- Dangerous: Movement to take power from you and put it hands of Texas political insiders
- The Fight to Keep Judicial Elections in Texas
- 5000+ take part in Texas Rally for Life at Capitol in Austin, more
- Pecos River Fight Faces Supreme Court Test
- Lessons for Texans from Virginia Second Amendment Rally
- Man who stopped White Settlement church shooting warns of attack on Second Amendment
- Sen. Pat Fallon support Wise Co. Second Amendment resolution
- Does Barbers Hill ISD (and all public schools) exist to educate or “produce docile rule-followers?”
- Deepwater Horizon settlement money to be used for new coastal 1,100 acre land purchase
- Governor Abbott Delivers Remarks On International Holocaust Remembrance Day In Austin
- Governor Abbott Appoints Scher To Texas Public Finance Authority
- Representative Jared Patterson Appointed to Texas Cybersecurity Council
- Crews replacing 300-foot tall TxDOT tower in Abilene knocked down by high winds
- Under a New State Program, Some Teachers Can Make Up to $32,000 More Annually
- Governor Abbott Receives Briefing From State Health Officials On Coronavirus
- Texas officials say all four suspected coronavirus cases tested negative
- SBOE 5: Leftist Claim: Local State Education Board Member Traffics in Fake News
- Analysis: The Texas Senate could become more democratic — for partisan reasons
- Texas GOP once again set to debate whether to include gay homosexual Republicans at convention
- Fallon and Gillespie endorse Polhemus in 97th district attorney race
- HD28: Democrats confront bellwether expectations as Texas House special election reaches end, more
- HD60: Rick Perry endorses Rogers in GOP primary battle
- HD73: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorse Rep. Biedermann for re-election
- HD94: Tinderhold endorsed for re-election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
- Young Conservatives of Texas Releases Second Round of Endorsements
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Democrats vying for U.S. Senate seat woo AFL-CIO – they are still behind the failed-for-all labor movement which ultimately destroys jobs.
- Dem Senate candidates focus on Cornyn in debate, say they’re more in sync with Texans than GOP senator – which Texans?
- MJ Hegar rejects Beto O’Rourke’s mandatory gun buybacks idea: ‘Not convinced that will be effective’ – so if it would be she’s for taking our guns!
- Meet the Latina hoping to do in Texas what Beto O’Rourke failed to do – NBC puff piece for the Left. Fake-, changed-name Cristina does have that in common with Beto Pancho. She is also a bigot.
- NRCC hires new senior adviser amid 2020 worries
- TX5: Lance Gooden endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility for re-election
- TX6: Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorse Wright for re-election
- TX7: Democrat Rep. Lizzie Fletcher Hosts Town Hall, Discusses Priorities and Impeachment – these are very Leftwing liberal folk.
- TX10: GOP’s McCaul raises $500K in 4th quarter in reelection bid
- TX11: Batch: Failure to vote in 2016 was due to being abroad, Batch ’s Travel Tale Doesn’t Match Records
- TX11: Faircloth runs ‘bare bones’ race
- TX11: CBS7 to hold ‘A Conversation With candidate Jamie Berryhill at 8 p.m.
- TX13: House Freedom Caucus Chairman Endorses Ekstrom
- TX14: Randy Weber gets TFR nod for re-election
- TX21: TFR says Chip Roy for Re-Election
- TX28: Largest Texas labor union backs progressive Cisneros over incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar – the labor groups are far-Left these days.
- TX31: Democrat U.S. House candidate criticizes Cedar Park council member – typical liberal who cannot take criticism of her positions.
- TX17: Bill Flores reflects on a whipsaw week
- Report: FBI Reviewing Allegations that Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother
- HD100: Light turnout expected for race to replace Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in Texas House
- 92 Percent of Americans Clueless About Massive Drop in Poverty
- More pizza and potatoes? The politics of school lunch raises concerns about nutrition
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- Impeachment/investigation/innuendo
- Dershowitz: Democrats ‘completely failed’ to make case for Trump’s impeachment
- Cornyn calls impeachment case ‘insane.’ Democrats call him a biased juror. Will it matter to voters?
- Cruz on Fox News with Judge Jeanine: Today the President Finally Had a Chance to Present His Case VIDEO
- In Impeachment’s Obstruction Dispute, Dissembling by Both Sides
- Trump legal team begins second day of arguments under Bolton furor
- Trump plots a flashy series finale for impeachment
- Trump denies telling John Bolton Ukraine aid was tied to Biden probe and accuses him of saying it ‘to sell books’ – so Bolton went full swamp on us. Still I see nothing illegal about any of this, even if aid were held. The Executive does such for all types of reasons, including political, regularly no matter what party holds the office.
