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Shutdown could halt SNAP for 3.5 million Texans The continuing federal shutdown means food benefits provided to 3.5 million Texans could be cut off in November, The Texas Tribune reported. Of those affected, nearly half are children.

Price of a Life

'But people will die!'That's what some shout whenever anyone proposes cutting government spending.An audience member at a town hall shouted it when Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Medicaid shouldn't cover illegal immigrants.Ernst responded with an obvious truth: 'We all are going to die.

Free Speech

by John Stossel The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason.If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate.I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, 'If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!

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Early voting underway for November election Early voting began Monday across Texas with voters deciding the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local races for city and school board, bond measures, and tax proposals.

Shut Down! Do You Care?

The government is 'shut down.'Media call this a 'crisis.' A 'crisis (with) no deal in sight,' says Fox News. Reuters says it's a 'key risk to US stability.' But when I look around, I see business as usual families raise children, workers work, people play music ...

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Redistricting attracts a spate of GOP candidates Redrawing the state’s congressional maps, though being challenged in court, has drawn 114 Republican candidates in the state’s 38 districts with nearly two months left until the filing deadline, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The Idle American

Gentle friends, if any such folks are reading, I wish to make it clear that during my 22+ years of writing this piece, I have avoided ever using “bad” words.

Banning Pet Sales

by John Stossel When Mike Ricci wanted to buy his daughter a puppy, he discovered that in his state, 'There were pet stores but none that sell puppies (or kittens).'Ricci, being president of Stossel TV, investigated. He discovered that eight states now ban retail sales of dogs, cats and rabbits.

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Trio of judges to rule on congressional map The same plaintiffs who are challenging the state’s 2021 congressional map are asking a panel of three federal judges to block using the new GOP-approved districts from being used in the March midterms.

Oh, the Suffering!

by John Stossel Have you heard how young people suffer now? Scroll TikTok, Instagram, etc., you see the same message: 'Young people today can't get ahead!'One popular meme says when baby boomers like me were young, 'A family could own a home, a car and send their kids to college, all on one income.