- The Fight to Keep Judicial Elections in Texas – oppose all who want to remove our right to elect judges and that includes partisan elections.
- Analysis: Voters elect Texas’ judges. The state might take that power — but it’s risky.
- Texas Teacher Retirement System to Spend $326K a Month on Rent
- Members announced: Texas Property Tax Administration Advisory Board (SB2)
- Texas House Committee Weighs New Gun Legislation
- Do guns belong in houses of worship? Your responses
- AG Paxton: Baby Tinsley Lewis’ Right to Life Must be Protected
- Texas Offers New Info on Child Care Providers
- Foster children are still sleeping in state offices amid shortage of homes – the problem is too few free people willing to take them in, thus we should be making such easier not harder with more regulations which are always sold in the name of safety yet have a negative effect.
- Lt. Gov. Patrick: First responder funerals ‘heartwrenching,’ will order ice treatment study VIDEO
- Sid Miller touts benefits for Texas from trade deals and hemp
- The top terrorist threats in the state of Texas, according to a recent unclassified report
- The ugliness: Texas continues to celebrate ‘Confederate Heroes Day’
- Election Integrity Roundup 1.19.20
- In Texas and Other States, Voters Face a Variety of Barriers – typical Leftist B.S. propagated by the A.P.
- HD28: 2020’s First Big Test? Not Iowa, but a Tiny Texas House Race
- HD60 Candidate Meet & Greet in Strawn on 17 Feb.
- HD83: Democrat claims victimhood for criticism not levied
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- TX7: In Houston congressional district, Republicans see a chance to boost party diversity and reflip a seat
- TX11: Rep. Dan Crenshaw backing fake conservative August Pfluger
- TX13: Wichita County Republican Women host candidate forum, more
- TX17: Candidates in Race Divided on Freedom Caucus
- Sen. Cruz: I Applaud the Trump Administration for Protecting Religious Freedom for Students and Religious Organizations
- Sens. Cruz, Inhofe, Menendez, Colleagues Send Letter Congratulating Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen on Re-Election
- Sen. Cruz: From the Dark Cells of a Birmingham Jail to the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial – Dr. King’s Vision Transformed America VIDEO
- 2.4 Million Households Off Food Stamps Under Trump
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Maxine Waters on Possible Trump Acquittal: ‘We Will Not Stop’ Investigating Him
- Sen. Cruz on Fox News: Democrats’ Biased Articles of Impeachment VIOLATE Constitution VIDEO
- Trump Lawyers Lay Out Defense: Abuse of Power Is Not Impeachable
- The Impeachment ‘Kill Switch’: McConnell Dismissal Rule Corners Democrats, Blocks Antics as Trial Commences
- Sen. Cruz: ‘When We Get to Final Judgment, the President Will Have Been Acquitted Forever of These Bogus Impeachment Charges’
- Hunter Biden testimony questions loom over Senate impeachment trial
- Lindsey Graham: Nancy Pelosi ‘orchestrated the church of holy hell’
- Adam Schiff decries Alan Dershowitz’s ‘absurdist’ Trump legal defense
- NY Times Columnist Says Schiff ‘Will Walk All Over’ Dershowitz and Starr, Then it Gets Even Stupider
- Stephanopoulos Fishes for an Anti-Trump Headline but Dershowitz Didn’t Bite
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- Presidential race / national politics
- In Texas, Trump Promotes China, Mexico-Canada Trade Deals to Farmers
- For farmers, Trump and trade deals a winning ticket
- President Trump, in Austin, Speaks to Farm Bureau on USMCA, China, and 2020 Election
- “The farmers are sticking with Trump”: President Trump touts new trade deal during Austin speech
- Trump touts trade deal victories to farmers in Austin
- Despite trade fight’s toll, Texas farmers back Trump policies
- Stetson Gives Texas-Made Cowboy Hat to President Trump VIDEO
- When Democrats are the bogeymen: A possible Trump loss has these voters very worried
- Elizabeth Warren’s CRAZIEST comment ever?
