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In today's One Click Survey, we want to know what you think should happen if schools linked to terrorists or foreign adversaries attempt to participate in Texas' new school choice program. Sound off below.

This is the Texas Minute for Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan

Texas GOP Releases 2026 Primary Ballot Propositions The Republican Party of Texas has announced the 10 non-binding propositions that will appear on the GOP's March 2026 primary ballot. As Erin Anderson reports [[link removed]], the results will guide the discussion on priorities for the '27 legislative session at the Texas GOP's convention in June 2026.

The proposals range from property tax elimination to banning Sharia law and a demand that lawmakers stop allowing Democrats to chair legislative subcommittees. New Texas Laws Take Effect January 1 Addie Hovland reviews [[link removed]] some of the laws taking effect in Texas on Jan. 1. These include measures that regulate artificial intelligence and mandate local law enforcement agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 5 Most Viewed Real Texans Interviews of 2025 We started the year launching a new weekly video series called Real Texans. Each episode is a conversation with men and women impacting life and liberty in the Lone Star State. Here are the five most-viewed episodes:

#5. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

January 12, 2025

Texas' lieutenant governor previewed his priorities [[link removed]] ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

#4. Will Cain

September 7, 2025

The Fox News host [[link removed]] discussed the role of media, the importance of being a Texan, and how a kid from Sherman ended up playing water polo.

#3. Sara Gonzales

October 12, 2025

The Come & Take It Show host on what inspired her to pursue citizen-journalism [[link removed]].

#2. Aaron Reitz

August 3, 2025

The candidate [[link removed]] for attorney general talked about his time in the Marine Corps and serving in the Trump administration.

#1. Brooke Rollins

September 14, 2025

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture celebrated [[link removed]] growing up in small-town Texas and the importance of state-based policy action.

New interviews will resume on Sunday, January 4, 2026! The first interview of the new year is with a Houston-area convict-turned-Christian activist whose ministry focuses on youth at risk of following the same path he did. Today In History

On Dec. 29, 1845, the U.S. Congress voted to annex the Republic of Texas after offering statehood nearly a year earlier. In June of 1845, the Texas Congress voted to accept the offer and craft a state constitution; a popular vote ratified both in the fall.

Number of the Day

27

The number of states when Texas joined the Union, bringing the number of stars on Old Glory to 28.

[Source: National Geographic [[link removed]]]

Quote-Unquote

"Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination."

– Thomas Sowell​

One Click Survey

Last week, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock asked [[link removed]] Attorney General Ken Paxton for a legal opinion on whether schools affiliated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations or the Communist Party of China are eligible to participate in Texas’ new school choice program. The Office of the Comptroller, not the state’s education agency, administers the program.

What do you think? Should such schools be allowed to participate in the state's school choice program?

YES, let every school participate. [[link removed]]

... or ...

NO, block schools associated with the CCP and CAIR. [[link removed]]

Once you’ve clicked an answer, reply to this email with any thoughts you’d like to share!

Directory of Your Current U.S. & Texas Officials [[link removed]]

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​ U.S. Senator [[link removed]]

John Cornyn - R

(202) 224-2934

U.S. Senator [[link removed]]

Ted Cruz - R

(202) 224-5922

Governor of Texas [[link removed]]

Greg Abbott - R

(512) 463-2000

Lt. Governor [[link removed]]

Dan Patrick - R

(512) 463-0001

Attorney General [[link removed]]

Ken Paxton – R

(512) 463-2100

Acting Comptroller

Kelly Hancock – R

(512) 463-4600

Land Commissioner [[link removed]]

Dawn Buckingham – R

(512) 463-5001

Commissioner of Agriculture [[link removed]]

Sid Miller – R

(512) 463-7476

Railroad Commissioners [[link removed]]

Wayne Christian – R

Christi Craddick – R

Jim Wright – R

(512) 463-7158

State Board of Education [[link removed]], District

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Main (512) 463-9007

U.S. House [[link removed]], District *

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Congressional Switchboard (202) 225-3121

Texas Senate [[link removed]], District

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Capitol Switchboard (512) 463-4630

Texas House [[link removed]], District

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Capitol Switchboard (512) 463-4630

Speaker of the Texas House [[link removed]]

Dustin Burrows (R)

(512) 463-1000

* The new congressional boundaries for representational purposes will not take effect until January 2027.

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