- A meeting, a recording and a reckoning: Can Dennis Bonnen survive as speaker?
- Releasing audiotape should clear up flap between Bonnen, Sullivan – no, it doesn’t do anything except release a ton of salacious stuff said about others who are not at the center of this issue.
- Rep. Tan Parker confirms he has heard recording of Bonnen and Sullivan meeting
- Abbott Orders Texas Flags Lowered To Half-Staff In Honor Of El Paso Shooting Victims
- Governor Abbott Statement On El Paso Shooting
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on El Paso Shooting
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick laments video games, social media, turn away from prayer after El Paso shooting
- Jason Villalba: Texas must assemble a commission on legislation to end gun violence – that’s right, a committee will stop human evil. Stupid.
- With a new vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, attention turns to diversity concerns
- Allen West and Konni Burton on The Texan’s Podcast
- As plastic bans spread, industry went on attack – I’m not in the industry and I went on the attack. None of these folk contacted me. Typical idea here is that evil business fought this as opposed to freedom-loving people.
- Environmentalists Seek to Protect Dunes Sagebrush Lizard – no, they seek to end energy production in the prolific Permian Basin.
- Big Bend National Park closing portions temporarily to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Abbott Extended The State Disaster Declaration In August 2019 For Texas Counties Affected By Hurricane Harvey
- DPS joins investigation into alleged Huntsville prison drug sales
- Special Master appointed in case of Dallas District Judge
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- TX24: Kenny Marchant Announces Retirement, more
- TX11: Midland Councilman Lacy Eyes Congressional Seat – Lacy is a big spender, big gov’t backer
- As GOP retirements stack up, Texas loses clout in US House
- U.S. Rep. Vela meets with Mexican president
- After El Paso shooting, Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details – the problem was not the gun but the shooter. The 2nd problem was that there are not enough armed people that there was one nearby to stop him.
- After mass shootings, Congressman Green renews effort to impeach President Trump
- Ben Shapiro rips NYT for ‘cynical, deliberate, and disgusting’ columns linking white supremacist violence to conservatism
- ‘Toxic brew of white supremacy.’ Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro blast Trump – so was it Obama’s “brew” that caused the mass shootings while he was president?
- Beto O’Rourke joins Trump critics on El Paso shooting: ‘He doesn’t just tolerate this, he encourages it’ – so did Obama “tolerate” it?
- Beto O’Rourke says President Trump shouldn’t visit El Paso in wake of mass shooting
- “What the f***?” O’Rourke snaps at media when asked what Trump could do to make things better after shootings
- Beto O’Rourke says Trump’s ‘racism’ leads to violence VIDEO
- O’Rourke Cancels Prison Tour, Heads to Texas After Shooting
- As Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Flails About His Fan Boys Have A Great Idea To Save His Career
- Democrats link Trump’s words to shooter’s deed VIDEO
- Oops: Ohio gunman was Elizabeth Warren supporter
- If journalists would cover abortion with impartiality, maybe they could gain the trust of Trump voters
- Gowdy: FBI transcripts may well show FBI targeted Trump campaign, not Russian interference
- The DOJ Will Not Prosecute James Comey over Trump Memos
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- Death toll in El Paso shooting climbs to 22
- Suspect’s grandparents say they’re ‘devastated’
- In Texas, lawmakers tend to expand, not limit, gun rights
- Calls For “Red-Flag” Gun Confiscations Heat Up Again
- Groups Wanting Tougher Laws on Guns March
- Texas Democratic official: GOP needs to ‘get real’ about gun reform after El Paso
- Attack on Texas Shoppers to Be Handled as Domestic Terrorism
- George P. Bush: We Must Stand Against White Terrorism, more
- El Paso Sheriff ‘Outraged’ After ‘Anglo Man Came Here to Kill Hispanics’
- El Paso County sheriff: ‘This Anglo man came here to kill Hispanics’
- El Paso Suspect Appears to Have Posted Anti-Immigrant Screed
- Everything we know about the suspected El Paso gunman
- Texas Seeks Death for El Paso Shooter, Feds Treating as ‘Domestic Terrorism’
- In wake of shooting, grief, anger and disbelief grip El Paso
- El Paso Comes Together to Support Victims After Saturday’s Horrific Mass Murder
- Editorial: These mass killings must end. We are better than this, aren’t we? – but they do not address the simple fact that it is people who do these things. Their “solutions” are to talk about objects.
