- AG Paxton: Local Governments Must Allow the Sale of Firearms – it’s a legal opinion based on Texas law but the press is going crazy as if it’s a gun-lover simply asserting this as a novel concept.
- Paxton: Emergency coronavirus rules cannot restrict gun sales, more, more
- Ag. Commissioner Miller requests governor to list agriculture industry as an service
- Paxton sues over price gouging amid coronavirus threat
- Texas Electrical Grid Adapting to Coronavirus Challenge, Says State Senate Chairman
- Texas regulators approve fund to help strapped Texans pay for electricity
- HHSC moves to address COVID-19 outbreak at Denton SSLC
- TDA receives important USDA flexibility on school meals
- Out of sight, child abuse in Texas thought to be on the rise – conjecture and speculation.
- Texans having trouble applying for unemployment benefits
- Census: Bexar County Growth Among Largest in Nation From 2010 to 2019
- The Back Mic: A List of All the Executive Orders Issued by Governor Abbott
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- Coronavirus related
- We will know this is real “war footing” emergency when…
- Caught between local officials and Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott carefully navigates coronavirus
- Inaccurate Virus Models Are Panicking Officials Into Ill-Advised Lockdowns, more
- Imperial College model vs. the Oxford model: “The predictions of the models don’t match the reality on the ground” VIDEO
- Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report, P&I mortality surveillance -CDC reports total influenza deaths for this season at 50,975 (3,167 deaths in Week 8 alone – flu!)
- Texas siterep for COVID-19 2020 SITREP 8 032720.pdf
- Texas coronavirus deaths rise to 23 – and annually more than 190 die weekly on average from P&I (flu) in Texas – that’s averaged out across 52 weeks. Likely 400 to 500 die from flu in February or March on a low flu outbreak year.
- Zimmerman: COVID-19 is NOT going to overwhelm our healthcare system
- AG Paxton: Local Governments Must Allow the Sale of Firearms
- Are Gun Shops ‘Essential’ Businesses During a Pandemic? – despite what Lubbock’s Lefty mayor says, gun shops are always “essential” that’s why the Second Amendment exists. Access to guns and ammo is particularly important during times of panic. A mayor may get extra police protection including of his home but we don’t!
- Abbott Announces New Processes To Preserve And Extend Child Care Capacity For Front Line Workers
- Governor Abbott Announces National Guard Deployment in Support of COVID-19 Response
- A New Beat for Police Across US: Enforcing Social Distance – start by keeping distant from people simply going about their business.
- The Wisdom of Trump’s 15 Days to Slow Spread of COVID-19
- AG Paxton Files Lawsuit to Halt Price Gouging at Auctions Unlimited LLC – 100% ridiculous on behalf of the AG. Demand pricing is inherent in any auction.
- City of Wichita Falls issues Shelter-in-Place order – more of the same, unenforceable and a huge list of exceptions.
- Montague Co. Judge issues new order for people at risk to stay home – the right kind of focused order
- Before-and-after photos show impact of Harris County’s stay-at-home order on Houston
- DMN: Collin County, please help us stop coronavirus spread now – Judge Hill is one of the best leaders in the state to-date. No wonder the DMN dislikes him!
- Coronavirus isolation is challenging my sobriety like no vacation ever has
- I thought I caught the coronavirus. My mind was playing tricks on me. You, too?
- Local Volunteers Deliver Critical Safety Supplies to North Texas Healthcare Workers
- China bars foreigners, citing fears of imported virus cases!
- Mullins: Restore Our Rights. Now.
- Analysis: Coronavirus and local control in Texas
- Dallas County creating temporary hospital, calls in National Guard for medical help as novel coronavirus cases top 300 – note this is all based, once again, on speculation of what might happen down the road. Preparation is fine but quit presenting it as if it reflects a current situation.
- Harris County Moving to Release Inmates, Accelerate Bail Reform Due to Coronavirus Concerns – how does that cut down on spread and increase community safety?! It does the opposite but this is what Democrats use these situations to do.
- A&M experts offer COVID-19 cleaning, disinfection guidelines
- Cuomo: On second thought, “quarantine everyone” might have backfired by accelerating spread of coronavirus – I pointed this out over a week ago. It is often a big mistake to confine people to limited spaces indoors when dealing with disease spread.
