- Greg Abbott’s drift from conservatism easy to track, appears he’s betting on a Trump loss
- Abbott’s pivot from conservatism a gamble motivated by ambition AUDIO
- Abbott Is Getting Grief From Parts Of GOP, But He’s Still A Formidable Political Force.
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s election postponement leads to confusion over ballot filing deadlines – filing should have re-opened based on how election law reads.
- Governor Abbott Extends Early Voting Period For November 3rd Election, more
- Governor Abbott Names Cecile Young Executive Commissioner Of Texas Health And Human Services Commission
- Texas making progress on foster care, shouldn’t be held in contempt, AG Ken Paxton argues
- Governor Greg Abbott Issues Disaster Declaration For 32 Counties Following Hurricane Hanna
- Abbott Announces FEMA Approval For Federal Emergency Declaration Following Hurricane Hanna Landfall In Texas
- Cuellar: State of Texas is ‘hoarding’ $7.5 billion in CARES Act funding – he just wants it handed out with no real judgment involved, typical Dems.
- COVID-19 has illuminated regulations that hold entrepreneurs back
- As COVID cases exploded, workers on Texas’ $295 million contact tracing deal did little to no work
- AG Paxton Applauds Court for Protecting Baby Girl’s Right to Life
- AG Paxton and DOJ warns of fraudulent PPE sales
- Hotze Calls Out Ken Paxton for Siding With Democrat Mayor in Mask Mandate Lawsuit
- Senator Seliger calls on waiver for STAAR test, accountability ratings – what you’d expect from an anti-accountability liberal who just wants to be liked.
- Governor Abbott Waives Grade Promotion Requirements For 2020-2021 STAAR Testing
- Decision to move Ken Paxton case back to Collin County on hold after appeals court decision, more – more pure politics of the disgusting case
- Abbott Reappoints Lynd Presiding Officer Of Alamo Regional Mobility Authority
- Governor Abbott Appoints Lee To 95th Judicial District Court
- Governor Abbott Appoints Gallagher To 96th Judicial District Court
- Ag. Commissioner Miller issues warning on unsolicited seeds from China
- Blind voters, disability rights groups sue Texas over inaccessible mail-in ballot system – suits filed in other states too. More of the plethora of suits to upset Texas elections.
- Texas 5th District Court of Appeals Justice David Bridges killed by alleged drunk driver in 3-car Texas wreck, more
- Horrible details surface about, now unelected, Bexar Co. Republican Party chairwoman Brehm’s husband
- Grieder: Anti-Trump Republicans could play a decisive role in 2020 election in Texas – hopeful thinking from one of them!
- Voting by mail has only recently become a partisan issue – B.S., we had big fights over this 20+ years ago in GOP conventions.
- For first time in years, Texas Dems running for U.S. House have more cash than Republicans
- TX17: Like it or not, Pete Sessions likely headed back to Congress
- TX1: Gohmert addresses allegations made by challenger
- Supporters of GOP Congressman Louie Gohmert, Dem opponent Hank Gilbert clash in downtown Tyler
- SD14: Rep. Rodriguez drops out of runoff, handing seat to Sarah Eckhardt – wow!
- SD14: Sarah Eckhardt wins special election for Texas Senate seat after Rep. Eddie Rodriguez forgoes a runoff, more
- HD47: As Travis County GOP Chair urges unity among Republicans trying to win back a Texas House seat, Fleck plans to file election contest
- Texas GOP House caucus PAC works to hold majority
- Census 2020: Texas will lose a congressional seat if undocumented immigrants are not counted – fine, we’ll take it.
- A Republican president wants to use the census to dilute the power of Texas, the biggest Republican state – see how they’re playing this illegal alien count!
- Newly Elected Texas GOP Chairman Allen West Stands up for Monuments, Opposes Mask Mandates
- Opinion: The Data Shows Texas Democrats Could Tally More Wins in November
- Beto O’Rourke and Texas Democrats unite for largest black voter outreach effort in state history – what? The Anglo fake-Hispanic is now the block voter outreach guy?
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Supreme Court again rejects church challenge to virus restriction – so tell me again when is violence acceptable toward those taking your guaranteed rights?
- Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church’s Appeal to Reopen Like Casinos
- Justice Gorsuch’s Short, Powerful Dissent in the Nevada Church Supreme Court Case
- US Supreme Court agrees – churches are no different than zoos
- Consulate Closures an Inflection Point in China-US Relations
- U.S. Confirms It Has Closed Consulate in Chengdu; Closing Ordered by China After US Shut Chinese Consulate in Houston
- A quick dive into the Senate stimulus package
- New GOP stimulus plan trims unemployment pay, sends $1,200 to most Americans, sets up lawsuit shield
- With extra $600 in unemployment set to expire, many face hardship as pandemic worsens in Texas – do the math, she’s taking in $45,890 ($1765 every two weeks) from unemployment! That’s more than I made many years including the first couple of years of Pratt on Texas!
