- Texas Supreme Court rejects Austin bid to revive sick leave rules, more
- Why protesting your property appraisal is so hard: Texas hides sales prices from public view – believe me, we still benefit more by not disclosing sales price
- The Back Mic: Legislators Ask for CARES Act Funds to Lower Appraisal Values, Alamo Protection, Environmental Regulatory Transparency
- Coronavirus could mean earlier evacuations for storms, Abbott says as Cristobol approaches VIDEO – more self-inflicted damage
- As Texas grapples with a pandemic, officials must also prepare for what could be an unusually active hurricane season
- Governor Abbott Holds Briefing On Tropical Storm Cristobal, Provides Update On Hurricane Preparedness
- Paxton: Employees Must Consent to Payroll Deductions for Public Sector Unions
- AG Paxton Joins Amicus Defending Second Amendment and Right to Self Defense
- Southern I-27 route debated; Pfluger, Landgraf, Beauchamp call for Odessa-Midland option
- I-20: $76 million construction project on Ranger Hill reaches new milestone
- Dallas County Schools Scandal Calls for Citizen Reflection
- Sixth Felony Plea Entered In School Bus Camera Bribery Scandal
- Texas Outdoor Annual to go all-digital for 2020-2021 hunting, fishing season
- Expanded mail-in voting in Texas during coronavirus crisis blocked again
- Federal Appeals Court Blocks Texas Democrats’ Vote-by-Mail Mandate
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blasts U.S. District Judge, blocks vote by mail
- Rep. Jessica Gonzalez to be featured on ‘Prideland’ celebrating homosexuals
- In false Facebook posts, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller accused George Soros of paying protesters to “destroy” the country – actually Soros’ foundation has funded many of the groups behind much of this.
- GOP County Chairs Under Fire for Sharing George Floyd Conspiracy Theory
- RNC to Conduct Official Convention Business in Charlotte – ridiculous
- Dallas is on GOP’s convention short list, but Trump wants a packed arena and venues aren’t available
- Texas Democrats Counting On Nonwhite Vote To Flip Seats In 2020
- Herman: Texas Democrats’ convention convenes unconventionally
- Hegar, West to debate in Democratic runoff for Senate
- TX13: Ronny Jackson and Josh Winegarner face off in WF debate VIDEO
- TX13 Republican candidates face off in debate ahead of runoff VIDEO
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- Coronavirus related
- Lawsuit against Abbott’s virus orders is sound, will judges have fortitude?
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations increase by 309 to 1,796
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 6/05/2020 (pdf) – 1767 deaths in Q1 plus 2/3rds of Q2. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,095 for the annual season.
- Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- US Will Allow Limited Flights by Chinese Airlines, Not a Ban
- DHS to no longer use certain lab due to high number of COVID false positives
- No COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Taylor County for first time since pandemic began
- Texas is short of its contact tracing workforce goal by more than 1,000 people
- COVID-19 Capacity Limit on Texas Restaurants Lifted from 25% to 50%, Soon 75% – go to 100% now and leave any restrictions up to the owner
- Texas to begin study of COVID-19 effects on black, Latino populations
- Commentary: The Virus’ Uneven Path
- ‘This Isn’t a Funeral, Officer, It’s Just a Protest’
- Beto Garcia’s message to Valley doctors and hospitals: send me your COVID-19 patients
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Sen. Cruz Announces Chris Jaarda as new legislative director
- Riot forces at White House include tactical teams wearing insignia from Texas federal prisons
- Pelosi asks for full ID of all police, forces responding to D.C. protests
- Pelosi: Democrats have a ‘better chance’ of passing ‘police brutality’ bills now than ever before
- ‘Somebody cooked up the plot’: The hunt for the origins of the Russia collusion narrative
- Sen. Cruz: Antifa’s Terrorist Assault on America VIDEO
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Joe Biden says 10 to 15% of Americans ‘are just not very good people’
- First Biden Insults Millions With His ‘You Ain’t Black’ Comment, Now He Insults More
- Donald Trump Calls for ‘Equal Justice Under the Law’ for All Americans After George Floyd Death
- Media Rush to Decry Trump Quote on George Floyd During Jobs Report Presser – Except He Didn’t Say It
- Trump goes to Maine where Dem governor tries to tell him how to act
- ‘Pathetic’: CBS News’ Paula Reid’s spin on Trump’s trip to Maine will definitely get the DNC seal of approval
- NYT says Tom Cotton editorial ‘did not meet our standards’ – but calling for the end of police does?
