- Momentum Building as More County GOPs Formally Censure Abbott
- As Gov. Greg Abbott leads state through COVID-19 pandemic, where is the Texas Legislature?
- Conservative Texas Freedom Caucus asks Gov. Abbott to ‘stop government overreach’ during COVID-19
- Sen. Hall Asks Abbott to Shift From ‘Repressive’ Coronavirus Strategy, Focus on Medically Vulnerable
- Houston sues Bush, Texas General Land Office over Harvey recovery takeover
- AG Paxton Files Brief in Support of Free Speech for Texas Attorneys
- AG Paxton Applauds SCOTUS for Protecting Religious Liberty of Faith-Based Organizations
- AG Paxton: Court Affirms OAG Authority to Prosecute Felony Election Law Violations
- For first time, independent experts to analyze racial profiling data from 2,000 Texas police agencies – “independent” of what, whom, and what ideology?
- Texas Executes Man for 1993 Fatal Shooting, Ending State’s 5-Month Delay in Lethal Injections Due to Pandemic
- Governor Abbott Allocates Emergency Education Relief Funding For Texas Higher Education
- Comptroller Distributes $744.2 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments, 2.6% Less than July 2019, Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, All cities look up
- An Economist Looks at 90: Tom Sowell on Charter Schools and Their Enemies
- Reform vs. Rebuild: Defunding Law Enforcement in Texas – from the Left
- TWDB in need of nominations for Texas’ first-ever regional flood planning groups
- Governor Greg Abbott Appoints Three To State Board Of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Whitehead is an anti-conservative Republican, part of the Darby/Lambert anti-taxpayer group.
- TEA’s Back-To-School Plan Could Set Up ‘Looming Battle’ Between Staff And Some Parents AUDIO
- Leftist Latino Group Launches $10M Campaign to Boost Voter Turnout
- City cancels state GOP convention in Houston as party vows legal fight
- Prudent Or Politically Motivated? Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Cancels Convention With Mixed GOP Reactions. AUDIO
- Jennings: Texas GOP just keeps getting stupider and stupider
- Texas GOP files suit against City of Houston over convention cancellation
- Texas GOP Convention Going Forward? – a good read for insider background
- 2020 Texas GOP Vice Chairman Candidates in Their Own Words
- Jacksonville Attorneys File Lawsuit to Stop Republican National Convention
- Hegar launches air war; West looks to digital targeting – note the “violence” words used for both Dems. What happened to media objections to “targeting” (remember Sarah Palin) and war-like language for political campaigns.
- EMILY’s List adds to massive spending on behalf of MJ Hegar in Democratic runoff against Royce West
- Sen. Ted Cruz Launches Fund Supporting Conservative Candidates in Texas, Across the Country
- TX10: In the name of science, 314 Action labels Democrat Mike Siegel a loser
- TX10: Democrats zero in on health care and electability in final days of race to challenge U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul
- TX13: Trump Jr. Blasts Winegarner for Lobbying Against Trump Agenda
- HD2: Dan Flynn, Bryan Slaton Compete In July 14 GOP Primary Runoff – it is a heavy lift but a Slaton win would be a good repudiation of Abbott
- HD60: Empower Texans’ favorite is exception as Gov. Greg Abbott-backed House hopefuls enjoy money edge
- Runoff 2020: Breakdown of Financial Filings in Texas State Races
- Democrats in Railroad Commission Race See Opportunity After GOP Primary Upset
- After losing big on Super Tuesday, Texas progressives hope to salvage some victories in July – the angry look says much of these petulant Leftists.
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lucky not to be on the 2020 ballot – no kidding
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Court rulings keep Trump’s financial records private for now
- Supreme Court, 7-2: House Cannot Force Trump to Provide Tax Returns
- Supreme Court allows employers to opt out of free birth control
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Two Court Rulings in Favor of Religious Liberty
- San Antonio lawmakers urge Pentagon to allow BAMC to treat COVID-19 patients
- U.S. Army Message: ‘Make America Great Again,’ Columbus Day Are Signs of ‘White Supremacy’ – time to retire much of the leadership
- Donald Trump: We ‘May Cut Off Funding’ if Schools Do Not Reopen – good
- Trump Isn’t ‘Ignoring Science’ on School Reopenings
- AG Barr says police reform needs to strike the ‘right balance’
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump to come to Odessa later this month for $100,000 per person fundraiser
- Biden-Sanders Unity Plan Includes Commission to Study and ‘Recommend’ Reparations
- Ocasio-Cortez: Collaboration with Sanders ‘Substantively Improved Biden’s Positions’ on Climate
- Joint Biden-Sanders task forces unveil progressive platform after months of negotiations
- Sanders: If Biden Follows Platform Compromises from Task Forces, He’ll Be ‘Most Progressive President Since FDR’ VIDEO
- NYT Columnist Urges Biden to Change Terms of Debates with Trump
- Biden VP hype needs a grain of salt
- Biden Links End of Obamacare with COVID-19
- Biden Says He Would Rescind Exemption for Little Sisters of the Poor
- Biden Proposing Largest Tax Hike in History
- Biden and the Character Issue
- Kanye West on Trump: ‘I Don’t Like That I Caught Wind That He Hid in the Bunker’ – utter stupidity
- Family of late Tejano icon Selena protests planned Trump rally
- He’s Black, Republican and working to reelect Trump. It’s not easy – it amazes Leftist “media” when minorities do not confine themselves to the roles prescribed for them by the Left.
