- Sen. Bob Hall Criticizes Abbott’s Face Mask Order Shift: ‘We Are Expected to Live As If We Have a Monarchy’
- Sen. Bob Hall: Does Liberty Matter?
- With COVID cases at all-time high, Abbott tells Texans to stay home – see full section below
- U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar calls Gov. Greg Abbott’s leadership during coronavirus “a total failure” – yeah, she favors full-out tyranny
- Permanent University Fund’s assets under UTIMCO management lose 5% in market value since January due to COVID-19
- 200 Law Enforcement Agencies Across U.S. Hacked, Sensitive Intel Exposed
- Texas Workforce Commission Expands Training Grants
- Alamo launches search for new leader as CEO decides not to renew contract, Alamo Trust CEO to Step Down Later This Year
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Two To Texas Veterans Commission
- Abbott Appoints Jones And Mata To Family And Protective Services Council
- Draft documents show Texas planning few mandatory safety measures when public schools reopen in fall
- Beto O’Rourke’s ‘Powered by People’ is an organizing powerhouse – what are you going to do when a mob begins burning down your neighborhood including your home after Beto takes away your guns?
- HD60: Rick Perry works to fool voters into thinking Rogers is a conservative
- Running for Congress while responding to a pandemic, these three Texans say they’re uniquely equipped for the job
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn introduces bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
- Opal Lee And The Campaign To Make Juneteenth A National Holiday
- San Antonio Dem, Castro, leads Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ new tilt to movie, book industries – notice, Castro is using the Congress to intimidate publishers into carrying Democrat approved messages.
- Trump Previews Executive Order to Persecute Mobs Toppling Statues
- Sen. Cruz Applauds FCC Decision to Reject Phoenix TV License Application
- New “WOTUS” Rule Goes into Effect, Restricts Regulatory Reach of EPA
- Breaking: DOJ reveals discovery of new Strzok notes in Flynn case
- Bill to Restrict Qualified Immunity Accidentally Makes the Case for It
- Q&A with Texan Trey Trainor, the FEC’s newest commissioner
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden campaign commits to 3 general election debates
- NYTs Reporter Says Biden Is a Flawed Candidate, Gnashing of Teeth Ensues
- Never Trumper George Conway Trying to Sabotage Trump’s Next Event
- University of Michigan plans to withdraw from hosting Trump-Biden debate
- BET Founder Calls for Independent Black Lives Matter Political Party
- Pollak: Replacing History is the Obsession of Failed Political Parties
- South Korean slams Bolton’s book, says he is ‘distorting the reality’ of several high-level meetings
- Voters 3-to-1 margin do not believe biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports
- Pew Poll Shows That a Majority of Democrats Favors Abortion Restrictions
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- Border / immigration
- With COVID-19 cases surging, Ortiz halts phased re-opening of Reynosa
- Isolated and Afraid, Detained Migrant Kids Worry About Virus
- Trump to Celebrate Border Wall Milestone in Arizona
- Trump reveals his folly and callousness in renewing challenge to DACA
- Trump, citing pandemic, orders limits on foreign workers, extends immigration restrictions through December
- U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia, Joaquin Castro call on ICE to release migrants in immigration detention centers as coronavirus cases surge
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- Business
- Lubbock’s businesses are still seeing fewer customers – yep, and Abbott is telling people to stay home, again.
- Environmentalists ask judge to halt construction on Kinder Morgan’s $2 billion Hill Country pipeline
- H-E-B announces new pay increases as temporary pandemic raises end
- Hendrick to build Abilene, Brownwood clinics
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- Coronavirus related
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 6/23/2020 (pdf) – 2,192deaths in Q1 plus almost all 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 1,767,701.
- Governor: Texas Hits 5,000 New Virus Cases for First Time – “cases” are not important only the numbers requiring medical intervention and those numbers, as percentage of cases, have fallen massively. We are now testing tons of people who were not even eligible for tests before, the asymptomatic.
