As Texans wait for the Big Texit Announcement from the TNM, Gov. Greg Abbott announces border security measures an independent Texas would need.
Now that Texit has definitely stalled and the border is in crisis, Dan Miller of the Texas Nationalist Movement tees up a major announcement.
Texit died in his year's regular legislative session. But this is only the first of what could be many cycles before it succeeds.
Texans got a signal that Texit is vital to their survival: pilot projects for highway removal, a necessary part of rewilding.
Suppose, instead of Texit, the question was Tex-Enter. Would Texans have valid reasons to join the Union, if today they were independent of it? Maybe not!
The Texas Nationalist Movement weighs in again with a better argument that federal subsidies for wind power set Texas up to suffer during the Deep Freeze.
The opposition to Texit within Texas derived from bad arithmetic, worse understanding of economics and history, and failure of imagination.
Texit slowly finds direct support, and Texas continues to take steps that would make Texas independence practical. But Texas must do more.
Where does Texit now stand? A look at the legislative position and certain practical steps that Texas residents have taken and should take.
Texit - Texas Exit - just got more likely, when the Legislature took up a measure to finish The Wall, and the Governor moved at once...