- Sen. Bob Hall, Rep. Mayes Middleton Vow to Continue Fight Against Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying at TPPF Panel
- Top tax policy Republicans remain miffed at TML and TAC after battles over property taxes and what they call interference
- If Democrats gain in 2020, Patrick vows rule shift to limit clout
- Rep. Harris Urges TRS to Find More Affordable Lease Rates
- The 2020 Census – Why It’s Important
- Texas Health Officials Investigating Possible Coronavirus Patient
- Judge will soon decide whether to move Attorney General Ken Paxton’s criminal cases back to Collin County
- American-Indian Group Tap Pilam Renews Legal Fight Over Human Remains at Alamo, New claims in Alamo lawsuit
- Voting in Texas on Super Tuesday: Everything you need to know
- Senator Pat Fallon endorses Casey Polhemus for 97th District Attorney
- HD92: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorses Jeff Cason
- Will the end of straight-ticket voting stifle the Democratic wave in Texas? – what Democrat wave? These “Signal” folk do live in an fantasy universe.
- Analysis: A special election to test the red-blue shift in Texas politics – no matter which way HD28 goes it is not a bell weather for Texas, it simply shows how the now middle suburbs have changes around Houston and to some degree Dallas.
- HD28: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Endorses Gary Gates in special election
- The Back Mic: An Overview of This Week’s Political Endorsements
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Watch interviews with five Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate in 2020 – surely you have better things to do?
- TX13 Congressional District Candidates Pick up Endorsements
- TX13: Hardeman Co. Republication Party to host town hall in Quanah featuring congressional candidates
- TX12: Granger Endorsed by Fake “Pro-Life” Organization Lobbying to End Baby’s Life
- TX12: Chris Putnam Primary Bid Receives Big Endorsement, Attack Ads Purchased Targeting Rep. Kay Granger
- TX12: Despite Trump endorsement, Kay Granger’s primary shows no signs of cooling
- TX27: Michael Cloud endorsed for re-election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
- TX28: Rep. Henry Cuellar gets dark money help as he defends against progressive challenger – there is no such thing as “dark money,” that is a media/democrat term which is ignorant.
- El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar tapped to give Spanish-language response to Trump’s State of the Union
- By removing ‘racial segregation and inequality’ from its definition of fair housing, HUD is sending a dangerous message B.S.
- CIA Lawyer: Trump Committed Homicide By Taking Out Soleimani – our government is so full of enemies of the USA that it makes Senator McCarthy seem like a mute.
- McNamee, longtime Texas GOP attorney, will step down from FERC
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- FACT CHECK // Mainstream Media Continues to Do Democrats’ Heavy Lifting on Biden Corruption
- Adam Schiff’s history of gross inaccuracies
- Trump campaign mocks Schiff as ‘Schiff T. Coyote’ in Looney Tunes-style cartoon
- Democrats conceal witness from Trump team
- Dem impeachment witness Vindman unloads on Blackburn as Dems wrap 3rd day of Trump’s trial
- Murkowski: Why are House managers pushing us into a legal battle they refused?
- Senator John Cornyn Discusses Impeachment Trial [Interview]
- Forget Hunter Biden, Bolton and Mulvaney. Gohmert wants alleged whistleblower as impeachment witness
- Schiff: Voters shouldn’t decide the 2020 election; Chuck Schumer sees ghost in his chair?
- WaPo columnist: Let’s face it, fellow Dems, Hunter Biden has to testify
- Graham: If Trump can’t investigate Burisma, the Senate will — but let’s not subpoena Hunter Biden now
- Lamar Alexander Seems to Be the Key to President Trump Winning the Vote for a Quick Acquittal
- Kimberley Strassel knocks Chuck Schumer down a notch or FIVE by laying out how badly he’s ‘whiffed’ impeachment
- George Stephanopoulos gets caught trying to cut Jay Sekulow taking press questions OFF VIDEO
- Two of FBI’s FISA warrants for Carter Page ‘not valid’: DOJ
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Texas could put a Democrat over the top, but presidential candidates still focused on early contests
- Democrats worry: Will the party be able to unify over any candidate?
- Quid Pro Joe billboard appears in Times Square
- Trump vows to ‘save’ Social Security, not cut it
- Tom “Who?” Steyer hires a Texas state director, more
- Report: Kamala Harris considering endorsing Biden
- Glenn Beck Reads ‘Disturbing’ Letter from Biden Campaign Demanding Media Not Cover Hunter/Ukraine Issue
- Klobuchar: I’ll fire Betsy DeVos in my first 100 days
- Warren: No, I’m not saying “tough luck” to people who’ve already paid off their student loans
- Elizabeth Warren Promises Woke Cabinet of Women and Non-Binary People, Not Most Qualified
- CNN Cancels Iowa Town Halls as the Impeachment Reach Now Hamstrings Democrat Campaigns
- Al Gore in Davos on climate change: “This is Dunkirk. This is 9/11”
- Sharyl Attkisson shares LONG list of ‘failed climate and other doomsday predictions’ from the Left
- CNN’s Chris Cuomo Goes After Mnuchin for Criticizing ‘Kid’ Greta Thunberg, Huge Backlash Reminds Him of Nick Sandmann
- Democratic women likely to be even more involved in 2020 elections
- 2020 March for Life Draws Enormous Crowd in Washington, D.C.