- Editorial by Mob: NYT Leadership Loses Control over Its Own Newsroom
- Nolte: The Left’s Eating Itself. Let them Fight.
- Toymaker Lego Asks Retailers to Pull Promos for Police, Firefighters, White House Figures
- Cory Booker Fights Back Tears Discussing His ‘Fear’ of Police – well the country, despite its faults, turned out well for him.
- Journalist Ngo files assault, battery suit against Antifa group in 2019 incident
- Jim Acosta Seems Shaken by the Sight of a National Guardsman, but Here’s What Most of America Sees
- Virtue-signaling isn’t courage
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- Border / immigration
- Immigrants Anxious as They Await Supreme Court DACA Decision
- Gunmen Kill Warden of Mexican Prison Holding Supreme Los Zetas Cartel Boss
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- Business
- Unemployment Unexpectedly Drops, But Full Recovery Not Imminent
- Baker Hughes Oil & Gas Drilling Rig Count Summary
- Rig count plunges below 300 in 13th-straight week of losses
- OPEC+ set to extend cuts as meeting called for weekend
- Map: J.C. Penney announces 154 stores set to close this summer.
- Dallas Opera Postpones Opening Night From October to March
- Airline Stocks Soar as American, United Add Back Flights
- American Airlines thins management ranks ahead of coming administrative cuts
- Carbon intensity of Permian oil wells seen plunging, Rystad says
- Pending home sales in Austin up 36% month over month
- Dallas-Fort Worth homebuyers head back out as the market rebounds from pandemic
- Schlumberger to auction more than 20 properties this month
- Oil bankruptcies jump in second quarter
- Houston-based drill pipe co. warns state entire workforce at risk of layoffs
- Frisco gets Amazon fulfillment center and $1B mixed-use project
- Dallas company touts its spray-on coating as a COVID-19 killer for surfaces
- Higginbotham raises $1.7M
- Mixed-use tower planned for downtown Austin
- Layoffs, furloughs extended for hundreds of Austin-area hotel workers
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- George Floyd will be buried in Pearland following private funeral
- Will anyone take a knee for retired police Capt. David Dorn?
- A silent majority? Black Americans reject violence, looting in neighborhoods after Floyd death
- Black Lives Matter to San Antonio Council: ‘You Don’t Hear Us … Defund the Police’
- Texas Cities Hear Calls For More Police Oversight And Less Police Funding
- “Fact-checking” social media claims about Austin police, deadly force during protests
- Austin Police Chief Says No More Beanbag Rounds in Crowds
- Austin city leaders and residents criticize police officers’ use of force during demonstrations against brutality
- Antifa Loots Austin Target Store in Coordinated Effort, DPS Confirms Special Agents Embedded in the Organization
- State troopers block protesters from I-35 in seventh day of demonstrations
- Black, Latino Police Associations Lead ‘Walk Of Solidarity’ In Downtown Dallas
- Do Dallas Protest Organizers Actually Want Police Reform?
- Fort Worth City Council Allows 8 PM Curfew To Expire
- Meet the man behind the Odessa protest, rally and march
- Justice for Breonna Taylor: Houston activists plan Friday protest against police shooting
- Brown Berets Lead George Floyd Protest In El Paso – racist thugs
- Black Lives Matter Bryan/College Station organizers say protest turnout encouraging, hope for more Sunday
- Michigan Gov. Whitmer Violates Own Social Distancing Order During Protest, Chants ‘Hands Up Don’t Shoot’
- Buffalo, NY officers suspended after man, 75, is shoved on video, bleeds – interesting how much of this is in heavy very liberal Democrat areas
- Demonstrators Vow to Sustain Momentum Until Change Happens
- Mass: Man accused of beating 82-year-old man holding Trump sign now facing civil rights and assault charges
- From slavery to police brutality, chronicling Texas’ history of racial oppression – from the Left and shows how they see all. Author ignores the 19th and 20th Century items were under Democrat rule and policy.
