- Big Three Direct Agencies to Reduce Budgets (but Exclude Majority of Budget)
- State Leaders Request Most Texas State Agencies to Cut Budgets by Five Percent
- AG Paxton: Fifth Circuit Temporarily Stays District Court Decision Mandating Universal Mail-In Balloting in Violation of Texas Law
- Texas Supreme Court hears arguments on disability definition in mail-in ballot fight
- Federal Judge Rules Voters Can Vote-by-Mail Out of Fear of Contracting Coronavirus
- Battle of Court Cases Results in Whiplash, Distrust
- Texas Vote-by-Mail Battles Continue in Federal, State Courts
- Texas is locked in a battle over voting by mail. Here’s how to do it.
- Texas Supreme Court Justice Lehrmann tests positive for COVID-19
- Texas Railroad Commission Assess More Than $400,000 in Penalties
- Texas Railroad Commission Further Enhances Its Efficiency
- Texas waives sales tax on these efficient appliances this weekend
- Texas Hunting regulation changes approved for 2020-21 season
- San Antonio’s population growth ranked second largest in nation
- Montgomery Co. official points out to Conroe mayor how property taxes can be lowered
- Texas GOP plans to manage safety risk with in-person convention in Houston
- TX4: Ratcliffe Confirmed to Intelligence Post, Creating Vacant Congressional Seat
- TX4: Veteran GOP elections expert: After DNI confirmation, it is not legal to replace Rep. John Ratcliffe on the ballot this fall
- TX13: Dr. Ronny Jackson Blasts Obama-Era Illegal Surveillance of Trump Campaign
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- Coronavirus related
- Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- With about 400 plaintiffs, Dr. Hotze and other conservatives file suit against Abbott calling his COVID-19 executive orders unconstitutional (pdf)
- Governor Abbott, DPS Announce Limited Reopening Of Driver License Offices
- Abbott Issues Executive Order Terminating Air Travel Restrictions Related To COVID-19 Pandemic
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Governor Abbott, CVS Health Announce 44 New COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Sites In Texas
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 5/21/2020 (pdf) – 1419 deaths in Q1 plus half of Q2. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,000 for the year.
- Almost 75% of Texas COVID-19 deaths were in 65+ age group
- Sweden has pioneered an alternative to lockdown — and it works
- Antibody testing in Sweden finds just 7.3% infected in Stockholm
- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- Traveling healthcare worker tested positive at Odessa nursing home
- Oklahoma: Stephens Co. nursing homes have multiple cases, system delay kept numbers from showing up
- Abbott Directs HHSC To Expand COVID-19 Testing To All State Hospitals, State Supported Living Centers – so late…
- Virus hits even top-rated nursing homes – and we knew it would in advance so why was focus not on strict protocols for those locations as opposed to the general population. My point keeps being made.
- This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade one – beware the contextual numbers, those numbers will trigger those cowering under their beds.
- Freedom and Sweden’s Constitution
- Pratt: Virus exposes Democrat aims, inept government officials
- As America Reopens, Trial Lawyers Salivate at Endless Coronavirus Lawsuit Possibilities
- Williamson County ends local coronavirus disaster declaration
- San Antonio City Council extends coronavirus stay-at-home order through June 4
- ‘Stay Home’ vs. ‘Open Texas’: San Antonio OKs New Emergency Order
- Austin Health Official Recommends Cancelling All 2020 Large Events, Despite Unclear Forecasting
- America’s worst lockdown laws – Elective surgeries are suspended and virtually all businesses are closed in Washington State. But the pot shops are open
- CDC now says coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ via contaminated surfaces
- CDC: Considerations for Schools
- Why you should talk to your doctor before taking a COVID antibody test
- Using cellphone data, national study predicts huge June spike in Houston coronavirus cases – will there be headlines about how wrong this was if it proves so? No, same as with other terrible models.
- Wichita Co. Jail taking precautions after arresting COVID-19 patient for family violence
- COVID fallout especially hard on older workers
- Central Texas woman dies from COVID-19 after living 107 years
- Open Carry Texas VP threatening to come back to Odessa to “stand up to this ol’ boy” Sheriff Griffis – good but a serious lawsuit against Griffis is most needed.
- Barbers gave free haircuts; Whitmer’s enforcers handed out $1K tickets
- Texas Supreme Court Justice Lehrmann tests positive for COVID-19
- A View From The Cab: How A Truck Driver Navigates The Pandemic
- East Texas Man Indicted for $5 Million Coronavirus Small Business Loan Fraud, Fabricating Employee Names
- ACLU warns fever-checking technology is privacy danger and may not be accurate
- Kamala Harris introduces legislation to condemn phrase ‘Chinese Virus’ as racist
- Mississippi church that sued to stop coronavirus restrictions burns down in suspected arson fire
- It’s OK to Acknowledge Good Covid-19 News
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Senate Confirms Texas’ Ratcliffe as National Intelligence Chief
- John Ratcliffe isn’t perfect but he’s the president’s choice
- ‘Very Unprepared:’ DEA Shakeup Followed Mounting Criticism
- $16B in direct aid to American farmers and ranchers to mitigate potential losses caused by the pandemic
- Acting DNI Grenell Declassifies Susan Rice Email on January 2017 WH Meeting
- Senate bill bars Chinese companies that lie about finances from participating on U.S. exchanges
- Senators ask Justice to see if Planned Parenthood groups fraudulently applied for SBA loans
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden’s Texas backers in Congress defend White House hopeful amid sexual assault allegation
- How Biden Could Be Handing Trump His Reelection
- Jen Rubin Thinks It’s Racist to Criticize Stacey Abrams
- Is Trump more left-wing than Biden?
