- 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?
- Is Governor Abbott a political extortionist or monarch?
- #AbbottResign trends on Twitter over Texas coronavirus response – if he just stood for Liberty he’d be a hero, should have never issued the orders he did under that clearly bad 1975 Disaster Act. Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Despite new tone from Abbott on masks, RPT Chairman Dickey holds firm they will not be required at GOP convention
- Opinion: An accidental lesson on public health and politics in a pandemic
- Federal court dismisses case against bill that ended straight ticket voting in Texas
- Texas schools will have 2 new ways to calculate attendance — and state funding — in the fall VIDEO
- Texas should make police bodycam video and citizen complaints public
- Foster care is still broken. Fix it already. – how?
- Herman: A lawmaker asks about a cop’s duty to stop other cops’ transgressions
- Secretary Hughs Encourages Texans To Vote Early, Observe Recommended Health Protocols, And Make Preparations To Cast A Ballot In July 14th Elections
- Learning from history. On John Cornyn, George Wallace and Donald Trump – when will Tilove ever get an editor? When what he writes is good enough for an editor to even slog through, I sure can’t get through it all.
- TX13: Dr. Ronny Jackson release new video: Fight VIDEO
- TX13: TV stations to host congressional debates before July runoff
- TX13 Debate: What’s at stake for both parties before Wednesday’s debate
- Trump and Cornyn are in trouble in Texas, new poll shows – pro-Dem polling outfit, unreliable
- Will Matthew McConaughey run for governor? – that would be annoying.
- HD59: Cody Johnson, who finished third in race for Sheffield Texas House seat, endorses Sheffield over Slawson
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Senate GOP police bill hits roadblock, as Dems seek changes
- Ahead of first vote on Senate police reform bill, GOP’s Scott asks Democrats to not ‘walk away’ VIDEO
- Dan Crenshaw Spits Fire at Twitter After It Censors Trump’s Promise to Enforce the Law
- Sen. Cruz Leads Congressional Letter Supporting President Trump’s Vision for Peace, Extension of Israeli Civil Law
- Sen. Cruz: The Chinese Communist Party Bears Enormous Responsibility for the Coronavirus Pandemic VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz Applauds 200th Confirmed Judicial Nominee
- Appeals court orders judge to dismiss charges in Flynn case
- Strzok notes: Comey deemed Flynn calls with Kislyak ‘legit,’ but investigated anyway
- Liberal Supreme Court Justices Never Wear the ‘Swing Vote’ Mantle
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Twitter Censors President Trump over Warning to Lawless Agitators
- National Poll: Biden Doubles Lead over Trump to 12 Points
- NYT poll: Biden 50, Trump 36 – yeah, that’s credible!
- Marquette Poll: Biden’s Lead Grows in Wisconsin as Independents Turn against Trump
- Most voters say Biden used vice presidency to financially benefit his family and friends, poll finds
- Byron York de-sensationalizes Reuters’ headline about ‘Republican former U.S. NatSec officials’ who are supporting Biden
- BET founder: After Biden’s “You ain’t black” comment, it’s time for the Black Lives Matter Party – good luck with that.
- Newly released Strzok notes finger Biden for Logan Act probe?
- Abrams: Trump’s Kung Flu Remark Shows Racism Is the Core of His Appeal – yeah, Abrams likely sees racism in letting grass grow but killing dandelions.
- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he will vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump for president – of course he will, Cuban is a liberal.
- Abrams: Mail-in Voter Fraud Is ‘a Myth That Is Perpetuated by Donald Trump’
- 24-Year-Old Madison Cawthorn Wins North Carolina Congressional Primary
- Happy Pride! It’s time to topple the Stonewall myth
- The death of the private citizen
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- Border / immigration
- Texas Democrats call for releasing detainees at ICE facilities – for what? The 100th time?
- Border Patrol Expels 41,000 Illegal Aliens Under Coronavirus Protocols
- Judge Stays Illegal Alien Teen’s Expulsion Under US Virus Policy
- ICE offers tour of South Texas migrant detention facility to dispel ‘ugly rhetoric’ about agency VIDEO – won’t change a thing just as the media used video of kids behind chain link to indict Trump that was from the Obama days.
- Mexican Judges Release 26 Allies of Cartel Boss After Raids
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- Coronavirus related
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 6/24/2020 (pdf) – 2,220 deaths 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 1,805,642.
- Texas Governor Says State Facing ‘Massive’ COVID-19 Outbreak
- 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, for sports programs and similar.