- Bernie May Have Stepped In It With New Comments About Women After Battle With Warren
- Trump Vs. Crooked Hunter’s Father
- After being underestimated by rivals, Joe Biden holds steady lead in Democratic presidential race
- Two New Iowa Polls Each Show Biden with a Six-Point Lead
- Joe Biden Makes Claim that Video Games Teach Players to Kill — Here’s How That’s Nonsense
- With Endorsements Like These, Who Needs Denunciations?
- Some Democratic Candidates Are Being Treated Unfairly. Do We Care?
- John Cusack Tells a Bernie Crowd We Are Toast in 10 years.
- Sanders: We need to put an end to all this dark money, except, of course, for my PAC
- Bloomberg Revs Up Electric-Vehicle Plan for 2020 Campaign
- De Niro turns award acceptance speech into a political rally for unions
- ‘Profiles in Corruption’ Contains 1,126 Endnotes, No Unnamed Sources
- Trump Jr.: ‘Democrats and Media Hate Trump Much More Than They Love America’
- President Trump: Virginia Proves Again Democrats ‘Will Take Your Guns’
- NBC News Reporter: Virginia Second Amendment Rally a ‘White Nationalist Rally’
- President Trump: Virginia Proves Again Democrats ‘Will Take Your Guns’
- More on that gun rights rally in Virginia (Updates)
- ‘This is a lie’! MSNBC anchor’s claim about who was ‘swarming the state capitol in Richmond’ overheats BS detectors
- Hysteria Reaches Peak Levels as NBC Reporter Claims to Hear Nefarious Messages at VA Gun Rally, But There’s a Problem
- ‘Now do Antifa’: Right Wing Watch ‘investigative reporter’ troubled by Richmond gun rights rally attendees ‘violating mask laws’ in below-freezing temps
- Black 2A Supporter at Virginia Rally Smashes Democrat Narrative That Rally Is Full of Racists
- Thousands of pro-gun protesters, many heavily armed, rally peacefully in Richmond, VA – meanwhile: Baltimore mob physically attacks a police officer
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- Border / immigration
- Illegal Crossings Plunge as US Extends Policy Across Border
- Hundreds of Caravan Migrants Deported to Honduras by Guatemalan Police, U.S. ICE Agents
- Migrants Scuffle with Police as Caravan Reaches Mexico’s Southern Border
- Hundreds of Caravan Migrants Rush Mexico’s Border VIDEO
- New Honduran Migrant Caravan Reaches 4000 in Guatemala
- Graphic: Los Zetas Cartel Leaves Severed Head Outside Border State Prison
- Jaeson Jones: Los Zetas Cartel’s Turf War near Texas Kills Innocents from Both Sides of Border
- Top Los Zetas Cartel Henchman Arrested Days After Breitbart Exposé
- Mexico extradites to the US the ‘Lord of the Tunnels’
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- Business
- SpaceX Launches, Destroys Rocket in Astronaut Escape Test
- The long term ramifications of SpaceX’s crew Dragon on the future of the human race
- NASA: first manned Dragon flight could occur in March 2020
- Big changes coming to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
- Sources: Texans fire senior vice president Chris Olsen
- Wichita Falls’ original Luby’s Cafeteria back by popular demand
- Mattress Mack loses $2M betting against Kansas City Chiefs, according to betting website
- Toyota Expansion Accelerates in San Antonio
- US corn production could hit record levels in 2020, prices to remain flat for producers
- Two San Antonio hospitals are national leaders in transplants from live donors
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Ex-San Angelo Police Chief Accused of Taking $134,000 in Bribes
- San Antonio PD officer arrested in connection with domestic assault
- Former Houston officers at center of botched drug raid indicted again
- Dallas County deputy allegedly used taser on suspect’s stomach, threatened to use it on genitals
- Child Protective Services caseworker fired, arrested for online solicitation of a minor
- Fallen Lubbock fireman’s legacy recalled at funeral
- Family & friends remember Ofc. Reyna as a true embodiment of a public servant VIDEO
- Police: 2 Dead, 5 Injured After Shooting in San Antonio Club