- Dems want Bolton’s manuscript, Trump’s denial and other news from today’s impeachment trial
- Bolton sparks internal GOP fight over witnesses
- Senate Republicans face pivotal moment on impeachment witnesses
- Romney and Collins say Bolton may upend Republican fight against witnesses
- Ted Cruz’s new gig: Top podcaster – See/hear it on YouTube VIDEO
- The Democratic Party: Elections are bad, let’s end them!
- ‘So divided we can’t think straight.’ How 26 Texas women view Trump’s impeachment.
- Did The Most Unfairly Attacked President In History Commit An Impeachable Offense?
- GOP jurors overreact to ’head on a pike’ comment, says Sylvia Garcia, Texan on House impeachment team – funny how when they say something like this it is OK but if a Republican or conservative says something similar it is a call for violence, etc.
- FACT CHECK // Bolton Leak Doesn’t Change Anything – POTUS Has Constitutional Authority to Investigate Corruption
- Burisma, Biden, and the Bribery Democrats Want You to Forget About VIDEO
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Sanders Seizes Lead in Volatile Iowa Race, Times Poll Finds
- From his independent perch, Bernie Sanders launching Democratic Party takeover
- ‘They let him get away with murder’: Dems tormented over how to stop Bernie
- Sanders bolsters frontrunner status a week before Iowa
- Union Leader primary endorsement: Amy Klobuchar can win
- Poll: Amy Klobuchar Leads Elizabeth Warren in Iowa as Caucus Looms
- Warren wins prized Des Moines Register endorsement
- Democrats’ Iowa Caucus Voting App Stirs Security Concerns
- Pete Buttigieg: No Room for Democrat Pro-Life Women in Our Party
- Buttigieg to focus on converting Trump voters for final week in Iowa – odd, that’s what you do in the General not in a Primary where is it mostly the party base.
- Bloomberg snags fifth congressional endorsement
- Muñoz & Co. CEO Stepping Down, Citing New Role in Biden Campaign
- Trump allies to barnstorm Iowa for caucuses
- Donald Trump Jr. in Abilene to help raise money for father’s re-election campaign
- Mexican march for peace swarmed by angry protesters – this is exactly how the Left works globally. They use such issues to gain power but when power is achieved they turn on any and all who question their performance.
- Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions
- Prince Charles Flew 16,000 Private Miles Days Before Meeting Greta
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- Border / immigration
- Supreme Court allows Trump administration to proceed with immigration rules
- Trump Administration Considers Expanding Travel Ban to Additional Countries
- 63 Migrants Found in Tractor-Trailer at Texas Immigration Checkpoint
- Texas-Born Alleged Juarez Cartel Operative Faces U.S. Drug Trial
- Gulf Cartel Dumps Detective’s Naked Body in Renosa Landfill
- Top Los Zetas Cartel Kidnapper Sentenced to 90 Years in Mexican Prison
- Despite opposition, border wall construction gains ground in New Mexico
- Curbing ‘Birth Tourism’ Means Consular Officials Have To Get Personal
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- Business
- Growth in Texas Manufacturing Activity Picks Up
- SpaceX wins first new launch contract in 2020
- New large downtown Graduate Student Housing set for Lubbock
- Opponents inch closer to filing lawsuit over Port of Brownsville LNG terminal – or how the Left keeps the poorest poor.
- Omni Hotels sued for more than $1M over falling ketchup bottle that struck boy on San Antonio River Walk
- Toyota’s Tacoma shift follows new trade deal, no-tariffs assurance
- Forged by fights and fires, KOOP Radio at 25 is stronger than ever
- San Antonio artist has big plans for Southtown studio — and ‘an extraordinary life’
- Will the music fade at Flip Side Record Parlor in San Antonio?
