- Letters from Legislators Promote Varying Priorities During Pandemic
- Frustrated GOP lawmakers want to curb emergency power of Texas cities, counties – the governor too! The ’75 Disaster Act is, on its face, unconstitutional
- Abbott eases coronavirus rules: Retail, restaurants, movies to reopen in Texas Friday – timid, tepid, and still supposes he has the right to remove our rights by decree. Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To The Expanded Reopening Of Services
- Is Texas unveiling a Goldilocks model we’ve been waiting to see?
- Gov. Abbott’s Ongoing Pretense
- After the governor’s announcement, disappointment and anger are the prevailing attitudes among many North Texas grassroots.
- Why Anti-Lockdown Advocates Are Right (And Why Everyone’s Ignoring Them)
- A lingering question about Abbott’s strike force pick
- Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To Expanding Travel Without Restrictions
- Abbott Issues Executive Order Relating To Hospital Capacity
- AG Paxton Applauds Court for Upholding Rule of Law and Prohibiting the Release of Dangerous Individuals from Dallas Jails
- Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton Update Guidance for Houses of Worship as Texas Reopens – it is all “should” items not “shall” so ignore if you wish.
- Governor Greg Abbott Appoints Seven To Housing And Health Services Coordination Council
- 6th Texas Execution Delayed as Attorneys Cite Pandemic
- Alamo burials to be exhumed to help save historic church in downtown San Antonio
- Citing Tripled Costs and Investor Concerns, Rep. Toth Urges TxDOT to Cease Relationship with High-speed Rail
- Rep. Landgraf Calls on West Texans to Rally Support for North-South Highway
- Texas Supreme Court Decision Takes Rookie Judges to Law School
- Baylor grad who rose to No. 2 position in FBI then headed DPS dies at 93, more
- Commentary: COVID & Redistricting
- HD47: Candidates for Austin-Area State House Seat Shift Focus to Remote Voter Outreach Amid Coronavirus
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- Coronavirus related
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- COVID-19 mitigation is a weighing of harms
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 4/28/2020 (pdf) – 663 deaths in Q1 plus more than half of April. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,000 for the year.
- Coronavirus death toll in Texas rises to 561 – out of 29,000,000. That is only 0.0193 per 1000 people. Again, no longer a mention of the # hospitalized likely because it is a very small number around 1400 or so.
- 4 times more in hospital with flu in Dallas than COVID-19
- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- 8 Residents of Dallas-Area Care Facility Die of COVID-19
- 35 group homes for disabled Texans have coronavirus cases
- Midland confirms 75th case; patient is Medical Lodge employee (another)
- 4 more Midland Medical Lodge employees test positive, 24th resident too
- 6 nursing employees test positive for COVID-19 in Brown County
- Two NY studies suggest Wuhan flu death rate comparable to the flu
- Confirmed: Almost 15% of NY population infected with COVID-19
- Researchers: Miami COVID-19 infections could be 20x higher than estimated
- Penn: Coroners ‘frustrated’ with state’s case reporting
- The Swedish experiment looks like it’s paying off
- Do face masks work?, Wilson: Mask use is about science not politics – then he ignores science.
- Free disposable face masks available to San Angelo residents Wednesday
- Texas Tech Laboratory To Decontaminate Masks For Safe Reuse During COVID-19
- Hotze asks Texas Supreme Court to step in after TRO to block mask mandate denied – likely moot after Abbott’s order
- Gov. Greg Abbott says Harris County can’t impose fine over face mask order
- Experts say there’s no medical basis for Trump’s suggestion that sunlight, disinfectants may treat coronavirus – actually sunlight (UV) kills coronavirus near instantly according to research reported by the CDC way back.
- If social distancing stops, models estimate 920K COVID-19 cases in San Antonio area by August – here is some smelly B.S. from the faculty! They never give up.
- Judge Bars Marketing ‘Ozone Therapy’ Promotion Against Coronavirus
- Abbott’s coronavirus order nixes local enforcement of face mask mandate
- Victoria top doctor dead serious about social distancing – tyrant is there is no “new normal” except for people intent upon normalizing the taking of your liberty.
- Lubbock County Medical Society urging businesses to maintain precautions as they start to reopen – mind your own business, medical mistakes kill far more annually than the WuFlu
- Officials Back Down from Enforcing Coronavirus Orders Against Defiant Texas Restaurant Owner – many of the orders are not legal
- Dallas Salon Owner Ticketed for Re-Opening Salon During Coronavirus Shutdown – thugs, owner is a political heroine.
