This Matters
What to know: News outlets continue to get proposed elections protection bills in the Texas Legislature wrong. NBC News, for example, claims that the bills are “restrictive” when they actually expand voting hours.
The TPPF take: The legislation doesn’t disenfranchise anyone.
“What it does is limit the powers of local elections officials from making up new rules and processes—something that’s clearly and constitutionally the role of the Texas Legislature,” says TPPF’s Kevin Roberts. “It simply stops the extralegal measures that officials in Harris County (especially) and other locales enacted under the guise of COVID-19 response. Those measures then become the new normal, and anything less is portrayed as voter suppression. Texans know better.”
For more on protecting our elections, click here.
The Third Strike
What to know: Major League Baseball has moved its All Star game from Georgia to Colorado because Georgia pass a law to make its elections more secure.
The TPPF take: Our colleague Tom Lindsay has cancelled his MLB subscription over the move.
“I love baseball, but I love my country more,” Tom says. “If you read Georgia’s new law, you will find that there is nothing in it that remotely threatens ‘fair access to voting.’ MLB’s mistake in this matter will likely lead to far more cancellations than mine alone.”
For more on Major League Baseball, click here.
YOU get free housing! And YOU get free housing!
What to know: Not only is the CDC sticking with its unconstitutional moratorium on evictions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now proposing that all foreclosures be halted for the remainder of the year. This is causing long-term damage to our economy.
The TPPF take: The CDC rule and the CFPB proposal are clear examples of government overreach.
“Under the order, private property owners are required to allow non-paying renters to live rent-free until the federal government says otherwise, costing landlords billions of dollars in unpaid rent — all while landowners remain responsible for property taxes, mortgages, and the costs of their property,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “But a federal ruling that TPPF won in the Eastern District of Texas makes it clear that even during a pandemic, the Constitution persists.”
For read our friend Diane’s story about how the eviction moratorium forced her to sell her rental properties, click here.