- COVID-19 numbers in Texas justify no more restrictions, none. – this is still true as “cases” are not important when way over 90% of those are not serious illnesses. The fatality rate is not even near 50% of the annual flu death rate.
- Governor Abbott Expands Local Authority On Outdoor Gatherings, Directs HHSC To Enact Emergency Rules To Increase Safety At Child Care Centers
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Gov. Abbott, TDEM to provide free masks to all Texans tested at state-run COVID-19 mobile testing sites
- TDI extends telemedicine emergency rule into September
- 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’
- Government health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
- 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.
- The blind continuing panic over COVID-19
- Coronavirus Cases Are Climbing Again. So What?
- Virus Cases Surging Among the Young, Endangering the Elderly – so no matter who get it, we are to treat it as a massive threat because it could, by connection, endanger the elderly. Why has flu not been treated this way?
- Gov. Abbott talks COVID-19 spikes in Texas, TEA school guidelines, reopening the state
- Texas Teachers’ Union, TSTA, Wants Masks to Be Mandatory in Schools
- Texas hospitals have capacity to handle COVID influx
- Texas to impose new safety rules for child care centers due to increase in coronavirus cases
- In response to flood of new COVID cases, Lubbock Mayor exclaims “Wear your damn mask!” – Peposi has been over his head since becoming mayor and now has lost all composure. Last week he yelled at black folk asking normal questions at a forum and walked out. Now this.
- No Mask Mandate for Denton County
- Tarrant Coronavirus Deaths “Trending Down,” No Mask Mandate
- Houston Methodist hospitals see triple the number of COVID-19 patients – sounds frightening until you realize it is 332 people in a metro area of 6,997,384. And for the math-challenged, 1% of the population would be 69,974.
- Alcohol Permits Suspended for 17 Texas Bars and Restaurants After “Undercover Operations”
- New York imposes travel restrictions on visitors from Texas, the latest coronavirus hot spot – pure tit-for-tat politics
- Rocker Sammy Hagar wants economy to re-open even if it means dying
- Oregon health officials exempt people of color from wearing masks outside
- 10 more state troopers at the Capitol test positive for COVID-19, per the Secretary of the Senate – what happens when everyone bunks together on cots and all due to the Leftist rioters – that’s why the troopers are sleeping there, to protect our capitol!
- ‘Really exasperating’ — S.A. officials struggle to pinpoint sources of COVID infections
- UT coronavirus cases in Cabo taught lessons in tracing student exposure, CDC says
- Bexar Co. Judge Wolff involved in altercation over mask order, sheriff’s office says
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- Business
- First Margaritaville Resort in Texas set to open on Lake Conroe
- Hilcorp Is the Lone Bidder for Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale
- Midland home inventory jumps; sales fall
- Bayer to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle weedkiller Roundup case – and yet the “science” shows no problems
- New data shows nearly $29M in lost rent, grim housing outlook for Houston
- Why do millennials like Austin, San Antonio and Houston, but not Dallas?
- Amid Layoffs, Young Oilfield Workers Are Rethinking Their Careers
- Schlumberger Sued for $100M in Sex Harassment Case
- Waste Management, Advanced Disposal Reboot Merger at $4.6B
- How COVID-19 is Forcing Law Firms to Rethink the Office Landscape
- Proposed Tesla factory, incentives, draw mixed reaction
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- A reason we reject the calls of the passionate mob and Leftists
- Sen. Tom Cotton Gives a Must-Watch Speech for the Ages on the Dangers of Mob Rule and Cancel Culture VIDEO
- President Trump says ‘learn from history’ instead of removing statues
- Hollywood Stars Demand Studios Cut Ties with Police
- DC Protester to Black Cop: ‘B*tch-A** [N-Word], Keep Sucking that White Man’s D*ck’ VIDEO
- Community members speak out for and against changing Midland Lee’s name
- Hardin-Simmons University investigating student’s ‘unacceptable’ social media post – pretty bad
- Fort Worth looking for volunteers to help paint anti-racism message on Main Street – yep, that will solve things!
- City of Fort Worth Addresses Black Lives Matter Police Reform Demands
- Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag
- Tearing down statues and erasing history; What’s next for Black Lives Matter?
