The Conservative Voice of Texas

On July24th SCOTUS issued an opinion in opposition to Calvary Chapel, striking a blow for religious liberty. An increasingly unsurprising coalition of John Roberts and the court’s 4 most consistent liberal jurists decided the case.

Gorsuch penned a dissenting opinion that gained wide praise from many on the right. The line receiving the most attention was “There is no world in which the constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesar’s Palace over Calvary Chapel.”

Beautiful words right? Unfortunately that world not only exists, but is rapidly taking over the norms and traditions that have held our society together. The sad thing about Gorsuch’s words is that he seems concerned about this new world that he, just 30 days before penning his eloquent dissent, is rapidly ushering in himself.

I’m not a …

Raz Shafer was gracious enough to join the podcast this week. He was in the San Antonio area so we took a few minutes to discuss just how unpredictable Governor Abbott has been regarding business closures.

We also discussed the positive and …

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Sorry, I missed last week, I was on vacation and my chief of staff got married. So we decided to forgo last week's episode and come back to you today.

It's a unique set of names but each of these men have made remarkable life decisions that …

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This isn't a fun episode to publish. Our 3rd episode of this show was an interview with James Dickey, and we highlighted the good he was doing as RPT Chair. Now I find myself in a position of not supporting his re-election and voting for Allen West.

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Greg Abbott, by his own words, is disrespecting and attacking the individual liberties of Texans.

This isn't my accusation of Governor Abbott. It's his own description of his unilateral edict that he signed last week.

Today …

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Remember the good ol' days when Rick Perry's #1 message was "Texas is better than California".

Well today, in the middle of this crisis, that contrast is becoming less stark. Now, that in now way implies that we are the same as California, but …

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In the midst of a constitutional crisis and a society in chaos, John Cornyn seems to be caving to the left at an unprecedented rate. In doing so, he seems to be taunting conservatives and, in a way, daring us not to vote for him.

I don't think …

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This week, as if we didn't have enough going on in our nation, the Supreme Court decided to temporarily take on the role of supreme legislature and redefine the meaning of words.

The Bostock decision that was handed down this week has massive …

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Just Mercy is a movie about a lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, and Walter McMillian a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder. The film was released in 2019 and was recently made free to watch by Warner Brothers.

Today my friend Raz Shafer and I use …

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