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Battle over deportations | TTU regents want to ignore state law | SpaceX shows power of freedom – Pratt on Texas 11/20/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas offers up use of its new Starr County ranch for Trump's deportation efforts and Abbott thumbs his nose at Biden/Harris, adds more buoy barriers in the Rio … [Read More...]
State Rep. Carl Tepper honors VFW on its 125th anniversary
Rep. Tepper files resolution and presents proclamation for Veterans of Foreign Wars Via press release: Austin, Texas – Representative Tepper has filed House Concurrent Resolution 7 during the first week of pre-filing legislation leading … [Read More...]
All about “recess appointments” | Texas school curriculum with Biblical references – Pratt on Texas 11/19/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Leftist media would have you believe that Texas public schools are about to start teaching from the Bible. One, this is not true. Two, our culture, history, and … [Read More...]
TTU, others keep teaching DEI | Court says House can’t stop execution | RIP Tommy Alverson – Pratt on Texas 11/18/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Tech, other state universities, are still teaching DEI and other similar Marxist doctrines. Most are doing as I predicted and simply renaming things to make … [Read More...]
Abbott says no tuition increases | Fox soft-soaps far-Left open borders advocate | Trump Team – Pratt on Texas 11/14/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: When building a foundation for something, why mix the cement poorly from the beginning? More Trump Team commentary including questions about Matt Gaetz as U.S. … [Read More...]
Early Texas bill filing shows issue direction | Cornyn loses in D.C. | Trump Team news – Pratt on Texas 11/13/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Tuesday began early bill filing for next year's Texas Legislature and much was filed. Here are a few good rundowns: School Choice, Other Education Bills Filed … [Read More...]
Cornyn deep-sixing Paxton as Trump’s AG? | DACA illegals get subsidized health insurance | New lone stars in Texas – Pratt on Texas 11/12/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Trump's new Chief of Staff has it right: Trump has a window of opportunity of only "two years" to change the federal government for the better. This time he is … [Read More...]
Anti-Wimp: Woman uses gun, stops man breaking into her home
On Friday night in DeSoto, a woman was driving when she noticed a man in a pickup following her. She turned into her neighborhood near Woodbridge Elementary School and noticed that the man continued to follow her. The woman arrived at her … [Read More...]
Trump makes move on border leadership | Anti-Wimp update | School choice in Texas – Pratt on Texas 11/11/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Border news and Trump's 2nd administration news is all wrapped up together. Plus, what are the items with which Congressional Republican leaders have been working … [Read More...]
Mandates must be nurtured & kept | Texas Democrat Party chairman resigns | Border news – Pratt on Texas 11/8/2024
The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Mandate, D-EXIT, or whatever you term it, the real question is if Trump, and at this point Vance, can keep it. Or, do they do as happened in other cases and turn … [Read More...]
Older posts from Pratt on Texas...
- Trump, Cruz win Latino vote in Texas | School choice | Dem influence in Texas House – Pratt on Texas 11/7/2024
- Republican gains across Texas reverse recent Democrat gains | Local sales tax collection numbers – Pratt on Texas 11/6/2024
- Trump Wins! 47th president of the United States.
- Key Texas races to follow as election returns come in tonight – Pratt on Texas 11/5/2024
- Texas’ top numbers guru Derek Ryan on what Early Vote turnout tells us | Election 2024 – Pratt on Texas 11/4/2024
- Judge allows lawsuit against Abbott’s campus antisemitism order proceed | Election 2024 news – Pratt on Texas 11/1/2024
- Vote stats for Texas | Garbage? Trump turns issue on Dems | Cruz/Allred race & more – Pratt on Texas 10/31/2024
- Pratt on Texas sponsor Vista Bank wins big awards
- More schools caught electioneering | Election 2024 news | Paxton calls on Rep. Leach to resign – Pratt on Texas 10/30/2024
- Huge Texas teacher certification scandal exposed | Rep. Leach broke rules in death penalty case – Pratt on Texas 10/29/2024
- New polling in Cruz race | Voting turnout numbers | Effort to recall an entire city government – Pratt on Texas 10/28/2024
- No “Christmas” at Neiman Marcus | Texas Early Voting numbers fall off; what does it mean? – Pratt on Texas 10/25/2024
- Paxton’s office points out lies from Roberson advocates | Trans issue hurting Dems in Texas – Pratt on Texas 10/24/2024
- Harris: Full pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens | Coverage of Roberson case one-sided, nonrational – Pratt on Texas 10/23/2024
- Save Democracy? Democrats mostly oppose law & order as well as protections of democratic processes – Pratt on Texas 10/22/2024
- Gov. Abbott, A.G. Paxton, Rep. Tinderholt make case that Tx House committee, Supreme Court out of bounds on Roberson case – Pratt on Texas 10/21/2024
AUDIO: Pratt on Texas & Podcast-Extras
- Episode 3608: All about “recess appointments” | Texas school curriculum with Biblical references – Pratt on Texas 11/19/2024 November 20, 2024
- Episode 3607: TTU, others keep teaching DEI | Court says House can’t stop execution | RIP Tommy Alverson – Pratt on Texas 11/18/2024 November 19, 2024
- Episode 3606: Abbott says no tuition increases | Fox soft-soaps far-Left open borders advocate | Trump Team – Pratt on Texas 11/14/2024 November 15, 2024
- Episode 3605: Early Texas bill filing shows issue direction | Cornyn loses in D.C. | Trump Team news – Pratt on Texas 11/13/2024 November 14, 2024
- Episode 3604: Cornyn deep-sixing Paxton as Trump’s AG? | DACA illegals get subsidized health insurance | New lone stars in Texas – Pratt on Texas 11/12/2024 November 13, 2024
- Episode 3603: Trump makes move on border leadership | Anti-Wimp update | School choice in Texas – Pratt on Texas 11/11/2024 November 12, 2024
- Episode 3602: Mandates must be nurtured & kept | Texas Democrat Party chairman resigns | Border news – Pratt on Texas 11/8/2024 November 9, 2024
- Episode 3601: Trump, Cruz win Latino vote in Texas | School choice | Dem influence in Texas House – Pratt on Texas 11/7/2024 November 8, 2024
- Episode 3600: Republican gains across Texas reverse recent Democrat gains | Local sales tax collection numbers – Pratt on Texas 11/6/2024 November 7, 2024
- Episode 3599: Key Texas races to follow as election returns come in tonight – Pratt on Texas 11/5/2024 November 6, 2024
- Episode 3598: Texas’ top numbers guru Derek Ryan on what Early Vote turnout tells us | Election 2024 – Pratt on Texas 11/4/2024 November 5, 2024
- Episode 3597: Judge allows lawsuit against Abbott’s campus antisemitism order proceed | Election 2024 news – Pratt on Texas 11/1/2024 November 1, 2024
- Episode 3596: Vote stats for Texas | Garbage? Trump turns issue on Dems | Cruz/Allred race & more – Pratt on Texas 10/31/2024 October 31, 2024
- Episode 3595: More schools caught electioneering | Election 2024 news | Paxton calls on Rep. Leach to resign – Pratt on Texas 10/30/2024 October 30, 2024
- Episode 3594: Huge Texas teacher certification scandal exposed | Rep. Leach broke rules in death penalty case – Pratt on Texas 10/29/2024 October 29, 2024
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