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God has regularly used people who did despicable things to accomplish his purpose. King David and the apostle Paul come immediately to mind.
Since I’m going to be hearing this for the next 6 months as a Texas voter, let me answer the question:
“You would vote for an adulterer over James Talarico? That’s not very Christian.”
Here’s the truth: I would rather vote for almost anyone else who is going to at least advocate for conservative *policies* over a literal heretic who wears my faith like a skin suit, advocates for policies that harm children, endorses immorality and generally harm society.
Ken Paxton has personal baggage. I don’t deny that. But Talarico has plenty too — and he openly mocks God’s law and treats Jesus as a political mascot all while pushing a radical far-left agenda that would be a disaster for my state.
You see, I’m an adult. I do not expect those who are seeking political office to be my moral superiors or even trustworthy. They are tools to be used to do the least amount of damage via policy.
I wish more pastors and men who live godly lives were running. I really do. But the options we get are what they are.
Paxton supports secure borders, law enforcement, lower taxes, unleashing American energy, the Second Amendment, just to name a few.
Talarico supports unlimited abortion, trans-ing children, higher taxes, government-run “healthcare,” and is incredibly comfortable blaspheming the word of God.
I’m not voting for a priest. I’m voting for an imperfect person to represent my interests. That’s how it works.
You’re not going to guilt trip Texans into supporting a looney tunes candidate like Talarico. Paxton will win by 5+.
It’s about policy, not personality.
Aaron Shook retweeted
Surefire way to figure out who the bad guys are is by looking who wants to restrict freedom of speech
Elon Musk just dropped the most important litmus test for freedom you’ll hear all year:
“You can tell the good side from the bad side by who wants to restrict freedom of speech. The side that censors? That’s the Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini playbook. Censorship + big government = fascism. Ideas should win because they’re stronger—not because the others are silenced.”
Dead serious: the EU itself wrote this into law.
Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights literally guarantees freedom of expression and information. That’s not “extremist.” That’s official European scripture.
Watch the full 1:19 clip and drop your take below:
When did defending free speech become the controversial position?
Hey @DanaPerino, Jasmine Crockett represents the Dallas area, not Houston. Unfortunately, she's OUR village idiot. But she's does keep us laughing at her.
I wrote this song around Memorial Day a few years ago. 1.2 million American servicemen and women have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can live in Freedom. On this Veterans Day, I post it in their honor. And to all who served, thank you. #Veterans #VeteransDay
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Aaron Shook retweeted
Democrats are throwing a “No Kings” protest.
After skipping a primary, installing Kamala, and suing to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot.
They're projecting monarchy fears while behaving like a political monarchy themselves.
Funny how that works.
Aaron Shook retweeted
Here are 50 MAJOR wins from Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that the media is ignoring
1. No taxes on tips — servers, bartenders, and bellhops just got a raise Promises made, promises kept
2.Made Trump tax cuts permanent — Biden wanted them to expire.
3.Child tax credit raised to $2,500
4.Overtime pay tax-free — work hard, actually keep more.
5.$1.6 trillion in spending cuts — the largest rollback of government bloat in U.S. history.
6.Work requirement for welfare — able-bodied? Then get off the couch.
7.Deporting 1 million illegal immigrants per year — no more catch and release.
8. Builds the wall—finishes it — 701 miles of serious border protection. Massive!
9.10,000 new ICE agents — law and order at the border. Huge!
10.Eliminates Medicaid for illegal aliens — American benefits for Americans.
11.“Trump Savings Accounts” for kids — build generational wealth from birth. Game changer.
12.Slashes IRS funding — no more 87,000 new agents breathing down your neck.
13.Green New Deal defunded — no more money for solar BS.
14.Energy production unleashed — back to drilling, fracking, etc.
15.Tariffs on Chinese-built ships — protect American shipbuilders.
16.Buy American, build American — required on all infrastructure projects.
17.Estate tax protections expanded — family farms and businesses stay in the family.
18.Repeals DEI mandates — merit matters again. DEI is dying.
19.Bans taxpayer-funded gender ideology in federal agencies.
20.Military pay raise + benefits boost
21.National missile defense (“Golden Dome”)
22.HSA accounts expanded — use them for direct primary care.
