- Second Texas County, Harrison, GOP Votes to Censure Abbott
- Ector County GOP Censures Governor Greg Abbott Ahead of State Convention
- Abbott’s rule by decree needs checking by legislators, some are trying.
- A Coronavirus Story: Why Gov. Greg Abbott Misses Joe Straus – funny how liberals see the political landscape with such warped vision.
- Midland’s mayor slams state’s face mask requirement: ‘Authority needs to be checked before it runs rampant’
- Texas guidelines will let parents choose remote or in-person classes; masks to be required in school – the state is going to muzzle your child
- Texas sees sharp decline in tax revenue as coronavirus surge unleashes more budget uncertainty – Key line: “Unlike many states, Texas entered the economic crisis with healthy cash reserves of roughly $11 billion,…” That would not be the case if Dems controlled Texas as each session they advocate spending it all.
- Texas DPS further reopens drivers license offices across the state, more
- Charter schools discipline minority students less often than ISDs. Dallas should take a look.
- Rep. Celia Israel talks Abbott pandemic response, blue Texas, and the 2021 Texas Legislature
- Houston mayor calls on GOP to cancel convention, but neither he nor Abbott plan to stop it, more
- Greater Houston Partnership joins the chorus asking the Texas GOP to nix its in-person convention
- Democrats intensify efforts to flip Texas House with new funding initiative
- With $100,000 investment from Martinez Fischer, House Democrats kick off 2020 Red to Blue Campaign
- In GOP runoffs for the Texas House, viability in November is a leading concern
- Incumbents bounce back in runoffs in 8-day reports while Republicans make preferences clear in open seats
- Herman: Dems vs. Dems in demolition derbies
- MJ Hegar denies Royce West claim she’s not a real Democrat, possibly racist; hits him as sexist, cozy with ‘corruption’
- John Cornyn nabs early U.S. Chamber support as GOP aims to retain Senate
- TX13: Ronny Jackson Reports Big Fundraising Lead
- Texas Democrat’s congressional campaign received a PPP loan in May
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Grassley: ”The Deep State Is So Deep it’s People Get Away With Crimes”
- Trump Donors Among Early Recipients of Coronavirus Loans – simply means they applied early you morons of the press.
- Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Broadcast Company Won Federal Loan – good, like my firm we were all hit hard.
- In Texas, federal PPP loans went to a US House campaign, Senate hopeful’s law firm and lt. gov’s radio stations
- Capitol Hill cashes in on coronavirus loans, PPP money goes to congressional members, foundations
- There’s Nothing Hypocritical about Small-Government Groups Taking PPP Loans
- McConnell: ‘I believe there will be’ one last COVID-19 stimulus package passed in the Senate
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Spc. Vanessa Guillen
- Yes, the last large-scale review of our criminal justice system was in 1965
- Cattle raisers applaud bills to increase beef processing and availability
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Pinkerton: Will Joe Biden Sign a Pledge to Protect American Monuments?
- Gregg: After Biden Is Elected, Progressives Will Try to Push Him out of Office
- Scott Rasmussen: Why Trump’s loyal base can actually hurt his reelection chances
- New York Times Publishes Socialist Economic Manifesto
- J.K. Rowling, Wynton Marsalis, Noam Chomsky, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Call For End to Cancel Culture – good luck with that.
- Human Rights Campaign Erases Biology in ‘Transgender Safer Sex’ Guide, Assigns ‘Vagina’ to Trans Women Exclusively
- From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Owned by China’: 20 deals show how China is gobbling up U.S. assets
- Bernie Sanders Must ‘Repent’ for Praising Mount Rushmore on CNN During 2016 Visit
- Charlie Daniels’ Final Tweet About Hillary Before He Died Is Outraging Liberals
- An Industry of Untruth
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- Border / immigration
- Migrant family detained in San Antonio hotel moved to detention center
- Mexican Government Blames High Coronavirus Mortality Rate on Obesity
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- Coronavirus related
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 7/07/2020 (pdf) – 2,655 deaths in Q1 and 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 2,431,861.
- COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Texas Continue to Rise – how they lie! That 8,698 people in hospital does not represent 8,698 WuFlu patients, it’s just patients.
- Daily Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Continue to Plummet as Confirmed Cases Hit Record Levels
- Texas coronavirus cases cross 200,000 mark – meaningless other than that it means we are a bit closer to true herd immunity
- Coronavirus Recoveries Soaring in Texas
- Governor Abbott Establishes Statewide Face Covering Requirement, Issues Proclamation To Limit Gatherings, more – told you he would cave to pressure!
- Midland Mayor Payton: Civil liberties have been violated during pandemic
- Map of Texas COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
- Senator Charles Perry asking for special session to prevent ‘overreach’ during COVID-19 response
- 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
- U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- COVID-19 update: CDC says virus close to losing epidemic status
- NPR: “Coronavirus is more common and less deadly”
- CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings
- Michigan Gov. Whitmer calls for national ‘mask-up’ campaign, adhered to by those at ‘very top’
- Midland’s mayor slams state’s face mask requirement: ‘Authority needs to be checked before it runs rampant’
- Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- What exempt West Texas counties are deciding about Governor Abbott’s mask order
- The 40 Texas counties where you don’t have to wear a mask
- Mixed reactions to enforcing mask mandate across Texas among city officials & law enforcement
- Abilene PD has issued no ‘mask mandate’ citations
- Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office issues guidance on enforcement of Gov. Abbott’s mask order
- Air Tractor donates 1,600 masks to Olney community
- Howard County reaches 20 active COVID-19 cases, face masks now required in public – again, “case” measurement for this is stupid at best.
