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“Get High” Abbott’s Special Session; veto & signed review | Campaign news | Texas wins, again – Pratt on Texas 6/24/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature will begin on 21 July; what will be on the call? Much followup on bills signed and vetoed by Governor … [Read More...]
Gov. “Get High” Abbott protects illegal drug industry; Lt. Gov. Patrick explains what Abbott has done – Pratt on Texas 6/23/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: He flipped on gambling expansion and now, after having told leaders differently, Governor "Get High" Abbott has flipped on marijuana legalization in Texas. Greg … [Read More...]
Never ignore when officials can’t smell the stink: Abbott’s hand pick of Hancock for Comptroller – Pratt on Texas 6/20/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Austin insider crowd has pulled out all stops to ensure it, the power crowd, chooses Texas' next Comptroller of Public Accounts instead of voters. But don't … [Read More...]
Actor Glenn Polk on his farewell performance | Were Texas Capitol threats real? – Pratt on Texas 6/19/2025 Juneteenth
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The man arrested over threats at the Texas Capitol last Saturday says he feels "set up." The lack of charges and the way it wall was handled make you wonder if he … [Read More...]
Texas loses case to stop nuke waste license in Andrews | Abbott being too clever in Comptroller case? – Pratt on Texas 6/18/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas loses one at the U.S. Supreme Court and it's a bad decision as the dissent points out. And, Texas wins one indirectly with the victory for Tennessee. … [Read More...]
Black judge shows folly of lens-of-racism | Texas Dems elect “pan-sexual” socialist to official post | Lubbock Co. budget – Pratt on Texas 6/17/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Choosing an attitude of victimhood, especially seeing everything through the lens of race, leaves a person as, or more, poisoned than one who is a nasty racist … [Read More...]
Special session for taxpayer-funded lobbying ban? | Texas GOP working to end “open” primary – Pratt on Texas 6/16/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: In Harris County speech, Governor Abbott hints at a possible special session call to attack taxpayer-funded lobbying as, once again, even a watered down bill … [Read More...]
Left no longer favors strong presidential power in immigration? | Abilene council cuts voters out – Pratt on Texas 6/13/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: After lifetimes of supporting strong centralized federal power, the confused and angry take to the streets to now tell us they oppose strong centralized federal … [Read More...]
Robert Zimmerman: Ted Cruz terrible on NASA spending | Private sector race to build space stations – Pratt on Texas 6/12/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Noted space historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com (he really did write the Encyclopedia of Space) joins us to talk about about the private sector race … [Read More...]
It appears some prefer rioting by opposing preemptive measures | McKinney’s despicable behavior – Pratt on Texas 6/11/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Demonstrating that even Texas Democrat leaders must hope for the spectacle of rioting, San Antonio's leftist mayor is furious at Governor Abbott's preemptive … [Read More...]
Older posts from Pratt on Texas...
- Mid-decade Texas redistricting? | Abilene raising property taxes? | ICE arrests wrongly contextualized – Pratt on Texas 6/10/2025
- Texas protest organized by Marxist group, LA too | San Antonio’s leftward devolution continues – Pratt on Texas 6/9/2025
- Immorality of forcing “vision” projects onto taxpayers | House wouldn’t vote on taxpayer funded lobby ban – Pratt on Texas 6/6/2025
- Legislators wouldn’t, a judge did: End Texas’ wrong in-state tuition for illegal aliens scheme | Eddie Dixon joins us – Pratt on Texas 6/5/2025
- Report: Texas not in 287(g) agreement with ICE despite leadership rhetoric | Gun bills that passed – Pratt on Texas 6/4/2025
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- Taylor Co. GOP moving to censure Rep. Lambert | Cornyn polling remains dismal | SB974 needs a veto – Pratt on Texas 6/3/2025
- 89th Legislature ends – 3 significant items failed in the last moments | OAG court victory – Pratt on Texas 6/2/2025
- ISDs lose Sovereign Immunity is sex abuse cases | Election integrity at risk | Border news – Pratt on Texas 5/30/2025
- Top pro-life bill killed in Texas House | Patrick, Bettencourt brag on property tax relief package – Pratt on Texas 5/29/2025
- House lets time run out on important bills, others pass through | Zimmerman on SpaceX Starship test – Pratt on Texas 5/28/2025
