A Feature, Not a Bug
What to know: Millions of Americans have had their electricity shut off because they couldn’t pay a bill. And that’s going to keep getting worse as energy prices rise—due to Biden administration policies.
The TPPF take: Currently, more than 20 million American households are struggling to pay their home energy bills.
“Access to affordable, reliable energy has reduced poverty and improved human lives dramatically for two centuries,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “President Biden’s policies are an irrational threat to that prosperity. American families are now experiencing the initial impact of the Left’s war on fossil fuels. Hopefully, it’s enough of a wake-up call to end the insanity.”
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Quitting Time
What to know: Conservative lawmakers are urging the school districts in their districts to end their membership in the Texas Association of School Boards.
The TPPF take: TASB’s focus on “equity” belies its opposition to parent empowerment, which is overwhelmingly supported by minority parents.
“The status quo is failing low-income minority students,” says TPPF’s James Quintero. “It has them trapped in collapsed institutions with no way out. If groups like TASB want to improve the fortunes of this demographic, then it’s time get behind parent empowerment through education savings accounts.”
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Repercussions
What to know: New Jersey mayors are calling for a moratorium on offshore wind farm development after yet another whale carcass has washed ashore.
The TPPF take: TPPF attorneys have filed a lawsuit over offshore wind plans that endanger marine wildlife, including the North Atlantic right whale.
“At every stage of wind farm development, these majestic creatures are threatened, starting with the sonar surveys used to map the seabed,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “When the liberal environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, a coalition of U.S. senators led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and a conservative Texas institute like mine come together to question an ocean-based wind farm project, something must be fishy.”
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