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U.S. troops are being sent to the border... to help process illegal aliens into the country. Meanwhile, Democrats are being allowed to push radical climate policies in the Texas House.

This is the Texas Minute for Thursday, May 4, 2023.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

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Travis County Refuses To Prosecute Leftist Disruptors

• Earlier this week, the proceedings of the Texas House were disrupted by left-wing, transsexual activists during consideration of legislation designed to protect children. Sydnie Henry reports one protester was arrested for assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, and disrupting a public meeting.
      
• Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza is refusing to prosecute the case.
      
• Not surprisingly, Garza's campaign for office was bankrolled by an organization funded by leftist financier George Soros.

Democrats Don't Like The 10 Commandments

• Texas public schools could soon be required to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, but a Democrat lawmaker has criticized the proposal as “idolatrous,” “exclusionary,” and “arrogant.” Darrell Frost has the story.

      
• Senate Bill 1515 by State Sen. Phil King (R–Weatherford) passed the Texas Senate by a vote of 17-12 on April 20 and was considered during a hearing of the House Public Education Committee this week. The House sponsor, Candy Noble (R-Lucas), told her colleagues that the Ten Commandments “are foundational to our American education system and to our American judicial system.” 
       
• The language proposed for the required posting is identical to that found on the Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the State Capitol.
      
• State Rep. James Talarico (D–Austin), however, attacked the legislation. He suggested – seriously – that schools should get parental consent before the Ten Commandments are posted in their children’s classrooms.
       

• Talarico has opposed efforts to rid school libraries of porn, but he’s troubled by the Ten Commandments. Those two things are most definitely related.

HALL: Democrats are Passing Radical Climate Policies

• Radical climate policies are getting the green light in the GOP-dominated Texas House. In a new commentary, Terri Hall explains that Green New Deal proposals "are sailing through the House Transportation Committee with barely a whimper of opposition from Republicans."
      
• This is happening, she notes, because Democrats chair significant committees, including House Transportation, where these policies are being pushed.
      
• On the legislative docket for today, warns hall, is HB 3418 by State Rep. Terry Canales (R-Edinburg). It authorizes a study on the ways to "impose a state mileage tax" on Texans.
      
• "Where is the Republican pushback to these radical environmental policies aimed at punishing drivers?" – Terri Hall

Biden Sends Troops To Help Process Illegals Into The U.S.A.

• As the deadline for Title 42 hovers over border states, President Joe Biden has approved sending 1,500 U.S. troops to the southern border. But as Emily Wilkerson reports, they will not be used to repel the invasion but rather assist in processing the illegals into the country.
       

• Title 42 was issued at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and was designed to allow customs enforcement to send illegal aliens from “COVID-19 impacted” countries—such as Canada and Mexico—back to their country of origin without processing them. The Title 42 authority expires on May 12.
     
• According to administration officials, the troops being sent to the border would come from a variety of active duty Army units and would mostly serve administrative and transport roles.
      
• So, basically, the U.S. military is being used to aid and abet the open-border policies of this administration rather than block the cartel-driven invasion.

MILLER: "Professional and Respectful Work Attire"

• In a new commentary, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller explains why he decided to adopt a "professional and respectful" dress code for his agency. 
         
• "The handful of people screaming bloody murder over this are radical activists who have found a small but vocal community of the easily outraged willing to project their nonsense onto the rest of us via social media and left-captured national media," writes Miller. "What you do in your own time is your own business. What you do at the TDA, on the taxpayers’ dime, is very much my business and the business of every other TDA employee, contractor, and Texan we work with … but not woke bullies with an axe to grind."

U.T. Tried To Replace Women...

• The University of Texas has been caught endorsing the idea of replacing "women" with "wimmin." Seriously. Katy Marshall has the (laughable) details.
    
• Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo posted images from the University of Texas at Austin’s website showing a glossary of terms from the university’s Financial and Administrative Services department. The “Language Matters” glossary defined the radical gender theory term “wimmin.”
      
• After Rufo exposed the UT FAS’ language glossary, the university removed the document from its website. 

Woke Congressman Launches Failing Campaign

• In a presidential election year certain to be bad for Democrats in Texas, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D) is giving up his seat in Congress to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Soli Rice has the details.

      
• In his campaign announcement, Allred played up his status as a former NFL player and focused less on his left-wing record in Congress. He has amassed a legislative record in direct contradiction to what polling and election results show are important to Texas voters.
     
• It has been almost 30 years since Democrats in Texas have held a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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