- COVID-19 numbers in Texas justify no more restrictions, none.
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- With COVID cases at all-time high, Abbott tells Texans to stay home
- Sen. Bob Hall Criticizes Abbott’s Face Mask Order Shift: ‘We Are Expected to Live As If We Have a Monarchy’
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional, Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
- Swiss Policy Research: Facts about Covid-19
- Second wave? Where was the first?, Dr. John Lee: Science, doubt and the second wave of COVID, What a Hospital Director Thinks about the ‘Second Wave’
- Kudlow: ‘There Is no Second Wave Coming’ VIDEO
- Texas Federation of Republican Women: Tell Abbott ‘No’ to Face Mask Mandates
- Gov. Abbott advises Texans to wear face masks to stop the surge of COVID-19 cases – poll-driven stupidity
- Multiple Texas Cities and Counties Adopting Mask Orders
- San Antonians mostly complying on day one of the latest mask requirement in fight against the coronavirus – good little comrades. Wear the useless against viruses face-diapers.
- Galveston County Judge Won’t Issue Mask Order, Calls for Personal Responsibility
- Multiple California authorities say they won’t enforce Governor Newsom’s statewide mask mandate
- An Epidemiologist Dispels Face-Mask Myths – actually that’s not what the statements say, the comments show the limited usefulness of masks
- Mandated mask wearing New Mexico has COVID fatality rate 3 times that of Texas
- Government health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- Many Cameron Co.’s 49 COVID deaths connected to 4 nursing homes
- Stories From the Dark Side of COVID-19– right, our governor “is not interested in hearing about it.” So much of the so-claimed “compassion” for others is actually thinly veiled selfish action.
- Castillo fears Cameron County is on ‘exponential curve’ of new COVID cases, more – same stuff we saw before “fears,” “might,” etc. Even if “cases” were massively higher, which they will be the more asymptomatic folk are tested which we were not doing before, it still would not be enough to justify interventions in Liberty.
- Odessa doctor tells officials to mandate mask wearing over his fears
- Texas coronavirus experts call for national investigation of U.S. response to pandemic – too early and a waste of time.
- Fauci: ‘None of Us Have Ever Been Told to Slow Down on Testing’
- Fauci hopeful for a vaccine by late 2020, early 2021 – Dr. Faulty
- The blind continuing panic over COVID-19
- Coronavirus Cases Are Climbing Again. So What?
- New Coronavirus Cases Have Reached Record Highs in 12 States; Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter
- DSHS Distribute Additional Cases Of Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Across Texas
- How hospitals report capacity numbers to city, state government
- Wichita County commissioners continue discussions of considering mandatory mask ordinance, update: Gossom: No county-level face mask requirement
- New model developed by Texas Tech researchers say COVID-19 could persist for at least 2 years – why not 200 years?
- Michigan drops lawsuit against 77-year-old barber whose business reopened in May
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- A reason we reject the calls of the passionate mob and Leftists
- Pollak: Replacing History is the Obsession of Failed Political Parties
- After Being UNFAIRLY Stopped by D.C. Police From Toppling Andrew Jackson Statue, Female Rioters Go Berserk
- Tom Cotton Gives a Must-Watch Speech for the Ages on the Dangers of Mob Rule and Cancel Culture VIDEO
- Donald Trump Vows No Autonomous Zone in Washington, DC
- ‘Autonomous Zone’ in D.C. Cleared Out by Cops After Rioters Deface Church, Trump Vows Not Here
- Trump Authorizes Feds to Arrest Monument Vandals
- Trump Previews Executive Order to Persecute Mobs Toppling Statues
- Despite student demands to cut ties with Chicago police, DePaul University says educational relationship will continue
- ‘Aunt Jemima’ descendants upset her likeness is being ‘erased from history’
- Seattle Protesters Set Up Barricades, Prepare to Defend CHOP From Police
- third shooting victim picked up near the CHOP just a day after Mayor announced plans to shut it down
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Passage of Resolution Honoring Life of Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn
- Eskimo Pie becomes latest food brand to pander – fools
- Angry entitled leftist harasses cop out on bail in George Floyd case
- Black Lives Matter brings protest to Branson’s Dixie Outfitters
- 49ers Fly Black Lives Matter Flag over Stadium
- Shaun King: It’s time to tear down images of white Jesus
- Americans are changing how they view unfairness and discrimination – yes, they are responding to being propagandized.
