- The “tax rate” doesn’t tell you if locals are raising your property taxes
- Attention: You cannot count on press to warn you of local property tax increases
- Greg Abbott’s drift from conservatism easy to track, appears he’s betting on a Trump loss
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Why Texas Is In Trouble—78,064 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $12 Billion
- Abbott’s early orders, panel recommendations to curb mass violence in Texas falling short – typical Leftists
- Texas Education Agency will not fund schools closed under unlawful health orders
- Abbott Appoints Five And Names Chair To Advisory Council On Emergency Medical Services
- Abbott, HHSC Announce Extension Of Emergency SNAP Benefits For The Month Of August
- Abbott, HHSC Extend Flexibilities For Medicaid, CHIP Providers During COVID-19 Response
- At least 187 Texans received mystery seeds mailed from China. State officials warn they shouldn’t be planted.
- Chad Jones named Texas Game Warden colonel
- TWC Awards $8.2 Million from the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program to 41 Colleges and ISDs to Support Career Training
- Texas DPS network outage added to delays for drivers seeking licenses in July, agency admits
- Herman: Who to count when counting really counts
- CBS affiliate: We tried mailing ballots, and it went about as good as you’d expect
- Harris Co. GOP chair-elect flip flops commitment after racist post – I would not have thought racial things about the post, it is only people who think from a racist perspective that see racism in a banana.
- TX13: Ronny Jackson Victory Starts Draining of Amarillo Establishment Swamp
- TX25: Roger Williams 45, Julie Oliver 43
- Dallas GOP’s candidates for the Texas House are as diverse as the county. Will that matter in 2020? – not to Leftists which includes much of the media
- MJ Hegar won key Hispanic support in Democratic runoff for Senate. Will it matter vs. John Cornyn?
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Cruz, Cornyn and Abbott reject Trump idea to delay the election, as Democrats see brewing autocracy
- Trump signs permits granting approval for pipeline, railway infrastructure along border
- FBI to investigate whether Chinese consulate spied on UT coronavirus research
- Sen. Cruz: Good Riddance to the Houston Chinese Consulate
- Why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is Suing the Trump Administration – the Chamber wants companies to bring in less costly foreign professionals instead of hiring Americans!
- Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy
- Trump’s error in withdrawing troops from Germany
- Trump Meets with Family of Slain Texas Soldier
- Sens. Cruz, McSally Introduce Bill to Enact Expensing Reform, Creating Jobs and Increasing Wages
- Arts organizations Anxious for Action on Financial Assistance
- Mint unveils designs for coins memorializing former President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara
- Texas Lawmakers Push Congress to Establish National Latino Museum – more Balkanization.
- False Promises: What Single-Payer Fails to Deliver
- Full D.C. appeals court to review dismissal of Flynn case, overriding court’s three-judge panel – insanity
- Economic recovery requires the government to stop what it’s doing
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Trump emphasizes support for energy industry in Texas visit
- Report: Midland/Odessa events to raise more than $7 million for Trump
- Trump Downplays West Texas Energy Worries, Attacks Democrats
- Scenes from President Trump’s arrival in Midland
- Visit by President Trump Highlights Struggle of Texas’ Oil & Gas Industry and the Importance of Recovery
- President Trump hears from local oil industry leaders at luncheon VIDEO
- Local Trump supporters react to president’s visit to the basin. VIDEO
- Will Trump dump Pence? Unlikely, but the case for Nikki Haley is strong
- Kimberly Guilfoyle makes her case for Catholics supporting Trump
- No, Trump can’t delay the election
- MSNBC Host Asks Democrat Vernon Jones If He’s Being Paid to Support Trump, Immediately Regrets It VIDEO
- Kamala Harris is an awful VP pick DRAFT DON’T PUBLISH
- The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
- Biden: Economy Needs ‘Concerned, Thoughtful, and Sustained leadership’
- RIP: Herman Cain Dies a Month After Contracting COVID-19: ‘We’re Heartbroken’, Herman Cain Dies From Coronavirus at 74, more
- Never Trump’s Evan McMullin Blames ‘Trump Cult’ for Herman Cain’s Death – loathsome cretin
- The real Rupert Murdoch
- Election Interference: Google Purges Breitbart from Search Results
- Gaetz: Google Using ‘Market Dominance’ in Search to Engage in ‘Election Interference’
- LULAC adopts Marxist approach to opinion
- NPR Remains Journalistically Incompetent
- Poll on which industries have gained or lost public trust during coronavirus pandemic hits the media right between the eyes
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- Border / immigration
- Trump signs permits granting approval for pipeline, railway infrastructure along border
- Vehicles Burned in Mexico to Protest US Water Payment
- Mexican Border State Cops, Soldiers Rescue Dozens After Hurricane Hanna
- Why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is Suing the Trump Administration – the Chamber wants companies to bring in less costly foreign professionals instead of hiring Americans!
