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[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@Schilling1776 The authors are maybe too honest here. https://t.co/NYhI66h7oU

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

Few high crimes and misdemeanors are more heinous than the sexualization of children. Nor are there many scandals as shocking as the theft of childhood innocence by institutions charged with responsibilty for children's health, education, and welfare. Don't be intimidated. Speak!

[Ryan T. Anderson @RyanTAnd]

Orwellian. This would prevent efforts to help girls identify as girls. That’s what they’re calling “conversion therapy.” Meanwhile it’ll expand efforts to give girls puberty blockers and testosterone. That’s what they’re calling “gender affirmation.” https://t.co/xr7ZR5GlcM

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@cr07c17yg33z3r @UTAustin For example, by funding Texas Tribune reporting? Seems weird that you're a reader of a publication funded by Koch money, but objecting to an institute that doesn't get Koch money... because maybe someday it will.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@cr07c17yg33z3r @McGeeReports @TexasTribune @UTAustin The Civitas Institute doesn't have any Koch money, but you know who does? The Texas Tribune: https://t.co/f4plMhD9Ds

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@drantbradley Twitter needs a heartbreak button.

[Ari Schulman @AriSchulman]

We generally need more of the "deep breath, let's look at the details" instinct, but the Disinformation Governance Board story shows its limits. I don't care if nuanced reporting shows that all they actually do is hold office bake sales, the shock at its very existence is just.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@conor64 Either "gay" and "straight" as used here cover friendship, which would be an odd and misleading use of the terms, or you're going to have to distinguish them from friendship by teaching people's 5 yr olds about sex. Hard no on either option.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@gcreaves @steve_vladeck Your terms are acceptable.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

Austin Institute Senior Fellow and Professor J. Budziszewski over at the Public Discourse today.

[Public Discourse @PublicDiscourse]

The happiness of a life is not just a series of enjoyments, and its happiness may be difficult to gauge until it is done. https://t.co/gKNPdKKe91

[The European Conservative @EuroConOfficial]

A wide-ranging interview of Alvino-Mario Fantini @FantinoVienna by Marianna Orlandi of @AtxInstitute

Listen here:

https://t.co/gulQUSwmqu

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@drantbradley Increasing distrust in institutions that are now more (and more clearly) predominated by one's ideological opponents seems not just easily predictable, but entirely reasonable. How else, exactly, was this going to go?

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@meganmmenchaca @statesman @UTAustin Google searching his name and university and clicking on the first link tells me he's a full professor, not an associate professor. Factual error in the first sentence: some solid journalism there.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@davidlmcpherson Budziszewski.

[Public Discourse @PublicDiscourse]

Civilization hinges on women. https://t.co/uhgZ52kezP

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@drantbradley Maybe, but I'm skeptical. There's limited evidence, but so far what we have indicates that those choosing Texas are more likely to be "red" than native Texans. And that's entirely plausible. If you're a progressive punching out of CA, do you really pick Dallas over Portland?

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

"Civilization hinges on women." The latest from Senior Fellow Mark Regnerus. https://t.co/djbLlgYcjM

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

@ccpecknold They do.

[Austin Institute @AtxInstitute]

People 18-35 are more likely to meet online than through friends. Take this as a personal challenge.

[The Institute for Family Studies @FamStudies]

More than one-third of young adults in a romantic relationship met their partner online.
https://t.co/AMyau6uAPj #ValentinesDay2022

[Jordan J. Ballor @JordanBallor]

"Mariage was made & appointed by God himselfe, to be the fountaine and seminarie of all other sorts & kinds of life, in the Common-wealth and in the Church."

--William Perkins