- Gov. Abbott urges Texans to prepare for flu season amid COVID-19 pandemic – really!? We are criticized when even mentioning flu as if it didn’t exist. What will he mandate for this – jock straps?
- Abbott Holds Roundtable On Upcoming Flu Season At UT Southwestern Medical Center In Dallas
- A flu season ‘unlike any other’: State health officials warn not to skip flu shot amid coronavirus pandemic – oh so this is the new extend-the-panic move!
- COVID and the flu: Gov. Abbott warns Texans of dangerous convergence this fall
- Texas Regulators Act to Reduce Oilfield Flaring
- ‘Heavily concerned’: Texas GOP chair weighs in on lawsuit facing Gov. Greg Abbott
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott abused his emergency powers, 5 GOP lawmakers allege in lawsuit
- Lawmakers ask state regulators, governor to reconsider bar closures
- Contact Tracing Program Challenged by Five Texas GOP Legislators in Lawsuit
- Texas Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend — Aug. 7-9
- Circuit of the Americas gets its cash payment from Texas for 2019 F1 expenses
- Abbott Appoints Brock To Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Four To Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners
- Abbott Appoints Eight To Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
- A Conversation with RPT Chairman Allen West VIDEO
- 12 Texas congressional battlegrounds to watch
- TX4: Congressional District Up for Grabs, Nearly 20 GOP Candidates Vie for Seat Vacated by Former Rep. Ratcliffe
- Cornyn narrowly leads Hegar in new poll, as DSCC invests money in senate race
- In depth with Senate candidate MJ Hegar and incumbent John Cornyn VIDEO
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- GOP Congressmen: Austin Council Proposing ‘Legislative Death Warrant for Police Officers’
- Cruz GRILLS Sally Yates for Signing Off on Turning the FBI & CIA Into a Tool of Opposition Research VIDEO
- Sen. Cruz: ‘To Sign off on Turning the FBI and the CIA Into a Tool of Opposition Research’ Has ‘Done Immeasurable Damage’
- Sens. Cruz, Tillis, Colleagues Send Bipartisan Letter to Protect Content Creators from Anticompetitive Practices
- USPS expects mail-in ballot surge, Democrats and Republicans disagree about giving USPS more money to prepare – disaster for the republic
- Senator Tom Cotton: TikTok Is the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Trojan Horse’
- Democrats reject offer for $400 federal jobless extension during talks with White House, GOP
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Joe Biden: ‘Unlike the African American Community … the Latino Community Is an Incredibly Diverse Community’ VIDEO
- During interview, Biden suggests Latino community is diverse, Black community is not
- ABC, NBC, and CBS Run Defense for Biden, Edit His Racist Gaffe out of Their Reports
- Biden Snaps at Black Reporter over Cognitive Test Question: ‘Are You a Junkie?’ VIDEO
- Reading the political tea leaves on Biden in Texas and a census undercount
- Trump’s effort to win over Black Texas voters
- Armed teens arrested inside Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, according to police report
- After NY seeks to dissolve NRA for fraud, Trump suggests move to Texas and state GOP leaders offer red carpet
- Michelle Obama says she’s suffering from ‘low-grade’ depression – isn’t that a requirement to be a Leftist to begin with?
- Is Michelle getting ready to make a political move?
- Pelosi: Republicans Do Not Give a Damn About Minorities
- The educational elite has found another way to keep black students down: The soft bigotry of lowering exam standards
- Nevada, Michigan Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis – what did I tell you? You cannot accept all the extra- illegal-crisis orders for WuFlu because there is no end to what can be declared a “public health” crisis or disaster!
- Gretchen Whitmer declares racism a public health crisis; orders bias training for all state employees
- NY Attorney General Seeks to Dissolve NRA, more
- Eight out of 10 American voters believe the U.S. was founded on ideals of freedom and equality
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- Border / immigration
- Drowning Illegal Migrant Rescued from Texas Border Canal Current VIDEO
- Drugs Found in Boots and Bras at Interior Immigration Checkpoint
- Border lawmakers worry about gaps in border security, seek mile-by-mile analysis from DHS VIDEO
- Tim Kane: Does COVID-19 Trump Immigration? AUDIO
- Female Los Zetas Cartel Enforcer Arrested on Drug Charges in Nuevo Laredo
- Former President Bush Pays Tribute to Immigrants in New Book – what is it with W. and Bushies that they work with Dems to conflate legal vs. illegal immigration?
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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 8/06/2020 (pdf) – 7,497* 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 3,908,235.
- * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy – a MUST read.
