Representative Tan Parker has introduced HJR 100, the Right to Use Cash and Cash Substitutes!
Allowing Texans to protect the wealth they have worked a lifetime to produce in the form they think best ... View MoreRepresentative Tan Parker has introduced HJR 100, the Right to Use Cash and Cash Substitutes!
Allowing Texans to protect the wealth they have worked a lifetime to produce in the form they think best and to avoid a collapse of the dollar is an essential part of keeping Texas strong and free from federal intervention.
Protecting the financial privacy rights of Texans can save us from the most potent tool of the police state, the ability to see every transaction we make.
Start contacting your state reps to ask them to co-author HJR 100. It requires two thirds support in both the House and the Senate, but the good news is that this initiative - because Texans are united across the political spectrum in their loathing for non-Texan, centralized financial elites - is likely to get the support it needs for a vote of the people.
https://www.txce.org/right_to_use_cash_substitutes
State Representative Brooks Landgraf of Odessa has filed the Texas Energy Independence Act (HB 1683) which uses constitutional enforcement principles to protect the Texas oil and gas industry from job... View MoreState Representative Brooks Landgraf of Odessa has filed the Texas Energy Independence Act (HB 1683) which uses constitutional enforcement principles to protect the Texas oil and gas industry from job, economy, and liberty-destroying federal overrreach.
https://house.texas.gov/news/press-releases/?id=7322
WOW: North Dakota House Passes Bill Making Mask Mandates ILLEGAL, Bill Sponsor Calls Mandates 'Diabolical Silliness'
The North Dakota House of Representatives has passed a bill that will make any future mask mandates illegal in the state. Monday’s vote passed 50-44 and is now heading to the state senate. “Our st
North Dakota State Rep Jeff Hoverson bill sponsor called mask mandates "diabolical silliness."
I call them make believe and violations of due process because they wishfully presume that masks work to... View MoreNorth Dakota State Rep Jeff Hoverson bill sponsor called mask mandates "diabolical silliness."
I call them make believe and violations of due process because they wishfully presume that masks work to keep people from getting sick and that we are contagious risks to others when we are not sick.
Either way, I sure would like to have state reps with this perspective in Texas!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/wow-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-making-mask-mandates-illegal-bill-sponsor-calls-mandates-diabolical-silliness
WOW: North Dakota House Passes Bill Making Mask Mandates ILLEGAL, Bill Sponsor Calls Mandates 'Diabolical Silliness'
The North Dakota House of Representatives has passed a bill that will make any future mask mandates illegal in the state. Monday’s vote passed 50-44 and is now heading to the state senate. “Our st
This is a piece that discusses the fragility of the Texas grid and steps needed to make it more reliable and resilient. I consider a reliable, resiliant, independent Texas grid run by Texans to be an ... View MoreThis is a piece that discusses the fragility of the Texas grid and steps needed to make it more reliable and resilient. I consider a reliable, resiliant, independent Texas grid run by Texans to be an essential part of the infrastructure of Texas sovereignty.
I have a Protect the Texas Grid on Facebook. Have not created one on Blabbook, yet, but may soon.
https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/protect-the-texas-grid
Protect the Texas Grid
We need Texans focused on reliability and resiliancy over climate change running the Electricity RELIABILITY Council of Texas (ERCOT).
On February 7, 1794, the original Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay, issued an opinion in a case called Georgia v. Brailsford.
The opinion awarded a money judgment from the State of Georgi... View MoreOn February 7, 1794, the original Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay, issued an opinion in a case called Georgia v. Brailsford.
The opinion awarded a money judgment from the State of Georgia to Brailsford, a citizen of another state. This set the precedent that the federal government, created as an agent of the states, could order one of its master states to pay money to citizens of other states.
The reaction was swift. The states, many of whom had been assured when they ratified the Constitution that this result would never happen, sounded the alarm.
Within one year, the Congress by a 2/3 majority in both chambers passed and presented it to the states for ratification. Exactly one year later, on February 7, 1795, North Carolina became the state that put the amendment over the top, making it official.
