Good morning, 

I think you’ll enjoy seeing what your fellow readers are thankful for this year.

Here is the Texas Minute for Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Republican Members of the State Board of Education Vote Against School Choice

• Despite it being a top legislative priority for the Republican Party of Texas, GOP members of the State Board of Education joined Democrats in opposing school choice. Sydnie Henry has the details.
     
• The SBOE is composed of 15 members elected from geographic districts around the state; nine are Republicans and six are Democrats. In an 11-2 vote, with two Republicans abstaining, the SBOE adopted a resolution opposing school choice for the 2023 legislative session.
     
• “The Texas State Board of Education calls on the Texas Legislature to reject all attempts to divert public dollars away from public schools in the form of vouchers, an education savings account, taxpayer savings grants, tuition-tax credits, a business franchise tax credit or an insurance premium tax credit, or any other mechanisms that have the effect of reducing funding to public schools.”
     
• Check out Sydnie’s article to see how your SBOE member voted.

Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Pushes Leftist Agenda

• As parents fight racist ideologies in their children’s schools, Fort Worth ISD’s newly minted superintendent, Dr. Angélica Ramsey, announced at a breakfast meeting that the system must be “reinvented” because “the truth is that black, brown, and poor kids in this country do not get the education they deserve because we’re in a system that wasn’t built for us.”
       
• According to Ramsey, who has a history of supporting the radical “diversity, equity, and inclusion” agenda of the far left, minorities were “integrated into their system, not the other way around.”
      
• Congrats, Fort Worth taxpayers; your superintendent is a racist dolt.
      
• Meanwhile, as Fort Worth ISD’s student test scores continue their decline, Ramsey belittled as “haters” any  parents or citizens who are concerned with her overarching political agenda. She promised to “keep pushing forward” with her radical policies – no matter the academic cost.
      
• “Superintendent Ramsey has shown her true ideological colors,” said local Fort Worth activist Carlos Turcios. “It’s strange how she has said she would listen to every parent, yet she attacks conservatives for being haters and being afraid.”

INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: Deep State War Against Kids

• This week, the Texas Scorecard investigative team examines the risks surgical mutilation and hormone manipulation pose to minors, while exposing the deep state actors, activist lawyers, and politicized professionals in Texas that support these abusive medical procedures. The series will also explore what citizens can do to protect children in the Lone Star State. 
      
• In the latest installment, Robert Montoya exposes forces within state government that are determined to shield these risky procedures and protect those who conduct them. These actors range from agency employees to the highest political reaches of state government.

Pentagon Slammed For ‘Woke’ Ideology

• A new report from the offices of U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reveal how Pentagon leaders are pushing woke ideologies, such as critical race theory and gender theory, within the military. Emily Wilkerson has the story.
      
• “The Department of Defense’s priority should be training the men and women of our Armed Forces to be a united, lethal, and battle-ready force primed to defend the United States and her interests at a moment’s notice. Instead, Biden’s woke Pentagon is using taxpayer dollars to promote blatant anti-American ideology. It has to stop. We need to end this politicization of our military and keep our Armed Forces focused on defending our national security.” – U.S. Rep. Chip Roy

MACIAS: Being Thankful

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Y’All Answered

Yesterday, we asked readers if the appropriate side for turkey was “dressing” or “stuffing.” As it turns out, 65.4 percent think it is dressing (a separate dish made on the side), compared to 34.6 percent who say stuffing (in which the dish is cooked inside the cavity of the bird).

More importantly, we asked what everyone was most thankful for this year. Here’s a sample from the inbox…

• “I am most thankful for coming to the U.S. 61 years ago, fleeing from communism in Cuba. God bless the U.S.A.” – Maria E. Salvador-Stein
     

• “Thanksgiving is my most favorite time of year because it truly is a time of reflection and giving Thanks for ALL of our blessings and sharing with those we love! Have a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!” – Nancy Wells
     

• “Most thankful for my bride of 49 2/3 years. I couldn't have done any better.” – Danny Thompson 
     

• “A roof over my head, food in the pantry, good friends, and a loving family.” – Ray Boughner
     

• “I am most thankful for the mercy and long-suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ as He looks upon the wickedness rampant in our nation.” – Mike Stafford
     

• “I am grateful that God is on the throne and he keeps his promises.” – Pamala Millisor
     

• “There are so many things to be thankful for, it is difficult to choose just one.  But my newborn granddaughter is certainly very high on the list.” – Roger Taylor
     

• “I’m most thankful for my family, especially my husband.” – Frances Davis
     

• “We are thankful for our new community and our amazing friends in our north-of-Dallas home.” – Heather Hunter
     

• “In this increasingly vile & lawless culture, I am thankful for all refuges of morality, decency, & honesty, and for the persons who work to maintain these refuges.” – Tim Rhodes
     

• “I'm thankful for my husband: rock solid, helpful, and always there when anyone needs him.” – Susan Green
     

• “I am most thankful for my family and the ability to spend time with them! We have seen God's love and provision through hard times and good times for 44 yrs tomorrow.  Married my beautiful, loving wife on Thanksgiving day in 1978.” – Rick Orr
     

• “We are blessed to afford to move to a new home that is supplied by a water system enabling us to live normally again instead of watching every drop of H2O.” – Kirk Lewis
     

• “I'm thankful that I get to work from home and homeschool my kiddo. I get to save him from the crazy that is happening in the schools these days! It's the biggest blessing that came out of the plandemic!” – Dawn Martin
     

• “I am most Thankful for God's Grace in my life.” – Gary Hunt 
     

• “I am thankful for my husband and our 8 children!” – Cathy Blake
     

• “Thankful for family and...dressing. ;)” – George Rodda
     

• “I am thankful that God gives us the opportunity to protect our Nation and preserve the freedoms He gave us. I pray that more citizens will learn to appreciate that.” – Richard Steenson
     

• “I’m Thankful to God for Country, Texas, Family, and Friends. Also for this forum to share thoughts, information, and ideas with like-minded conservatives!” – Reid Davidson
    

• “I am so thankful everyday for God. For His never ending love and forgiveness, and His Son. My family and friends, who I love dearly. My country, where I can live and worship freely even today. Those basic tenets have not changed. For people like you who, despite all pressures from the world, speak truth.” – Jennifer Herr
     

• “I am thankful to God for those who share his gospel for life .. including Michael Sullivan and his Texas Minute.” – Donna Coleman

Your Federal & State Lawmakers

The districts displayed here should reflect those recently redrawn by the Legislature. Though the new lines do not take representational effect until 2023, they will appear on the 2022 ballot. Please note that your incumbent legislator and/or district numbers may have changed.