Brent Gleason

Brent Gleason is a Dallas-area criminal defense attorney and a graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law. He served briefly on TNM's National Leadership Team as its general counsel. He writes about what Texas law says about your rights, including when you're allowed to defend yourself.

What Texans Need To Know About Self-Defense

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Brent Gleason

Daily Briefing: Monday, October 12, 2026

Paxton Proposes Public Registry of Texas Land Owned by Foreign Adversaries

Daily Briefing: Sunday, October 11, 2026

Daily Briefing: Saturday, October 10, 2026

Most Fed Officials See Another Rate Increase Coming Before Year End

Out-of-State Money Now 21 Cents of Every Dollar in Texas Politics

Boulder’s Lawyer Concedes Its Climate Theory Could Reach Retailers

Washington’s Long-Term Borrowing Costs Hit Highest Level Since 2001

Texian Volunteers Captured Goliad’s Presidio in a 30-Minute Night Attack

Gonzales Celebrates Come and Take It Weekend With Battle Reenactment

‘Come and Take It’: How a Borrowed Cannon Started the Texas Revolution

Galveston Will Restore Its Texas Heroes Monument, Whoever Turns Out to Own It

The Right to Decide Was Never Washington’s to Give

Texas Already Has a Military. The Claim That It Would Be Defenseless Leaves It Out.

Social Security Does Not Stop at the Border. Americans Already Collect It Abroad for Life.

A Dallas-Area Post Asked Whether Texans Should Vote on Independence. 1,700 Reactions and 500 Comments Later, Here Is What Texans Said.

Danielle Smith Rules Out a Second Alberta Separation Vote if Province Stays

Alberta and Saskatchewan Premiers Reject Musk’s Call to Leave Canada

More Than 3,000 Alberta Referendum Mail-In Ballots Returned Invalid

Westminster Rules Out Scottish Referendum as Burnham Calls an EU Vote “Possible”

Fort Worth Magazine Takes the Texas Nationalist Movement’s Citizenship Test, and Passes

Daniel Miller Tells Secession Speakeasy Texas Independence Is “Happening Now”

Texas Nationalist Movement Responds as Quebec Elects a Government Pledged to Put Independence to Its People

Newsweek Cites Texas Nationalist Movement Position on New Mexico Counties Ahead of House Hearing

Quebec Gets a Third Vote, Granbury Gets Stonewalled, and Texans Still Wait for Theirs

This Month @ The TNM: October 2026

Washington Shorts Texas on the $11 Billion Border Bill, and the New Mexico Hearing Opens a Door for a Texas Vote

Why Texas Cheers Self-Determination Abroad, How an Independent Texas Guards Its Borders, and the $5,000 Check Problem

Brent Gleason

What Texans Need To Know About Self-Defense