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- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Open a Second Education Freedom Account Window?
Texas closed its first education freedom account application window after 274,000 applications. Should it offer families a second chance this year?
- ArticleHistory & Service
The Human Chain That Reached Across Three Countries
On August 23, 1989, roughly two million people formed the Baltic Way across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Their peaceful line made freedom visible.
- ArticleRebuild
The Flag Was Still There Before the Song Had a Name
On September 13, 1814, Fort McHenry faced a 25-hour bombardment. At dawn, a 30-by-42-foot flag answered the question that later became an anthem.
- ArticleReflection
September Used to Belong to Somebody Else
For years my calendar belonged to other people. Freedom did not arrive as a party. It arrived as an empty square, and I had no idea what to put in it.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Robbie and Tracy Shoults of Bear Creek Smokehouse
Meet Bear Creek Smokehouse co-owners Robbie and Tracy Shoults and learn how the Marshall-area family business has grown since 1943.
- ArticleOp-ed
They Put Me in a Cell for Speaking. Here's What Harrison County Just Did.
Ryan Nichols was jailed in Harrison County after his bond was revoked and doubled to a $10,000 cash bond over Facebook posts. He pleaded not guilty, asked for a court-appointed attorney, and is asking for help.
- ArticleOp-ed
Weaponized: Lawfare in Harrison County, and the Lawyer I Can't Find
I believe Harrison County's government has been weaponized against me — multiple charges, a civil suit, and no attorney in East Texas willing to take my case. Here is what lawfare looks like up close, and how you can help me keep fighting.
- ArticleReflection
Should Texas’s Deepfake Rule Start Earlier Than 30 Days Before an Election?
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- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require One-Click Subscription Cancellation?
The federal click-to-cancel rule was vacated, and Texas has no matching statewide mandate. Should online subscriptions require a clear online exit?
- ArticleJanuary 6
Twenty-One Days Apart. One Got a Number. The One About My Lawyer Did Not.
January 8, 2022: a grievance about mail got a number and was marked resolved. January 29, 2022: a grievance about being denied access to my attorney never got a number and never got an answer. Same jail, same month, from my own grievance lo
- ArticleRebuild
The Grocery Store That Let Shoppers Serve Themselves
Piggly Wiggly changed grocery shopping in 1916 by letting customers serve themselves. The deeper business lesson is about redesigning the whole path.
- ArticleHistory & Service
The Day the Little Rock Nine Reached a Locked Door
On September 4, 1957, nine Black students arrived to attend Central High. The Arkansas National Guard denied them entry, but not the future. Read the story.
- ArticleFaith & Today
What Was Playing on the Way to a Meeting I Did Not Want
Gratitude that only shows up after good news is relief wearing a nicer shirt. A forty five minute drive, two songs, and what to carry home from a hard day.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Set Statewide Rules for License Plate Reader Cameras?
Texas paused state funding for Flock cameras. The bigger debate is whether every license plate reader needs common rules for access, retention, and audits.
- ArticleAmerican History & Citizenship
The Signature That Came After 41 Years
On August 26, 1920, a quiet certification made the Nineteenth Amendment part of the Constitution after 41 years of federal amendment work.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Schools Keep the Four-Day Week?
Texas four-day school weeks can aid teacher recruitment, but state data show academic risks. Should districts keep control of the calendar choice?
- ArticleBehind the scenes
The Best Thing I Built This Year Is a Room You Will Never See
17,212 visitors left behind 33 email addresses. I only know that because I own the database instead of a dashboard. Why the back room is the real case for owning your platform.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Quiet Discipline of Getting Ready Before the Water
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through preparation, honest maintenance and one useful next step before the water.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Thomas Frank Sibick J6 Case Record: Detention, Three-Count Plea, 50-Month Sentence and Full Pardon
Thomas Frank Sibick’s sourced J6 record: charges, detention appeal, three-count plea, 50-month sentence, full pardon, release and firsthand interview.
- ArticleOp-ed
This Is Weaponization. And I Will Not Be Silenced.
A J6 defendant and independent journalist jailed in Harrison County, Texas after his bond was revoked over Facebook posts — a firsthand account of lawfare and the weaponization of the justice system against free speech.
- ArticleLegal Filings
They Told Me "You Don't Have an Attorney." I Never Waived My Right to One.
I called Harrison County to ask who my court-appointed lawyer is. I was told "you don't have an attorney" — then directed to report to Pretrial Services before arraignment. I filed an emergency motion. I never waived my right to counsel.