- World’s Largest Outdoor Sky Trail Opens in Texas
- ‘Number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick,’ owner Mark Cuban says after Kobe Bryant’s death
- Wichita Falls Fire and Police Museum needs new home VIDEO
- Lubbock ended 2019 with a slightly lower unemployment rate
- Muñoz & Co. CEO Stepping Down, Citing New Role in Biden Campaign
- San Antonio Hispanic Chamber CEO Diane Sánchez Resigns After Less Than 1 Year on Job
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- New Assessment Shows 450 Structures Damaged by Houston Blast
- Family of former TTU baseball player Bo Altobelli killed in helicopter crash, Helicopter Flew Despite Heavy Fog, Former UH player John Altobelli was ‘Kobe of the junior college baseball world’
- Cypress Child Dies After Vehicle Rolls Back, Striking Her
- Texas Man Pinned Between Vehicles After Fight With Wife
- A single mother, her millionaire boyfriend and how their storybook romance ended in horror
- Police tally 21 Austin bank robberies last year, first dip since 2014
- Two downtown Austin stabbing victims identified as UT students
- Homeless Woman Suspected in Austin Stabbing Spree Released on Probation in November
- Multi-county pursuit follows pickup theft in Ringgold
- WF man involved in marijuana mailing scheme sentenced to federal prison
- Wichita Falls police identify victim of city’s first homicide
- Road to Recovery: survivors of Quanah auto shop explosion share their story VIDEO
- Man accused of raping teen runaway in Wichita Falls
- Barstow man dies in vehicle-pedestrian crash in Odessa
- Odessa PD: Shootings leave 1 teen dead, another injured, more
- Affidavit: Suspect threatened to shoot people at club before shooting at Odessa police
- Cocaine, weapons, kidnapping: West Texas drug lord caught after years on the run
- Sheriff: 13-year-old kid shoots Brown Co. man who was assaulting family member
- Abilene man arrested after admitting to uploading child porn to Instagram
- Mountain lion suspected of killing ‘thousands of dollars of missing animals’ near Tuscola
- San Angelo PD obtains arrest warrant for Robert Arambula Jr. in connection with Sunday’s fatal stabbing WANTED: SAPD obtains arrest warrant for Robert Arambula Jr. in connection with Sunday’s fatal stabbing
- Abilene police: Man arrested for assaulting ex-wife, new boyfriend while they slept
- Driver dead after running stop sign, crashing into 18-wheeler near Crosby
- Friends flag down HPD officer on freeway after man shot
- Good Samaritans injured after intoxicated driver plows into stopped cars, sheriff say
- Pair of bison shut down Texas highway near Buffalo Gap
- Brownsville school board member accused of bribery appears before court
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- Local government
- Does Barbers Hill ISD (and all public schools) exist to educate or “produce docile rule-followers?”
- Bloomington schools can’t track the money it spent on Hurricane Harvey recovery
- City of Lubbock closer to moving into Citizen’s Tower
- Lubbock Health Department takes preventative measures against coronavirus
- Lubbock Fire Division Chief Holland to retire
- Tech student, 36, pursues Lubbock mayor position
- Galveston Repeals Gun Regulations to Avoid City Lawsuit
- Houston Mayor, Others Help Residents After Deadly Blast
- Houston ISD considers metal detectors
- The Last County Board of Education in Texas: A Multimillion-Dollar Behemoth With No Clear Identity or Mission – Harris County
- Border native pushes to grow affordable housing in San Antonio – typical, a bunch of credentials but she’s never done anything housing-wise. These policies pushed by local government more often than not make housing more expensive.
- City of Austin asks UT for month-to-month extension of Muny lease
- Austin Transit Board Hikes Salary of CEO to $317,000, Buys 2 Buses for $1M+ Each – disgusting
- Austin police to host several ‘no questions asked’ gun surrender programs this year – terrible, criminals will still get guns to commit crimes, these programs only disarm those who need such for defense.
- Bowie ISD superintendent receives one year contract extension
- Clay Co. Commissioners Court to address Second Amendment sanctuary county proposal at Monday’s meeting
- Sen. Pat Fallon support Wise Co. Second Amendment resolution
- Midland council to vote on plans for new fire stations
- Study: Homeless population costs Midland County $51.9 million a year
- PAC “We Choose Our Future” responds to the result of Midland ISD school bond
- Ector County commissioners revisit overtime
- Eastland Commissioners Address Trash, Wine Tasting, and Trees
- Callahan County Sheriff not seeking re-election, two men are now putting their names on the ballot
- Harlandale ISD Superintendent Discusses Transition Plan, Path to District Leadership
- Violence is creating a cycle of trauma in Dallas’ 75216 zip code
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- Colleges & universities
- Will Texas colleges require student to submit to electronic tracking?
- ‘The Faculty Thought the University Existed for Them, and It Doesn’t’
- Texas A&M student thought to have coronavirus tests negative, officials said
- Coronavirus test results negative on Baylor University student
- MSU Cheerleaders Win 3rd Place at UCA National Championship
- MSU clear bag policy leading the way for Texoma security improvements – an awful trend that shouldn’t be celebrated.
- ACU Springboard competition announces prize money to aspiring entrepreneurs
- TTU’s historic Dairy Barn renovation in progress
- TTU: Digitization impacts campus library resources
- Two Texas Tech Faculty Members Helped Liberate Concentration Camps
- Texas Tech School Of Law Dominates ABA Arbitration Competition
- TTUHSC partners with downtown redevelopment, breaks ground on student housing
Pratt’s post for 1/27/2020
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