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Texas Gov. Candidate Don Huffines on Abbott, Property Taxes, and the Border

Don Huffines is a former Texas state Senator who is presenting a primary challenge to Greg Abbott for Governor of the great state of Texas. He seems highly favored by the liberty wing of the GOP due to his association with the Pauls, having been a big backer of Ron Paul’s campaigns, both Congressional and…

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Matthew McConaughey Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Greg Abbott in Texas Gubernatorial Poll

Andrew Trunsky Actor Matthew McConaughey holds a 12-point lead over Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in a hypothetical 2022 gubernatorial matchup, according to a Sunday poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler. McConaughey has teased a gubernatorial run for months, and has criticized Texas’s expedited reopening and Abbott’s decision to repeal a statewide…

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“This Is A Health, Economic and Civil Liberties Crisis”

Texas announced on Friday that they would become the first in the nation to open their economy back up in incremental steps beginning Monday, April 20th. On Thursday, April 16th, the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) team were at the Austin, Texas capitol for one of the first in the nation protests to stop the economic shutdown…

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Opinion: Too Soon? Five Rising GOP Stars To Watch In 2024

We are in the year of the next presidential election. The Democratic Party is currently at its breaking point of deciding the direction of the party by choosing between candidates such as Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. These candidates each have their own path by which the Left may have to…

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‘Time For Other States To Step Up’: Texas AG Explains Why The State Isn’t Accepting Refugees

Jason Hopkins  Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, defended his governor’s decision to not accept refugees in 2020, noting that Texas has done more for refugees than any other state. Paxton, who has served as the top lawyer for Texas since 2015, appeared on Fox News to discuss GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s…

California Bans State Travel to Texas and Other States Over Anti-LGBT Laws

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz State funded travel was banned from California to Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota this week by California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra. This ban is in response to what he interprets as anti-LGBT rights laws which have been enacted this year. The list already included North…

Tough Anti-Sanctuary Bill Clears Texas Senate, Awaits Governor’s Signature

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Texas Senate passed Wednesday a bill that bans sanctuary cities throughout the state, clearing the last legislative roadblock for the controversial measure and sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for final approval. In a 20-11 party line vote, Republican state senators adopted the House version…