The Luke Macias Show

Several months ago Greg Abbott said “We are going to start arresting everyone coming across the border”. Last week we found out he’s arrested less than 1% of those crossing. Local governments all across Texas are pushing mask and vaccine mandates and Republicans are doing nothing to stop it. We have a lot going on this week and a lot of cover on today’s podcast. Dade Phelan and his leadership team...

This week’s episode is shorter because I’m updating you from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. There is just too much going on to come to you with a pre-recorded vacation episode, but I try to focus on two really important developments. We have very narrow action from CPS on sex changing of minors and a surpeme court ruling on local mask ordinances. Both issues are discussed today and I appreciate ...

Today, we give you an update on the James Younger case and Abbott asking CPS to decide whether child abuse is child abuse. I take some time to step back and look at just how far we have let our state drift and why the issue of sexually transitioning our children is the most important issue facing our state. Today’s is a very important episode, and I hope you are able to share it with other Texans.

Last week, Governor Abbott—after being pressured by lawmakers, political opponents, and grassroots conservatives— took more action regarding the open Texas border. This action is a reversal of his stance the week prior, as expressed on Fox News. “It’s not enough to hold press conferences and tweet about securing the border- you actually have to do it. Greg Abbott has refused. @kilmeade #FireAbbott...

Overnight, the Texas House Republicans realized that honesty is a virtue and their long history of promoting deceit will have consequences. Matt Shaheen couldn’t come up with any response this time, Jeff Leach admitted that he thought signing a piece of paper was hard, and Will Metcalf acted as though the deceitful practices of the leadership team didn’t exist and that Democrats all of the sudden...

Republicans are telling Texans they will “arrest” Democrats for breaking quorum, but we found out this week that they are all hat and no cattle. Republican leaders like Dade Phelan and Greg Abbott have no intention of arresting Democrats, and their hypocrisy has been revealed. We also talk about the general worldview of empowering Democrats, which was revealed in January of the 87th Legislative Se...

I love it when Texans are leading the way on a big conservative issue. It’s rare, unfortunately, but when it happens, I love bringing attention to it. Tony McDonald, Mark Pulliam, and Josh Hammer have opened the door to an amazing opportunity to reform more than 30 state bar associations across the nation. If successful, they will take away a funding source that the left has been using to advance...

The seventh episode on this show was a conversation with Michael Sullivan . In that episode, we talked about the Texas Ethics Commission attacking him, and that’s still the main topic of today’s conversation. Why? Because they have been fighting him for eight years and want to destroy him. They need to set the precedent that citizens are under their rule, and through today’s conversation, you will...

Last week, on Father’s Day, my dad spent some time talking to us about my grandfather. One of the stories he shared reminded me that I come from a legacy of men who refused to be defined by their race or ethnicity. The race-based Marxist ideology of critical race theory has been permeating our state and nation. This divisive ideology will only further divide society, and Texans must push back on e...

Our children are being exposed to pornography while almost every aspect of social conservative values is being chipped away from every angle. Conservatives have been on the constant defense of some issues, while outright surrendering on others. Today, we talk to Terry Schilling, who is significantly growing the American Principles Project, an organization rightfully described as the “NRA for famil...

The border needs to be closed. This is the standard of success and it is achievable. For the sake of our state, the rule of law, and the future of our country, Texas must close the border down. This is the first thing we tackle on today’s episode. There is a big political battle shaping up in Tarrant County where Tim O’Hare and Betsy Price are both running to be the next County Judge. This matchup...

There is a lot of finger-pointing going on right now, as Texas Republicans failed to pass election integrity legislation. Today, I bring on Daniel Greer, one of the election integrity experts in Texas. Daniel does a great job peeling back the onion and revealing that the Texas Republican House leadership has a long history of killing election integrity legislation, and this session was no exceptio...

Republicans in the Texas House killed most Republican priorities this session. This is not a surprise. Sadly, it was not only predicted by this show and other activists, but it was even discussed openly in the Texas House of Representatives. Tony Tinderholt and Bryan Slaton publicly voiced their concern about how slowly GOP leadership led the house this session. Cole Hefner not only publicly oppos...