In addition to a rapid and intense response to what both the Congress and the states considered to be an act of federal judicial usurpation, the other interesting aspect of the 11th Amendment is the nature of the amendment, itself.
Note that the amendment is an instruction to the judiciary on how to interpret (construe) the Constitution. It did not change it. Rather it said that a construction of the Supreme Court was wrong.
I know of no other amendment to the Constitution that gives instruction to the judiciary on how to interpret the Constitution.
On this day, February 16, in 1836, the brutal, power-centralizing, constitution-destroying dictator, Santa Anna, crossed the Rio Grande headed to San Antonio, the Alamo, and destiny.
https://www.texa... View MoreOn this day, February 16, in 1836, the brutal, power-centralizing, constitution-destroying dictator, Santa Anna, crossed the Rio Grande headed to San Antonio, the Alamo, and destiny.
https://www.texasfreepress.com/post/the-run-up-to-the-alamo
The Run Up to the Alamo
In early 1836, the wheels were turning toward the momentous battle for liberty at the Alamo. At the beginning of the year, James C. Neill was in command of a small contingent of men there, the Texans
As I chafe under the censorship of Facebook, this really rings true!
The abortion sanctuary movement continues to grow in Texas at the municipal level. We could do it at the county and state levels, too. If we had the will.
https://texasscorecard.com/commentary/dickso... View MoreThe abortion sanctuary movement continues to grow in Texas at the municipal level. We could do it at the county and state levels, too. If we had the will.
https://texasscorecard.com/commentary/dickson-goldsmith-outlaws-abortion/
Dickson: City of Goldsmith Outlaws Abortion | Texas Scorecard
Goldsmith, located about 20 miles northwest of Odessa in Ector County, has become the 19th city in the nation to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits.
I looked up who Michael Yeadon is. After Pfizer changed directions and laid him off as Chief Science Officer, he started his own pharmaceutical company and sold it to Novartis for a very tidy sum. I t... View MoreI looked up who Michael Yeadon is. After Pfizer changed directions and laid him off as Chief Science Officer, he started his own pharmaceutical company and sold it to Novartis for a very tidy sum. I think the man knows what he is talking about.
The graph shows the Texas COVID daily deaths as of yesterday, Feb 14, 2021. The yellow line is the 7 day rolling average. Looks like we are on the downslope of whatever they were measuring, whether it was COVID or the flu.
Inherent in the concept of constitutional enforcement is that the power of local law enforcement and law is used to stop violations of the Constitution by the feds.
In this case, it is being done at ... View MoreInherent in the concept of constitutional enforcement is that the power of local law enforcement and law is used to stop violations of the Constitution by the feds.
In this case, it is being done at a county level in Missouri.
The other huge aspect of this article is that it is written by a man who has the ear of Glenn Beck and that it is published on Beck's The Blaze.
More evidence that the power of the strategy of constitutional enforcement to resist tyranny and save liberty is finally breaking through.
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-missouri-county-authorizes-arrest-of-feds-who-violate-second-amendment
This is another way of describing the mission of Texas Constitutional Enforcement.
Hat tip to Glenn Beck for coining the term. He used the words, "Sanctuary State for the Bill of Rights," but I thin... View MoreThis is another way of describing the mission of Texas Constitutional Enforcement.
Hat tip to Glenn Beck for coining the term. He used the words, "Sanctuary State for the Bill of Rights," but I think it should be for the entire Constitution.
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Texas: The Refuge for the Over-Regulated | Ep 390
Texas has become the last frontier once again, but this time it's the last frontier for freedom. Will we succeed? Executive overreach is beginning to encroac...
Texas Capitol Visit Report
After learning that COVID testing is no longer a condition of entering the Texas Capitol, I finally made it to the Capitol this afternoon, Friday, January 29. I knew that t... View MoreTexas Capitol Visit Report
After learning that COVID testing is no longer a condition of entering the Texas Capitol, I finally made it to the Capitol this afternoon, Friday, January 29. I knew that the last legislative session in the House this week was on Wednesday, so I figured that no legislators would be there, but that today would be a good day to meet staff and attempt to arrange meetings.