- ‘Old Left’ Condemns ‘New Left’ Authoritarian Transgender Culture
- Ilhan Omar Calls for ‘Dismantling’ of America’s ‘Economy and Political Systems’
- Rush: We Have Failed to Fight Anti-Americanism in Public Education
- The vanity of ‘white guilt’ – We’re making a spectacle of shame
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- Border / immigration
- Border agents discover 2 migrants in large suitcases at checkpoint near Laredo
- One Illegal Alien Dead, Three Rescued from Texas Heat near Mexican Border
- Arrests along Mexico border jumped 40 percent last month, defying Trump administration immigration crackdown
- Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
- Fugitive Border State Governor Had Mexican, Texas Fake IDs, Say Feds
- Laredoans protest on heels of lawsuit that calls border wall a product of ‘racism’
- Deepen Mexico and U.S. friendship through free trade
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- Coronavirus related
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 7/09/2020 (pdf) – 2,813 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 2,526,940.
- Abbott expands elective surgery ban as coronavirus hospitalizations rise, more – a mistake the first time, a mistake now. This is progressivist economic management by politicians.
- Texas bans elective surgeries in more than 100 counties as coronavirus hospitalizations keep climbing
- Sen. Hall Asks Abbott to Shift From ‘Repressive’ Coronavirus Strategy, Focus on Medically Vulnerable
- 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
- CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings
- Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- Texas recovering much slower than other states from COVID-19 job losses – hard to sustain when you move back toward restrictions and shutdown, thanks Abbott.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis Calls to Discuss Florida’s COVID Plans
- Austin nears Stage 5 in coronavirus crisis. Here’s what that would mean for residents and visitors.
- Austin officials weighing possible shutdown as coronavirus surges
- Beto O’Rourke calls Gov. Abbott’s response to COVID-19 ‘pathetic’ – about as “pathetic” as Beto’s Presidential bid…
- Cortez: Hidalgo County is now one of the nation’s COVID-19 hotspots – I’ve been reading this stuff all along and I have to say that it seems some RGV politicos actually perversely like the attention from this stuff.
- New Mexico Ads Ask Visitors to Comply With Virus Safeguards
- Window Into Virus Surge: Death, Recovery at Houston Hospital
- Fauci Downplays Lower Coronavirus Death Rate as ‘False Narrative’ – poor Dr. Faulty, he keeps finding himself on the opposite side of his own data (and words)
- Have you fallen in love with your fear of COVID-19?
- Texas doctors rank activities posing greatest risks for contracting coronavirus – among the most conceited and ridiculous things yet from the liberals at TMA
- Strike Force: Governor ‘laser-focused on Midland-Odessa’
- Texas Juvenile Justice Dept. updates COVID numbers
- WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus is possible – another guess. Note: “…after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so.” So it was pressure. By the way, masks don’t protect against virus particles in the air.
- Sen. Cruz: ‘World Health Organization Can No Longer Be Trusted’
- Lynn County Sheriff hospitalized with COVID-19
- Listeners condemn Abbott’s mouth-muzzle decree
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- Austin council OKs fines of up to $2,000 for mask violations – see where these things go if not opposed?!
- State Orders Public Schools to Reopen, Masks Required
- Trump Isn’t ‘Ignoring Science’ on School Reopenings
- Brooks County Attorney Says Coronavirus Patients Will Be Prosecuted if They Appear in Public
- Texas dog confirmed with virus that causes COVID-19
- Texas parents face a frightening lack of information on coronavirus risks in child care centers – more giving no thought to self-responsibility.
- San Antonio Health Officials Have a Plan for Maxed-Out Hospitals
- Is the coronavirus pandemic putting Texas businesses at a higher risk of lawsuits?
- Dr. Scott Atlas breaks down the facts about coronavirus herd immunity VIDEO
- Facts About COVID-19
- California security guard charged with murder after shooting customer who didn’t wear a mask – and it will be the opposite in Texas.