- CDN leaves severed head in front of home of Tamaulipas public prosecutor
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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 7/30/2020 (pdf) – 6,190* 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 3,476,926.
- * Texas’ count of coronavirus deaths jumps 12% after officials change the way they tally COVID-19 fatalities – more evidence of unreliable numbers. The 313 deaths added yesterday were from over a “week or more,” showing more problem with the numbers. Does that mean the daily death totals were, or still are, wrong? What was done to ensure the new numbers are not duplicative?
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- 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
- Texas biotech facility in College Station tapped to mass-produce potential COVID-19 vaccine
- Houston Coronavirus Hospitalizations Trending Downward
- America’s Frontline Doctors SCOTUS Press Conference Transcript
- Flat Earther Busted for Coronavirus Conspiracy Graffiti in Texas
- COVID-19: Bad policy rules!
- A second wave in Europe? Perhaps, but deaths are still down
- Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert will take hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 – the fact that what treatment he takes shows the WuFlu is a political disease first with the media.
- Pelosi orders broad mask mandates for U.S. House
- McCarthy says Pelosi hasn’t ‘allowed’ COVID-19 testing on Capitol Hill
- More than the half hospital rooms in Hidalgo County are being taken up with COVID patients – right, COVID is not, by itself, what has overtaxed RGV hospitals.
- CDC: Visiting Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Dallas extends furlough for more than 400 city workers due to COVID-19
- Across Texas and the nation, the novel coronavirus is deadlier for people of color – of course and naturally it was created and spread by white Christian conservatives too! It’s a disease your Leftists. More of the same: Hispanic residents bear brunt of COVID-19 in Texas. And more: Coronavirus-inspired racism sows fear, anger among local Asian community
- Lockdown Suicides on the Rise
- 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?
- Hotze Calls Out Ken Paxton for Siding With Democrat Mayor in Mask Mandate Lawsuit
- The face mask hypocrisy of Lubbock’s Mayor Pope VIDEO
- Rapper Post Malone Mocks Mask Fines: ‘You Shouldn’t Be Forced to Wear a Mask — But You Should’ Wear One – he needs a full balaclava!
- Why I hope every single airline follows Delta’s latest mask move
- Citations being issued over masks in San Antonio, Bexar County
- This Texas man refuses to wear a mask, but will gladly sell you one from his Trump trailer – voluntary action versus coercive action always confuses Leftists
- Dr. Fauci now says we should wear goggles or a face shield to protect ourselves from COVID-19 – it will not end until we, the people, end this charade
- 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
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- Attorney General Paxton Says Local Health Authorities May Not Order School Closures, more
- Texas Education Agency will not fund schools closed under unlawful health orders
- Dr. Anthony Fauci to Teachers’ Union: ‘You’ll Be Part of the Experiment’ – Dr. Faulty is simply unable to inspire confidence in anything except panic
- Custodians, cafeteria workers and bus drivers also fear returning to Texas schools – then quit
- Conflicting Guidance On School Openings Worries Teachers, Prompts Possible Lawsuits
- San Antonio Christian School Sues Local Government to Allow In-Person Classes
- CDC director: Schoolchild mortality risk from COVID-19 is ‘one in a million’
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- Business
- GDP Falls by 9.5 Percent in Second Quarter in Largest Contraction on Record
- GDP contracted at annual rate of 32.9 percent in second quarter, breaking U.S. record
- Southwest Airlines Hopes to Fly 737 MAX by End of 2020
- J.C. Penney Lawyer Says Chain Is Going Forward With Sale
- Texas’ cult favorite sparkling water, Topo Chico, to launch hard seltzer
- Quarantine Picnic: How a hip Houston bar reinvents its business
- Permian Basin International Oil Show postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
- Dallas Cowboys say season tickets won’t be available for 2020 season
- Oil and gas employment forecast to bottom out this fall. It may never fully recover.