- The March for Life Isn’t about Trump
- Sorry, media firefighters, but Donald Trump didn’t repeat ‘a dangerous lie’ about Ralph Northam at the March for Life VIDEO
- DeVos compares abortion rights debate to slavery – she is right
- Killing an unborn human being is not health care
- Why reporters are shocked when a Republican or conservative disagrees with Trump
- ‘The Mob Has the Final Edit’
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- Border / immigration
- Guerrero’s Child Soldiers: A New Sign of The Decomposition of Violence in Mexico
- Migrant Caravan Crosses into Mexico, Clashes with National Guard VIDEO
- Gulf Cartel Dumps Detective’s Naked Body in Border City Landfill
- Los Zetas Cartel Henchman Outed in Breitbart Exposé Was with Attorney During Arrest
- Private border wall in the Rio Grande Valley meets wide opposition — including the Trump administration – so? Private is private.
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- Business
- Texas tops nation in 2019 job growth
- Texas Economy Adds 29,800 Jobs in December, unemployment rate 3.5%
- Rig count declines even as Permian recovers earlier losses, detail
- Launch abort data suggests Dragon performed “flawlessly”
- ‘A big firecracker’: Fire during Hill Country rocket test leads to evacuations
- Equity Crowdfunding in Texas: A Funding Tool for Small Business
- Southwest: No plans for a 737 Max fare sale to woo skittish flyers when plane returns
- Mills: EIA forecasts stable energy prices in 2020
- Texas Instruments Will Close Two North Texas Computer Chip Factories
- Oil and gas M&A market poised for recovery in 2020
- Oil drops to 8-week low — and it could have been worse
- Enterprise starts up 2 new natural gas processing plants in Texas
- Phillips 66 cancels large renewable diesel refinery project
- China invests $600 million into Mexico’s Dos Bocas refinery
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- 2 killed, 200 homes damaged in massive west Houston explosion
- Doorbell camera video captures moment of intense explosion in west Houston
- Dramatic before and after photos show effects of west Houston explosion at manufacturing plant
- Houston reacts on Twitter to deadly Spring Branch explosion heard miles away
- Austin Man Rescued from Drainage System After 2 Days
- Man accused of forcing his 13-year-old daughter to help deal drugs in Houston area
- Iowa Park Police Activity
- Texoma’s Most Wanted Fugitives of the Week
- Fight at Wichita Falls HS leads to two arrests; teacher hit
- WF man indicted for allegedly stealing scratch off tickets, attempting to redeem the same day
- Abilene police arrest Blanket man for child sex crime, child porn charges, more
- Abilene PD: Craig Middle School ‘sexual assault’ incident will not be referred to juvenile court
- Abilene: Man shoots back after being ‘randomly shot in drive by’
- 15-year-old shot and killed in bed, allegedly by friend taken in by his family
- San Angelo couple arrested, narcotics seized after vehicle pursuit and warrant search
- Lubbock man charged with arson, accused of setting house on fire with someone else inside
- Lubbock Man Receives 40 Years for Abuse of 1-Year-Old Boy
- Man accused of leading officers on 100 mph chase in jail on family violence charge
- Midland PD: Woman leads officer on car chase with infant in her lap
- Midland ISD: Student never had gun at MHS, police investigating tip
- $20,000 in rewards offered for information leading to arrest in murder of Brandon Swinney
- San Antonio teacher arrested for allegedly having repeated sex with 16-year-old student
- Ex-San Angelo police chief pleads not guilty to corruption charges in Lubbock federal court
- Scandal rocks San Antonio firm, reinforces the case for campaign finance reform – typical flawed Leftist non-thinking. Rules don’t stop criminals, that is why they are criminals.
- Alamo Heights High grad, Marine Lt. Col. (Ret.) dies fighting wildfires in Australia
- Ex-gymnastics coach gets 50 years in prison for sex assaults
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- Local government
- Is Now the Right Time for Local Governments to Borrow?
- Houston police chief, Art Acevedo, admired by press for his liberal mouth
- City gives caution about letter sent to Lubbock residents – silly
- Lubbock remembers David Nelson by naming highway in his honor
- Lubbock ISD increases collaboration with local Law Enforcement
- Lubbock ISD forms safety task force with LPD & D.A.’s Office
- Austin Police Will Stop Arrests, Tickets in Most Low-Level Marijuana Cases After Unanimous City Council Vote
- Austin Will Not Pay To Test For Marijuana, Effectively Decriminalizing Small Amounts Of Pot
- Olney Community Library to begin first phase of renovations
- Wichita Co. Law Enforcement Center on track and within budget VIDEO
- Citizens share opinions on plans to make Abilene a sanctuary city for the unborn, more, Abilene City Council takes no action on ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ request – slime ball comments from the city attorney and city manager.
- Pro-Life Abilene Citizens Urge City Council to Act; Will They Respond?
- Abilene city council secures demo contract for Civic Plaza
- Abilene school bond millions short of top bid for new Career & Technical Education center
- Scurry County will vote next week on proposed tax rollback
- San Antonio ISD Mulling $1.25 Billion Bond for November Ballot
- San Antonio Mayor Pushes for External Review of CPS Energy Rates
- San Antonio Targets Home Flippers and Contractors Who Sidestep Permitting
- Want to sound off on plan for San Antonio’s airport? Head to a coffee shop
- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson discusses economic development on first White House visit since taking office
- Tarrant County’s Pathetic Excuses for Defying Abbott on Refugees
- Galveston Repeals Gun Regulations to Avoid City Lawsuit – only morons would have passed such to begin with.
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- Colleges & universities
- Mascots Bring School Spirit to Generations of Students
- Xcel donates substation equipment to South Plains College
- A&M Student Treated for Potential Case of Coronavirus
Pratt’s post for 1/24/2020
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