- “Every Business is Essential,” Dallas Salon Owner Defies County Shelter Order
- Laredo Police Arrest Women Offering Beauty Services in Sting Operation
- Historic Gage Hotel Sues County Judge, Claiming Coronavirus Order Is Unconstitutional
- Colleyville Unilaterally Re-Opens from Coronavirus Lockdown (sort of)
- Restaurants, Retail to Lead Texas’ Slow Reboot Set for May 1
- Government Bears the Burden of Proof on Coronavirus Restrictions
- Reopening Texas brings divide between moving too fast or not fast enough – panty-waist wimps afraid of risk are parasites on a dynamic economy.
- Stay-Home Orders: Your Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic – B.S. from the ACLU Texas proving they are hack lawyers at best.
- Texas National Guard to provide mass testing for Stephens County
- 6 more Abilene police officers test positive for COVD-19; 9 total
- Coronavirus Outbreak in Texas Prisons Tops 1,200 Cases
- “Doctors and Data” Suggest Greg Abbott May Be Reopening Texas Too Early – typical Texas Monthly B.S. The data proves the entire shutdown was wrong.
- Abbott is pushing a rosy picture of Texas’ coronavirus curve to reopen the state -more of the same from another Leftist outlet
- Coronavirus Restrictions Kept Texas Father From Critically Ill Toddler
- The Coming Fire Sale of COVID-19 Ventilators
- Illinois Governor’s stay-at-home order infringes civil liberties, rules judge
- Why Anti-Lockdown Advocates Are Right (And Why Everyone’s Ignoring Them)
- Plano Threatens to Fine Fitness Trainer for Outdoor Workouts
- Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough to allow for opening of hair salons, restaurants at full capacity on Friday – way to go!
- Lubbock task force claims it wanted to go farther in re-opening but governor prevented such – B.S. from every direction because the committee had no power to do anything at any time to begin with. Convenient way for Mayor Pope to again deflect criticism for the damage he, and he alone, did to Lubbock.
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Citing doctor recommendation, House reverses course, won’t return Monday to Capitol Hill
- Trump praises Abbott for reopening Texas retail, restaurants and theaters – but they are not truly re-opened.
- ‘Outrageous,’ ‘irresponsible’: Governors slam McConnell over bankruptcy comments
- Senator Ted Cruz pays tribute to Knox County girl killed in tragic accident
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Trump Administration for Reported Move to Reimpose United Nations Sanctions on Iran
- Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Urge Secretaries of Defense, the Interior to Support the Development of Domestic Rare Earths Supply Chain Critical to National Defense, Reducing Dependency on China
- Should Newspapers Be on the Federal Dole?
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Nancy Pelosi Endorses Joe Biden: ‘The Personification of Integrity’
- Nolte: Tara Reade’s One More Victim of Media that’s Protected Democrats for Decades
- Joe Biden: Travel Bans Prevent ‘Economic Intercourse Around the World’
- Hillary Clinton to Endorse Joe Biden Amid Sexual Assault Scandal
- Bernie’s Campaign Bizarrely Weaves an Orange Man Bad Angle Into NY Canceling Democratic Presidential Primary
- ‘MAGA Mayday’ Freedom Rallies Planned Across America to Protest
- NY Mag Writer Compares Vietnam War Deaths to Virus, Blames Trump
- Poll: Trump Net Approval on Coronavirus Response Hits New Low
- All Things Trump: Election kick back controversy, Flynn may be hired again if exonerated, and are states violating rights?
- California Bill Will Allow COVID-Positive Employees to File Workers’ Comp Claims Against Employers – pass it, it will send more businesses to Texas
- AOC’s solution to workers earning more in unemployment benefits than while working is predictably ’embarrassing’
- Chicago protesters want to cancel rent and mortgage payments
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- Border / immigration
- Despite Critics’ Outcry, Border Wall Construction Goes On
- Honduran Charged with Assaulting Border Patrol Agents in South Texas
- Bastrop County sheriff’s policy leads to jump in [illegal] immigrant arrests
- Mexican Cartel Gunmen, Cops Paddle Coronavirus Lockdown Violators VIDEO
- Mexican Government Admits to Undercounting Coronavirus Cases
- Asylum Seekers In Mexico Worry About Waiting Longer In Dangerous Conditions Due To COVID-19
- ‘It’s Frightening.’ Quarantined ICE Detainees In El Paso Share Their Stories. – guess they should have stayed home, oh wait, there is WuFlu where they came from too.
