With Cuba faltering and Colombia shifting course, drug trafficking networks pivot to Europe and drones. The Shield of the Americas coalition now coordinates intelligence and operations against cartel networks, but with a handful of exceptions: Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Nicaragua. That is the Donroe Doctrine in practice: American predominance in the hemisphere, applied to migration,...
While much-needed attention has finally been placed on the outsized and once-underreported influence of foreign regimes such as Qatar on public education in Texas, a broad array of domestic Islamist organizations, making use of America’s easily-exploited 501(c) nonprofit system, are funneling money and injecting influence into public schools and universities across the state, a review...
A recent story in the Houston Chronicle misleads readers about Texas education funding. Let’s set the record straight. School choice doesn’t take a single dollar from public schools. The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, or TEFA, was funded completely separately through an appropriation from General Revenue. Public school funding is at an all-time high of...
Last Saturday, President Donald Trump joined more than 100,000 fans to watch the No. 1 ranked University of Texas football team play the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. That same day, millions more Americans from Athens to Oxford to Lubbock to Corvallis tailgated and jammed into stadiums or crowded around TV sets to watch their...
Recent polling from TPPF shows the frustration caused by rising costs and harm our healthcare system and insurance systems have created. Only 42% of Texans are satisfied with the value of their health insurance plan, more than two-thirds consider healthcare costs a burden, and 3 out of 4 agree drug prices are too high. Further,...
Bluebonnets are Beautiful What to know: Texas school districts that used the Texas Education Agency’s new Bluebonnet curriculum not only saw academic gains, they also saved money. The TPPF take: The new curriculum has proven to be a benefit for Texas students — despite the critics. “Since the incredible new Bluebonnet Curriculum has been given...
Somebody’s Watching You What to know: A number of Texas cities and counties are ditching the Flock surveillance cameras that they’ve relied upon. The TPPF take: The growing intolerance for Flock Safety cameras has excited the libertarian heart of populists across the country. “The road out of our civil strife concerning the growing surveillance state...
False Promises What to Know: What to know: Democratic candidates are falsely running on the promise, “Medicare for All” The TPPF Take: Politicians promising “Medicare-for-All” is a promise they cannot keep. “Healthcare reform was forefront at the Republican Midterm Convention, and there is the opportunity to dramatically improve healthcare through reconciliation before the election or before the new...
The EPA’s 2025 decision to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding is being called one of the largest deregulatory actions in US history. But what exactly is the Endangerment Finding, and why do supporters say this change matters for American families and businesses? In this Fast Facts breakdown, we explain the 16-year history of greenhouse gas...
Since it has been unable to pass new gun restrictions through the legislative process, President Biden’s Administration is intentionally ignoring and misinterpreting well-established law to shut down lawfully operating gun dealers. TPPF Senior Attorney Matt Miller breaks down how this backdoor scheme works and explains TPPF’s lawsuit to restore Americans’ legal right to purchase firearms.
Illegal activity that harms the U.S. is coming from Mexico in much the same way as it does from other corrupt individuals in other countries the U.S. currently sanctions. Texas should compile a list of corrupt Mexican elites and request the federal government to deny them entry to the U.S. or revoke their visas. Read...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle and Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to discuss the week’s Winners and Losers. As we put up our decorations to celebrate Columbus Day, on Monday, we can remember that President Trump officially declared last year that on October 12 we celebration the Spanish explorer. For...
Last Saturday, President Donald Trump joined more than 100,000 fans to watch the No. 1 ranked University of Texas football team play the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. That same day, millions more Americans from Athens to Oxford to Lubbock to Corvallis tailgated and jammed into stadiums or crowded around TV sets to watch their...
Every Friday morning I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Today is Dolly Parton Day, 9.25 (get it?), as love for the legendary artist continues to unite the country. Nashville is renaming their airport. Here’s who made this week’s list: WINNER: Trump Bans...
Every Friday morning I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Yesterday was the 239th Anniversary of the Miracle in Philadelphia when America’s Founders signed off on the Constitution – a document that is still looking pretty good today, despite being constantly under assault. With...