- Texas Republicans join Democrats in targeting Confederate symbols
- Sen. Tom Cotton Launches Bill Banning Federal Funds for Teaching America Founded on Slavery
- Sen. Cruz on Face the Nation: ‘We Have Got to Get America Back to Work’ VIDEO
- Pandemic hit Postal Service finances hard, but $25B rescue deal remains stuck in Senate – they were already broke
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump to Discuss Energy, Tour Oil Rig, Raise Money in Midland
- Spectators will not be allowed to watch Air Force One arrive or depart from MAF
- Commentary: The Wild Polling Spectrum – demonstrating what I have said about polls of registered versus likely voters.
- Girls sing Keep America Great backing Trump re-election VIDEO
- Democrats Worry Backing Violent ‘Peaceful Protests’ Will Help Trump
- Ronald Reagan Foundation to Trump, RNC: Stop using the Gipper for campaign fundraising
- Nate Silver: Yes, Trump can still win this race
- Why this president election will come down to these toss up states
- Biden gets kill-the-babies endorsement from NARAL
- Obama’s disappearing legacy
- The Education Exchange: Thomas Sowell’s “Charter Schools and Their Enemies”
- Leftists Target DHS Secretary Chad Wolf’s Private Home VIDEO
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- Border / immigration
- Mexican Media Push Fake News on Border Wall Collapse from Hurricane Hanna
- Three Human Smugglers Sentenced for Texas Stash House Operation
- CHC meets with Hilton executives about detention of migrant children in their hotels
- Mexico Institute produces new report on U.S.-Mexico relations
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- Coronavirus related (while I hold over some stories for a while this is not a collection that grows each day. You must go to previous days’ posts.)
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 7/27/2020 (pdf) – 5,038 deaths. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,095 for the annual season. The # viral tested in Texas is now 3,369.975.
- Texas coronavirus numbers showing improvement
- Texas has reached a coronavirus plateau. Is that good enough?
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Individual Liberty in a Pandemic: Government’s Power to Restrict Your Freedoms in a Crisis
- Texas bar owners suing Abbott over booze ban: ‘Bar Lives Matter’
- Facts About COVID-19, CDC says virus close to losing epidemic status
- Thousands of scientists and doctors condemn COVID-19 panic, more
- Shutdowns Are Not a Serious Solution to the Coronavirus Threat
- Unemployment in Costa Rica reaches 20.1%, the highest in its history, in midst of pandemic – the cost of ill-advised “shutdowns”
- Pandemic tensions revive protests in Latin America
- Time is Running Out for Coronavirus Course Correction
- Country-by-country data on mortality risk of the COVID-19 pandemic
- A Phony “Pandemic” of Stats and Symbolism
- Austin Convention Center ready for coronavirus patients, but officials hope it stays empty
- Aerosols are a bigger coronavirus threat than WHO guidelines suggest – here we go again and if that is true then the masks are more than worthless
- Metro Health waited to hire enough COVID-19 trackers until virus had pummeled San Antonio – the tracking was going to do little good with this wide of an outbreak.
- US coronavirus deaths top 1,000 4 days in a row as experts urge shut down
- Nolte: Bluecheck Forces Her Teenage Children to Live Outside, Because Pandemic
- Around 800 Texas Bars Opened This Weekend Defying Governor Abbott’s Orders – good for them.
- Wineries are fighting to open back up for business during COVID-19 VIDEO
- Officials propose in person visitation plan for assisted living facilities VIDEO
- AG Paxton and DOJ warns of fraudulent PPE sales
- WSJ: Abbott could have responded more quickly to pleas from Hidalgo County
- Coronavirus Mandate Stories: Special-Needs Individuals Treated Like Prisoners
- Declining San Antonio Hospital Numbers ‘A Step Forward’
- Automatic SNAP Renewal Extended Again Due to Pandemic
- Ezekiel Emanuel Wants to Shut Down the Country Again
- Head of CDC Admits Lockdown Killing Way More Americans Than COVID!
- Dr. Fauci’s Three Recent Mistakes – Dr. Faulty
- Pastor and congregation pray in San Antonio hospital parking lots for novel coronavirus patients, medical staff – I bet they prayed for all the sick.
