Bills Filed in Texas are First Step to Block Federal Gun Control; Past, Present, or Future

AUSTIN, Tex., November 14, 2016 – Today, a Texas state representative prefiled a bill to prohibit the state from using personnel or resources to enforce federal gun control measures, setting the foundation to nullify them in practice within the state. House Bill 110 (HB110), filed by Representative Matthew Krause, (R-Ft. Worth), would deny state material support and…

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State Action and Market Power Can Overwhelm Unconstitutional Federal Dairy Regulations

American dairy cooperatives recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $52 million that was based on an unconstitutional federal act “regulating” the dairy industry. But despite heavy-handed federal meddling, markets with the help of state action can prevail. Milk producers work together through coops that serve as middlemen between dairy farms and and processors. The lawsuit…

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Trump Presidency Could Be Worth $14 Billion to His Troubled Lender Deutsche Bank

"Donald Trump’s election has likely given a massive lifeline to Deutsche Bank, the German financial firm that has been rocked recently by rumors that they would have to pay a $14 billion fine to the Justice Department over crisis-related mortgage abuses. That money is unlikely to ever be imposed, now that one of Deutsche Bank’s biggest borrowers – Trump – will soon be sitting in the White House." Continue reading

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Podcast: Bad Historians

A lot of the history you learned in school is just flat-out wrong. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I take apart one bad historian on nullification and explain why you need to rethink all of the history you think you know. Don Jeffries calls them “court historians,” – establishment academics and scholars…

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Kansas Action Alert: Gun Rights Trial Coming to a Close

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The following is a post from TAC member, Glen Burdue. All members have access to submit posts and share their views anonymously, or publicly. We occasionally feature those posts here.  Not a member yet?  JOIN HERE. 2 Kansas disabled veterans are about to be put in jail by a federal judge for following Kansas…

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Why the Electoral College? Because State and Regional Diversity Matters.

Where you live, your day-to-day experience gained through interacting with your physical environment, influences your political viewpoint. The Founders realized this. When the Electoral College was born through compromise in 1787, each former-colony-turned-state had a unique history and perspective giving rise to significant political differences between it and its neighbors. The Founders had to resolve […]

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