It’s Back What to Know: Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke has resurrected the debunked claim that Texans pay more in taxes than Californians do. The TPPF Take: No, Texans don’t pay more taxes than Californians. “Californians pay $6,813, per capita in state and local taxes each year, according to the Tax Foundation. Texans pay $4,481...
Spooky What to Know: Big Tech collects frighteningly large amounts of data on you. The TPPF Take: It’s scary. “If you have a Google account—which includes Gmail, YouTube, etc.—they likely have gigabytes of data on you,” says TPPF’s David Dunmoyer. “For example, my Google data is 17.75 GB, which equates to approximately 13 million Word...
Not So Fast What to Know: President Biden’s scheme to “forgive” student loan debt (really, it would just transfer the debt to taxpayers) has been challenged in the courts. The TPPF Take: President Biden himself acknowledged that the COVID pandemic is over, which is the basis for the student loan cancellation program “Biden’s the president...
The M&O Has to Go What to Know: Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants major property tax changes. He announced: “My goal is to eliminate the school property taxes imposed in the state of Texas so that people can genuinely own their own home without being taxed out of it.” The TPPF...
Quit Complaining and Eat Your Bugs What to Know: Even the recession combined with inflation (stagflation) has “silver linings,” according to the media elite in their defense of the Biden administration. The TPPF Take: Americans continue to struggle in the Biden economy. “Consumer expectations about the economy have dropped to the lowest in nearly a...
It Will Take More Than Hugs What to Know: Mexico’s president continues his “hugs, not bullets” policy that coddles criminal cartels. The TPPF Take: The lawlessness will continue until the cartels are confronted. “The intersection between Mexican criminal organizations and state power has deepened of late,” says TPPF’s Melissa Ford. “Today, cartels control entire territories...
Taking Aim at the Family What to Know: The left is more and more open about its goal of abolishing the nuclear family (a key tenant of Marxism). In their own words, “The legal and economic structure of the nuclear household warps love and intimacy into abuse, ownership, scarcity.” The TPPF Take: Our very institutions—including...
Trauma for Kids What to Know: More and more New York City children report being upset at the behaviors of the homeless they’re exposed to near their schools. One mom told the New York Post her daughter has seen “everything—constantly.” The TPPF Take: It is inhumane to expose children to these behaviors, just as inhumane...
Expect Less What to Know: Europe’s energy crisis won’t be a “one-winter story,” according to an analyst. And “Europe will need to ration demand in order to be able to balance the market, not only this winter but also the next winter and potentially the one after that, she noted.” The TPPF Take: If the...
A Humanitarian Crisis What to Know: Leaders in border towns are dealing with overwhelming numbers of migrants, and can’t keep up with the humanitarian needs. The TPPF Take: The border crisis truly is a humanitarian tragedy. “Stories of 12-year-old migrant girls crossing the border with the ‘morning after pill’ because there was a 100% chance...
The Border Crisis is Now a Drug Crisis What to Know: Authorities seized 1 million deadly fentanyl pills in Arizona and Colorado just last week. The TPPF Take: President Biden’s border policies are fueling the fentanyl crisis. “When large groups of people illegally cross the border at once, Border Patrol agents are forced to send...
Criminal Cartels What to Know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared Mexican criminal cartels foreign terrorist organizations. The TPPF Take: Mexican drug cartels have flooded Texas and the nation with untold amounts of lethal drugs, particularly fentanyl, that have cost the lives of countless Americans. “The scourge is so widespread and intentional it can only...