It is reported that all Vietnamese people living overseas in the United States have been subject to undue hardship from the consulates when they needed to renew their passports, apply for visas to Vietnam, and other legal matters. “The officials at the consulate were always rude to me and seemed unnecessarily adversarial,” said Hang Do,…
Category: Politics
State AG Commissioner Blasts Six Flags forRemoving Confederate Flag
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, to put it mildly, is not happy about Six Flags Over Texas removing the Confederate flag and four others from several of its amusement parks. Calling the decision “a sad day for Texas and all of America,” Miller said in a statement released Monday that he was disappointed to see…
Two Tarrant House districts among those that must be redrawn, federal court says
Parts of the Texas House map — including two Tarrant County districts — must be redrawn ahead of the 2018 elections because lawmakers intentionally discriminated against minorities in crafting several legislative districts, federal judges ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel in San Antonio unanimously ruled that Texas must address violations that could affect the configuration…
‘Illegal Aliens’ Fliers Posted Around UT Arlington
Fliers posted Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington that urged white Americans to report “any and all illegal aliens” to federal authorities were a weak attempt to harm the diverse campus community, a student group leader said. A website for the white supremacist group Vanguard America and a phone number for Immigration and…
Texas lawmaker’s bill would penalize men for masturbating
A Democratic lawmaker has filed a bill that would, among many provisions, create a $100 fine for men who masturbate and ejaculate outside of a woman’s vagina. The bill, called “A Man’s Right to Know,” was filed Friday, the filing deadline for the legislative session, and appears to satirize current and proposed laws and regulations…
Trump Wrote Off $100 Million in Losses in 2005, Leaked Forms Show
President Trump wrote off more than $100 million in business losses to reduce his federal taxes in 2005, according to forms made public on Tuesday night: a rare glimpse at documents that he had refused to disclose since becoming a candidate for the nation’s highest office. Mr. Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes…
‘Bathroom bill’ wins preliminary approval in Texas Senate
The Texas Senate on Tuesday tentatively signed off on the so-called “bathroom bill” on a 21-10 vote with one Democrat — state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. of Brownsville — voting in favor of the bill. Senate Bill 6, a legislative priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would require transgender people to use bathrooms in public…