Momentum, Money, and a Magazine Hit Piece: Coffee Talk Heads Into the Session

Back from two weeks on the road, Daniel Miller opened this Late Night Coffee Talk with a tour of a movement hitting full stride. Packed meetups in Bullard and Tomball, a fundraiser at Don Huffines’ home for Senator Bob Hall, digital billboards going up across the state, a fresh flight of statewide radio ads, and international press flying in to cover Texas independence. He framed it bluntly: with a legislative session bearing down, the accelerator is on the floor, and the only thing that shortens the timeline is more Texans doing the work of finding voters one at a time.

He spent time on the recent Texas Monthly piece, which he dismissed as the same recycled anti-TEXIT playbook of economic fear and bogus constitutional claims. Rather than a setback, he argued, it backfired by firing up supporters who can now read the propaganda for what it is, and he pointed to Marcus Ruiz Evans of the CalExit movement, who published a rebuttal on the Texian Partisan. Miller also teased two developments without spilling them: a major update on Facebook flagging texitnow.org links as against community standards, and a TEXIT petition story poised to re-enter the news around mid-November. He also previewed a three-hour appearance on Tim Pool’s show.

From there it was the viewers’ turn. The questions ran from the practical mechanics of organizing a local group to the hard economics of independence, including the federal overpayment Miller pegs at 103 to 160 billion dollars a year and his argument that money flowing back from Washington is largely borrowed against Texans’ own names. He fielded post-independence governance questions too, from offshore oil rights to who would actually rewrite the constitution after a yes vote, and made the case that the gap between where Texas is and what a self-governing nation needs is far narrower than people assume.

Questions answered in this episode

• How do I start a local group or charter in a place like El Paso where supporters exist but no one has stepped up to lead?
• Can the TNM put a billboard on private land along the highway, and how do we make that happen?
• Is there a newspaper ad supporters can run?
• After independence, who would control oil and gas drilling off the Texas coast?
• Is there a realistic chance of converting the rainy day fund into gold given the dollar’s trajectory, and what about a Texas gold depository or state bank?
• When will Texan tokens be airdropped into supporters’ crypto wallets?
• What is the status of the primary election integrity task force, and will there be a public report?
• Where will the money come from to replace federal funds after Texas leaves?
• If war comes to the United States, what should Texas do?
• As an out-of-state supporter who is not a Texas resident, how can I actually help?
• Once Texans vote yes to leave, who changes the constitution to reflect Texas as a nation?