The border crisis is a humanitarian crisis. Violence in countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras has created a mass migration, creating more demand for human traffickers whose empty promises and exorbitant fees drive and direct the flow of migrants to the border. Human trafficking has become a multi-billion dollar business, trapping thousands into...
Val Verde County is like a lot of South Texas counties: sparsely populated, rugged, dry, and vast. It’s also ground zero for the border crisis. What we learned on a recent trip — talking with the sheriff, talking with Border Patrol officers and veterans, and most of all talking to the men and women who...
June 2021 southern border encounters were the highest since March 2000. If the Biden Administration won’t act, Texas must. More on the Border Crisis: https://thecannononline.com/commentaries/?issues=immigration *source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
It’s called the “Social Cost of Carbon.” What we’re seeing from the Biden-Harris administration, using the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency, is something called the social cost of carbon. And what is that you might ask? It’s whatever they say it is. TPPF’s Chuck DeVore discusses the “Social Cost of Carbon” on The...
What’s going on with gas prices? Poor public policy is to blame. Chuck DeVore, Vice President of National Initiatives, joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the soaring cost of oil and gas and the connection to Joe Biden’s plans to undermine America’s energy independence. Higher energy costs are a feature, not a bug, of our Green...
The battle for civics education has entered a new stage: “Action Civics” has made its way to the home front of Texas. This new initiative, originating from Illinois, encourages students to “take action” through protesting and lobbying. Without proper guardrails, Action Civics quickly deviates to using students as political pawns on the front lines of...
Chances are you wouldn’t torch your cash. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what happens when local governments pay high-priced lobbyists to advocate for higher taxes, more spending, and greater regulatory authority. It’s wrong to ask taxpayers to fund lobbying activities that go against their interests and it needs to stop. Sign the petition to ban taxpayer-funded...
TPPF joins Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and Mike Feinberg (co-founder of KIPP Charter Schools) to explore the success behind their new trade-focused high school at Gallery Furniture. Hear directly from students, teachers, and administrators on the life-changing skills that students are acquiring.
The growing share of renewable energy in Texas, along with retirements of older generating assets, has introduced more volatility into the Texas electricity market and increased the possibility of summer electricity shortages. What can Texas do to improve grid reliability during the upcoming decade? For more on energy policy visit lifepowered.org Policy Orientation 2021 Panel:...
Texans' inspirational unity during tough times
A short film on how ballot harvesting exploits vulnerabilities in the mail-in ballot system
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis discusses responding to the COVID-19 pandemic