23.School choice tax credits — parents, not unions, control education. Historic!
24.Feds barred from mandating pronoun usage.
25.Medicaid block grants to states — local control, not DC strings. Saves hundreds of billions.
26.Revives apprenticeship programs — college not required to succeed. The cartel hates this.
27.1% of exports must ship under U.S. flag
28.Mandates voter ID for federal elections.
29.Ends ESG mandates in retirement accounts
30.Cracks down on Big Pharma middlemen
31.Bans drag shows for kids at federally funded venues.
32.Fires the climate cult from federal boards
33.Veterans get priority housing access
34. Tax credit for buying American-made vehicles
35.Stops Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland — our soil is finally protected!.
36.Bans CRT from federal training programs.
37.Ends taxpayer-funded abortions abroad. And defunds planned parenthood!
38.Guts federal diversity czars — cuts the bloated bureaucracy.
39.Revives the Keystone XL pipeline
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40. Eliminates federal COVID emergency powers
41.Enacts Social Security tax cuts for seniors.
42.Defends religious liberty in the workplace
43. Restores due process on college campuses.
44. Massively expands trade school funding
45. Outlaws federal funding for gender transitions for minors.
46. Creates nationwide “patriot curriculum” grant fund
47.Halts funding to the UN’s woke agenda arms.
48. Tax breaks for adoption and large families.
49. Increases penalties for fentanyl trafficking — life in prison for cartels.
50. Restores cash bail in federal jurisdictions — no more revolving-door criminals.
And this is just a taste.
Promises made, promises kept.
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Aaron Shook retweeted
I’ve seen a few claims making the rounds on the Big Beautiful Bill that require correction.
The first is that it doesn’t “codify the DOGE cuts.” A reconciliation bill, which is a budget bill that passes with 50 votes, is limited by senate rules to “mandatory” spending only — eg Medicaid and Food Stamps. The senate rules prevent it from cutting “discretionary” spending — eg the Department of Education or federal grants. The DOGE cuts are overwhelmingly discretionary, not mandatory. The bill saves more than 1.6 TRILLION in mandatory spending, including the largest-ever welfare reform. A remarkable achievement.
I’ve also seen claims the bill increases the deficit. This lie is based on a CBO accounting gimmick. Income tax rates from the 2017 tax cut are set to expire in September. They were always planned to be permanent. CBO says maintaining *current* rates adds to the deficit, but by definition leaving these income tax rates unchanged cannot add one penny to the deficit. The bill’s spending cuts REDUCE the deficit against the current law baseline, which is the only correct baseline to use.
Another fantastically false claim is that the bill spends trillions of dollars. This is just completely invented out of whole cloth. This is not a ten year budget bill—it doesn’t “fund” almost any operations of government, which are funded in the annual budget bills (which this is not). In other words, if this bill passed, but the annual budget bill did not, there would be no government funding. Under the math that critics are using, if we passed a one paragraph reconciliation bill that cut simply 50 billion in food stamp spending, they would say the bill “added” trillions in spending and debt because they are counting ALL the projected federal spending that exists entirely outside the scope of this legislation, which is of course preposterous. The only funding in the bill is for the President’s border and defense priorities, while enacting a net spending cut of over 1.6 TRILLION dollars.
The bill has two fiscal components: a massive tax cut and a massive spending cut.
As we head in to Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to share this. I wrote it in honor of all who gave all. May we live in a way that makes their sacrifice worth it.
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#MemorialDay #NeverForget
As we head in to Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to share this. I wrote it a few years ago around Memorial Day in honor of all who gave all. May we live in a way that makes their sacrifice worth it.
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Apparently "clear and convincing " for overturning a call is no longer the standard. #TEXvsSF
Hello @HelenKerwin4TX
What say you about this? Is this true?
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This may be the most anti-taxpayer session in Texas history.
Instead of cutting property taxes... the Texas government is increasing spending on DEI, corporate welfare, Hollywood, and liberal gender indoctrination.
Joined @DLoesch to expose the shocking truth.
@HelenKerwin4TX, I'm a constituent of yours, and I'm looking forward to your answer.
