Pres. @TXPolResearch | Former #txlege Staffer | Husband | Dad | Free Speech/Free Market Purist | My Thoughts ⤵️ | '25 #SEVVIE & @GAWTP Champion of Freedom
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👉Politics should be about more than teams, personalities, & outrage.
🔎I write about Texas politics through the lens of principle: research, policy analysis, commentary, & liberty. See what I’m working on: JeramyKitchen.com
Texas is committing ~$51 billion over two years to maintain & expand property tax relief, yet school M&O taxes remain.
Texans need a plan that reduces the government’s reliance on property taxes & reins in the spending that drives the burden. #txlege
(🧵1/7) #txlege lawmakers have committed billions to property tax relief, but they have been reluctant to confront the spending that drives the tax burden.
The result: a growing state commitment to relief while Texans continue to face substantial property tax burdens.
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The state is asking a court to ban minors from using ChatGPT, even when their parents approve. That is the government attempting to usurp parental responsibility under the banner of "child protection."
Parents should decide what is right for their children. Texas should NOT become the digital parent. #txlege
(🧵1/9) Texas Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX has sued @OpenAI, alleging that the company misled Texans about ChatGPT’s safety & failed to provide protections required for minors.
The lawsuit also seeks restrictions that raise broader questions about parental rights & access to AI. #txlege
texaspolicyresearch.com/paxt…
𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗗. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 retweeted
Texas early voting through Sunday: 4,512,470 votes cast, with 243 of 254 counties reporting.
Democratic primary history voters (since 2020) are at 50.4% turnout; Republican primary history voters are at 44.1%.
Of votes cast: 34.9% Dem primary history, 32.7% Rep primary history. The state is currently Dem+3.
As of Oct 26, 7:08 p.m. CT
𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗗. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 retweeted
Don’t miss my recent conversation with host @juliecbarrett of the Fine Print Podcast. We discuss problems with government-mandated age verification and the need for less government dependency. Empower parents, not bureaucrats.
This week on the Fine Print Podcast, Vance Ginn makes the case for empowering parents, not bureaucrats, when it comes to kids, technology, and age-verification mandates.
In this episode Vance explains why digital ID requirements take power out of parents’ hands, the real trade-offs of these laws, and why government is poorly positioned to parent.
Full episode is out now: youtu.be/uVwbS60ol5A
Subscribe to the podcast, like and share this episode, and join the coalition at protectingkids.online.
How long can the government hold someone awaiting an immigration decision without an individualized bond hearing?
The Fifth Circuit’s latest ruling raises consequential questions about enforcement authority, physical liberty, & constitutional limits. Our breakdown below⤵️
(🧵1/8) The Fifth Circuit has upheld mandatory immigration detention without individualized bond hearings for certain people awaiting removal proceedings, including longtime residents who entered unlawfully. #txlege
What changed & why it matters⤵️
texaspolicyresearch.com/fift…
𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗗. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 retweeted
It angers me that politicians are using "protecting children" as their way to sell digital ID and mass surveillance.
They absolutely know what they are doing with these policies. By the time people realize just how bad and consequential these laws are we will be so far down the road, it will be impossible to put that genie back in the bottle.
Wake up
They’re using “protect the kids” to pass 1984-style state surveillance policies.
Age verification, parent-child linking, device-level tracking, and government-mandated data collection — all required so platforms can enforce the rules. By the time most people realize what was actually built, the systems are already in place.
Watch the full breakdown & replay: youtube.com/live/WIWB-M0hWiE…
Protecting kids doesn’t require a digital ID.
As anyone could have predicted... – at Sugar Land, TX
Of course, of course: "Trump turned the government into an investor. Democrats have shopping plans, too." semafor.com/article/10/21/20…
"We’re through the looking glass"
"The sky’s the limit"
"The Trump administration has opened up Pandora’s box"
Spot on! – at Meadows Place, TX
𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗗. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 retweeted
In collaboration with @Transparency_US we built a Texas voter turnout app so everyday people can easily see election insights the same way we share campaign finance data. Breakdowns by statewide, Congressional, SBOE, TX House, TX Senate, and county. Updates daily as new data is published by the state and county websites.
Texas early vote through Oct 19 (249/254 counties):
- Dem primary history 42.2%
- GOP primary history 33.1%
- Mixed primary history 4.5%
- General-only history 16.2%
- No history 4.0%
View current and past elections: turnout.transparencyusa.org
𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗗. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 retweeted
Picking winners and losers in property taxes like what @DanPatrick promotes is politics at its worst. This is a bad plan for Texas.
Similar flawed measures have raised, not lowered, property taxes over the last decade.
A better way: spend less, impose strict state and local spending growth limits, use surpluses for compression, and shift to sales taxes to fund limited government.
More here: vanceginn.com/letpeopleprosp…
.@DanPatrick is up with this new property tax-focused spot that touts his Double Nickel reform plan for 90(R). #txlege
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines has launched a new portal for reporting fraud, waste, & abuse.
Texas already has several reporting mechanisms. The question is how this new system fits into existing oversight & whether it will produce measurable results for taxpayers. Our breakdown 👇
(🧵1/9) Texas Comptroller @DonHuffines has launched a whistleblower portal allowing Texans to report suspected government fraud, waste, abuse, corruption, & tax evasion. But Texas already has several mechanisms for reporting wrongdoing. So what's different?
texaspolicyresearch.com/texa…
Your vote does not belong to a political party.
Voting independently, supporting a "third party", or withholding support does not make your vote someone else’s property.
Want my vote? EARN IT. The “other side is worse” does not excuse everything.
👉General Election Day: November 3
👉Filing Legislation Begins ahead of the 90th #txlege session: November 9
👉Interim Committee Reports Published: November to December
👉Comptroller publishes Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE): January 2027
👉90th Session begins: January 12, 2027
Went & voted early this morning. All in all, it took me less than 6 minutes with a short line at the door. God bless the individuals who work the polls.
Texas is appealing the federal order to air-condition every state prison by 2029. The appeal raises real questions about the reach of federal courts, but it doesn’t pause the deadline or settle the funding decisions waiting for the #txlege in January. 👇
(🧵1/10) Texas has appealed a federal order requiring air conditioning throughout the state prison system by Dec. 31, 2029, & is asking for the deadline to be paused while the Fifth Circuit reviews the case. Here’s what the state is arguing & what it means for #txlege.
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