Texas Public Policy Foundation
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TPPF is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute dedicated to liberty, free enterprise, & personal responsibility. #txlege
Austin, Texas
Joined March 2009
From @Mariah_Selene "Sanctuary jurisdictions receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars while deliberately undermining the rule of law... It is indefensible that federal funds continue to flow to governments that choose to shield criminals."
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Washington, D.C. — Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Sanctuary Penalty and Public Protection Act today. This legislation is aimed at holding accountable jurisdictions that prioritize...
.@POTUS: "Starting February 1st, we're not making any payments to Sanctuary Cities or states having Sanctuary Cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American Citizens, and it breeds fraud and crime."
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My latest in @TPPF The Cannon In Minnesota shooting, a tale of two narratives "So many times, there are competing moral claims embedded within ambiguous situations, some louder, some more sympathetic, some more legible to prevailing sensibilities than others, all demanding
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Is AI getting too real and too dangerous? In this episode of The Sweet Tea Series, host @AriThePapist sits down with @theLibertyHB , Communications Director of @secureainow to spill the tea on the dark side of artificial intelligence.
texaspolicy.com
Is AI getting too real and too dangerous? In this eye-opening episode of The Sweet Tea Series, host Ariana Guajardo sits down with Peyton Hornberger, Communications Director of The Alliance for...
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EPA ending 'lives saved' tallies for air regs, per @NYTimes. Our 2019 analysis: EPA methodology relied on questionable assumptions & cherry-picked studies. If you can't calculate it right, should it justify trillions in regulatory costs? Read here:
lifepowered.org
For years, the EPA misled the public, claiming PM2.5 air pollution kills thousands a year. New research shows America's air quality prognosis is good.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
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San Antonio City Councilwoman @MistySpearsD9 explains why San Antonio moved their local elections to November of odd years.
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🚨 Ammon Blair: “This is a war over citizenship.” “Renee Good is a catalyst for Democrats to continue their movement to eradicate citizenship.” “This is a war over what a citizen is.” “They’re trying to erase the line between citizens, legal residents, and illegal aliens.”
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Mexico has intervened in the internal affairs of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba, and the United States. It's time to stop pretending they abide by a non-interventionist foreign policy doctrine.
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🚨In the newest episode of Taxpayer Empowerment, TPPF’s @JoseMelendezTX is joined by San Antonio City Councilwoman @MistySpearsD9 to discuss uniform election dates in Texas and why election timing matters for voters and taxpayers. #txlege
texaspolicy.com
On this episode of Taxpayer Empowerment, TPPF’s Jose Melendez is joined by San Antonio City Councilwoman Misty Spears to discuss uniform election dates in Texas and why election timing matters for...
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Senator @LoisKolkhorst joined The Layout to breakdown SB 17, this law that prohibits hostile foreign nations from owning land in Texas. #txlege
I signed a law that prohibits sister-city agreements with foreign adversaries like China, Iran, North Korea & Russia. I also signed the toughest law in America banning adversaries from buying land in Texas. I used this law to ban CAIR & Muslim Brotherhood from buying land in
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"As the Trump administration ramps up enforcement against illegal immigration and cracks down on welfare fraud, the radical left is escalating its tactics in a calculated bid to create martyrs." - @ChuckDeVore
texaspolicy.com
Radical groups are causing confrontations with federal agents to spark nationwide unrest and undermine Republicans. As the Trump administration ramps up enforcement against illegal immigration and...
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"Students who can’t read, but are confident in their ability to “analyze” text and are inoculated against texts that might edify them, are a danger to society."
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In this article, I explained how library organizations focus on Leftist obsessions like race and sexuality instead of education. The downsides of Leftist content in classrooms are obvious—instead of...
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Qatar is the "main artery" for funding Hamas. It is also the top foreign funder of the American higher education system, with over $6.6 billion in gifts and contracts. Is this who we want influencing college students?
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Parents deserve to know if hostile foreign nations are influencing their child's education. @SenTedCruz's TRACE Act would provide transparency regarding foreign funding in K-12 schools.
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Mexico is heading in the same direction—for the same reasons—as Venezuela.
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NEW RESEARCH: Five years after Winter Storm Uri, is Texas ready for the next big winter storm? Our analysis reveals the grid's winter reserve margin has dropped from 17.5% to 10.1%—well below the 15% industry standard. Read the full report:
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As the five-year anniversary of Winter Storm Uri approaches, this analysis by Dr. Brent Bennett examines whether the ERCOT grid is truly prepared for the next major winter storm. Despite widespread...
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A former teacher warns that what started as poor literacy begins to damage students’ psyches, as students are discouraged from the demanding task of wrestling with the text as something that might illuminate or even challenge them. https://t.co/m6F8VNbp9r
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Many millennial intervention skeptics are reconsidering American power abroad. From Trump's Iraq War critiques to "Operation Absolute Resolve" in Venezuela, a new case for realism over restraint in U.S. foreign policy. Read here:
thecannononline.com
Foreign intervention, for many millennials like myself, has the taste of bitter fruit. Just the phrase passing our lips is going to produce turned-up noses followed by talking points about how many...
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Qatar has provided $6.6 billion in gifts and contracts to U.S. universities, according to a new Department of Education database. It's fair to wonder what they are expecting in return.
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My @TPPF The Cannon debut: Regime Change: How I Learned to ‘Trust the Plan’ "America has a long history of friends and enemies, with many of them swapping allegiances when the situation called for it. And despite the now-cliché warnings about 'blowback' or 'slippery slopes,'
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