Now Witness the Firepower
What to know: The Texas “Death Star bill,” which limits how much local government can regulate Texans, has survived its court challenges.
The TPPF take: The Death Star bill is a beacon of freedom for Texas families.
“Hundreds of city ordinances hang over Texas residents like a giant orbiting space station, ready to obliterate the rebellious and unsuspecting citizen alike,” says TPPF’s Nathan Seltzer. “But the Texas Legislature gave citizens a new hope. The Death Star bill is aptly named because it gives Texas citizens a small chance against the municipal Death Star—just like the stolen plans for the Death Star gave the rebels a chance against the eponymous Imperial space station.”
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Making Deals
What to know: “Badly bruised” colleges and universities are eager to make deals with the Trump administration, if it means regaining access to federal funds.
The TPPF take: Texas is helping to lead on higher education reform.
“President Trump has already made significant headway in higher education reform, eliminating DEI and race-based admissions and hiring, as well as demanding that universities rein in anti-Semitism,” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester. “Focusing on the most visible and belligerent offenders—elite private universities—the president’s leadership is a powerful force in the war to make our universities great again. Texas is also fighting that war, and has scored several victories in the last two legislative sessions.”
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Born This Way
What to know: What does U.S. citizenship mean? Is it really just a matter of geography? That’s the question at the heart of “birthright” citizenship.
The TPPF take: At the southern U.S. border, the very concept of “citizenship” is under siege.
“The Left frames illegal immigration as a humanitarian right; the Right now echoes that framing under the guise of compassion and market necessity,” says TPPF’s Ammon Blair. “Both erase the border between legal and illegal. And both are leading us to the same destination: a nation where citizenship is conditional, rights are transactional, and sovereignty is symbolic.”
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