Gas Prices and Summer Travel What to Know: High gas prices are keeping visitors away from national parks such as Yellowstone this summer. The TPPF Take: High gas prices are due to Biden administration policies. “President Biden will continue to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin and oil companies, but he needs to man up and accept...
Empty Shelves What to Know: A Texas lawmaker and former HHS official says Biden’s food and drug laws aren’t putting Americans first. The TPPF Take: It’s another example of unelected bureaucrats creating and enforcing law with no oversight or accountability. “The president seems determined to completely bypass Congress and just rule by executive fiat,” says TPPF’s...
Border Blunder What to Know: The Biden Administration keeps falsely asserting the southern border is secure. The TPPF Take: It’s not, but Texas is stepping in to do the federal government’s job. “Governor Abbott’s latest Executive Order will make Operation Lone Star more effective and improve the deterrent for illegal crossing,” says TPPF’s Rodney Scott. “Intercepting...
C’mon, Man! What to Know: Biden is hoping to distract Americans from the country’s economic problems with a “climate crisis.” The TPPF Take: President Biden’s executive action on climate fails every test: the science and the law. “According to the government’s own National Climate Assessment, the frequency and strength of heat waves in the U.S. has...
Welcome to the Party, Mayor What to Know: The mayor of Washington D.C. is learning the effects of illegal immigration the hard way. The TPPF Take: TPPF welcomes the mayor calling on the federal government to do its job and secure the border. “If Mayor Bowser would like to stop the influx of migrants into...
Stop Subsidizing Unreliable Energy What to Know: So called “green” energy is more variable than energy from fossil fuels, and generators, not ratepayers, should pay for the cost of reducing that variability. The TPPF Take: So called “green” energy is unreliable and its generators should pay that cost. “The outlook for Texas for the rest...
Helping the Homeless What to Know: The left keeps trying to validate a failed agenda on homelessness. The TPPF Take: The “Housing solves homelessness” myth has unequivocally devastated lives and communities. “The Housing First approach discourages behavioral changes and no longer funds the treatment the homeless need to address their underlying struggles,” says TPPF’s Michele...
They Can’t Ignore Parents Anymore What to Know: Kids are paying a long-term price for officials shutting down schools during the pandemic. The TPPF Take: Parents across the country pleaded for school to open back up but were ignored by the unions. It’s time to empower parents in the system so they can make the...
A Very Large Tax Cut is Coming What to Know: On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott spoke to the Texas Restaurant Association in Dallas on the issue of property taxes, telling those in attendance: “You can expect a very large property tax cut coming out of this next legislative session.” The TPPF Take: This is...
This Isn’t ‘Going Green’ What to Know: Environmental groups are trying to block mining of the minerals we need to power the green energy future they demand. The TPPF Take: Renewable energy requires an immense amount of “critical minerals.” They’ve got to come from somewhere. “The current shortage of critical minerals stems in part from...
Inflation and Recession What to Know: Inflation is real, and a recession may be inevitable. The TPPF Take: These economic conditions are caused by bad policy. “Whenever you overregulate, as the Biden administration has done, when you overspend, as Congress has done, and you overprint money, as the Fed has done, these are the results,”...
Border Control What to Know: The migrants who died in a tractor-trailer near San Antonio were victims of human smugglers. The TPPF Take: President Biden’s border policies have given effective control of the southern U.S. border to the criminal cartels. “Some of the worse consequences of a lawless Texas-Mexico border are epitomized in the tragedy that...