- Bill to Restrict Qualified Immunity Accidentally Makes the Case for It
- Bill de Blasio vows a fireworks crackdown after one night of protests outside Gracie Mansion – funny how libs react differently when it hits their neighborhood!
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- San Antonio police officer fired second time over family violence allegations
- Harris Co. Precinct 4 constable deputy offered $80 to teen for sexual act, police allege
- Robert Durst Loses Coronavirus Mistrial Bid in Murder Case
- Little girl with ties to Lubbock killed in weekend incident at Lake Mackenzie
- Straight line winds cause damage near Grassland Estates in Midland
- One of two MSU students plead guilty to burglary – now to criminal school?
- Giddings police shoot, kill quadruple stabbing suspect
- Car thief suspect crashes into fire hydrant, detained by 3 Good Samaritans
- Army now suspects foul play in disappearance of 20-year-old soldier, Pfc Vanessa Guillen
- Lubbock Co. deputy sheriff released from hospital after double-stabbing
- Lightning strikes tank battery early Tuesday, Post Volunteer Fire Dept. responds
- Man arrested after firing weapon near Houston police station with brother and teen girls
- Blood trail leads police to man’s body in NE Houston
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- Local government
- San Antonio city manager casts doubt on VIA’s dire budget warnings
- San Antonio ISD adds three weeks to upcoming school year
- Odessa Council to amend fencing, screening ordinance
- Ector County attorney: Horseshoe made ‘gratuitous grants’
- Midland ISD Board approves new reverse osmosis system for drinking water – schools are “broke” but can spend money on fancy water filtration when the tap water is perfectly safe!
- Montague Co: Lewis retires as county judge, Benton to fill term
- Bowie City Council appoints Laura Hefley as new city councilor VIDEO
- Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee explores new possible revenue source
- Gossom: No county-level face mask requirement
- Abilene PD Chief Stan Standridge among 5 finalists for job in Waco – interesting list of candidates
- Abilene City Council to discuss street maintenance fee, airline deferral at Thursday meeting
- Taylor County commissioners accept $6 million grant for 1915 Courthouse
- Fort Worth Voters to Decide Fate of Controversial Sales Tax
- ‘SafeHorns’: Austin City Council is Endangering University Students
- As Dallas removes Confederate monument, there’s a new effort to memorialize the city’s last known lynching victim
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- Colleges & universities
- WBU Lubbock names new executive director and dean
- TTU’s School of Veterinary Medicine complex taking shape in Amarillo
- TTU Industrial Engineering Professor Honored With CAREER Award
- TTU Professor Examines Spain Through Literature, Film, Cultural Studies
- Permanent University Fund’s assets under UTIMCO management lose 5% in market value since January due to COVID-19
- UT removes SAT and ACT requirement for fall 2021 undergraduate admissions
- Texas State’s [homosexual] LGBTQIA+ community responds to historic Court ruling
- TCU executive compensation out paces faculty salaries and benefits
- Faculty Senate President Speaks Out: SMU ‘does not believe that the threat of COVID-19 is lethal’ – it is not except to a very small number, just like flu
Pratt’s post for 6/23/2020
June 23, 2020 by 2 Comments
Robert, to a point you and I agree with regard to the Governor’s lack of decisive leadership to reduce the virus spread. I am curious, would you not expect your surgical team to wear masks?
Yes but not for viral infection. We have covered the scientific details of that fully, you must have missed it but those details are in written commentaries on this site.