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New conservative imposter group: TFBA
Texas Future Business Alliance is a newly formed a 501c(4) to help Texans identify lawmakers in lockstep with the lobby. Of course, that is not the group's stated goal but their efforts will accomplish...
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Analysis: Team Staples gives mostly to liberals
Todd Staples needs to convince GOP primary voters he’s conservative, and his recently announced finance team won't help. Members of the Staples finance team have supported lawmakers in the past. During...
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Mainstream TX media shamelessly shill
The mainstream Texas political media, because “Turn Texas Blue” is on right now, is even more willing than usual to spend down their credibility reserves with the public at large by shilling for the...
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Burka helps Smithee
Paul Burka has begun talking about John Smithee as a speaker candidate. Smithee is likely to be the establishment’s repository for conservative speaker race energy next session. Smithee scored an “F”...
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Consultants matter
Filing period is over and we have a little over a month before candidates file their first 2014 finance report. In the meantime, candidates will do their best to be fantasy candidates, which is why...
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GOP establishment vs conservatives
Representative Jim Keffer recently warned ERCOT about Republican primary candidates who don’t open the taxpayer’s checkbook at every magical mention of the word “infrastructure”. It was political...
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Live Stream Wallace Hall Impeachment Hearing
Impeachment proceedings against Wallace Hall continue. Special note for Ipad or Iphone users, this stream can be accessed via the UStream app. The channel is "Broadcast from the capitol." Recent...
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Abbott takes first step against tax-funded lobbying
Gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Greg Abbott has come out against tax-funded lobbying in the case of school districts, their boards, or their associations. This is an excellent step in the...
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The next UT Chancellor
Paul Burka referred to Chairman and President of the Dallas Federal Reserve, Richard Fischer and Admiral William McRaven, current Youtube sensation and one of the ruling class’s hottest new...
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Carona against Hall impeachment
Departing State Senator John Carona, via mass email yesterday, said he did not support the impeachment of Regent Wallace Hall and would have voted against it had he been on the committee. Carona was...
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Vargas, Univision, and ruling class credibility
Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who was made into a sympathetic symbol of illegal immigration by the left several years ago, was arrested in McAllen, Texas on Tuesday. His place in the world of...
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LBB swings right in Senate, left in House
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Straus made the new appointments to the Legislative Budget Board this week. Dewhurst shifted his appointments to the right in the Senate while Straus...
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Hailey and Jones make case for Turner
Austin Insider blogger Mike Hailey and Rice political science professor Mark Jones recently teamed up to make a good argument for a new speaker. Hailey pointed out that Republican House Reps who...
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Fiscal Index emails are lobbying?
The Texas Ethics Commission largely covered their outside counsel legal bills today with a $10,000 fine on Michael Quinn Sullivan for failing to register as a lobbyist. The fine and the state’s outside...
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2015 UT Regent appointments
In 2015 there will be three UT Board of Regents appointments made by the Governor and approved by the Senate. With the cost of higher education growing there have been calls for greater transparency...
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Patrick snug as a bug on committee chairs
The establishment GOP is shuttering at the prospect of a conviction conservative sitting in the Lt. Governor chair. This is happening just after Battleground Texas and Wendy Davis have cycled through...
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Lubbock GOP considers hiring lawyer
The Lubbock County GOP is in the process of hiring lawyer Eric Opiela in the event there is an opening in House District 83, according to Chairman Carl Tepper. Opiela has been in the news of late for...
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