- ‘Rioter,’ ‘Demonstrator,’ ‘Thug’: The Words Journalists Use Often Define How We See Protesters
- D.C. mayor orders gigantic ‘Black Lives Matter’ painted on city street near White House
- ‘This Isn’t a Funeral, Officer, It’s Just a Protest’
- Lubbock’s police department already has policies requested by “8 Can’t Wait Campaign”
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Parents, 4 Kids Found Dead in Garage in San Antonio, more
- Dallas Teen Killed When Hummer Crash Rips BMW In Half
- Teenager Faces Murder Charge After 14-Year-Old Dorothy Brown Shot In Head
- Odessa: Woman charged with assaulting officer with cellphone
- Man charged with stealing more than $4,700 worth of cigarettes
- Judge decides against reducing bond for man charged with double murder in Odessa VIDEO
- Earthquake reported near Balmorhea
- Guilty plea gets Mullins 55 years for Olney murder
- WF man breaks through wall with tire iron, arrested for burglarizing business
- Woman sentenced to state jail time after being found naked, eating snacks during burglary
- Report: Abilene man sexually abused multiple children, including girl he was entrusted to give ‘better life’
- Abilene man accused of having sex with runaway teen
- Anson Police: Traffic stop yields ‘substance believed to be black tar heroin’
- Man lying in roadway arrested for public intoxication
- Suspect shoots victim in leg after knocking on door demanding money
- One person seriously injured in East Lubbock shooting
- Lubbock: 2,000 customers still without power, at least 50 poles broken
- Severe storms produce wind damage, power outages around Lubbock
- Power restored after storms cause outage in over 3,000 Wichita Falls homes
- Lubbock police officials reviewing violent arrest caught on camera
- Family dog killed, teen shot in home invasion in northwest Harris County
- Gas leak closes part of U.S. 183 in Williamson County
- Bryan teen indicted in hit-and-run death
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- Local government
- Texas Supreme Court rejects Austin bid to revive sick leave rules
- Four Austin City Council members say they’ve lost faith in police chief after use of force on protesters, report says – they have “faith” in the rioters though.
- At least 159 complaints filed with Office of Police Oversight amid Austin protests
- Dallas Officials Remove Texas Ranger Statue from Airport
- Dallas’ Chief Hall implements ‘duty to intervene’ policy after calls for greater police accountability
- Midland ISD budget calls for $21 million in increased spending – in a locally crashed economy they are clueless as to how others live!
- Midland County Election Administrator taking precautions ahead of primary runoff – won’t fix for incompetence.
- Online petition aims to rename San Angelo ISD’s Robert E. Lee Middle School
- Lamesa: Peterson gets chief’s job on full-time basis
- Texas Cities Hear Calls For More Police Oversight And Less Police Funding
- Black Lives Matter to San Antonio Council: ‘You Don’t Hear Us … Defund the Police’
- Bee Cave beefing up police amid concerns of looting, protests
- Leander reopening city facilities, including library, athletic fields, pool
- Lubbock’s police department already has policies requested by “8 Can’t Wait Campaign”
- Lubbock PD Releases Body Cam Footage of Incident, Says Officers Followed Policies & Procedures VIDEO
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas State Investigating Racial Abuse Claims By Former Player Against Basketball Coach Danny Kaspar
- UTPB expands geosciences program
- Pete Gallego officially confirmed as 13th president of Sul Ross State University – disgusting
- Texas Tech Regent Played Pivotal Role In Last Week’s SpaceX Launch
- TTU Students Reflect On Shortened Study Abroad Programs Due To COVID-19
- Most Fall Classes at Texas A&M-San Antonio Will Be Online – defund the state universities that won’t go to work like the rest of us.
- University Professor: Reopen the Campuses
- Texas A&M professor joins online panel on racial disparities in COVID-19 testing
- Texas A&M University Press releases free e-book on pandemic preparedness and biosecurity
Pratt’s post for 6/5/2020
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