- ‘Major disconnect’ between state, counties on COVID-19 deaths
- ‘Head-Spinning Discrepancy’: Why Numbers for State and Local COVID-19 Deaths Don’t Match
- A third more died of flu in Texas by 31 July 2019 than died of COVID-19
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- 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
- A Phony “Pandemic” of Stats and Symbolism
- America’s Frontline Doctors SCOTUS Press Conference Transcript
- City of Dallas Cancels Young Americans for Liberty Convention
- Texas medical board takes warning shot at Dr. Stella Immanuel, others touting COVID ‘cure’, more, more – another way Abbott is letting Texas become New York and California like: Harass doctors treating WuFlu.
- Bobby Kennedy Jr. Claims Dr. Fauci and Gates Foundation Will Make Billions on Coronavirus Vaccine
- Hydroxychloroquine: Fauci silences Henry Ford researchers
- The U.S. failure to contain the pandemic has been laid bare in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. – just what I reported on yesterday, utter hyperbole. See: COVID-19 deaths top 1,000 in Rio Grande Valley – 1,377,861 total 4 co. population. 1000/ 1377861 = 0.0007257. 1/10th of a percent is 1,377.861. The death rate in the RGV is well below the expected fatality rate of flu and yet the region is being portrayed nationally as a disaster!
- Gonzalez laments Valley passing 1,000 COVID deaths
- Governor Abbott Visits McAllen Convention Center For Opening Of Temporary Health Care Facility
- Midland Health: Monday’s coronavirus number spike is ‘little bit stunning’
- Backlog of Texas data pushing up COVID cases in Fort Bend, officials say – I think they mean case numbers, not that data backlogs infect people.
- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson calls for probe into coronavirus testing contract after News investigation
- Trial Lawyers Looking For a $100 Billion Coronavirus Jackpot
- Mission COVID-19 Response: How an Army Doctor and Nurse Are Supporting Care at Baptist Hospital
- A white MIT professor created a bisexual, Native American persona online and then killed her off with coronavirus
- Gretchen Whitmer Opens Detroit Ca$ino$ While U.P. Bars Remain Closed Because COVID.
- Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy is already paying off
- Lawmakers ask state regulators, governor to reconsider bar closures
- Shelley Luther on government in a pandemic -‘They’re not there to protect us.’ VIDEO – “They’re not supposed to protect us. They’re not there to protect us, and the Constitution is to protect us against them.” That is fundamentally correct.
- 19 Dead Due to Coronavirus at Missouri City, Texas Nursing Home – See this.
- Texas woman stunned by $3K bill for 3-minute COVID test – I will never understand why people do not require a price up-front for these things
- Houston-area couple creates pandemic-safe ‘hugging booth’
- The Toll Of Separation When A Family Member Has COVID-19
- COVID-19 linked to hair loss for women, doctors say
- Houston restaurants can now use parking lots as dining space
- Los Angeles Mayor Says City May Shut Off Water, Power At Houses Hosting Large Parties
- Fauci says U.S. did not reach a low enough coronavirus baseline before reopening – Dr. Faulty strikes again. Fauci: U.S. doesn’t need another lockdown to survive coronavirus
- Coronavirus Spread Begins to Slow as 14 More Die From COVID-19
- Rhode Island residents suddenly find themselves unwelcome in other states – is that new in New England?
- COVID lockdown in Melbourne, Australia: Permits for childcare, 3-mile travel limit, daily 1-hour outdoor limit – utter insanity. Being outside is what boost the immune system. Gov’t officials reveling in new-found power.
- 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
- Fauci urges Americans to wear goggles with their mask
- More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Masks, social distancing, and mass hysteria
- Government routinely warned against mask use — before it was political – exactly as I have written and spoken about. See: More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Passengers exchange blows on board KLM aircraft over wearing of masks VIDEO
- 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
- Abbott Provides Update On PPE Distribution To Texas Schools
- Gov. Abbott: School boards will dictate reopenings. Teachers: Abbott is ‘passing the buck.’ – laughable as these folks are always screaming “local control” when it fits their agenda, when it doesn’t they want state control!
- School Dilemma is Hard on Families, Children Alike
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- Business
- Dallas Fed: Texas economic rebound stalls in July VIDEO
- Permian shale chiefs signal growth is over, at least for now
- Exxon says 20% of oil, gas reserves threatened by low prices
- US cruise sailings suspended through at least October
- Statewide average gas price drops again
- Convention Center Hotel still on track for Downtown Abilene – taxpayer subsidized
- Number of Home Listings Plummeted in April as Coronavirus Took Its Toll
- In a World Seized by Pandemic, Santikos Pins Hopes on Upcoming Blockbusters
- Rackspace Stock Slides as IPO Launches on Nasdaq
- The Liberty Café 16: No Future for Renewable Energy AUDIO
- Texas Regains Title as the Land of Patent Litigation
- Austin ranked least affordable US city for minimum-wage workers – but the liberals who run it are for the little guy!