- ArticleLegal Filings
They Charged Me With "Deadly Conduct." The Gun Never Left the Holster — So I Filed to Make Them Prove It.
I filed an emergency pro se motion demanding the State say exactly what conduct it calls "deadly conduct" and produce the bodycam, church cameras, and 911 audio before any plea, bond hearing, or trial. Holstered is not pointed.
- ArticleLegal Filings
They Told Me to Stay Silent. It Was Costing Me Everything.
I tried to comply with a no-posting order and it nearly sank my family: lost income, overdue rent, a negative bank balance. Then I realized a blanket speech ban is an unconstitutional prior restraint. Why I started posting again — to earn a
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 7: Name the Source — Who Said What, and When
Ryan Nichols, pro se, moves to require the State to identify and produce every source, witness version, and public post behind the charging narrative in his Harrison County, Texas case. Confrontation Clause, Brady, Giglio, Article 39.14 dis
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 1: I Have Not Waived My Right to a Lawyer
Pardoned January 6 defendant Ryan Nichols, filing pro se in Harrison County, Texas, asserts his Sixth Amendment right to counsel: no waiver of counsel and a motion for appointment of counsel. Read the filed motion, the controlling authoriti
- ArticleJanuary 6
Cepane and Seth Sarty J6 Case Record: Arrest, Not-Guilty Pleas and Dismissal With Prejudice
What happened in the Sarty brothers' J6 case: eight counts each, two not-guilty pleas and a dismissal with prejudice on Jan. 24, 2025. The public record.
- ArticleLocal investigations
“I Will Come to You”: The Facebook Exchange I’m Putting on the Record
Screenshots document a Facebook dispute over reported allegations involving Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur and Mike Jones later writing to Ryan Nichols, “I will come to you!!!”
- ArticleJanuary 6
Bennie Alvin Parker J6 Case Record: Mixed Verdict, Probation and Full Pardon
Bennie Alvin Parker’s sourced J6 record: a mixed jury verdict, five years of probation with home detention, no prison term, and a full pardon.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Christopher Worrell J6 Case Record: Bench Trial, 10-Year Sentence, Full Pardon and 2026 Civil Case
Christopher Worrell’s sourced J6 record: seven-count bench-trial findings, 10-year sentence, full pardon and proposed-class-member status in a stayed 2026 civil case.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Rebecca Lavrenz J6 Case Record: Four-Count Verdict, Probation, Appeal and Full Pardon
Rebecca Lavrenz’s sourced J6 record: four misdemeanor verdicts, reported probation and fine, D.C. Circuit appeal, and January 2025 full pardon.
- ArticleJanuary 6
David Alan Blair J6 Case Record: Felony Plea, Five-Month Sentence, Pardon and 2026 Civil-Rights Ruling
David Alan Blair’s sourced J6 record: arrest, felony plea, reported five-month sentence, pardon, and a 2026 qualified-immunity civil-rights ruling.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Andrew Alan Hernandez J6 Case Record: One-Count Plea, Time-Served Reduction and Full Pardon
Andrew Alan Hernandez’s sourced J6 record: six charges, one obstruction plea, 18-month sentence, time-served reduction, full pardon, and later litigation.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Daniel Ray Caldwell J6 Case Record: Detention, One-Count Plea, 68-Month Sentence and Full Pardon
Daniel Ray Caldwell’s verified J6 record: arrest, detention ruling, seven charged counts, one felony plea, 68-month sentence, and full pardon.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Anthony Robert Williams J6 Case Record: Five-Year Sentence, Fischer Vacatur, Full Pardon and Dismissed Charge
Anthony Robert Williams received a five-year J6 sentence before Fischer vacated the felony. Review the jury verdict, pardon and dismissed later charge.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Thomas Webster J6 Case Record: Trial, 10-Year Sentence, Full Pardon and Denied Vacatur
Thomas Webster’s verified January 6 case record: six-count jury verdict, 10-year sentence, 2024 appeal, full 2025 pardon and denied 2026 vacatur request.
In the case files
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All 5Jake Lang FreedomFest 2026 Interview
Liberty RoundTable’s July 14, 2026 post-release interview with Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang, described by the publisher as…
American Oversight FOIA Case Seeks FBI and DOJ January 6 Clemency Communications
An ongoing D.D.C. Freedom of Information Act case seeks senior DOJ and FBI communicat…
Habeas Corpus petition — page 24 (First Amendment deprivation — religious services)
…ic fundamentalist periodical) to detainees. Cites Religious Freedom Restoration Act 42 USC 2000bb and RLUIPA 42 USC 2000cc.