The first good news is that the DPS neither requires COVID testing nor mask wearing for entry into the Capitol. Sadly, there is still an elevated presence of the DPS at the Capitol, although not as drastic as the first day of the session. All DPS troopers are now armed with military style rifles and are not wearing their normal uniforms. Rather, their uniforms are more martial looking. They all are wearing pulled up gaiters as face coverings. They are very visibly stationed outside the entries to the Capitol and at strategic locations all over the Capitol including the annex. Despite their formidable appearance, they greeted me in a friendly way as I passed by.
The second interesting thing is that there was hardly anybody visiting the Capitol. One of the reasons I was greeted by DPS was because I was one of the few people walking the halls.
About half the offices I encountered were closed.
The next interesting thing is to see was how individual offices I encountered handled COVID. Almost all of the Democrat offices had signs on the door requiring masks for entry. Almost all of the conservative Republican offices I visited had no sign or requirement for masks. Some Republicans did, but even with the signs, as at all retail establishments, the staffers really did not care about enforcing the sign. Only Republican office with a sign had staffers who requested that I actually put on a mask. Note that some offices – only those requiring masks --had signs up saying that you could only enter their office by appointment. They were all closed on a Friday afternoon, anyway. I am told that those offices are working remotely.
I had one interesting experience in a mask-free office. I was sitting in the front reception area talking to a Chief of Staff, all of us in the office maskless, when a Capitol worker entered to do an office setup task. They told him he could get to work, but then he said that he would not enter to do the work unless we put on masks. I looked at the Chief of Staff and then the worker, and said that I was not willing to put on a mask. I then asked the CoS what she wanted to do. She asked the worker to come back later. I told him that he had no need to fear us because we were not sick. He said he just wanted to play it safe, and left. Austin!
I am told that the House will not convene again until Tuesday, Feb. 9. I am pretty sure that is the case for the Senate, as well. That means that lots of legislators will be home in the district next week. And it also means that there will be more opportunities to talk to and meet the staffs that are in the office next week. Even if the volume picks up some in terms of serious visitors next week, there will still probably be very few people competing for staff time at the Capitol next week. The volume of tourists in the Capitol has also dropped to almost nothing.
The associated picture was taken on the first day of the session when the DPS was out in force. There were not as many out there, today.
Glenn Beck Calls for Sanctuary States for the Bill of Rights!
Mark Meckler, the founder and president of Convention of States (CoS), appeared on Glenn Beck on Monday, January 26, 2021, to discuss the... View MoreGlenn Beck Calls for Sanctuary States for the Bill of Rights!
Mark Meckler, the founder and president of Convention of States (CoS), appeared on Glenn Beck on Monday, January 26, 2021, to discuss the progress of the application for a convention that CoS has been pushing (and that passed in Texas in 2017).
Mark told Glenn that 16 states of the necessary 34 have made the application so far. Glenn asked the question about how soon Mark expected the application to reach the 34 states that will trigger a convention, clearly expecting it to get done quickly. He was disappointed to hear that Mark did not expect the number to be completed until the end of 2024.
When asked, Mark blamed the John Birch Society for slowing the progress. He also said that only 31 state legislatures are GOP controlled, and that Democrat legislatures are less likely to pass the CoS application.
Toward the end of the interview, pretty obviously because he was hoping that CoS could be a solution to our short term tyranny problem, asked about turning states into "Sanctuary States for the Bill of Rights." He said his idea of that was that when the federal government was violating the Constitution, states would say, "We are not going to do that. We are just not." He worried that the feds would intimidate states into not doing that by withholding federal funds. Then he asked Mark Meckler what he thought about that as an interim solution until CoS kicked in.
Mark Meckler said he thought that was a fine idea!
For those of you who have been living in the trenches fighting for constitutional enforcement, you recognize that this is HUGE news. To my knowledge, Glenn Beck has never talked about our idea. It is fantastic that he is thinking about it, and I love the name he gives it. And, the other change, here, is that this is the first time I have heard a CoS leader acknowledge that they thought constitutional enforcement was constitutional. Historically, they have said that constitutional enforcement was illegitimate and that CoS was the ONLY way to stop the federal government from running roughshod over us.
