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WANTED: Lois Lerner’s emails. $1 million reward?
Bill Flores (right) with John Boehner (center) and Eric Cantor (left) Republican and Obamacare-funding congressman Bill Flores (TX-17) recently introduced a bill offering a $1 million cash award for...
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Help Us Crowdfund $1 Million Reward For Lois Lerner Emails
As we noted previously, one Congressman is attempting to offer a bill containing a $1 million reward for any individual who can recover former IRS director Lois Lerner’s “lost” emails. Since this has...
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How Texas Should Bring Its Senators Closer To Home
The current map of Texas’ State Senate districts. As disconnected as the politicians in D.C. appear these days, Austin politicians are often no better. If you’re like me, you rarely, if ever, see your...
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Who’s To Blame For The Border Crisis?
An overwhelming surge of tens of thousands of illegal alien children crossing our southern border has been happening in the past few months, everyone is looking for a scapegoat. Rather than seeking out...
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What’s Rick Perry’s Record With Other Law Breaking Officials?
With Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg’s booking video now passing 700,000 views, one might think that this incident was as unique and rare as spotting a Bigfoot. However, it’s really quite common for...
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What Is Your Choice In The 2014 Texas General Election?
Considering the amazing turnout we’ve had in previous straw polls, we are doing another for the Texas General Election. The voting day for the election is November 4. Please vote only once, as we will...
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Looking Past The Party, The Texas House Is Blue
Elections are only a few weeks away, and most polls show that Texas Republicans again will control all statewide offices and large majorities in both houses of the Legislature. On the surface,...
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Texas Spending Faster Than The Federal Leviathan
Conservatism is supposed to mean less government, especially in terms of spending. In Texas, nearly every Republican candidate takes a hard turn to the right to prove just how conservative they have...
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Republicans Sweep Through Texas, But More Voters Stay Home
The Texas GOP woke up this morning feeling extremely positive about yesterday’s results. Wendy Davis got destroyed, Pete Gallego lost his U.S. House seat, and the Texas Senate is now one seat away from...
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Brazos County Votes Purple In 2014 Primaries
Hardhatters rarely delves into local politics, but, due to our location, it’s often necessary to point out events, elections, or other information that affects us, our business, and the general...
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Houston ISD Students Can’t Read, But They’ll Get To Learn Arabic!
Houston ISD trustee, Harvin Moore Houston ISD has just announced that it is opening a new immersion school, this time for Arabic. HISD trustees approved this unanimously. “America is a really terrible...
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Why It Will Be Elizabeth Warren (Not Hillary Clinton) And A Castro For The...
Even pretending to be a Native American didn’t slow her momentous rise down. In just two years, Americans will be voting for our next president. Many, many potential Republican contenders are already...
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Barbara Boxer Creates Apparent, Phony, Dirty Sky In Opposition to Keystone...
There’s a debate raging on the Senate Floor right now over the Keystone XL Pipeline, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D – CA) is lamenting how dirty the air is where the pipeline will end, Port Arthur, TX....
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Texas Ethics Commission’s Response Proves Their Ineffectiveness
Paul W. Hobby, Chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission After releasing our report on Monday covering the accounting issues of the PAC and campaign finance reports of the Texas Legislature, the Texas...
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No, Republicans Did Not Commit Treason Or Violate The Logan Act
Senator Tom Cotton (R – AR) Earlier this week, 47 Republican Senators, led by Tom Cotton of Arkansas, sent a letter to the “Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran” informing them of the process the...
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Will The Real Rand Paul Stand Up?
The Iowa caucuses are still 284 days away, but Republicans now have a second candidate for President, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. Labeling himself a conservative, Paul is primarily known as being the...
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Rick Perry: The Conservative VS. Rick Perry: The Governor
As you may already know (or predicted long ago), Rick Perry is running for President, again. Rebranded with hipster glasses and a campaign logo that might make Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen cry...
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After CNN Debate, Should You Jump On The Carly Fiorina Bandwagon?
It appears to be universally agreed upon that last night’s debate on CNN was Carly Fiorina’s moment to shine in the spotlight, and she did. The fight to get her as number 11 into the debate paid big...
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In One Month, Greg Abbott And Dan Patrick Can Move To Change The Texas Ethics...
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus As we have pointed out extensively in the past, there are major ethical concerns over the campaign finance reporting being performed by past and current members of the...
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2015 Voter’s Guide For The Texas Constitutional Amendments
Early voting starts today and lasts through October 30 with Election Day on November 3, and Texans will get to vote for or against seven proposed constitutional amendments. Hardhatters offers our views...
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