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- Business
- Number of Texans filing unemployment claims increased for second week in a row as 117,244 sought benefits
- Comptroller Distributes $744.2 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments, 2.6% Less than July 2019, Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, All cities look up
- Texas recovering much slower than other states from COVID-19 job losses
- San Antonio tourism’s way back? ‘Making people feel safe again’ – see, it’s making you “feel” safe not actually ensuring safety, much like TSA.
- Update on SpaceX Starship test program: First tests for prototype #5
- SpaceX, Blue Origin Could Send NASA Mission To Jupiter’s Moon
- All Whataburger Locations Will be Going With New ‘Modern’ Design Within Ten Years – won’t be seen as “modern” in a decade
- Pamlico Air provides tour of facility in Wicthita Falls
- Federal judge approves final Reagor-Dykes liquidation plan VIDEO
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Activists Propose Ideas To Redirect Funds From The Dallas Police Into Social Services
- Nancy Pelosi OK with Destruction of Christopher Columbus Statue in Baltimore: ‘People Will Do What They Do’
- Portland Businesses Have Lost $23 Million Due to Violent Protests
- SD Gov. Noem on Statue, Monument Debate: ‘This Isn’t About Equality Anymore — This Is a Radical Rewriting of Our History’
- George Soros-backed DA Charges CA Couple with ‘Hate Crime’ for Painting Over ‘Black Lives Matter’
- Chimpanzee decorations at Wichita County Courthouse spur debate over racism in Wichita Falls – how utterly ridiculous!
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- El Paso Walmart Mass Shooting Suspect Faces More Federal Charges
- Feds Seek to Keep Guns Seized in Lubbock After Midland/Odessa Mass Shooting
- Guns seized from Lubbock home after Odessa mass shooting, new court records reveal more details
- Suspect crashes into Downtown San Antonio bridge after carjacking SUV from hotel guest, more
- ‘Outcry’ follows the fascinating case of a Texas high school football star wrongly accused of molestation
- Eagle Ford truck driver sentenced in stolen oil case
- Lubbock woman arrested, accused of providing child pornography to her husband
- Man accused of vandalizing the gravesite of his ex-girlfriend’s son
- UFC fighter Mike Perry punches old man in Lubbock restaurant/bar VIDEO
- Police respond to incident at Lubbock restaurant after UFC fighter allegedly hit man, used racial slurs
- A broken phone leads to knife attack
- Former Wichita County adult probation officer sentenced; Purchase of a child charge dropped
- Odessa teenager dies in two-vehicle collision
- Man charged with terroristic threat to Odessa YMCA Daycare
- Charges dropped against Abilene man arrested for child sex crimes
- Police: Burglar fled house after seeing children inside
- Man arrested in San Angelo for double homicide in East Lubbock, What led to double murder in Lubbock? New court records shed light
- Major heat wave in store for West Texas, Panhandle
- Socorro police officer runs into burning mobile home to save 8-year-old boy VIDEO
- Second child dies after wreck on I-45 near Spring
- Man found shot dead in hotel near Hobby Airport
- Bodies of missing boaters found after boat washes ashore in Pasadena
- Street racer dead after crashing into tree, splitting Honda in half in Houston
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- Local government
- Austin teachers union calls on district to keep classes online: ‘We are begging you’ – see how long that demand lasts if it comes with a 30 to 50% pay cut.
- City cancels state GOP convention in Houston as party vows legal fight
- Red Cross: If hurricane hits, RGV residents can shelter in local hotels
- City of Midland to take over sports complex marketing – this should not be the role of a local government.
- Abilene ISD: Elevator delivery issue may force district’s hand
- Abilene’s EDC (DCOA) and AIF entering new strategic alignment
- Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For The City Of Azle
- Citizens Push Waxahachie to Delay Tax Hike Vote
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- Colleges & universities
- UTSA investigating claim that staffer threatened to rape, murder political commentator, UTSA investigates alleged violent threats made by former teaching assistant toward woman on Twitter
- Governor Abbott Allocates Emergency Education Relief Funding For Texas Higher Education
- UT will restructure its response to sexual assault, harassment after student outcry
- MSU students, faculty share fears over ‘shocking’ ICE student visa order
- UTPB, MC will assist international students navigate regulations
- McDonald legacy: One of ACU’s oldest structures makes way for new residence hall
- President of Wayland Baptist hospitalized with COVID-19
- Despite Coronavirus, Texas Tech’s Year-Over-Year Research Activity Is Up
- Texas Tech Students Create App To Promote Attendance, Participation
- Abbott Appoints Flores To Stephen F. Austin State University Board Of Regents
- UT Dallas ranked in top 24 schools for [homosexual] LGBTQ students
- A biotech facility at Texas A&M is ‘ready to save the world,’ which is only partly hyperbole
- Democrats Declare War on Conservatives at University of North Texas
Pratt’s post for 7/9/2020
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