Mark also mentioned his opposition to secession along the way, even though it is clear that he thinks the push for it very evident. His main objection to secession is that he does not think it can happen peacefully.
We in Texas Constitutional Enforcement will keep on preaching and advocating for the Lone Star State, unilaterally enforcing the Constitution within its borders, using the Texas Sovereignty Act (HB 1215) as our flagship vehicle.
I hope that Glenn Beck figures out that the Texas Sovereignty Act is the mechanism by which Texas becomes a Sanctuary State for the Constitution and Bill of Rights!
Note that officially, this group does not take a position on CoS or secession. Our uniting principle is that we want our liberty protected, and we think that enforcing the U.S. Constitution against the feds (and the Texas Constitution against state officials) is the strategic way to win our liberty back. We have people in this group who support CoS and vehemently oppose it. We have people in this group who want to move quickly to secession and those who do not think that the prudent path to liberty yet. We recognize proponents of CoS and secession as people who share our passion for being free and consider them to be fellow travelers. We just prioritize constitutional enforcement as the quickest path to liberty.
Good news! According to Texas State Preservation Board staff, COVID testing is NOT a condition of entry to the Texas State Capitol.
After being turned away from entering the Capitol by DPS on the fir... View MoreGood news! According to Texas State Preservation Board staff, COVID testing is NOT a condition of entry to the Texas State Capitol.
After being turned away from entering the Capitol by DPS on the first AND second day because I refused to take a COVID test, I finally called the Texas State Preservation Board staff, today, to find out the story.
I talked to the Executive Assistant (Ann Vay) to the Executive Director (Rod Welsh) of the State Preservation Board. She told me that the requirement for testing as a condition of entry to the Capitol was meant only for the first day of the session, and that now, it is optional. She let me know that the tents were still there and that testing is encouraged for entry to the Capitol, BUT NOT MANDATORY!
She let me know about the Senate rules that require proof of COVID testing or vaccination before attending or testifying in Senate committee hearings. She also said that each legislative office has the choice of setting its own rules for entry.
I had been told by DPS Captain David Carradine on the SECOND day of the session that the entity authorizing this infringement of my right to petition for redress of grievances was pronounced by the State Preservation Board and he and his troopers would enforce it. Even after I had informed him that the Texas State Preservation Board was subject to the Texas Administrative Procedures Act and was required (even during emergencies) to promulgate any mandates as regulations with the Texas Secretary of State, and they had not complied with the Texas APA.
I had been calling offices, using email, and asking for telephone meetings. think I will now start walking the halls of the Capitol, again!
Wonderful and inspirational message from Michael Quinn Sullivan.
I have two comments to add. First, we all need to be thinking about what strategic actions we can take. What is our smooth stone? What... View MoreWonderful and inspirational message from Michael Quinn Sullivan.
I have two comments to add. First, we all need to be thinking about what strategic actions we can take. What is our smooth stone? What are the Achille's heels of our tyrannical enemies? Where is the one place on the Death Star that can be exploited? I think that constitutional enforcement from a county and state level is one of those smooth stones.
Second, like Franklin Graham says, courage, indeed is contagious.
https://texasscorecard.com/life/slaying-giants/
Slaying Giants | Texas Scorecard
But be sure we’re fighting the fights to which God has called us, not simply those that are politically expedite or feel good in the moment.
Just as those who would destroy the Constitution and liberties of Texans take over the federal government, Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr. filed the Texas Sovereignty Act, today, January 20... View MoreJust as those who would destroy the Constitution and liberties of Texans take over the federal government, Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr. filed the Texas Sovereignty Act, today, January 20, 2021. The bill number in the 87th Texas Legislature is HB 1215.
This will be the flagship legislative push for Texas Constitutional Enforcement during this legislative session. We need in now more than we have ever needed it before.
https://www.txce.org/texas_sovereignty_act_filed_in_2021
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