- San Antonio attorney fraudulently billed millions to client, arbitrator finds
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- New Mexico School Officially Dumps Spanish Conquistador Name – teaching the young to reject Western Civilization for Communist history purges
- NBA pledges $300 million to fund black economic growth – I thought they already did exactly that with massive deals with black players?
- GOP Congressmen: Austin Council Proposing ‘Legislative Death Warrant for Police Officers’
- Seattle City Council moves ahead on initial Police Department layoffs, other changes
- Portland Police Chief: Crime is up and nightly protests are a drain on our resources
- Portland Rioters Try to Burn Precinct Down, Attack Woman at Her Home, Police Chief Says, ‘Enough Is Enough’
- Ken Cuccinelli Brings Receipts, Shows No Mercy After Dem Senator Gaslights Portland Riots as ‘Peaceful’
- Denied: Charter commission votes down Minneapolis city council’s abolish-PD referendum
- Ex-Atlanta Officer Fired Over Rayshard Brooks Shooting Is Striking Back
- Murder Charges Filed Against Suspect in Fatal CHOP Zone Shooting
- Austin NAACP leader calls Lakeway Swap membership process ‘discriminatory,’ ‘racist’
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Odessa man dead after setting himself on fire, more
- Mysterious packages from China show up on Lubbock doorsteps VIDEO
- Midland PD deploys gas to get robbery suspects
- Arrest affidavit sheds new light on Wichita Falls’ latest murder
- WF man accused of involvement in sexual photos, videos of children
- Henderson golf course groundskeeper survives lightning strike VIDEO
- Woman booked in jail after hospitalized for taking tramadol following chase with trooper
- Final suspect gets probation in shooting of Abilene teen who was driving
- 35 indicted by Taylor County grand jury
- Car drives into construction hole in Big Spring
- Lubbock Man & Designated Driver Dies in Crash, Family Seeks Help
- Pursuit ends with crash in Southwest Lubbock
- Levelland man punished for crash that killed Lubbock man in 2016
- 2 teens face murder charges in man’s fatal shooting at far northeast Dallas apartments
- Driver shot multiple times before truck is ripped in two in crash on I-45 VIDEO
- Man shot at by former employer outside Fort Worth smoke shop, police say
- Dallas Man Shot, Killed In Apartment Parking Lot Identified, No Arrests Yet
- 22-year-old Texas City woman charged in friend’s shooting death says it was an accident
- Driver shoots at vehicle in Fort Worth before crashing, carjacking someone, police say
- Body of 80-year-old East Texas man missing since May found in submerged truck in Freeport
- Car burglary victim seriously injured in West El Paso
- Case against Elsa man who maintained innocence in father’s murder dismissed
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- Local government
- GOP Congressmen: Austin Council Proposing ‘Legislative Death Warrant for Police Officers’
- Adler’s Austin: 5 takeaways from State of the City address
- Will McKinney Avoid a Tax Hike This Year?
- Council strikes divisive Plano Tomorrow plan that shaped elections, city politics
- Midland County attorney seeks dismissal of lawsuit against county judge over budget
- Odessa council discusses draft 2020-21 budget – claim they are sticking with the Effective Tax Rate, if true it’s laudable.
- Big Spring mayor Shannon Thomason responds to petition for recall
- Abilene sticks with taxpayer subsidized hotel project
- Lubbock City Council to consider tornado sirens as part of new budget proposals
- Houston is spending $1.8M to help struggling artists – good grief!
- San Antonio Council Digs Into Workforce Development, Sales Tax Proposal
- San Antonio eyes $120 million in cuts because of novel coronavirus, but activists must wait to ‘defund the police’
- Changes to Fort Worth Police in Six Practice Areas Recommended by Review Panel
- El Paso city manager, city attorney get raises; city withholds Council evaluation notes
- Proposed Williamson County tax rate will raise taxes by $10 for average homeowner – they just cannot stop spending
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- Colleges & universities
- The educational elite has found another way to keep black students down: The soft bigotry of lowering exam standards
- American Universities and Their Ugly Relationship with China
- White Professor Busted Posing Online as Bisexual American Indian with Corona
- MSU Texas regents express support for move into Texas Tech system
- MSU Texas one step closer to joining the Texas Tech System, more
- Texas Tech AD meets with players after report on abuse
- Texas Tech Regents discusses COVID plans as students prepare for return
- Tech gives students break on sports event fee
- Texas Tech tells students don’t travel on weekends, avoid large parties – sure
- World-Famous Tornado Researcher Launched Career In Hiroshima, Nagasaki
- UNT Investigating Professor for Controversial Article in Music Journal
- UT-Austin will test 5,000 people a week for coronavirus and cover out-of-pocket costs for students
- Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes.
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- Military
- Army secretary meets with Fort Hood leadership, soldiers after deaths, allegations VIDEO
Pratt’s post for 8/6/2020
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