- Texas Unemployment Tops 3 Million
- Bank of San Antonio Seeks to Recover $13M Lost in Alleged Fraud Scheme
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Austin City Councilman Calls for Expedited Demolition of Police HQ
- The curious Umbrella Man myth
- Seattle Police Found Explosives at Weekend Protests
- Odessa hospital director under fire for comments made on Facebook – the comments are “nationalist” if anything but not “racist.” Mexican is not a race, it’s a nationality
- ‘It Isn’t Black and White’: Local BLM Activists Join National March for Vanessa Guillén
- NBA Just Got Caught In the Biggest Scandal of Their History, Players Told Not to Comment
- Blackhawks ban fans from wearing Native American headdresses to their games
- NY Times Columnist Asks for Help Finding “Trump’s ‘Anarchists’ in Portland”, Locates Them in His Own Column
- Portland Riots Day 63: Excuse Me — I’m With Antifa. Can You Give Me Directions To Springfield?
- Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer in Oregon Puts Media on Full Blast for Refusing to Call Violent Riots ‘Criminal’
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Audio, Photos: A review of Hurricane Hanna’s impact on Port Mansfield AUDIO
- Lubbock Parents Charged After Infant Suffered Broken Bones, Toddler Tested Positive for Meth
- Before going to jail, couple lied to Lubbock Police and CPS about baby girl’s injuries
- Man charged with injuring baby
- Gas Pipeline Erupts in Flames After Cut by Contractor in Mont Belvieu
- Jury Will Not Indict Dallas Sergeant Accused of Tampering
- Texas now ranks No. 2 in the country for animal shelter euthanasia, down from No. 1 spot
- Houston boxer Joe George ready to prove a point on Showtime
- Police: Shopper hid lotion down his pants
- Man charged for threatening to burn mom’s house
- Judge rules in favor of bank in Jody Wade case
- Abilene police trying to identify convenience store robbery suspect
- Shallowater man arrested, charged with sexually abusing one girl, attempted sexual assault of another
- Levelland man faces up to 20 years for possession of counterfeit money
- Police: Woman armed with machete fended off attackers in Lubbock home invasion
- Body found in North Austin creek, EMS medics say
- Houston Man Swindled $1.1 Million in Coronavirus Relief Funds, Transferred Cash to Cryptocurrency Website
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- Local government
- Austin City Councilman Calls for Expedited Demolition of Police HQ
- More diversity sought in Austin’s redistricting process
- Wichita Falls looking to hire Contract Tracing Specialist, Firefighter Trainee
- Taylor County preliminarily approves ‘bare bones’ budget, including unchanged tax rate, no employee raises – more “tax rate” crap, more. See: Attention: You cannot count on press to warn you of local property tax increases
- The “tax rate” doesn’t tell you if locals are raising your property taxes
- Abilene ISD Superintendent to recommend pushing back school start date
- Petition to recall Big Spring Mayor Shannon Thomason filed
- Lubbock Councilman Jeff Griffith Talks Brick Streets and Ownership of Slide Road, more
- Abbott Announces Film Friendly Texas Designation For The City Of College Station
- Corroll ISD Trustees to Consider LGBTQ+ Student Focus Group
- Commentary: Arlington Term Limits, Part Deux
- Dallas extends furlough for more than 400 city workers due to COVID-19
- AG Paxton Issues Guidance Letter on Postponed Elections – City of Round Rock
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- Colleges & universities
- 2 Houston universities rank in top 50 colleges that will pay off the most in 2020
- Thirty Years Ago, UT Student Athletes Fought for Racial Justice
- Survey finds UT students are uncomfortable with fall reopening plan
- FBI to investigate whether Chinese consulate spied on UT coronavirus research
- Abilene Christian University shares plan to reopen for fall semester
- TTU College Of Education Names Burkhart Center Interim Co-Directors
- Viral Disease Expert Joins Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine
- 2020 Red Raider Hall of Fame includes Crabtree, Graham and Ross
- San Antonio City Council Takes Public Input Online With eComment
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- Military
- Fort Hood’s complex reputation
- Fort Hood soldiers say ‘Great Place’ also known for violence, mistreatment
- Trump Meets with Family of Slain Texas Soldier
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