The 89th Texas Legislative Session: A Total Failure for "We the People"
A Session of Betrayal Under the Pink Dome: Sine Die Has Passed, But the Wounds to ‘We the People’ Are Just Beginning
As the dust settles on the 89th Texas Legislative Session, the truth is plain: Texans have been betrayed—not just by Democrats, but by Republicans too. Despite their campaign trail promises, the elected “Right” has locked arms with the “Left” to advance the same centralized, profit-driven agenda that continues to dismantle our constitutional republic from the inside out.
Texans are awakening to a sobering reality. The political theater in Austin isn’t Right vs. Left. It’s We the People vs. the Ruling Class.
This is not a new phenomenon. As Professor Carroll Quigley—historian for the Council on Foreign Relations—warned decades ago in his landmark work Tragedy and Hope:
“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.
Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can 'throw the rascals out' at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.”
—Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
Sadly, Quigley’s prophetic observation is now a living reality in Texas. Behind closed doors in the Capitol, Republican and Democrat elites work in tandem to preserve the status quo—serving special interests, not the people.
Enter the “Iron Triangle” of Corruption
The legislative corruption we witnessed this session can be explained through what is commonly referred to as the “Iron Triangle”—a structure of power that locks out the public and ensures mutual gain for a select few:
First Side: Unelected Bureaucrats, like Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, who write and enforce rules outside the reach of public accountability.
Second Side: Legislative Committees, whose chairs are appointed by leadership to rubber-stamp predetermined bills with manipulated fiscal notes and artificial urgency.
Third Side: Special Interest Profiteers—NGOs, vendors, tech corporations, and foundations—who rake in billions through state contracts, pilot programs, and public-private partnerships created by those laws and rules.
These three power centers form the “Iron Triangle”—a closed loop of money, influence, and policy that feeds itself while silencing the voices of parents, taxpayers, and local communities.
Legislative Deception and the Controlled Opposition
Texans were told to celebrate legislative victories, but education reform bills passed actually furthered the objectives of centralized control, lifelong data surveillance, and globalized workforce development models—all under the banner of “parental empowerment” and “local control.”
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers proudly carried the water for Governor Greg Abbott and his cadre of donors, lobbyists, and unelected agency heads. Democrat opposition? Mostly performative. Because when the final votes were cast, many of these bills passed with bipartisan support.
This isn’t governance. It’s managed decline disguised as reform.
Just as Quigley foretold, there is no real difference at the top. The illusion of partisan conflict is carefully curated to give Texans the sense they still have a choice. But regardless of who wins the next election, the policies remain the same—and they are destroying our children’s futures and our sovereignty as a state.
A Spiritual Battle for Our State
This is not merely a political or economic battle—it is, at its core, a spiritual one. As Ephesians 6:12 reminds us:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world…”
Texans have placed their trust in political parties, personalities, and policy promises—only to watch those platforms be co-opted and sold to the highest bidder. Our children have become data points in a global pipeline of digital surveillance and workforce compliance. Our schools have become breeding grounds for psychological experimentation without parental consent.
What was lost in this session was not just liberty—it was moral clarity.
Time to Tear Down the Triangle
Texans must no longer be deceived by hollow rhetoric or party loyalty. If we want to save this state and restore genuine local control, we must begin to:
Audit and expose the Iron Triangle—starting with every public-private partnership, state contract, and unelected bureaucrat empowered by this session’s bills.
Hold our elected officials personally accountable, regardless of party. Demand real-time transparency, not canned talking points.
Organize and educate our communities on the real purpose of these laws and how they tie into federal and international agendas.
Call for a Sunset Review of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and a complete rollback of digital learning mandates, surveillance assessments, and workforce-tracked outcomes.
This was not just a bad session. It was a betrayal. A betrayal of the people who voted in good faith for those who claimed to protect family values, individual liberty, and constitutional government.
We must name it. We must expose it. And we must uproot it.
Because the future of Texas depends on us, not them.