- Federal judge reacts to ‘cinder-block cells’ at Texas foster home – what sort of strange first-world insanity is this that cinder-block rooms are somehow punitive or wrong to be in? I told your Judge Janis Graham Jack of off the rails!
- Mom says Texas CPS investigation ‘put us through hell’
- Cheshire: Conservatives Want the Old Dan Patrick
- DPS Launches Initiative for Federal Firearms Licensees to Verify Validity of LTC Permits
- Rinaldi: The Texas Gun-Control Roadshow Must End
- Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
- In new filing, Rodney Reed says more evidence points to innocence
- Should The Execution Of Rodney Reed Be Stopped?
- Ted Cruz Calls Efforts To Halt Rodney Reed’s Execution ‘Remarkable Bipartisan Coalition’
- Researchers work to keep millions of monarch butterflies from dying on Texas highways
- “Empowering Texas Veterans” Initiative to Kick Off On November 12th
- The Status of Texas Healthcare: Many Uninsured Texans Choose Not to Purchase Insurance – it is the truth not to be broadcast!
- Al Erwin, one of first PUC Commissioners and long time Capitol personality passed away this morning
- In race to lead the Texas GOP, Chairman Dickey promotes building party infrastructure while challenger West focuses on life story
- HD135: Mark McCaig exits race in Houston, clears the way for Republican Justin Ray to take on Rep. Jon Rosenthal
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX13: Chris Ekstrom Releases First TV Ad “Enough” In Race VIDEO
- TX13: The evolving candidate landscape
- Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Lawsuit against Gun Manufacturer to Proceed – extremely troubling, anti-law decision.
- Trump Appeals Court Nominee in Jeopardy Following GOP Revolt – I think Cruz is right on this, I’ve read several opinion pieces on it in the last few months.
- TX23: An Historical and Political Overview of a Competitive Seat
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- IG Complaint: ‘Whistleblower’ May Have Broken Law by ‘Weaponizing’ Leaking to Make Money
- Rep. Dan Bishop Names Alleged Impeachment ‘Whistleblower’: ‘He’s Not Voldemort’
- Rep. Quigley: All the Whistleblower Did Was Pull a Fire Alarm — ‘Leave This Person Alone’
- Could impeachment hearings sway Texas Republicans dismayed by Trump’s Ukraine tactics?
- Congressman Roger Williams Talks Impeachment, Border Security, and China Trade Tariffs AUDIO
- TX7’s Rep. Lizzie Fletcher Defends Impeachment Inquiry, Touts Accomplishments in Houston Town Hall
- As impeachment begins new public phase, Cornyn fumes
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Opinion: You must never vote for Bloomberg “No black person — or Hispanic person or ally of people of color — should ever even consider voting for Michael Bloomberg in the primary.” The strange ideas of Leftists.
- Clarence Thomas blasts Biden in ‘Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words’
- Joe Biden ramps up Texas campaign, naming state director
- Joe Biden gets backing of another North Texas politician, names state campaign director
- Republican Mark Sanford Abandons Presidential Primary Run
- NRA Statement on 2019 Election Results
- “Hypocrisy in Action: Gun Control Advocate Breaks Gun Laws While Teaching Gun Class”
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- Border / immigration
- U.S. Prohibits Employee Travel in Chihuahua City Due to Cartel Violence
- US Held Record Number of Migrant Children in Custody in 2019
- Court’s conservatives seem to back Trump on immigration – this is not about “conservatism” but about Executive Branch power.
- Trump paints DACA recipients as ‘hardened criminals,’ and Hispanic lawmakers call him a bigot – B.S. all the way around
- Dem Sen. Durbin: Trump ‘Has Been so Cruel When It Comes to Immigration’ – Hmm, enforcing the laws Senator Durbin and Congress passed is cruel?
- Parents Pull Children from Schools Amid Mexican Border City Shootout
- A Trump administration strategy led to the child migrant backup crisis at the border – they didn’t write these stories about Obama and the 1st huge crisis
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- Business
- NFIB: Small Businesses Continue to Push the Economy Forward
- Dean Foods, America’s No. 1 Milk Company Declares Bankruptcy Amid Drop in Demand
- Dell says by 2030, it wants half its workforce to be women – systematic discrimination against men?
- More towers on the rise at Austin’s Domain
- Shareholders set to vote on media mega-deal involving Statesman’s parent company
- Autry Stephens not giving up Permian Basin without a fight
- Midland, Odessa among fastest-growing cities of the decade
- San Antonio horse-drawn carriage company gallops into bankruptcy amid fight over sale
- H-E-B wants court to toss lawsuit over 401(k) retirement plan
- MD Anderson patient feds reported dead is still alive
- States’ Internet Tax Grab Going Well–for Them
- Virgin’s High Speed Hyperloop Technology Could Be Coming to North Texas
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Several agencies involved in apprehending an escaped Archer Co. inmate in Wichita Falls
- Wichita Falls police make an arrest in Monday afternoon shooting
- Substitute Teacher Fired After Student Beating Goes Viral
- New Mexico Police: Texas Woman Killed in Rollover Near Hobbs
- Woman arrested for being intoxicated at Abilene school
- 3 people held at gunpoint in Abilene, robbed in their own home, more
- California man dead after early morning fatal crash in Abilene
- Masked man wanted for robbing Brady 7-Eleven with hunting rifle
- Police Investigate Shooting Death of a Lubbock Teenager
- Construction worker seriously injured after live power line falls in Lubbock
- Houston-area woman arrested for allegedly using pepper spray on 80-year-old man
- Skeletal remains found in abandoned home in Houston’s Third Ward
- Game room manager killed in Cloverleaf; police searching for masked shooters
- Texas game wardens bust man for pot. His defense? I’m in the wrong county
- 14-year-old boy dies days after being shot in southwest Houston, found in crashed car
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- Local government
- 8 Homeless Have Moved to State Site, CapMetro Will Offer Rides for More
- Homeless Bum Says Austin Is a “Party” VIDEO
- Two Austin Police Officers Receive Award for Saving Life
- Ousted Fort Worth police chief said he was fired for reporting corruption
- Montgomery County Officials to Stack Ethics Commission With Government Employees
- Delia Garza leaving Austin City Council, likely to enter county attorney’s race
- Three Wichita Falls councilors sworn into office
- Bexar County officials report the deaths of two inmates
- State inspectors say Bexar County jail is back up to standards
- Cell phone footage shows Barrientes Vela’s deputies swarming home of political opponent
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Tech Meat Judging Team Captures 14th National Championship
- Texas Tech basketball lands highest recruit in program history
- Texas Tech’s Vietnam Center & Archive eyes new facility
- TTU: Eric Hequet receives Faculty Fellow position in research, innovation office
- MSU Texas host to girls conference
- Midland/Odessa colleges report rise in liquor, drug violations
- Homecoming festivities thrill alumni and students at HSU
- Commentary: Cancel Culture Created Toxicity at My University
- UNT Student Government Demands Indoctrination, Quotas, and Taxpayer Dollars
- Donor Gives $130 Million for New UT Basketball Stadium
Pratt’s post for 11/12/2019
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