- Texas’ count of coronavirus deaths jumps 12% after officials change the way they tally COVID-19 fatalities – more evidence of B.S.
- Houston Coronavirus Hospitalizations Trending Downward
- COVID & masks
- CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings
- How much do face masks actually help?
- Now Abbott’s chief wants you to wear masks inside your homes!
- Sen. Bob Hall Criticizes Abbott’s Face Mask Order Shift: ‘We Are Expected to Live As If We Have a Monarchy’
- Some “experts” claim we need to wear masks “for several years.”
- MASKS – manners, manipulation and maths – what are your odds of getting or dying from COVID-19? Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- Republican activist sues Gov. Abbott, challenging mask order
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- Woman takes Lefty talking points about how ‘it’s just a mask’ apart
- SRI finds ‘counterfeit’ masks among hospital supplies of coronavirus gear
- In an age of science, why are face masks a matter of opinion?
- Poll: Democrats much more likely than Republicans to wear a mask in public – some folk, mostly Dems, have no problem with gov’t officials issuing extra-legal “orders,” that’s why they are dems, they like authoritarianism.
- Hotze Calls Out Ken Paxton for Siding With Democrat Mayor in Mask Mandate Lawsuit
- Crazed woman maces San Diego couple for not wearing masks at the dog park
- Citations: San Antonio garage owner ‘doesn’t believe in’ face mask mandate
- COVID & schools
- CDC director says closed schools pose larger public health risk for kids than reopening, U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- Dr. Scott Atlas: There Is No Risk To Children From Covid-19, I Don’t Know Why People Deny This. AUDIO
- Dr. Scott Atlas: Too much hysteria over school reopenings VIDEO
- Virus Spread, Not Politics Should Guide Schools, Doctors Say
- UIL announces plan for high school sports
- Amid calls for school shutdowns, U.K. scientist says student-teacher infections ‘incredibly rare’
- CDC to release new resources to support reopening schools
- Cedar Park official: Teachers should return to campus or be fired
- Texas most radical-Left teacher union, AFT, hosting “town hall” with Dr. Fauci
- Harris County Prohibits In-Person Instruction Despite Guidance From House Education Chair, CDC
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- Business
- The Fed’s new $600 billion COVID-relief program allows small banks to play in the big leagues – Vista Bank
- Texas Manufacturing Recovery Continues
- International Trade’s Impact on Texas
- Billionaire on ‘Open Texas’ task force laments the year that cut his net worth in half and crippled his Omni hotel business
- No furloughs for Southwest in 2020, thanks to nearly 17,000 voluntary departures
- Permian Oil Driller Rosehill Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Turkey Leg Hut co-owners allege fraud, theft, embezzlement and raft of other charges in dueling lawsuits – I’ve been there, not the Turkey Leg Hut, but the business partner issue.
- One in three Texas breweries see permanent closure in near future
- Wineries are fighting to open back up for business during COVID-19 VIDEO
- Around 800 Texas Bars Opened This Weekend Defying Governor Abbott’s Orders
- Midland eateries provide unique outdoor seating
- Plainview ISD Board approves raises for employees
- COVID-19 has illuminated regulations that hold entrepreneurs back
- Airline Mixed Nuts for Sale in Arlington Due to Low Demand During Pandemic
- El Paso Electric sale to JPMorgan-tied investment fund scheduled to become final Wednesday
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- 28-year-old fatally shot during “protests” in downtown Austin Saturday night
- Austin Police identifies man killed in the shooting during downtown protest Saturday VIDEO
- BLM protester allegedly aiming legally-carried rifle at car may have led to his death VIDEO
- ‘We have too many guns’: Austin Mayor Adler discusses deadly BLM protest shooting – maybe it’s too many protesters?
- US protests: More riots and lawlessness in cities across nation
- Police and Protesters Clash in Violent Weekend Across the US
- Texas Republicans join Democrats in targeting Confederate symbols
- Mostly Peaceful: Riots in Democrat Cities in Solidarity with Portland
- Leaf-blower wars: How Portland protesters are fighting back against tear gas and forming ‘walls’ of veterans, lawyers, nurses
- Antifa violence in Portland? “That’s a myth,” says …
- Democrats Worry Backing Violent ‘Peaceful Protests’ Will Help Trump
- WNBA Players Leave Court During National Anthem – more will watch this than have every watched a WNBA game! VIDEO
- Dallas Wings president Greg Bibb calls out Sen. Ted Cruz over shot taken at WNBA – Bibb is a useful idiot of the Marxist Left.
