An Important Pause
What to know: Texas’ Public Utility Commission has put plans for a massive transmission line project on hold.
The TPPF take: While the pause is good news, what is needed is a full stop until the Legislature meets in 2027.
“The decision by the PUC to defer action on this first section of the 765-kV lines is a step in the right direction,” says TPPF’s Brent Bennett. “It signals that commissioners are willing to slow down and take a harder look at a project that will cost Texas ratepayers tens of billions of dollars. TPPF and Life:Powered will continue pushing for a full pause and an opportunity for the legislature to consider alternative policies before any of these lines are given final approval.”
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Not Surprising
What to know: Does the New York Times hate fathers? It celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday with a feature about a “trans dad” learning how to parent.
The TPPF take: Real dads are vital.
“I certainly would not be who I am now without my father’s unconditional and unceasing concern and constant desire to ensure my well-being and good, even into adulthood,” says TPPF’s Noah Torres. “What the data captures in aggregate, I have had the privilege of seeing lived out in the particular: in quiet sacrifices, a steady presence, a hand extended in both help and celebration. On Father’s Day, that is worth celebrating. And it is worth defending.”
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It’s About Accountability
What to know: A student group and Big Tech are challenging a Texas law that requires app stores to verify a user’s age and parental consent before downloading sensitive apps.
The TPPF take: Texas’ approach is the right way to protect kids from Big Tech.
“Few things have been more troubling in recent years than the unfettered social experiment of throwing children in front of black mirrors and hopping them up on app-induced dopamine,” says TPPF’s David Dunmoyer. “After a decade of witnessing the hollowing out of their children firsthand, parents are frustrated. Texas wrote the playbook and proved its new law can survive both Big Tech’s millions and federal court scrutiny.”
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