Let My People Go What to know: Following the passage of HB 3053, some Texas cities, like Austin, were required to hold disannexation elections for select communities. Where voting was significant—i.e. more than 2 or 3 voters—Texans “overwhelmingly chose to part with their city and go their own way.” The TPPF take: In 2025, state lawmakers should...
Education, Not Indoctrination What to know: Austin ISD is one of the largest and most progressive school districts in Texas. It’s also a hotbed of political activism, with the district recently allowing its high school students to “walk-out during a pro-Palestinian protest.” The TPPF take: Public education is meant to help kids learn to read, write, and do...
Stagflation Nation What to know: Many are now warning that the “U.S. economy may be barreling towards stagflation, an outcome worse than recession.” This is terrible news for Americans already struggling to afford gas, groceries, and rent. The TPPF take: Bidenomics is a disaster. “Bidenomics has been a colossal failure in every way, except one—it’s been hugely...
Protecting Women What to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is suing the federal government over the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules for colleges and universities—which would conflict with Texas law against forcing girls and women athletes to compete against men. The TPPF take: Gov. Abbott has rightly instructed the Texas Education Agency to ignore the new rule. “The...
Voting Rights and Wrongs What to know: Even as we’re told that non-citizen voting is a non-issue, arrests continue to be made of non-citizens for voting illegally. The TPPF take: Leftist non-profit groups are encouraging non-citizens to vote in our elections. “Non-citizen voting in the United States is only possible because of loopholes in the law that left-wing...
Smartphones and Smarter Policies What to know: A new study shows that banning smartphones for students in schools significantly decreased doctors’ visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls, reduced bullying among both sexes and improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates. The TPPF take: Social media has warped how we view the world. That’s especially true of children. “We’re...
The ‘Green’ in the Green New Deal What to know: A new report shows that upgrading California’s electrical grid to be able to handle electric vehicles could cost as much as $20 billion—or more. The TPPF take: Widespread adoption of EVs will require an unprecedented and staggeringly expensive expansion of local electrical grids. “This will...
Murder in Houston What to know: Houston continues to have problems solving crimes—even big crimes, like rape and murder. The Houston Police Department recently announced that more than 260,000 cases had been classified as “suspended—lack of personnel.” The TPPF take: Too many Houston crimes go unsolved. “Clearance rates are the worst-kept secrets in law enforcement,”...
‘Creating Fear’ What to know: According to the Texas Tribune, lawmakers’ efforts to rein in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and efforts at Texas public universities has “created a climate across Texas in which students and faculty fear what comes next.” The TPPF take: Of course it does; the Texas media has been covering...
An Illiberal Education What to know: Anti-Semitism at Columbia University is so high right now that classes have gone online, and officials are telling Jewish students to leave campus—they’re not safe there anymore. And protests at Yale have turned violent, sending one Jewish student to the hospital. The TPPF take: Wokeness—in the form of diversity,...
Extra Special Earth Day Edition! Have a Carbonated Beverage to Celebrate! If You Get This Email… What to know: Just a reminder, we should all be dead now—according to Earth Day predictions. For example, Paul Ehrlich claimed on the first Earth Day in 1970 that between 1980 and 1989, about 4 billion people would perish...
The Crisis is Misspending What to know: Bryan ISD officials claim they’re facing a “budget crisis.” If so, then it’s self-inflicted. The district spent $11,990 per pupil in the 2021-22 school year, employs one of the highest paid superintendents in the state ($257,482 annually), and has borrowed a total of $313,095,378, or more than $19,500 per enrolled...