Recorded on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this Late Night Coffee Talk opens where Daniel Miller thinks the calendar gets misread. The Fourth is not America’s birthday, he argues. It is the anniversary of thirteen colonies declaring themselves self-governing independent nation-states and telling Great Britain to pound sand. That same spirit ran straight to 1836 and, he says, is what animates the fight for Texas independence in 2026.
The night’s headline was a sneak peek at the newest TNM project, USexit.org, going public the next morning. It is built as a clearinghouse and starting playbook for independence movements in the other forty-nine states, drawn from the years of requests the movement has fielded from out of state. Miller ties it to the YouGov survey numbers showing roughly twenty-three states already at or above majority support for leaving, walking through Oklahoma as an example, and lays out what the site offers: state-by-state economic stats, a takedown of the Texas v. White objection, a 90-day sprint, and model legislation in three tiers, a self-determination resolution, a study commission, or a full referendum bill.
Much of the rest of the hour circled the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship. Miller’s point is not which side is right. It is that Texans got no seat at the table, and that arguing the merits misses the real offender, a federal relationship that does not consult Texas and never will. The only way out is out. He also flagged concrete movement on the ground: Don Huffines, a Texas First Pledge signer, was appointed Texas Comptroller that day, and Mack Dunkin has come on as political director ahead of the next legislative session.
Questions answered in this episode
- Should the TNM call mass rallies in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, and Dallas to demonstrate for independence now?
- Did you see the tanks, helicopters, and troop trucks moving out of East Texas over the last few days?
- With federal politicians making increasingly extreme statements, why do the good old boys in Austin not take the TNM more seriously?
- Texas carries about 67 billion dollars in state government debt. What happens to it after Texit, and do we carry it or say the entity it was owed to no longer exists?
- Is there any plan to make the opening song, Under Our Own Sky, available on CD?
- How close are we to Texas independence?
- You distinguish state, nation, and country. Do you have similar thoughts on how people conflate freedom, liberty, and independence?
- Can an independent Texas be governed under its current constitution?
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