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- Business
- Contraction in Texas Manufacturing Sector Worsens
- Sharp Contraction Continues in Texas Service Sector; Texas Retail Sales Extend Declines – thanks guv and local officials
- Southwest Airlines CEO ‘fights’ to avoid furloughs, layoffs after coronavirus
- Southwest Posts 1st Quarterly Loss in Almost a Decade
- American Airlines will require masks for flight attendants, and unveils other new anti-coronavirus measures
- SpaceX rolls out next Starship prototype
- 4th Starship prototype passes tank pressure test
- Central Texas farmers survive selling directly to customers
- Diamond Offshore Files for Bankruptcy as Oil Prices Crash
- SXSW sued over no-refund policy after cancellation – liberals always want to tell us, through force of law, how to run our businesses but how do they run theirs?
- Hendrick Health Systems agrees to buy Brownwood, Abilene Regional Medical Centers – you’ll regret lack of competition.
- New Rangers park among possible MLB ideas for season start
- Alamo Drafthouse Theaters will not reopen Texas locations after stay-at-home order expires – can’t make money at this stupid low occupancy levels
- Blue Bell Settles Investor Lawsuit for $60 million
- Dallas Restaurant Sues Insurer for Denying COVID Business Interruption Coverage
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Large fire ignites in Southwest Victoria County
- Earthquake reported outside Odessa on Monday
- Bell Co. sheriff’s deputy John Andrew Rhoden killed in vehicle pursuit
- Denton Co. Deputies Shoot Family Violence Suspect Dead Outside Buc-ee’s
- Lubbock Police Department Identifies Teenager Killed in East Lubbock Shooting
- Armed robbery at 7-Eleven in Wichita Falls
- Discussion over rent money lands one in jail for assault
- Anti-Wimp: Wichita Falls State Hospital escapee nailed by homeowner with shotgun, more
- Defensive Gun Uses in the U.S.
- Lubbock police arrest suspect in Friday morning deadly shooting
- DA supports new trial for Austin babysitter in 2003 death
- Dallas Roman Catholic Priest Accused of Abuse, Removed From the Ministry
- San Antonio Woman Kills Her 2 Children, Mother in Murder-Suicide
- El Paso Walmart Shooting Victim Dies, Death Toll Now 23
- Texas Man Gets 18 Months in Prison for Threatening to Kill Trump, more
- Tiger Found in a Houston Garage Moved to a Wild Animal Ranch
- Protesters condemn shooting death of man in Southeast Austin VIDEO
- Tomball boy’s death inside a hot car is first in the country for 2020
- Two men flying out of Midland swim ashore after crashing into Canyon Lake
- Video of suspects released after Austin City Hall vandalized with red paint on doors, anti-capitalism messages on stairs VIDEO
- Editorial: Austin City Hall Graffiti Is Potent Symbol of Lawlessness
- Optimus Prime Transformers-shaped drugs found during SWAT bust
- Car thief found hiding in trash can after leading Abilene Police on a chase
- Suspected Neo-Nazi sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for gun crime
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- Local government
- Hays County puts brakes on gas pipeline project
- Bastrop County sheriff’s policy leads to jump in [illegal] immigrant arrests
- Houston Police Union President calls out judge for ‘draconian’ coronavirus mask order VIDEO
- Abbott’s coronavirus order nixes local enforcement of face mask mandate
- ‘It was like a circus:’ Victoria Co. commissioners close door on Virtus, turn matter over to attorney
- Austin Mayor ‘Disturbed’ by Fatal Police Shooting of Man
- With uncertain coronavirus data, Austin council will discuss reopening economy
- Wichita Co. judge speaks out after decision to revoke Live Safe, Work Safe order
- Wichita Falls: Sewage spill in Holliday Creek contained
- Abilene Fire Chief outlines how department will operate after 20 percent test positive
- Mayor cancels task force meetings to help open Abilene after governor’s plans revealed – right decision and you didn’t need a committee anyway.
- Lubbock Fire Rescue Director of Emergency Management Retires
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- Colleges & universities
- Baylor intends to resume on-campus instruction in August
- MSU Texas administration announces plans for in-person classes for Fall 2020
- Wayland’s Brown, Bennett Names Citizens of the Year
- Tech System launches search committee for next ASU president
- Texas Tech Laboratory To Decontaminate Masks For Safe Reuse During COVID-19
Pratt’s post for 4/28/2020
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