TCU Refuses to Allow Campus Baptisms?

Kathy Cavins-Tull, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, is responsible for not permitting a student ministry group to baptize students on campus, using the risk assessment office under her division to claim it’s a health concern. TWO-FOOT WATER. She is alleged by TCU sources to be thoroughly anti-Christian and to have put sand in the gears of worship nights, among other challenges. The Charlie Kirk vigil that took place was student-led and community-driven. There were no funds and formal programming energies provided by Kathy and her offices.

According to sources familiar with the situation, Kathy lied about an outside party requesting a room. They say that the request came from students with the TCU campus chapter at Turning Point, then had a follow-on request from faculty after getting slow-rolled (per usual), and then, a local pastor inquired. 

Yes, Kathy did not formally enable a room to be booked with over two weeks' notice for Turning Point. Thus, TCU’s claim that there was no booking and no cancellation is technically correct. By their admission, they determined that their 302 contiguous campus acres couldn’t accommodate a crowd for a timely discussion on saving America and counterbalancing gender ideology. Meanwhile, Kathy’s division is funding, supporting, and leading the following leftist inculcations of our young Horned Frogs. See the image below:

That's right - TCU is officially promoting a campus event called "LGBTea: Trans Trailblazers." But de-transitioner Chloe Cole is not allowed, and apparently neither are baptisms.

According to sources at TCU, Kathy can be unkind to conservatives and harsh on Christians. In the words of one source:

"She’s tense, cold, sometimes coarse, unemphatic, non-responsive to Christian inquiries of ethics, and starkly condescending. She’s become good at lecturing others on integrity. She’s the classic academician—ensuring we know she’s better than us low-brow conservatives who want to strengthen the country, raise families, and ensure our children do not crossdress at work and then demand entitlements."

Under Kathy’s division is the Office of Student Identity and Engagement. Here’s their stated mission, as written. In case you needed more diversity training...

"The mission of the unit of Student Identity and Engagement is to promote diversity, inclusiveness, and cultural awareness throughout the TCU community. Student Identity and Engagement also provides students of diverse backgrounds with the necessary resources to transition into college life and succeed on campus and beyond. The department provides support, guidance, and encouragement to TCU students, faculty, and staff through a variety of services: cultural programming, mentoring, diversity training, and academic/community involvement. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to assist with planning events and programs. In addition to student services, Student Identity and Engagement assists the University with institutional planning and policy formation regarding diversity and inclusiveness.”

DPS Suspends Non-Domicile CDLs

This week, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that they are suspending the issuance of non-domicile CDLs, as well as the issuance of any CDLs to non-citizens who are refugees, asylees, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients.

This move is meant to comply with an emergency rule change by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. You can read about the rule change here.

Earlier in September, Governor Abbott ordered DPS's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Troopers to administer English language proficiency reviews for commercial vehicle drivers in the State of Texas. You can read Abbott's order here.

This is just the beginning. We applaud Governor Abbott and Texas DPS for these actions and hope that we will see more enforcement to keep Texas roads safe!

USCIS Hiring "Homeland Defenders"

This week, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller announced that US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had begun a new hiring wave for "Homeland Defenders," who would evaluate and process immigrant applications and investigate immigrant-related cases.

The job posting is a compelling offer, as an attempt to insert as many patriots into USCIS as possible. The pay scale is between $50-$80k, requires no college degree to be accepted, is a fully-remote position, and comes with a signing bonus of up to $50,000. So many patriots have applied for the position that the website crashed this week.

If you know anyone who should consider applying, you can find the job posting here.

While solving the foreign invasion of America is crucial, the strategic benefit of Miller's recent actions go much deeper. As you well know, the federal bureaucracy - the deep state - has been opposed to Republicans for decades.

The mass exit of liberal bureaucrats from the federal government due to DOGE buyouts purged nearly a million deep state hacks. Now the government shutdown will allow Russ Vought to remove even more. It's important to remove our enemies from the deep state, but it's even more important to add our friends. Every patriot added to the federal government is another potential career bureaucrat who is loyal to our country and to conservatism.

The Big Beautiful Bill allowed ICE to hire 10,000 new agents, all of whom will be loyal patriots. This was a good start. Now, USCIS is hiring a wave of Homeland Defenders. The net change to the deep state is currently well over a million people. We're just getting started.

Victory Over Transgender Rapper

Last week, we reported that a transgender rap artist with violent and graphically transgender music would perform at a "child-friendly" LGBTQ Pride event at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in the Keller-Southlake area. We have some good news.

After our report, "Keller Pride" announced that "Madame Lexical" would no longer perform at the event. While they refused to condemn the "artist" or apologize for their invitation of him, they did remove him from the lineup "for his safety."

This is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the event will still feature other concerning LGBTQ activists at the child-friendly church event. The event will take place this afternoon.

You can read more about this story from our own TCGOP Precinct Chairman Carlos Turcios by clicking HERE.

Catholic Charities CEO Resigns

If you've followed us for some time, you may recall our report last year, exposing Catholic Charities of Fort Worth (CCFW) for taking hundreds of millions of dollars from the Biden Administration to further the "refugee" invasion. This was one of our biggest reports of all time. Well, we have an update.

After a year of pressure against CCFW, CEO Michael Iglio, who led the effort to refute our report, has resigned. The timing of his departure is curious. CCFW has been in a legal fight with the Trump Administration over refugee funding, with the nonprofit warning that hundreds of employees would have been laid off should the funding be denied.

Earlier this year, Iglio announced that CCFW's Texas Office of Refugees (ToR) would shut down. Shortly after this announcement, he reversed the decision, deciding to allow the program to run through 2026. It was quickly after the reversal of this decision that his departure was announced.

CCFW did not give comment on his departure and has kept it largely under the rug. But the timing is curious. Nevertheless, Iglio led the Biden-funded effort to bring more "refugees" into Texas, and we celebrate his departure. This is another victory in the books.

You can read more about the story HERE.

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