- Xi’s useful idiots against free speech
- ‘Feminist Paper Dolls’
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- Border / immigration
- Stolen Firearms Recovered by Border Patrol in Texas
- Lost Migrants Rescued from Summer Heat in Texas near Border
- Multiple Migrant Rescues in Southwestern Desert as Summer Heat Approaches
- Rep. Vela urges Trump to Halt to Deportations Amid Global Pandemic
- Aztecas drug gang unleashes attacks on Juarez police after leader’s capture
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- Business
- NASA, SpaceX Bringing Astronaut Launches Back to Home Turf
- Fire during most recent SpaceX Starship prototype test in Texas
- CPS Energy has contingency plan to keep the lights on — sequestering power plant workers
- We still have peaches: Hill Country season is off to a sweet start
- Perryman: This is NOT the 1980s (oil patch)
- More than 240 U.S. energy bankruptcies forecast by 2021
- Mortgage delinquencies surge by 1.6M in April, the biggest monthly jump ever
- More tenants may face eviction, as COVID-19 has created greater financial woes
- 2.4 million more in U.S. file for unemployment
- Texas doctors say their revenue has dropped by at least 50% since the pandemic, survey data shows
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Child pornography, family violence, drunken driving: Five San Antonio police officers disciplined for alleged wrongdoing
- Harris Co. DA: 91 More Drug Cases Tied to Ex-Texas Cop to Be Dismissed
- One injured in shootout near North Gate of Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi, more; FBI says Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi shooting was terror related, second suspect could be at large – that was the headline on the main page though the story says little or nothing about it.
- Refugio County lifts hospital lockdown; arrests two suspects
- Texas Navy Veteran reunited with missing boat after 17 years
- NJ Woman Accused of Fatally Beating Wife Is Caught in Texas
- Odessa Man Held Without Bail in Fatal Car Crash in New Mexico
- 3 Arrested in North Texas Park Shooting That Wounded 5
- Teens charged with firing handguns in northwest Odessa
- Man charged with assaulting Uber driver in Odessa
- Viral video, affidavit detail arrest by MPD that led to guns drawn
- COVID-19 patient arrested, booked in Wichita Co. Jail Annex
- 1600 Wichita Falls residents without power Thursday morning
- Power outages reported around Lubbock following hailstorm
- Police find alleged assault suspect hiding on roof – didn’t work!
- Slingshot motorcycle rider killed in Scurry County during wet road wreck
- San Angelo: Boy, 7, riding bike suffers incapacitating injuries after being struck by SUV
- Lubbock Police make arrest in shoe store aggravated robbery
- Houston ISD police officer recovering after crash near downtown
- 19-year-old victim ID’d in deadly west Houston shooting
- East Texas Man Indicted for $5 Million Coronavirus Small Business Loan Fraud, Fabricating Employee Names
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- Local government
- Montgomery Co. official points out to Conroe mayor how property taxes can be lowered
- Williamson County ends local coronavirus disaster declaration
- Austin Health Official Recommends Cancelling All 2020 Large Events, Despite Unclear Forecasting
- San Antonio City Council extends coronavirus stay-at-home order through June 4
- ‘Stay Home’ vs. ‘Open Texas’: San Antonio OKs New Emergency Order
- Abilene ISD announces possible changes to summer school, in-person graduations during weekly update
- Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge turns down same job in Amarillo
- New Harris County Clerk Has Potentially Lucrative Legal Contract with Harris County
- Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins calls tax appraisals ridiculous; tells everyone to protest – more B.S. from local officials. Dallas Co. sets the tax rate and that’s all that matters for a raising of taxes.
- Higher Property Taxes for Dallas Taxpayers: School Districts
- VisitDallas tries to regroup after scathing audit as coronavirus slams its finances
- Dallas: Questionable Development Deal for Democrat Senate Candidate’s Son Heading for a Vote
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- Colleges & universities
- Multiple Universities Refuse to Cooperate with Federal Investigations into Ties to China
- UT students to return for fall semester, but leave after Thanksgiving
- TTI, Texas A&M Partner on Senior Driver Assistance Technologies Study
- Trinity University president talks about coronavirus impact on campus and the future of higher education – look at that stupid outdoor photo – pure virtue signaling with a stupid mask.
- Nursing students at TTUHSC in Abilene get $300,000 in emergency funds
- COVID-19 Shutdown Affects Graduate Students, Too
- TTU: Infectious Disease Expert Joins Faculty Of School Of Veterinary Medicine
- Growing Budget Deficit at Austin Community College Could Fall on Taxpayers
Pratt’s post for 5/21/2020
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