- Abbott goes Leftist, anti-freedom and private property, time cut ties. See coronavirus section below. (I told you it was likely he would cave to media pressure on yesterday’s show.)
- Texas Legislative Black Caucus starts planning legislative responses to police brutality, racial inequality
- Texas lawmakers want to add more LGTBQ safeguards after U.S. Supreme Court guarantees workplace protections
- State commission recognizes Alamo church in downtown San Antonio as a cemetery
- Texas prisons will accept county jail inmates again, three months after the coronavirus halted intake
- US Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution Over Clergy Question – ridiculous
- RRC considers recommendations to reduce flaring
- Morath: Access to broadband is high on Texas Education Agency’s radar
- Sports Texas UIL approves football live streaming for 2020 season
- Abbott Appoints Eight To Texas School Safety Center Board
- Abbott Appoints Three To Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force
- Opinion: For foster children in Texas, a state of despair
- Does A Disaster Declaration Mean Texans Can Openly Carry Guns?
- How Biden fares here could reshape the state’s politics.
- TX13: KFDX, KAMR to host congressional debates for GOP July runoff
- Howard County woman accused of illegally voting twice in 2020 primary election
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Cornyn denies ‘systemic racism’ among police, drawing barbs from Dems and sparking feud with witness
- ‘You do not work for Boeing’: Ted Cruz unloads on FAA chief over response to deadly 737 MAX crashes
- Ted Cruz [correctly] claims Google is targeting conservative news outlets
- Federalist Comments Section Will Return, Looks Like NBC Partnered with Left-Wing Group to ‘Use Google to Go After Us’ VIDEO
- DOJ proposes rollback of protections for platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Google
- Sen. Scott unveils police reform bill: U.S. ‘not racist country,’ but racism exists ‘in’ the nation
- Donald Trump Announces Plan to Stop Veteran Suicides VIDEO
- Flynn’s lawyers say ex-judge engaged in ‘flagrant personal and partisan assault’ against general
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- Presidential race / national politics
- V.P. Pence to Visit Texas for ‘Freedom’ Event at Megachurch
- Poll: Joe Biden Builds 13-Point Advantage over President Trump
- Joe Biden ending sleepy speech by telling Trump to ‘wake up’ is keeping irony spotters busy
- Polls suggest Joe Biden has a shot at winning Texas.
- Kayleigh McEnany Rips Media on ‘Covid Shaming’; Protests, good; Trump Rally, bad?
- Financial Problems Plagued Rick Wilson as He Became Never Trump Leader
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- Border / immigration
- Cornyn says Congress ‘preparing’ to act on DACA as Supreme Court ruling looms
- Border leaders upset US-MX travel restrictions are being extended
- Texas Secretary of State Convenes Third Border Trade Advisory Committee Meeting Of 2020
- Advocates Call For Release Of ICE Detainees Due To Conditions That May Lead To COVID-19 Outbreak
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- Business
- New changes to PPP loan program allows for more flexibility
- Lubbock businesses add over 400 new jobs, more than $100 million in capital investment
- MLB legend Nolan Ryan to open boutique butcher shop in Round Rock
- Texas bars and restaurants were eager to reopen. Now some are closing their doors again as coronavirus cases rise.
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- Coronavirus related
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 6/17/2020 (pdf) – 2029 deaths in Q1 plus 3/5ths 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. By the way, the # tested in Texas is now a whopping 1,522,434.
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Texas Governor Says State Can Handle Spike in COVID-19 Cases
- Lawsuit Filed Against Abbott Over Shutdown Orders, Contact Tracing
- Steve Hotze is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott on contact tracing, saying it infringes on privacy.
- Will conservative campaign against contact tracing undermine Texas’ efforts to stop COVID-19? – they care not a whit about Dem lawsuits adding to election fraud at the DMN!
- 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
- Swiss Policy Research: Facts about Covid-19
- WHO Now Says Asymptomatic Spread Of Coronavirus Is Rare
- Dr. John Lee: Science, doubt and the second wave of COVID
- Second wave? Where was the first?
- What a Hospital Director Thinks about the ‘Second Wave’
- Bexar County Orders Use of Face Masks to Fight COVID-19
- Bexar County Judge: Businesses Must Require Face Masks or Face Fine
- Central Texas Officials Upset They Can’t Imprison Unmasked Citizens
- Abbott Caves, Says Local Governments Can Require Businesses to Require Masks – time to cut all ties to Abbott, he’s gone way over the line
- Pratt: Abbott’s hectoring is liberal patrician behavior
- Abbott won’t fight Bexar County move to require masks in San Antonio area businesses – he’s so weak and poll-driven it is shameful
- Governor Abbott Says Businesses Can Be Fined
- With Abbott’s OK, Travis County considering mask rule for businesses
- Cities Want Power to Jail Maskless Texans
- El Paso’s Mayor Wants Gov. Abbott To ‘Mandate’ More Than ‘Encourage’ Face Masks – Even If No Penalties Are Attached
- Understanding why mask wearing is little more than virtue signaling
- Dr. Fauci admits health experts lied about masks at the beginning of the pandemic – this is more B.S. as the scientific literature does not support the use of masks, he’s trying to justify his 180 turn-about to be politically correct.
