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Cook’s True Motivations for “Dark Money” Attack Unmasked in Constituent Letter
Empower Texans recently received a letter from Jackie King, a Republican Woman activist from Purdon, Texas. The town is located in Navarro County and is (mis)represented by State Rep. Byron Cook. The...
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“Qualified” to Suppress Speech
Today, the House Committee on State Affairs will hear invited testimony related to efforts by House Speaker Joe Straus’ leadership team to target outspoken conservative non-profits. In a press release...
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Branch Client’s Illegal Bill Explains Infighting
Could Dan Branch’s conflicts of interest explain one of the most bizarre exchanges in the House of Representatives last session? Yesterday, in an exposé by the Texas Tribune, it was revealed that Dan...
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Flynn Weasels Out After Being Proven Wrong about Wallace Hall
After a letter Tuesday from UT Regent Wallace Hall’s attorneys accused the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations of withholding an audio recording that exonerates Hall,...
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Branch’s Unsound Reasoning on Speech Suppression
After taking heat over the past few days over his efforts to hide his past as a Washington labor union lobbyist, Dan Branch went on the Texas Tribune’s TribLive yesterday to attack his conservative...
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Where’s the tape?
As the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations meets today to consider impeaching UT Regent Wallace Hall, the question that should be on everyone's minds is: Where's the tape?...
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Flynn Committee Impeachment Vote is Attack on Transparency
Today, seven members of the deceptively named Texas House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations voted to move forward with impeaching UT Regent Wallace Hall. The vote took place...
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Slouching Towards California
Our fight against the Texas Ethics Commission and its allies within the Straus regime in the legislature has been well publicized. The state agency is attempting to do by rule and enforcement action...
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When Surrender is Not ‘Selfless’
Yesterday, at a University of Texas Regents meeting, Regent Alex Cranberg compared legislative and media efforts to remove Regent Wallace Hall to a “lynch mob.” This is a completely accurate portrayal...
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Dan Branch’s False Statements at TribLive
Yesterday, Breitbart Texas broke news exposing Attorney General candidate Dan Branch for making false statements during an interview with the Texas Tribune. Breitbart unearthed a letter sent by Branch...
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Activists and Advocates at the Texas Tribune
Recently the Texas Tribune held a fundraising drive. As is often the case with non-profits, the Tribune’s fundraising team came a lot closer to identifying the real product the group is selling than...
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Cook Punts to TEC, Rebuked by Smithee
On Tuesday, Texas House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook penned a letter to Texas Ethics Commission Chairman Jim Clancy. The letter, signed by eleven of thirteen members of Cook’s committee,...
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More Evidence of Branch Deception on Admissions
State Representative Dan Branch, who formerly worked as a labor union lobbyist in Washington, DC, has come under fire recently in his campaign for Attorney General for false statements he made on the...
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Entitlement Republicans
Those involved in political movements have known for many years that half the battle in any argument is winning the battle over what language will be used to describe the terms of that debate. When we...
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Former Board of Regents Chairman Criticizes Foster
Today we received a copy of a letter sent to current University of Texas Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster by Charles Miller, criticizing his recent call for fellow regent Wallace Hall to resign....
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More Texas Bureaucrats Attempt Back Door Slots
After the Texas Lottery Commission was caught in April with its hand in the cookie jar trying to pass back door slot machines, it now appears the gambling industry has shifted its focus to a different...
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Flynn and Alvarado Disregard Oaths of Office
Over the holiday weekend, Breitbart Texas broke news that University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had offered embattled University of Texas President Bill Powers an opportunity to...
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Team Powers Grows Silent
The cavalcade of objections coming from those who have close relations with Bill Powers has grown increasingly weak and silent as the embattled UT President’s impending termination draws near. The...
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Why Every Journalist Should Care About the Michael Quinn Sullivan Case
When Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan went before the Texas Ethics Commission last month on charges that he had failed to register as a lobbyist, much of the testimony hinged on whether...
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LBB Leans Left
Late Tuesday, in an exercise of political tone-deafness, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus appointed Representatives Drew Darby, John Otto, and John Zerwas to vacancies on the Legislative Budget Board, a...
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