- Rampage: Protesters now targeting statues of Lincoln, feminist and anti-slavery figures for some reason
- Madison rioters tear down statues, attack Wisconsin Democrat state senator
- Wisconsin governor ready to call in National Guard after statues toppled, state senator attacked VIDEO
- Protesters Tear Down Statue of Anti-Slavery Activist Killed in Civil War
- Leftists unhappy with ‘draconian’ charges in lawyers’ firebombing case
- Walter E. Williams: Insults to Black History
- A Denton Activist’s Decades Of Protest Against A Confederate Monument Pay Off – for whom?
- As the protests make less sense the media does its part to keep them churning along
- Citing slavery connotations, Rhode Island governor moves to hide state’s full name on official docs
- Oregon health officials exempt people of color from wearing masks outside
- ‘No Hate Crime’: FBI Determines ‘Noose’ in Bubba Wallace’s Garage to Be a Rope Handle, Nolte: Bubba Wallace Continues to Insist ‘It’s a Noose!’, Bubba Wallace releases new statement (did he finally get the tone right?) – I guess when you set out to be offended at every turn you’ll find what you are looking for. The NASCAR Noose Hoax Needs to be Addressed – By NASCAR Itself
- Charles C.W. Cooke calls out Al Sharpton for floating new conspiracy theory on Bubba Wallace and the ‘noose’ VIDEO
- The Santa Clarita ‘noose’ appears to be a dock line for a boat (see for yourself)
- The rule of law is collapsing
- The rioters and the rentiers
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Texas Man Charged in Connection With Body Found in Container in Kentucky
- Austin Man Bought Rolls Royce With $2 Million in Stolen Coronavirus Aid, Feds Say
- Odessa: Accused in shooting was ex-boyfriend
- Wichita Falls man pleads guilty after allegedly stealing ex-girlfriends wedding ring, other jewelry
- Wichita Falls: More than a half-million dollars seized during large scale marijuana distribution investigation
- WFPD: Man arrested for killing dog
- Houston funeral director charged with PPP fraud
- Abilene police arrest suspect for firing shots at moving vehicle
- 11-year-old girl dies in Clyde house fire
- Haley Martinez’s grandmother says she believes her 16 year old granddaughter was murdered VIDEO
- Lubbock Police Investigate 2 Shootings That May Be Connected
- Prairie dogs dig up buried remains at City of Lubbock cemetery – and the morons who think the rats are cute stop us from killing them to thin the population
- Lubbock sheriff touts community partnerships in swift end to manhunt
- Teen shot while riding on golf cart with friends in Acres Homes
- Houston firefighters injured in partial collapse during house fire
- Driver with wine bottle in car flees hospital after deadly crash on Northwest Freeway
- 58-year-old Houston man pushing stalled car killed in robbery
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- Local government
- In response to flood of new COVID cases, Lubbock Mayor exclaims “Wear your damn mask!” – Peposi has been over his head since becoming mayor and now has lost all composure. Last week he yelled at black folk asking normal questions at a forum and walked out. Now this.
- Lubbock city council, county commissioners making no push for mandatory face masks
- Drought condition means no fireworks allowed in Big Spring this Independence Day
- Mansfield ISD votes against adding [homosexual] LGBTQ employment nondiscrimination
- Fort Worth looking for volunteers to help paint anti-racism message on Main Street – yep, that will solve things!
- No Mask Mandate for Denton County
- Tarrant Coronavirus Deaths “Trending Down,” No Mask Mandate
- Tarrant County Takes Measures to Protect Voters During July Runoff Election
- City of Fort Worth Addresses Black Lives Matter Police Reform Demands
- Dallas ISD Seeks More Debt for Democrat Policies
- Survey: San Antonio’s Digital Divide Follows City Council District Lines
- Wicitha Falls ISD trustees approve new budget, estimate possible decrease in tax rate – the tax “rate” is meaningless, what matters is where the new rate is compared to the Effective Rate
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- Colleges & universities
- UTPB provost makes semifinalist list for Louisiana post
- Hardin-Simmons University investigating student’s ‘unacceptable’ social media post – pretty bad
- Texas’ biggest public universities will require masks, but enforcement will be a challenge – stupid but we’d expect no more.
- Texas Tech Student Housing opening with Coronavirus precautions
- Experienced Anatomic Pathologist Joins Faculty Of Texas Tech School Of Veterinary Medicine
- Williams: Double T doesn’t stand for Transparent Tech
- Texas Tech Mandates the Use of Face Coverings for Students and Staff
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- Military
- Dyess Air Force Base adds virtual reality to maintenance training program
Pratt’s post for 6/24/2020
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