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Mainly news I find interesting, pics, and opinions. Honored to represent the great state of Texas in the US Senate. RTs =/= endorsements
Austin, TexasJoined February 2008
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The U.S.-Japan trade deal aims to address two Biden administration problems: its restrictions on EV subsidies and China’s supply-chain dominance
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This happens daily. Dozens of times I’ve watched as people cross the river into a park, then walk into downtown Eagle Pass and disappear. Broad daylight sometimes.
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NEW VIDEO: A resident in Eagle Pass, TX shared this home surveillance video with me. She describes this as a daily occurrence. At least 9 migrants can be seen running as a @CBP truck tries following them.
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Beijing has leveraged #Putin's war on #Ukraine to begin creating an alternative, Sino-centric system. As #China flexes its diplomatic muscle, explains how Beijing's efforts are already bearing fruit.
🗞️: nypost.com/2023/03/26/chi
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Great to spend time with to discuss issues facing Texas cities ranging from workforce training & mental health to my law to give local entities flexibility to reprogram federal COVID relief funds & more. Thx to all city leaders working to meet needs of our residents.
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Without a plan of their own:
Top Democrats warn Biden: Don't restart family detentions
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China is the single greatest threat facing our nation. And the CCP exerts its power not just on the battlefield, but at ports & the checkout counter, too.
China's economic coercion & debt trap diplomacy must be addressed in a comprehensive way to protect our national security.
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OPINION: An anti-coercion coalition can check China's economic weaponization
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Today, Ranking Member , , , and 36 Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn President Biden’s reckless student loan schemes.
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Mexico’s high court has halted President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s overhaul of the electoral system after the the National Electoral Institute filed an appeal wsj.com/articles/mexic via
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Gordon Moore’s life and career are a reminder of a golden age in U.S. entrepreneurship. The challenge of our era is rediscovering the educational standards and freedom that helped to make his achievements possible. wsj.com/articles/gordo via
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“Democrats have created an enormous new corporate entitlement whose costs will increase on autopilot and blow up the deficit while raising energy prices for average Americans. Congratulations, Sen. Manchin.”
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Goldman Sachs report: the Inflation Reduction Act’s green subsidies could cost $1.2 trillion—more than 3X govt projections.
WSJ says the IRA may go down as one of the greatest cons ever on the American taxpayer. wsj.com/articles/infla
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for supporting us.
for believing in us.
for cheering us on all season long.
thank you, Longhorn fans 🤘
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Astonishing details from FM: Honduras kept escalating its financial requests to 2.4 billion USD (for a hospital, a dam, and loan repayment) in exchange for keeping recognition of Taiwan. Taipei didn’t pay up, Honduras switched to Beijing cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2023
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Respect for sovereignty is a two way street
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“It is the Mexican government that allows cartels to flourish. Efforts to reduce demand might help over the long term but aren’t a substitute for decisive steps now to reduce the slaughter today,” writes William P. Barr in a letter to the editor.
on.wsj.com/40g20Hd
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Regrettable that the Honduran government has betrayed Taiwan’s friendship for China. They will soon realize that whatever the CCP did to lure them will be nothing but empty promises and malign influence.
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The pressing threat of Chinese-made drones flying above U.S. critical infrastructure | CyberScoop
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Democrats in Albany are poised to ban natural-gas hookups in new buildings, while about 60% of electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases in 2022.
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“Since 2021, according to , Iran-backed forces have attacked U.S. personnel in the Middle East 78 times. The U.S. has responded with military force three times.”
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On this day in 1948, 700 Mexican-American veterans, led by Hector P. Garcia, met in Corpus Christi and organized the American G.I. Forum, a civil-rights organization devoted to securing equal rights for Hispanic Americans.
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Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark struck a deal to run their 200+ advanced fighter jets as a single fleet, creating a new headache for Russia news.yahoo.com/norway-sweden- via
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President Biden’s defense budget isn’t serious about matching American military power to growing threats. wsj.com/articles/joe-b via
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An embarrassment
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Let’s define “other issues”
- the ongoing Uyghur genocide
- China’s belligerence toward Taiwan
- CCP malign influence w/in the US
- China’s fentanyl production
- COVID origins & disinformation
- militarizing the South China Sea
- breaking North Korea sanctions
- aligning w/… twitter.com/RNCResearch/st… Show more
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Let’s define “other issues”
- the ongoing Uyghur genocide
- China’s belligerence toward Taiwan
- CCP malign influence w/in the US
- China’s fentanyl production
- COVID origins & disinformation
- militarizing the South China Sea
- breaking North Korea sanctions
- aligning w/… Show more
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John Kerry says "it's important we work with China" on the climate — and says "we can't get bogged down" by "the other issues" we have with them.
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The Biden Admin refuses to secure our southern border, so why would we expect anything different for our northern border?
This surge of illegal border crossings is unprecedented & unacceptable.
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Tech Exodus From China Accelerates. These Emerging Markets May Benefit. barrons.com/articles/tech- via
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Iranian-backed forces are attacking US bases with rockets and drones.
This dangerous regime continues to attack American troops, allies and interests while advancing its illicit nuclear weapons program.
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US official: NEW attacks on 2 US bases in Eastern Syria - one involved Iranian proxy forces firing rockets. A second involved multiple Iranian drones.
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WATCH: GOP Senator Stumps Biden Judicial Nominees Again, and Again, and Again
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Two dead, several injured after migrants were found “suffocating” inside locked train car texastribune.org/2023/03/24/uva via #BidenBorderCrisis
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On this day in 1843, seventeen Texans were executed at Salado, Tamaulipas, Mexico. As the members of the defeated Mier expedition were being marched from Mier to Mexico City, they attempted a mass escape on February 11. Some 176 were recaptured, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna… Show more
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A new breed of commuter is going to great lengths to pull off living and working in far-apart places wsj.com/articles/the-m via
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Haunted by memories of World War II, Japan and Germany have long avoided building up their militaries. Now rising threats from Russia and China, and doubts about U.S. leadership, are opening a new debate over rearming. wsj.com/articles/japan via
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If the prosecutor is obliged to choose his cases, it follows that he can choose his defendants. Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted.
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America is the land of the free because of the brave. Some of our men and women in uniform who go above and beyond the call of duty are recognized for their valor with the Medal of Honor.
For their service and sacrifice, we thank them on this #MedalOfHonorDay
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Poland is the country leading the way for the European security approach both Europeans and Americans should want. Washington should elevate and support these kinds of efforts and approach.
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The law’s implications—and impact—were momentous. Smaller transistors can improve a chip’s calculating speed, boost data-storage capacity and reduce the cost of delivering either function. Where Fairchild once sold transistors for as much as $150 each, a typical Intel… Show more
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Gordon Moore, the author of Moore’s Law, has died at the age of 94 wsj.com/articles/gordo via @WSJ
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"Congratulations, Sen. Manchin." A Goldman Sachs report projects the Inflation Reduction Act’s myriad green subsidies will cost $1.2 trillion—more than three times what the law’s supporters claimed. wsj.com/articles/infla via
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