Deplatforming Backfires While Texas Debates Birthright Citizenship

The fastest way to wreck a country isn’t a single bad law, it’s getting people to stop talking to each other. We start with a blunt look at deplatforming and political censorship, using a surprising panel pairing as proof that “shutting someone up” rarely works. When speech gets pushed off mainstream platforms, it doesn’t disappear, it concentrates. That can radicalize the right, radicalize the left, and leave millions of people unable to explain why they believe what they believe. Our goal is the opposite: keep the argument in the open, take pushback seriously, and make you sharper, not angrier.Then we pivot to Texas immigration politics and the fight over birthright citizenship, birth tourism, and the incentives created by recent Supreme Court rulings. We break down what proposed legislation like the Citizenship Act of 2026 is trying to do, why lawmakers are using national security language, and how the policy debate can drift toward bigger, harder options like an immigration moratorium if narrower fixes fail.We also hit major Texas headlines that affect real life: an update in the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo case and why transparent investigations matter, the Houston heat forecast, and a practical Medicare Monday with Justin White from Senior Health Services. Justin walks us through the annual Medicare timeline leading to Oct 15, plus how an indemnity or “gap” policy can help manage rising daily hospital coinsurance on Medicare Advantage plans. We close with online child safety and Ken Paxton’s temporary injunction against Discord, concerns about Flock license plate reader misuse, and new moves to make data centers pay for their own ERCOT grid upgrades instead of hiking residential bills.************************************************Listen every day to our strong conservative programs on Patriot Talk 920 AM.  Tune-in on your radio in Houston to KYST 920 AM or download our app by visiting 920app.com or search for "Patriot Talk 920" from your app store!