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Friends & Fellow Citizens#168: Securing Texas-sized Restoration of Law and Order at the U.S.-Mexico Border feat. Melissa FordFor too long, the southern border of the U.S. has been a vulnerability for American national security, sovereignty, and immigration policymaking. And with Texas bearing the brunt of the border crisis, what do these challenges and dangers to the American people look like? Melissa Ford, Policy Director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation's (TPPF) Secure and Sovereign Texas campaign, warns about the major security and sovereignty threat from Mexican drug cartels. She also calls for stronger comprehensive policies to uphold American values of legal immigration, national security, and the rule of law.Learn more about TPPF...2025-04-0759 min
The Hard CountryCDMX Takeaways & Reevaluating Claudia SheinbaumTPPF's Joshua Treviño and Ariana Guajardo discuss Joshua's findings from a recent expedition to Mexico City, with a focus on Claudia Sheinbaum's first six months as President of Mexico. They also look ahead to the upcoming deadline for reauthorizing the USMCA trade agreement.Sources referenced in the episode:TPPF Issues Recommendations for Aggressive Diplomacy with MexicoMorena's Proyecto de Nación (2024-2030)2025-04-0140 min
Parent Empowerment with Mandy DroginJames Quintero, TPPFTPPF's James Quintero makes his second appearance on the podcast to break down the staggering half a trillion dollars in debt owed by local Texas governments--with more debt on the way! 2025-02-0554 min
ZacCastHold onto your butts... (property tax edition)In this first episode of 2025, Pat and Chad hit a wide range of topics and do our best to avoid derailing the conversation with too much college football.Timestamps04:25 - TPPF Property Tax Proposals29:51 - TPPF on "Home Sharing"40:16 - Congestion pricing in New York City54:12 - Texas AG sues Allstate67:48 - Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2025-26LinksAsterisk (Merriam-Webster)15 Ways to Improve the M&O Property Tax (TPPF)Defending Home-Sharing is About Protecting Basic Freedoms (TPPF)Paxton files suit against Allstate, alleges company secretly collected driver's data...2025-01-161h 10
The Arena with Greg SindelarFormer TPPF CEO Brooke RollinsTPPF CEO Greg Sindelar interviews America First Policy Institute President and CEO Brooke Rollins, who was recently honored at TPPF’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Austin. They cover their college days at Texas A&M, time working together at TPPF, and exporting the TPPF model to Washington, D.C.2024-09-3044 min
The Kevin Roberts Show#119 | Tim KennedyHeritage Foundation President Dr. Kevin Roberts sits down with Tim Kennedy, Green Beret sniper, author, UFC fighter, and entrepreneur.About Tim: Tim Kennedy, Green Beret Sniper, author, UFC Fighter & Entrepreneur has a rapidly growing audience with millions of followers on his personal Instagram and over 10 million followers through the many outlets of his parent company Tim Kennedy Operations and Sheepdog Response. He’s starred on the History Channel’s Hunting Hitler and Discovery’s Hard to Kill. Tim owns Apogee Cedar Park, a private school in Texas, and Sheepdog Response, a tactic...2024-06-1257 minThe Arena with Greg SindelarMLB's Mark Teixeira and TPPF's Mandy DroginTPPF's CEO Greg Sindelar, World Series Champion Mark Teixeira and Next Generation Texas' Campaign Director Mandy Drogin sit down to chat about the important things in life: sports, food and parental empowerment!2024-05-3122 min
The Sherry Sylvester ShowThe Woke-Hamas Partnership Continued Conversation with Chuck DeVore and Erin ValdezSherry Sylvester sits down with TPPF’s Chuck DeVore and Erin Valdez to discuss what has happened in the last six months since TPPF's primer on the connection between the "Woke" movement and Hamas.2024-05-1439 min
The Sweet Tea SeriesCharity, Government, and Mother CabriniAriana sits down with Marie Marcalus, Director for Research and Publications for TPPF, to discuss her work at the Foundation and unpack the movie Cabrini. They also discuss how Marie's family immigrated to the U.S. during the same era as the film, tensions between charity and government, and how TPPF is working on foster care reforms.2024-04-0540 min
