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Thursday, December 23, 2021

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EXPOSED: ‘Unanswered Questions’

Today, Texas Scorecard releases the last episode [[link removed]] in the first season of our EXPOSED [[link removed]] series.

After nearly four months of turmoil and public outcry in Round Rock, episode five [[link removed]] of EXPOSED covers the questions that remain in the turbulent saga. Is the local school board finally noticing the criminal accusations against their recently-hired superintendent? What are they hiding from parents?

You can find EXPOSED on our website [[link removed]] and everywhere you listen to podcasts including: Apple Podcasts [[link removed]], Spotify [[link removed]], Google Podcasts [[link removed]], Amazon/Audible [[link removed]], and iHeartRadio [[link removed]] EXPOSED has already been a major success. While the complete first season was released just this week, it has already cracked the Top 100 podcasts [[link removed]] in the Apple News & Politics category! Please share it with your friends and family.

With all the episodes out, it is very “ binge-able [[link removed]]” for your Christmas travel! God, Guns, Government We are often told we cannot bring God and His Law into the making of public policy. On a recent episode of the Liberty Cafe [[link removed]], Texas State Rep. Matt Schaefer [[link removed]] (R-Tyler) explains to Bill Peacock that the only good public policy is one that is biblically informed. As part of this conversation, Schaefer walks through how constitutional carry became law. Border Insecurity In November, encounters with illegal aliens jumped to a combined total of 104,285 along the Texas border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) most recent statistics. As Hayden Sparks reports [[link removed]] at The Texan, this is more than double the number of apprehensions in November of last year. Single adults composed 63 percent of the total, while unaccompanied children accounted for 10 percent.

In the southwestern United States overall, there were 173,620 encounters with illegal aliens, about a quarter of whom border police had already arrested at least once in the preceding year, according [[link removed]] to CBP. Biden Mail-Order Abortion Push Doesn’t Affect Texas A recent change by the federal Food and Drug Administration allows abortifacient medications to be sent by mail. Abortion activists have long tried to expand the use of these deadly drugs with some activists advocating for self-managed, “DIY,” abortions.

The Lone Star State will largely be unaffected by the new regulations, explains Texas Right to Life [[link removed]], because state law requires that women have an in-person examination before any abortion, chemical or otherwise. Honoring Real Leaders Since 2014, we have been honoring the real conservative leaders in Texas: grassroots activists who give of themselves to improve the lives of people in their communities and our state.

Now, the first thing visitors to our headquarters will see is the Texas Conservative Leaders Wall of Honor. The dedication plaque reads:​

CONSERVATIVE LEADER AWARD

Presented annually to those men and women who exemplify the virtues of self-governance as citizen-leaders by working diligently in their communities to advance liberty in the Lone Star State. And, yes – we’d love to have you visit to see it in person, tour the 1836 Studios, and chat with the staff! Programming Note Next week’s Texas Minute offerings will focus on the top 10 stories of 2021 – as selected earlier this month by readers!

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42

The number of states that allow for the open carry of some or all firearms.

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Today in History

On Dec. 23, 1783, George Washington resigned as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

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“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”

– George Washington

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