This absolutely ludicrous, disgusting capitulation to the radical left should disturb all Texans (except for the most radical elements of our state).  Guys, this issue alone is yet another revelation of just how morally compromised Republican leadership is in the Texas House. This is a sick game that is costing the lives of Texas children.  Representative Krause has yet to clarify his earlier defe...

We start off this week discussing the story that broke last week covering the sexual relationship between Representative Lacey Hull, Cole Hefner, and their mutual campaign consultant, Jordan Berry. This is just one of the many scandals plaguing the Legislature, and the cultural problems in the chamber are being reflected in their votes. Many GOP priorities are actively being killed by Chris Paddie...

Gennie Morrison took over the Texas House on budget night, and to say it was a takedown of Dade Phelan and Greg Bonnen is an understatement. Several top conservative legislators like Slaton, Biedermann, and Tinderholt passed strong amendments, and Dade Phelan defended government-funded programs for critical race theory and gender modification. Dade Phelan was placed in a position where more than 1...

Constitutional carry passed the Texas House and is being killed in the Texas Senate, likely by Joan Huffman. We go into all the details of this policy and the fact that Kyle Biedermann, Bryan Slaton, and Jeff Cason’s efforts on making the House bill even better should be greatly appreciated, along with Matt Schaefer’s excellent defense of the policy. We also discuss a ban on sex-change surgeries f...

Chip Roy is someone I respect tremendously. I was proud to work tirelessly on a personal level to ensure Chip was re-elected in 2020. He was one of the top targets for Democrats nationwide, and he won; not only that, but he didn’t legislate in the mushy middle, like so many purple-district congressmen. He is instead ranked as one of the most conservative members of Congress.   Today, we talk about...

We’re losing the cultural war, and many so-called “conservative” leaders in the Texas Legislature are complicit. Luke discusses a key battle going on right now in the Texas House, including emotional testimony from legislators working against the tide. Listen to the episode to see Repsenatantive Slaton break down crying as Representative Tinderholt asks him why he keeps presenting his amendment.

James Talarico led the Texas House in a sad and revealing prayer last week. Jonathan Stickland was the first to talk about this issue, and Talarico is now getting national attention for his deceiving prayer. Democrats across the nation are praising him for spewing universalist language, right in the heart of Texas.   Yesterday in the #txlege “Republican” leadership allowed a progressive liberal to...

The battle over government-mandated power prices that have left ratepayers on the hook for billions of dollars has put Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at odds with Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott is also teaming up with House Speaker Dade Phelan to keep the Texas House from being allowed to take a position on this policy. State Rep. Cole Hefner, a member who is very close to Dade Phelan, decided it was time for him...

What are the Texas GOP Legislative Priorities? How does an issue become a priority, and how much effort is the Texas GOP putting into passing these priorities in 2021? Today we bring Shelby Williams, Rich Deotte, and Jill Glover together for an in-depth conversation about legislative priorities. The sad reality is that Governor Abbott and the various GOP caucuses are avoiding most of these issues ...

Governor Greg Abbott is opening Texas tomorrow. This is good news for Texans. The sad thing is that not only does Gov. Abbott believe he single-handedly is the one who gets to decide if Texas is open, he believes that he single-handedly gets to decide which businesses are open and which facial coverings must be worn by all Texans. Today we take a walk down memory lane. When the pandemic first hit,...

First Bryan forced the abortion issue to be debated right out of the gate, then he took on the most liberal Mayor in Texas. Today we sit down and talk about Bryan’s first 60 days in office. What he thinks about Dustin Burrows attempt to endorse Governor Abbott’s shutdown orders with HB 3. Take 30 minutes to hear, from the inside, why the Texas Houses is moving so slowly, and what Texans can do to...

The more I read this bill the worse it got. Today I sat down with two conservative lawyers, Matt Rinaldi and Tony McDonald. They honestly do an excellent job pointing out the significant flaws in HB 3. This legislation gives the Governor, during a pandemic, dictatorial authority over Texas citizens and businesses. It also threatens businesses who don’t obey every one of Governor Abbott’s executive...