Tag Archives: Dan Flynn
GOP State Lawmakers Again Take Aim at Wall of Church-State Separation
Anti-Shariah, anti-abortion, pro-Israel proposals run counter to First Amendment
GOP Legislators Take Aim at Church-State Separation Anti-Shariah, anti-abortion, pro-Israel proposals run counter to First Amendment. While many of us have be...Read More
No Planned Parenthood? Get That Depo Shot at a Kids’ Clinic
Texas bureaucrats and lawmakers have continued to claim that non-Planned Parenthood providers can pick up the slack, only to have their own numbers show that fe...Read More
‘American Laws for American Courts’ Proposals Met with Skepticism
Some state lawmakers are concerned that American courts may not follow American laws. There’s no evidence of, say, Swedish common law creeping into the Texas ...Read More
Dan Patrick’s Inexplicable & Contradictory Budget Proposals
Dan Patrick from last week, meet Dan Patrick from this week.
Dan Patrick, in an attempt to find money for his tax cuts, proposed to weaken the "spending cap" just last week. Now, he's out to strengthen it. Huh?...Read More
Texas Legislators Put Forward Plan to Amend U.S. Constitution
Upset with "a hundred years" of "congressional misbehavior," six state reps held a press conference Wednesday to call for changes to the U.S. Constitution....Read More
WTF Friday: Guns, Germs and Steely Dan Flynn
This week in WTF Friday: Don't send unsolicited pee pics. A Texas congressman goes native in the Caucasus. Steve Toth. Dan Flynn locks, loads. Cake....Read More
Bad Bill: Don’t Mess with Texas Teachers
A bill by Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) authorizes teachers to use “force or deadly force” to defend themselves, students, or school property....Read More
Texas Muslims Try to Have Voices Heard Over Angry Protests
While a couple dozen protesters at the Capitol today held signs decrying Islam and called for Muslims to “go home,” Najmus Saqib Hassan watched on p...Read More
Bills, Frivolous and Foreboding, Appear in Run-up to 84th
Monday was the first day to pre-file bills for next year's 84th Texas Legislature—and it saw measures on taxes, daylight savings time and nullification....Read More