Texas TalksEp. 13 - Greg SindelarThe Texas Public Policy Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan research institute. The Foundation’s mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas and the nation by educating and affecting policymakers and the Texas public policy debate with academically sound research and outreach. TPPF Website: https://www.texaspolicy.com/TPPF X: https://twitter.com/TPPFGreg Sindelar X: https://twitter.com/gsindelar
2024-03-2941 minThe Sherry Sylvester ShowCelebrating Women's History MonthTPPF's Sherry Sylvester takes time out from her typical interview schedule to honor the women who have blazed trails across our great nation, highlighted with Sherry's favorite episode of TPPF's award-winning Forging Texas series: Trailboss!Subscribe to Sherry's 9th & Congress newsletter: https://www.texaspolicy.com/9thandcongress/2024-03-0818 min
High Truths on Drugs and AddictionEpisode #166 High Truth on Drugs and Addiction with Chief Rodney Scott, Customs and Border PatrolRodney Scott served nearly three decades in the United States Border Patrol building vast experience and knowledge in federal law enforcement and border security. Chief Scott assumed command of the United States Border Patrol on February 2, 2020, becoming the 24th Chief. Scott served as Chief during the Trump, and Biden administrations and retired in August 2021.
Chief Scott began his career with the U.S. Border Patrol on May 11, 1992, as a member of Academy Class 252. His first assignment was to the Imperial Beach Station, San Diego Sector as a frontline field agent. As Chief Scott promoted through the ranks, he e...2024-02-261h 18
The Right IdeaImmigration & Border Security with Josh TreviñoBrian and Derek are joined by this week’s special guest, TPPF’s Chief of Intelligence & Research and Director for Texas Identity, Joshua Treviño for a lively discussion regarding the current status of the crisis along our southern border and beyond, as well as predictions for what 2024 might have in store for Texas.3:00 Derek’s Interim Update8:45 Overview of current Texas - Mexico relationship11:40 Explosion - even INVASION of illegals crossing our southern border 17:55 Border crisis affecting “sanctuary cities”20:40 Biden Administration Sues Texas to Stop Enforcement of State Law Criminalizing Illegal Immigration22:05 TPP...2024-01-1146 min
The Energy QuestionThe Energy Question: Episode 81 - Meghan LappThe Energy Question Episode 81 - Meghan LappIn Episode 81 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon talks with our friend, Meghan Lapp, Fisheries Liaison for Seafreeze Shoreside, about the impacts of offshore wind on the commercial fishing industry and sea mammals, including whales.Links to articles/issues discussed in the podcast:TPPF lawsuit info: TPPF: https://www.texaspolicy.com/press/tpp...TPPF videos on our lawsuit: A Heavy Wind (Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFwR...RODA website: Home — https://rodafisheries.org/Cape May Co...2023-12-1831 minThe Hard CountryThe Dangerous and Even Deadly U.S.-Mexico BorderTPPF’s Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford discuss the current state of affairs regarding the dangerous - even deadly - Mexican/American border.LINKS:Santiago Vidaurri and the Confederacy on JSTOR:https://www.jstor.org/stable/979966Matamoros, la narrativa de la derecha y el dilema para AMLO (eluniversal.com.mx)https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/alejandro-hope/matamoros-la-narrativa-de-la-derecha-y-el-dilema-para-amloMexico: Friend or Foe | Texas Policy Summit 2023 - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpjXB-q1sU4Texas Policy Summit Closing Keynote: Alice Galván - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com...2023-03-1058 min
Faithful Politics"Learning in Education" w/Dr. Kevin Roberts, President Heritage FoundationHave a comment? Send us a text! (We read all of them but can't reply). Email us: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.comThe Heritage Foundation is one of the oldest and most respected conservative think tanks in America. Under new leadership, Dr. Kevin Roberts has big plans for this organization, the most important being education, education, and education. This week Will and Josh talk with Dr. Roberts about what this means and how his background as an academic can help with this initiative. They also discuss how his academic expertise in African American history, slavery and the slave trade h...2023-02-1454 min