- Coronavirus forces cancellation of State Fair of Texas for the first time since World War II – disgusting
- Coronavirus forces Fredericksburg to cancel its popular Oktoberfest festival
- Wilson: No proven benefit using inhaled steroids for virus
- Brooks County to begin arresting those who test positive for the coronavirus and don’t self-quarantine
- Laredo Warns Coronavirus Patients May Be Prosecuted for Failing to Quarantine, Cooperate with Contact Tracers
- EPA approves first surface disinfectant products tested for the coronavirus – how slowly gov’t works…
- TDCJ mourning Snyder prison guard’s death after battle with COVID-19
- Lubbock County Judge says gathering restrictions from governor are impossible to manage
- How to avoid extra COVID-19 testing charges
- HHS Launches COVID-19 Surge Testing Site In Edinburg
- COVID-19: 16 more deaths in Hidalgo County
- San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston isolates combat medic trainees after coronavirus exposure
- COVID-19 Has Forced The Army To Rethink And Step Up Its Virtual Recruiting Efforts
- 81 Austin Police and Sheriff’s Personnel Have Tested Positive for COVID-19
- New Poll Reveals How Texans Feel About Masks, School Reopenings And Taking The Pandemic Seriously
- ‘It’s Extremely Lonely’: Recovered From COVID-19, But Shunned Socially – sounds like how liberals treat each other, they do the same if you disagree with them on any hot issue.
- After sending 1000s of COVID patients into nursing homes, New York blames deaths on ‘infected staff’ – these officials should face negligent homicide charges
- CDC ‘never recommended … that schools close,’ says senior administration official
- Rush Limbaugh Torches Media’s Virus ‘Propaganda’: ‘Let the Young and Healthy People Go Out and Live Their Lives’
- Texas guidelines will let parents choose remote or in-person classes; masks to be required in school – the state is going to muzzle your child
- Dr. Scott Atlas says new surge of coronavirus cases is not a reason to panic VIDEO
- Stanford’s Dr. Scott Atlas Offers Explanation For Rise In Younger Person COVID Hospitalizations In Texas
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- Business
- Market Reopening Small Business Survey (June 2020) – The Real Impact on SMB Owners
- Austin businesses got billions in federal loans to stay afloat amid outbreak
- Austin’s National Instruments completes $365M deal
- After raising millions, Austin’s FlashParking makes first acquisition
- Panda Biotech may be coming to Wichita Falls
- Thunder of Abilene Reporter-News press rolls for last time as printing moves to Lubbock
- RV trips and sales increase during pandemic
- Mejia: Venture capitalists starting to show interest in Brownsville
- 378 big Texas companies received $5M or more in federal paycheck protection loans – good!
- 1,160 Texas Law Firms Receive Pandemic Paycheck Protection
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- DPS Arrests Two More Suspects for Crimes Related to Texas Capitol Protests
- State Agents Track Down Four Austin Protesters and Arrest Them for Rioting
- Don Lemon to Terry Crews: Black Lives Matter ‘Not About What’s Happening in Black Neighborhoods’
- Minneapolis: Black Leaders Speak Out Against ‘Abolish the Police’
- Statue of Frederick Douglass Torn Down in Rochester
- The Big Lies About Cops Killing Blacks Is Making Dr. Goebbels Proud
- Georgia Governor Authorizes Natl. Guard After Deadly Weekend; Atlanta Mayor Objects
- FOX News Media To Capitalize ‘Black’, ‘White’, ‘Brown’ When Used To Describe People
- Police search for driver who struck woman at Indiana protest
- Cleveland Indians manager wants team name changed
- Black Lives Matter Foundation must stop soliciting donations in NY, says state AG
- Controversial Police-Shooting Study Retracted
- Do All Black Lives Matter? Snoop Smears 9 Black Conservatives in ‘The Coon Bunch’ Post
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Harris Co. Deputy Constable shot & wounded, shooter killed by police, more
- Garland Cop Shoots Man Threatening Clerk With Knife – good job!
- North Texas prosecutor arrested on DWI charge in Archer County
- Fort Bend ISD police officer shoots wife at south Houston home, HPD says
- Rickey Smiley’s Daughter Injured After Being Shot in Houston
- Army Identifies Buried Remains as Missing Texas Soldier Spc. Vanessa Guillen
- WF man arrested again after assault of former girlfriend, steals her puppy
- Colorado man faces charges after pointing gun at two men, hits one on head with gun in Wichita Falls
- Police: Man arrested in Brownwood following pursuit that began in Early
- Abilene sex offender found with child porn, accused of new child sex crime
- Teen arrested, accused of exposing himself to female clerk in the lobby of Lubbock hotel
- Lubbock PD: No injuries in officer involved crash Monday afternoon
- Missouri man charged with attacking Houston police dog
- Man shot outside north Houston apartments
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- Local government
- Waxahachie Wants 8 Percent Property Tax Hike
- West Lake Hills to cancel election of $22 million bond to ongoing pandemic
- Fort Stockton ISD to enforce clear backpack rule
- Wichita County closes Electra, Iowa Park field offices due to low staffing
- Abilene City Council talking LEC improvements, new airline at Thursday’s meeting VIDEO
- Massey named Taylor County’s veteran service officer
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- Colleges & universities
- Foreign students could be forced to leave U.S. if classes all online
- What will college look like for Texas students in the fall?
- Angelo State students gain life experience by bringing meat to the dinner table VIDEO
- TTU: TCVPA Names New School of Art Director
- TTU: Agricultural Researcher Receives 2021 Australia-based Fulbright Scholar Award
- Amid federal rule change, Texas Tech provides reassurance to international students – my prof friend who has mostly foreigners in advanced classes (Americans no long can do high level math) says most of their students will not be able to travel to the US to for classes.
- UTSA Cuts Staff, Slashes Budget at Institute of Texan Cultures
Pratt’s post for 7/7/2020
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