- Hate-Hoaxer Jussie Smollett Attends BLM Protest Outside Trump Tower
- Man charged in S. Texas with aiding couple who burned Goodwill in St. Paul
- Members of black militia group NFAC hit by friendly fire during Louisville protest
- Seattle Police Chief: Sorry, business owners. You’re on your own
- St. Louis prosecutor used politically charged McCloskeys case to raise money for reelection campaign
- Anti-Antifa Heroes Let BLM Have It When They Build a Barricade in Seattle, Then Police Finish It Off
- Confederate monuments outside Bastrop County courthouse to be removed
- Saturday Protests in Weatherford Marked by Violence
- Fort Worth: Hundreds Rally for the Police Downtown
- A Few Words About Racism and Style and Capitalizing the Words ‘Black’ and ‘White’
- The SMU Alum Behind Controversial Federal Response to Portland Protests
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Hanna Weakens but Flooding Still Threat in Texas, Mexico
- Hanna causes flooding in South Texas as it weakens to tropical storm
- As Brownsville Cleans Up After Hanna’s Heavy Rains, Focus Returns To Fighting COVID-19
- Outages reported throughout Valley, flooding rains still expected
- Hanna’s fury leaves portions of Cameron County in clean-up mode
- Austin police investigating shots fired at officer inside police vehicle
- Hays Co. constable resigning amid multiple state investigations
- Austin police release body camera footage of Michael Ramos shooting – despite him fleeing, etc. it does seem, from this angle, not to have justified the police using lethal force.
- El Paso Man, 33, Held in Los Angeles Killing of Teen Girl, more
- Texas 5th District Court of Appeals Justice David Bridges killed by alleged drunk driver in 3-car Texas wreck, more
- Arrest made in Odessa shooting investigation, more
- One man killed in car crash west of Odessa; Three detained by CBP
- Crane man dies after head-on crash in Gaines County
- Ex-deputy, once Wichita Falls ISD security officer, now charged with invasive visual recording
- Wichita Falls police bust shooting suspect near E.R.
- Wichita Falls Old High student suspected of punching teacher
- Man with infant runs from police before arrest
- Three people killed in Comanche County shooting
- 2 People Killed in 2-Vehicle Accident in South Lubbock
- Crashes take heavy toll on state’s motorcyclists; Lubbock among cities with highest number of fatal accidents, TxDOT says
- Suspect wanted in connection to Lubbock homicide arrested in Levelland
- 53-year-old motorcyclist dies in high-speed crash on Central Texas highway
- Waco identifies worker killed in accident while cutting tree in local park
- 1 Killed in Shooting in South Dallas on Sunday
- 2 people in their 20s drowned in separate incidents Sunday on Lake Lewisville, officials say
- Smith Co. shooting suspect arrested
- 12-year-old boy charged with murder after woman found dead at Greenspoint apartment, police say
- Shooting of couple at San Antonio park has one park visitor running scared
- Man thrown from vehicle, dies in central Laredo crash
- Order Entered Against Georgetown Promoter of Fraudulent Investment
- Judge Denies San Antonio Trial Lawyer Thomas J. Henry’s Request to Keep Divorce Proceedings Closed
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- Local government
- Cedar Park official: Teachers should return to campus or be fired
- City of Lubbock to vote on shutting down annexation and growth committee
- Midland County officials announce new burn ban
- Midland ISD school board to vote on renaming Lee High School
- Abilene: Venue tax dip affects Frontier Texas!, Expo Center
- Proposal for Lubbock to take responsibility for Slide Road south of Loop 289 instead of TxDOT
- Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus Ready To ‘Explore Next Chapter,’ Will Retire By Year’s End
- A Dallas County program providing up to $4,500 for rent or mortgage is back for a limited time
- Tyler ISD accepting ideas for new names for high schools
- Edgewood ISD trustee’s refusal to resign costs district partnership with prestigious mentorship program
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s election postponement leads to confusion over ballot filing deadlines
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- Colleges & universities
- Gallego takes reins at Sul Ross State
- Midland College mourns the passing of former President Dr. David E. Daniel.
- McMurry, Howard Payne, and Hardin Simmons postpone fall sports until spring 2021
- Veterinary anatomist, curriculum expert joins TTU School of Veterinary Medicine
- UT Admissions Suit Redux Will Gauge Trump Court Appointees
- UT student commuters may be challenged to find study space on campus due to new protocols to reopen campus for fall semester
- The SMU Alum Behind Controversial Federal Response to Portland Protests
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- Military
- Dyess AFB’s 317th Airlift Wing welcomes new commander
Pratt’s post for 7/27/2020
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