What to know: President Joe Biden is selling off more of our fuel reserves in an effort to lower gasoline prices, ABC is reporting. The TPPF take: Selling off our fuel reserves won’t fix what the Biden administration has broken. “Painful gas and diesel price hikes are a direct result of President Biden’s publicly avowed crusade to end...
Property Rights Victory What to know: The Austin City Council voted to reduce the minimum lot size for a single-family home from allows property owners to build a home from 5,750 square feet to 1,800 square feet of land. The TPPF take: This is smart policy for addressing the housing affordability crisis. “Burdensome local zoning regulations mandating larger minimum...
Is There a Doctor in the House? What to know: A KFF poll found that voters’ most common health care priority, by far, is lowering out-of-pocket costs. The TPPF take: America needs more doctors to curb nonsensical healthcare pricing. “Fixing access in our healthcare system requires a holistic approach which cannot afford to be confined to just expanding coverage,”...
CCP Infiltration What to know: More Chinese nationals illegally entered the U.S. in two days this month than in all of 2021. The TPPF take: This phenomenon not only underscores a significant breach in national security, but also facilitates greater infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into the United States. “The U.S. must reevaluate its immigration policies to...
Millions Got Away What to know: Newly uncovered U.S. Customs and Border Protection data reveals that there were over 1.6 million recorded “gotaways” at the border from FY 2021 through FY 2023. For comparison, there were 1.4 million total gotaways recorded in the decade before that. The TPPF take: Those figures only represent the number of illegal aliens who...
Buckle Up For Blackouts What to know: Texas hasn’t had an energy crisis in 3 years. But with the power grid on shaky footing and the worst of the summer heat still to come, concerns about rolling blackouts have once again emerged. The TPPF take: Buckle up. An overreliance on wind and solar increases volatility, making an Energy...
Character Still Counts What to know: In an age when the truism is, “Diversity is our strength,” how did diversity become the “master concept” of our age? The TPPF take: Character, not diversity, is our strength. “It would be hard to imagine anything that has been more harmful to minority and marginalized students than DEI,”...
Yes, It’s a Crisis What to know: Even the left-lurching Vox.com now admits there’s a crisis at the southern U.S. border. The TPPF take: TPPF’s Ammon Blair testified before the House about the border crisis last week. “The proud people of Texas have the right and the sacred duty to defend our nation and the...
Let My People Go What to know: Following the passage of HB 3053, some Texas cities, like Austin, were required to hold disannexation elections for select communities. Where voting was significant—i.e. more than 2 or 3 voters—Texans “overwhelmingly chose to part with their city and go their own way.” The TPPF take: In 2025, state lawmakers should...
Education, Not Indoctrination What to know: Austin ISD is one of the largest and most progressive school districts in Texas. It’s also a hotbed of political activism, with the district recently allowing its high school students to “walk-out during a pro-Palestinian protest.” The TPPF take: Public education is meant to help kids learn to read, write, and do...
Stagflation Nation What to know: Many are now warning that the “U.S. economy may be barreling towards stagflation, an outcome worse than recession.” This is terrible news for Americans already struggling to afford gas, groceries, and rent. The TPPF take: Bidenomics is a disaster. “Bidenomics has been a colossal failure in every way, except one—it’s been hugely...
Protecting Women What to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is suing the federal government over the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules for colleges and universities—which would conflict with Texas law against forcing girls and women athletes to compete against men. The TPPF take: Gov. Abbott has rightly instructed the Texas Education Agency to ignore the new rule. “The...