- Six Mexican Nationals Killed in El Paso Shooting, President AMLO Confirms
- Mexico vows to take legal action against U.S. after El Paso massacre
- Walmart facing calls to halt gun sales after El Paso shooting
- If Only Someone Had Been Armed
- Three Ways to Tamp Down on Mass Killings
- Soldier, Killeen-native, steps in to save lives during Walmart rampage VIDEO
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- Border Patrol re-opens checkpoints in El Paso
- Four Gulf Cartel Gunmen Arrested in Mexico near Texas Border
- 3rd Mexican Journalist Murdered In 1 Week — 10th in 2019
- Gunmen Kill Mexican Journalist near Children on Beach, 2nd in One Week
- University of Texas researchers aiding Salvadoran teen were threatened with arrest by Mexican authorities
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- Newspaper chains GateHouse and Gannett announce merger
- Lubbock trucker honored with Hall of Fame recognition
- Majors expected to drive next wave of Permian production
- Selena’s family threatens to file lawsuit over event
- USDA Offers Aid to Texas Farmers with Market Facilitation Program
- Trial date set in Ford Credit vs. Bart Reagor
- Paul Scott of Fiesta Motors Named 2019 Texas Quality Dealer of the Year by TIADA
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- Former Sullivan City police chief released from federal prison
- Former city commissioner pleads guilty in Weslaco water treatment plant bribery scandal
- Wife of Sutherland Springs gunman speaks
- Authorities in Lubbock may just have averted a mass shooting, New details on threat of mass shooting in Lubbock, pretrial hearing set for Aug. 7
- Missing 4-Year-Old From NC Found in Texas, Left With Pimp
- Firefighters Discover Body of Man in Austin Lake
- Suspect shot by Hardeman County deputy during fight, Texas Rangers investigating
- Suspect wanted for shooting in Midland has been apprehended
- Video shows robbery suspect moments before Houston store clerk was killed
- Man shot dead outside bar near Texas Southern University
- Dog rescued from apartment fire after man attempts to cook fries
- Morning fire burns duplex in Houston’s East End
- 5 killed when Texas pickup strikes tree, bursts into flames
- Head-on crash in Montague County leaves three dead VIDEO
- Man killed in head-on collision in Winkler Co.
- Woman killed in crash with 18 wheeler near Cove
- 1 Person Found Dead In Culvert After Car Crash In Mesquite, Police Say
- Pickup truck driver killed in crash with Amtrak train in Guadalupe County
- Man who died in Saturday after crashing into an electrical pole has been identified
- 3 die in fatal wrecks over the weekend in San Antonio
- 2 Killed When Vehicles Collide on Rural Johnson County Highway
- 1 person dead after crash involving 18-wheeler carrying cars near Hockley
- Tyler police investigating ‘alarming social media post’ Tyler police investigating ‘alarming social media post’
- Arrest report: Pregnant Abilene woman beaten to death
- Abilene Police: Four arrested in home invasion
- Silver Alert for missing Slaton man, age 79
- Missing girl from Plainview located, now safe
- Graphic Facebook posts by Williamson Co. sheriff’s commander draw ire
- 2 teens charged in Austin apartment robbery after pregnant woman shot, loses baby VIDEO
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- Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk proposes max tax rate for proposed budget
- 2020 City of Austin budget includes nearly $63M set aside for homelessness
- City of Austin resolution urges Abbott, lawmakers to address gun violence – they can’t stop murder and crime of all types in their city but they urge the governor to take away our rights to an effective self-defense!
- Why Austin doesn’t do yield signs on feeder roads VIDEO
- Why Austin’s legal fight leaves Dallas in uphill battle to save paid sick time ordinance
- Dallas’ Mayor Johnson: I plan to take my time with city appointments to get them right
- Wichita Falls council to call general election for November
- Landowners pitch Legacy Park to Wichita Falls ISD
- Midland County jail not in compliance with state regulations
- The most expensive high school stadiums in Texas
- City of Abilene to hold public auction at police vehicle impound
- Abilene city council to hear access improvement suggestions
- Hart ISD School Board adopts budget, weighs effects of HB3
- La Joya school board rejects higher health insurance premiums, keeps free plan for employees
- Why Dallas ISD should pay its trustees
- Cibolo mayor arrested for tampering with a government record
- Alton providing counseling services for first responders
- North American Development Bank will put $6.2 million toward Palmview sewer project
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- TTUHSC Incoming students receive white coats, start medical journey
- TTUHSC student details path from combat medic to future physician VIDEO
- University of Texas researchers aiding Salvadoran teen were threatened with arrest by Mexican authorities
Pratt’s post for 8/5/2019
August 5, 2019 by 2 Comments
Would you PLEASE stop with your idiotic Spanglish accent when pronouncing hispanic names?? We get it. You’re married to a Lateena. You sound like one of the morons on NPR and makes me switch stations. STOP IT!
I do not use a Spanglish accent. I pronounce the name as it is supposed to be in Spanish. Some names should be Anglicanized, others should not be – it depends upon the context. For example, former Rep. Villalba is not vil (like phil) al buh. He doesn’t say it that way.
And, leave my wife out of this, it has nothing to do with her. I worked on learning the basics of Spanish long before meeting her. Why you would even listen to NPR is the real question in all of this.