- Bellaire Officials Say Gun Used in High School Shooting Has Been Found
- Dallas: 9-Year-Old Girl Struck by Gun Fire in Road Rage Shooting
- 2 dead, 5 injured, suspect arrested in shooting at music venue along San Antonio River Walk, Ventura shooting suspect is in custody
- SAPD: Deadly River Walk bar shooting was ‘not random’
- Victims identified in deadly shooting at San Antonio bar
- “On the cool… I regret everything I did.” Ventura shooting suspect promotes Instagram following arrest
- 2 Dead After Crash in Forney
- Dallas Police: Moped Driver Dies in Alleged Drunken Driving Crash
- Fort Worth Popeyes Robbed at Gunpoint: Police
- Austin Police Arrest One After Fatal Road Race
- Seminole police involved in chase and shooting, suspect not located
- Wichita Falls: Two fire stations slated for exhaust-removal units
- Wife tases husband after finding him with girlfriend at nightclub
- Burkburnett man arrested after allegedly ramming police car in bar parking lot
- Montague Co. deputy sheriff battles man with knife at Sunset call
- Abilene ISD issues statement on ‘situation’ at Craig MS; Parents say daughter was sexually assaulted by boy
- 2 arrested for stolen vehicle, other charges in Central Lubbock
- Brewster Co. Sheriffs arrest man for continuous sexual assault
- After fleeing crash, BMW driver watches car burn from back of police car, Harris County sheriff says
- Driver shot, killed in southeast Houston
- Man allegedly shoots stepson in Aldine
- Police: Woman fatally shoots man at northwest Harris County home
- Anti-Wimp: Licensed handgun carrier shoots, kills suspected robber
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- Local government
- A ballot box found weeks after Election Day has flipped a $569 million school bond vote in Midland, Mildand ISD bond fails unofficially by 26 votes; judge needs to approve outcome
- Report: Pro-bond Midland ISD group received $276,000 in contributions
- Predictable Outcome to Midland Ballot Count
- Austin’s Tentative Plans for New Light Rail
- Lewisville Fire Chief Dies After Battle With Cancer
- Temple: Town hall held to discuss racial disparities and tension
- Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
- Puppy at Stephenville Animal Shelter Tests Positive for Rabies
- Big changes at Brownwood animal shelter
- Galveston Marks 100 Years Since Deadly Plague Outbreak
- Throckmorton Collegiate ISD to close Tuesday and Wednesday to sanitize schools
- Citizens asks for answers on new Lake Nocona rules
- Abilene street projects accelerate in 2020
- Statement: AISD didn’t follow protocol when notifying parents of Abilene High stabbing victim about previous altercation with suspect
- Snyder ISD plan for Jr. High rejected by state regulators; here is what’s next
- Eastland County Burn Ban Lifted
- Lamesa EDC OKs funding
- Lubbock Mayor Will Deliver State of the City Address on Jan. 21st
- Houston’s METRO fare collection provides important usage data, required under state law
- Bird, Razor Last Companies Standing in San Antonio As Scooter Craze Fades
- DeSoto school board hires investigator to audit spending
- Fort Worth Sets 2020 Priorities, Prepares to Lobby D.C. Lawmakers for Federal Money
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Southern University regents link president’s ouster to alleged admissions improprieties – funny, at UT-Austin admissions improprieties are not only OK but leaders are applauded for such.
- UNT Lab Creates Credit Card Skimmer Detection Device
- MSU Texas Cheer places in national cheer championship
- Howard College plans church safety training
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- Military
- Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Pearl Harbor Hero and Texan Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller, On MLK Day, Honoring Dorie Miller
- U.S. Navy Names Aircraft after Texan, First African-American to Receive Navy Cross
- Fort Hood: ‘Full House’ actress to visit post, meet families
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