- Huge update from the Legislature | Lottery scandal widens | Manufacturing steady in Texas – Pratt on Texas 5/27/2025
- Memorial Day Edition: Legislature passes key bills, much still to do in final days – Pratt on Texas 5/26/2025
- May we remember on Memorial Day
- Much legislative news including public ed. bills | Alleged UT-RGV discrimination | Starship test coming – Pratt on Texas 5/23/2025
- House rightly ignores Rep. Ken King, passes Sen. Perry’s THC ban | Key abortion bills move – Pratt on Texas 5/22/2025
AUDIO: Pratt on Texas & Podcast-Extras
- Episode 3758: “Get High” Abbott’s Special Session; veto & signed review | Campaign news | Texas wins, again – Pratt on Texas 6/24/2025 June 24, 2025
- Episode 3757: Gov. “Get High” Abbott protects illegal drug industry; Lt. Gov. Patrick explains what Abbott has done – Pratt on Texas 6/23/2025 June 23, 2025
- Episode 3756: Never ignore when officials can’t smell the stink: Abbott’s hand pick of Hancock for Comptroller – Pratt on Texas 6/20/2025 June 20, 2025
- Episode 3755: Actor Glenn Polk on his farewell performance | Were Texas Capitol threats real? – Pratt on Texas 6/19/2025 Juneteenth June 19, 2025
- Episode 3754: Texas loses case to stop nuke waste license in Andrews | Abbott being too clever in Comptroller case? – Pratt on Texas 6/18/2025 June 18, 2025
- Episode 3753: Black judge shows folly of lens-of-racism | Texas Dems elect “pan-sexual” socialist to official post | Lubbock Co. budget – Pratt on Texas 6/17/2025 June 17, 2025
- Episode 3752: Special session for taxpayer-funded lobbying ban? | Texas GOP working to end “open” primary – Pratt on Texas 6/16/2025 June 16, 2025
- Episode 3751: Left no longer favors strong presidential power in immigration? | Abilene council cuts voters out – Pratt on Texas 6/13/2025 June 13, 2025
- Episode 3749: Robert Zimmerman: Ted Cruz terrible on NASA spending | Private sector race to build space stations – Pratt on Texas 6/12/2025 June 12, 2025
- Episode 3750: It appears some prefer rioting by opposing preemptive measures | McKinney’s despicable behavior – Pratt on Texas 6/11/2025 June 11, 2025
- Episode 3748: Mid-decade Texas redistricting? | Abilene raising property taxes? | ICE arrests wrongly contextualized – Pratt on Texas 6/10/2025 June 11, 2025
- Episode 3747: Texas protest organized by Marxist group, LA too | San Antonio’s leftward devolution continues – Pratt on Texas 6/9/2025 June 9, 2025
- Episode 3746: Immorality of forcing “vision” projects onto taxpayers | House wouldn’t vote on taxpayer funded lobby ban – Pratt on Texas 6/6/2025 June 6, 2025
- Episode 3745: Legislators wouldn’t, a judge did: End Texas’ wrong in-state tuition for illegal aliens scheme | Eddie Dixon joins us – Pratt on Texas 6/5/2025 June 5, 2025
- Episode 3744: Report: Texas not in 287(g) agreement with ICE despite leadership rhetoric | Gun bills that passed – Pratt on Texas 6/4/2025 June 4, 2025
On Virtue & the Republic
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. — Edwin Meese III
On Political Pessimism
Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us. — Robert W. Pratt
On Liberty
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart
On Right
The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style. — Nicolás Gómez Dávila
On Political Correctness
Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense. — Milo Yiannopoulos
On pessimism and difficulty
When you encounter difficulties, you need to be optimistic. The pessimists tend to die. — Zhou Youguang
On American Liberals
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
On Universities
Universities have become a place to provide economic and political protection for those who hold economically and politically unworkable ideas. — Robert W. Pratt
On Rush Limbaugh
William F. Buckley is the esteemed father of the American conservative movement and gave it meaning; Ronald Reagan took conservatism to the public, showed it worked, and made it popular; Rush Limbaugh is the man who embedded political conservatism into our culture. — Robert W. Pratt
On Mistakes in Politics
Politics, as opposed to science, does not reward the correction of mistakes, given that correcting a mistake also entails admitting to having made one. Worse, the bigger the mistake, the greater the political urgency of defending it at all costs. — Lionel Shriver
On Rights and Freedoms
When we think of our rights and freedoms as rewards for good behavior, we lose. — Meghan Murphy
On Republican Moderates
Republican “moderates” rarely fight hard for anything, except for other Republicans giving up their principles. — Robert W. Pratt
On Judging Public Policy
Judge public policies by their results, not their intentions. — Milton Friedman
On Fundamental Rights
The oft-quoted phrase that ‘no right is absolute’ does not mean that fundamental rights precariously subsist subject to the whims, caprice, or appetite of government officials or judges. — Stephen McGlynn