mayor's Advisor…
(02:37) Lawmakers Join Push to Pause Transmission Lines…
(04:22) Republicans Expected to Hold Rare Midterm Convention in Dallas…


6.16.2026: Texas Tech’s Gamble
#595
06/16/2026

(00:43) Big 12 Sues Texas Tech Over Sorsby Eligibility…
(02:01) Texas Launches Screwworm Inspection Course…
(02:40) Higher Education Conference Promotes DEI Themes…
(04:19) Public School Closures Mount Amid Enrollment Decline…


6.15.2026: Abbott Backs Closed Primaries
#594
06/15/2026

(00:55) Abbott Backs Closed Primaries…
(02:06) South Texas Man Sentenced for Illegal Alien Harboring Operation…
(02:33) Arrests of Teachers Now Triggers Certificate Suspensions…
(04:02) SpaceX Makes Market Debut With Texas Listing…


6.12.2026: SpaceX Tax Break
#593
06/12/2026

(00:44) Texas GOP Convention Opens With Calls for Unity…
(01:27) Houston City Council Passes $7.5 Billion Budget…
(02:06) SpaceX Requests Tax Break for Chip Manufacturing Facility…
(03:46) Natural Gas Needed to Power AI Boom…


6.11.2026: Building The Wall
#592
06/11/2026

(00:45) CBP Commissioner on Border Wall Progress…
(02:09) Houston Public Library Hosting LGBT Events Targeting Children…
(02:36) A&M’s ‘Grievance Studies’ Institute…
(04:05) Abbott: Data Centers Must Pay For Their Infrastructure…


6.10.2026: Talarico’s Library
#591
06/10/2026

(00:50) Islamic Groups in Texas Public Universities Tied to Iran and China…
(01:47) Pro-Landowner Nonprofit Seeks Pause on Transmission Line…
(02:47) Llano County Accepts Ten Commandments Display for Courthouse Lawn…
(03:47) Sexually Explicit Books Stocked in Talarico’s Church Library…


6.9.2026: Destabilizing the Grid
#590
06/09/2026

(00:47) Rollins Blames Biden Border Policies for Parasites’ Reappearance…
(01:48) Paxton Probes Heavy Metal Contamination in Common Protein Powders…
(02:51) Test Failures Show How Data Centers Could Destabilize the Grid…
(04:49) New State Historical Marker Honors Drag Performer…


6.8.2026: GOP Rethinking Abortion?
#589
06/08/2026

(00:37) Delegates to Weigh Future of Texas GOP’s Pro-Life Platform…
(01:40) Houston City Council Postpones Budget Vote…
(02:24) Kerrville Seeks To Escape Legal Fees After Repealing Unconstitutional Ordinance…
(03:58) Abbott Deploys State Resources To Combat New World Screwworm…


6.5.2026: Another Company Heads to Texas
#588
06/05/2026

(00:46) Austin ISD Cuts Budget To Reduce Staggering Deficit…
(01:37) Samsung Moving US Headquarters to Texas…
(02:31) Lawmakers Question Cities’ Compliance With State Law…
(04:07) Corpus Christi Council Postpones Vote on Desalination Plant…