Making History

What to know: The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will meet on Wednesday to finalize Social Studies curricula for Texas students.

The TPPF take: This Wednesday’s meeting is the final battle for the soul of our classrooms.

“As the SBOE moves toward the completion of this monumental process, it is clear that they have assembled a team with more history experts and more frontline Texas teachers than ever before,” says TPPF’s Kate Bierly. “This curriculum is under heavy attack from radical activist groups who are bussing in speakers to kill these standards before they can take root. These are the same coordinated forces that push Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project while working tirelessly to erase Christianity from our nation’s founding.”

For more on the SBOE meeting, click here.

Election Integrity

What to know: Democrats are claiming that the SAVE Act—a bill before Congress that would ensure that only qualified American citizens are voting—would amount to voter suppression.

The TPPF take: The SAVE Act promotes straightforward verification that most voters already support

“According to the Pew Research Center, 83% of Americans support ‘requiring all voters to show government-issued photo identification,” says TPPF’s Josh Findlay. “In a divided country, that level of agreement is rare. When an eligible American citizen goes to vote, he should feel confident that his ballot counts — and carries equal weight.”

For more on SAVE Act, click here.

Phone Home

What to know: Director (and Democratic mega-donor) Stephen Spielberg is leaving California, possibly driven out by high taxes and a newly proposed “wealth tax.”

The TPPF take: There’s no mystery here. The wealthy are leaving for states that let them keep more of what they’ve earned.

“California is the epitome of the progressive left operational model, the blueprint for others to follow — and, home to San Francisco and UC Berkeley, the one place where democratic socialism might first work,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “California’s economic growth lagged behind that of the U.S. — and significantly behind its two prominent red-state rivals, Florida and Texas.”

For more on California, click here.