Congressman Louie Gohmert, of the 1st Texas Congressional District, has weighed in on the upcoming military training exercise, Jade Helm 15. In a statement sent to Breitbart Texas, the six-term Republican says that his office “has been inundated with calls” and that people are “concerned that the U.S. Army is preparing for modern-day martial law.”
Norris said Governor Abbott was right to send a letter to Maj. Gen. Gerald Betty, commander of the Texas State Guard, and demand regular updates on the progress and safety of Jade Helm.
In a Saturday story from Breitbart Texas, you read about a tough new bill being pushed by the Texas congressional delegation to combat illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The need for that law was proven again on Friday, as not one, but two Mexican Lanchas were seized in US waters for poaching with illegal long lines and gill nets.
A 5-year-old was forced to change from a sundress to jeans and a t-shirt after Cy-Fair Independent Scholl District officials decided that showing her shoulders was “immoral”. They also objected to her ankles showing as well.
A critical vote in a House Committee on Thursday unanimously passed H.R. 774, the “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015.” It’s goal is to stop foreign and illegal fishing in US waters. The bill provides for increased enforcement activity for the Coast Guard, which now, stops, seizes, arrests and fines Mexican fishermen poaching in Texas and U.S. waters. That activity is almost a daily event for Coast Guard bases in South Padre Island, Port Aransas and Port O-Conner
Seven-term Republican Congressman Michael Burgess’ (R-TX) bill on Patent protection has been voted through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill is now making its way to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Governor Greg Abbott has called out the Texas State Guard to monitor the U.S. Army’s Operation Jade Helm 15. The massive, multi-state special warfare exercise is set to start in July and run through September.
Two Texas Legislators have been named to GOPAC’s 2015 Class of Emerging Leaders. One state senator and one state representative. Being a freshman senator from the largest state senate district in the United States is tough work, but that is already being recognized by GOPAC, a conservative think-tank, as they named Texas State Senator Charles Perry to the 2015 Class of Emerging Leaders. State Representative Craig Goldman (R-Fort Worth) was also named to the list.
Another small town in Texas is turning “thumbs down” on scheduled Army Special Warfare operation this summer. Bastrop County had a public hearing Monday, where the Army sent an officer to explain what will be happening across Texas and stretching west to California.
The Harris County District Attorney (Houston, Texas) is prosecuting a man for one murder and suspect his involvement in another that have been identified as alleged honor killings. The practice of honor killing has long gone out of style in most of the world. But, in some parts of the Muslim world it is a fundamental tenant of their religion as interpreted under Sharia Law .
In almost 50 years of organ transplants at the The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, there have been successes, failures, and stories that bring you to tears. This is one of those. Rick Boutwell was 66 on his last birthday, and a kidney donated by his sister had lasted fifteen years. The kidney; however, was failing, according to a post on the UTMB Newsroom.
The Army reporting that the mysterious death of Army Specialist Kendrick Sneed on January 13th has been solved. Tests revealed the soldier, who had just recently returned from West Africa, died from smoking a dangerous drug compound and not from Ebola.
Almost four and a half years ago, a small bank in a small town northwest of Houston posted a “Guns Welcome” sign on their front door. Chappell Hill Bank had been robbed five times over the years, every time, according to Bank President Edward Smith “by Yankees”. In 2010, Smith ordered the sign for the door, and things have been “different” since then.
A soldier who survived tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned a Bronze Star Medal for his service drowned near Fort Hood on Monday the 13th.
The largest peace time military training operation in the U.S. since the 1950’s starts in July, and one city in west Texas is welcoming them with open arms. “Jade Helm 15” is the exercise, and it’s being planned and executed by The Army Special Operations Command.
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police shot and killed the driver of car who reached back into his vehicle at the end of a high speed pursuit on Wednesday morning. The incident began when 41 year old Frank Ernest “Trey” Shephard, III
The Dallas Zoo is all smiles following Friday’s birth of a baby giraffe. The infant giraffe is a female and, as of her first checkup, is 130 pounds and stands 5 feet, 10 inches tall. While the baby is yet to be named, she is already running circles through her mother, Katie’s legs.
The stack of charges includes sex trafficking, harboring people illegally in the U.S., and money laundering. Deputy U.S. Attorney Reuben Perez says that Hortencia Medeles, 68, could receive life in prison without parole if found guilty on all charges. The charges relate to a human trafficking ring which took place in two Houston area nightclubs that served as brothels for underaged girls and other trafficking victims.
Williamson County Court at Law #2 Judge Timothy L. Wright III found himself on the wrong end of a nine count federal indictment. He has been charged with allegedly selling guns to a known felon, helping export those guns, and they lying on the paperwork and to a federal agent about the entire affair. The Judge spent a night in jail earlier this week and is now out.
The Purple Heart medal was finally presented to 47 wounded soldiers, civilians and to the families of those who were killed in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood. Under cloudy and cool Texas skies, Fort Hood had a day of honor and recognition for the survivors and the dead and those who were wounded by Major Nidal Hassan in the worst terrorist attack on a military base in the United States.
Nearly 5,000 members of the hyper-violent MS-13 gang have been arrested in the United States since 2005 according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement released on Wednesday. The arrest occurred as part of “Operation Community Shield” which paired Homeland Security agents with other federal law agencies, state county and even city police targeting gang members. The numbers are staggering. 36,000 total arrests linking to 2,600 gangs. 46 were repeat violent offenders, and more than 6,600 firearms taken off the streets.
The latest in a long series of sophisticated cross-border smuggling tunnels has been discovered and seized in Tijuana, Mexico. Mexican police found the sub-surface project on Tuesday in a house adjacent to the Tijuana airport. Though it measured more than 500 feet long, it was still short of the US border.
Many would argue that Texas is the undisputed firearms capital of the world. If that is accurate, then Mesquite, Texas might have to be the gun show capital of the United States. There are several hundred gun shows in Texas during the course of the year, ranging from Market Hall in Dallas to a community recreation center in Dumas. In Mesquite, you will find a gun show in at least one of the many venues available for gun shows on a very regular basis.