- Austin health official says political divide must stop to prevent coronavirus boom – how typically shallow! Stop being bothered by government taking your Liberty you non-conformists who reject tyranny!
- Is a Nanny State the “New Normal”?
- DMN Liberals: Gov. Greg Abbott should mandate masks in public gatherings
- Zimmerman: Persecution is now cool!
- COVID-19 spreading in RGV at a steady clip
- Why do some infected with the coronavirus escape COVID-19 unharmed? It’s probably their genes – don’t you love all of this “probably,” “might,” and etc?
- Abilene woman calls for governor to open nursing homes in Texas VIDEO
- Employee at Sienna Nursing & Rehabilitation in Odessa tests positive for COVID-19
- Texas Bishop Signs Letter Calling Coronavirus Response ‘Disturbing Prelude’ to World Government
- Why All the Handwringing Over a COVID-19 Vaccine’s Effectiveness?
- Nearly half of Americans don’t trust public health officials’ understanding of coronavirus
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Zimmerman: Persecution is now cool!
- Statue of Confederate Soldier Removed From Houston Park, more
- Black people less likely to be in jobs where they can work remotely – more reason for grievance.
- Quaker Foods to Rename ‘Aunt Jemima,’ Scrub Logo ‘to Make Progress Toward Racial Equality’ – I’d think having a brand that sells well with a black person on the logo, in a free market, is a positive sign of little deep racism.
- R.I.P. Aunt Jemima, 1889-2020
- Protesters Take Over City Blocks in Seattle, Blockade Streets, Call for Armed Guards
- Lankford: It’s Time to Remove Confederate Generals Names from Military Bases
- Rejecting call to disband San Antonio ISD police, trustees plan to examine discipline policies – can’t even get rid of the school cops in Leftist San Antonio; seems this defund the police demand isn’t going anywhere!
- San Antonio fire chief uses national recognition to highlight issues of racism, police misconduct
- Civil rights groups call for ‘pause’ on Facebook ads
- Texas A&M announces task force to weigh removing statue of Sul Ross, Confederate general and former governor – simply amazing
- George Floyd killing energizes a new generation in fight against racism in East Texas
- Obama administration DOJ official tells Senate panel that all American institutions are racist
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- 1 Wounded, 1 Sought in Dallas Galleria Shopping Mall Shooting
- GI suspected in San Antonio family killing is buried without honors
- Police identified man fatally shot in central Odessa
- A new take on pepper spray lands man in jail
- Brownwood man dies in motorcycle crash
- Former Philippines pediatrician convicted for child sex crime committed in Abilene
- Loop 322 dedicated in memory of fallen Abilene police officer
- Abilene police: Shoplifter attacks store employee
- Reward to find missing soldier Vanessa Guillen raised to $55,000
- Chase at speeds up to 110 mph leads to arrest of man accused of ramming police vehicle
- Victim and person of interest identified in Pecos County homicide
- Wolfforth Man Indicted for Indecency With a Child
- Grass fire in Hartley County estimated 315 acres, 100% contained
- Lubbock man indicted on 2 counts of exposing himself to a child
- Teen hanged himself on Spring elementary school property, police say
- Man shot multiple times after following driver to home in northeast Houston, police say
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- Local government
- 5 Things You Should Know About Houston’s Climate Action Plan
- Rejecting call to disband San Antonio ISD police, trustees plan to examine discipline policies
- Midland ISD: Board has to decide on whether to address Lee High name
- Midland County audit alleges Horseshoe Complex misused public funds
- Bowie ISD hires new CFO; storm repairs expedited
- Woodrow VFD receives $5,000 grant from the Bayer Fund
- Nine Historic Texas Courthouses Receive Over $20 Million In Restoration Grants
- Tarrant Co. Renews Immigration Enforcement Agreement with Feds
- Dallas County becomes one of the largest areas to declare racism a public health crisis – and it’s as stupid as declaring guns a health crisis.
- Frustration in East Lubbock, Coffee with the Mayor Wednesday morning becomes heated at times – Poposi can’t take or respond well to any criticism
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- Colleges & universities
- UTPB names new VP of enrollment management
- Fund set up to help make Texas A&M System ‘look more like Texas’ – no, the fund is to make A&M more Leftwing than it already is.
- Texas A&M announces task force to weigh removing statue of Sul Ross, Confederate general and former governor – simply amazing
- Scholarship made in memory of MSU coach Noel Johnson, funeral service set
- WBU Plainview Moving Up Fall 2020 Start Date
- TTU: Veterinary Mental Health And Well-Being Focus Of Latest School Of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Addition
- South Plains College cosmetology slates July 7 opening
Pratt’s post for 6/17/2020
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