- Visualization: How spring breakers (probably) spread coronavirus throughout America
- Our emerging, “social distancing” police state is beyond disturbing
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- House Passes $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package
- The Congressional Debacle Passing as ‘Relief’
- Unemployment Claims Just Spiked 1,000%. How the Left’s Approach Will Make It Worse.
- What we should want in return for bailing out the travel industry
- How a tax fix in Congress’ $2 trillion coronavirus bill could help Texas companies restaurants
- Many Texans in Congress scrambled to join vote as U.S. House passes coronavirus spending bill
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Jake Tapper calls out Joe Biden for coughing into hand: ‘Kind of old school’
- AOC blames GOP for not granting checks to all immigrants
- Head chopper Kathy Griffin slams Trump from hospital bed: ‘He’s lying’
- It’s Best to Avoid Creating Unnecessary National Crises Because You Never Know When a Real One Might Arise
- ‘Simply to Win an Election’
- “Reforming” Conservatism Should Not Include Embracing the New Deal
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- Border / immigration
- Mexican Protesters Demand Stricter Inspections of Americans Crossing Border
- Mexican Border State Mayor Bans U.S. Citizens over Coronavirus VIDEO
- ‘A Public Health Nightmare Waiting To Happen’: Doctors Call For ICE To Release Detainees – release them to where? How does that not cause an even larger problem, through spread, in our communities?! These are political advocates hiding behind white coats.
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- Business
- Staggering Job Losses in Austin: A Look at Which Sectors Are Laying Off Staff
- COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’ for Dallas restaurants and bars
- American, Southwest Airlines CEOs differ on plans for $50B aid package
- The technical challenges of flying near-empty planes
- Oil & Gas rig count in Texas plummets; Baker Hughes report
- Oil pain spreads beyond Permian to small towns across America
- Apache makes deeper cuts while its Permian Basin rig count goes to zero
- Opinion: Oil & gas industry should stand by free-market principles despite price crisis
- Phillips 66 to defer Red Oak pipeline amid 2020 budget cuts
- Basic Energy Services acquires C&J Well Services from NexTier
- Oil glut is filling up world’s supertankers fast
- Canadian crude is so cheap it costs more to ship it than buy it
- Oil dives to lowest price since 2003
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Wichita Falls Man Jailed for Online Threats Against Nancy Pelosi, more – not right but she threatens us and our liberty regularly.
- RIP: Terry Tausch, All-American At Texas And NFL Vet, Dies At 61
- Alex Jones must pay legal fees for ‘frivolous’ Sandy Hook appeal – I am not a fan of Alex but this entire case against him is frivolous and should never have been allowed to move forward in court.
- East Texas man charged for creating fake coronavirus Facebook post
- Woman dies after crashing into cow in Gaines County
- Boat capsized at Buffalo Springs lake, emergency crews on scene.
- Sheriff reports domestic violence killing in Channelview
- 2 hospitalized after house fire in north Houston
- Shooting leaves man dead at west Houston strip mall
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- Local government
- We will know this is real “war footing” emergency when…
- San Antonio Braces for Jobless Wave, Multimillion-Dollar Blow to Budget
- Harris County Moving to Release Inmates, Accelerate Bail Reform Due to Coronavirus Concerns – how does that cut down on spread and increase community safety?! It does the opposite but this is what Democrats use these situations to do.
- City of Wichita Falls issues Shelter-in-Place order – more of the same, unenforceable and a huge list of exceptions.
- Montague Co. Judge issues new order for people at risk to stay home – the right kind of focused order
- Shemwell Drops Lawsuit, McKinney Delays Recall Due to Coronavirus
- Hutto laid off city workers, how about EDC’s and cities?
- Dallas County creating temporary hospital, calls in National Guard for medical help as novel coronavirus cases top 300 – note this is all based, once again, on speculation of what might happen down the road. Preparation is fine but quit presenting it as if it reflects a current situation.
- Amarillo City Council unanimously advances tax-funded debt to build a new water park – crisis! What crisis?
- Austin City Council Approves 60-Day Grace Period for Rent
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- Colleges & universities
- MSU Texas loans 2 ventilators, other supplies to United Regional
- Texas Tech to issue student refunds
- A&M experts offer COVID-19 cleaning, disinfection guidelines
Pratt’s post for 3/27/2020
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