- Texas GOP Chairman Allen West Expresses Support for Special Session
- Abbott Brushes Aside Latest Lawsuit From His GOP Colleagues – he’s quite arrogant as is much of his staff
- Texas Senate Finance issues interim report (pdf)
- Texas oil regulator: Now is the time to reduce flaring before the next oil boom
- Abbott, HHSC Secure $1.1 Billion In Federal Funding For Nursing Facilities
- With school reopening, Gov. Greg Abbott sets off another debate over whether local or state officials are in control
- Texas Medical Board Cautions Against Claims of Coronavirus “Cure” After Doctors Laud Hydroxychloroquine
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants fourth judge to step down from his fraud case
- How the Texas State Board of Education Works VIDEO
- Progressive Leftists won big in Travis County. What’s next for the criminal justice system?
- Will Harris County Republicans take advantage of this opportunity?
- TX21: Abortion Giants, Soros Propel Wendy Davis Congressional Run in Texas
- TX4: Republican Party Activists Prepare to Pick Next Congressman
- Texas was always key to Democrats’ 2020 congressional ambitions. Less than three months from Election Day, their confidence is growing. – misplaced
- From Blue Texas to the Lincoln Project: PACs look to turn Texas blue
- Opinion: Opening Texas schools is 2020’s top election issue
- Lists of Candidates in all Texas Legislative Races
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- AG Paxton Joins 22-State Coalition Urging Congress to Consider Safe to Work Act
- Chaos? Irrelevant? Pandemic shifts Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] legal fight
- Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert catches COVID, and criticism
- Ford, Bush Presidential Adviser Brent Scowcroft Dies at 95
- Cruz Speaks with Dana Perino on Crossfire Hurricane and the RECOVERY Act VIDEO
- Cruz Discusses Venezuela, Maduro, & CITGO 6 at Senate Foreign Relations Hearing VIDEO
- On the Trump Administration’s Case Against WeChat
- DC Circuit Rules McGahn Must Honor House Subpoena . . . but Not Necessarily Answer House’s Questions
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Biden Mocked Trump’s Faith for Months, Shocked When Trump Fires Back
- Joe Biden did it AGAIN! Biden says all Blacks think alike, unlike Hispanics
- Biden Tries to ‘Clarify’ Remarks About African Americans; No Apology
- Clyburn: Biden’s Diversity Comments Were About Continents
- The Biden Tapes, Volume III
- Hidin’ Biden’s basement convention
- Super PAC launches to help Joe Biden win Texas
- US Intelligence Says Russia Is Using a Range of Measures to Denigrate Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden – sure, same old anti-Trump crap
- Trump Says AOC Is a ‘Beauty’ With the Mind of a Child – perfectly right
- Facebook is wrong to censor Donald Trump
- Mark Smith: NRA Lawsuit Will Backfire and Drive Gun Owners to the Polls
- NRA Has Most Badass Response to NY AG’s Attempt to Wipe Them Out
- Poll: Three-quarters of all Americans would prefer to live anywhere but a big city
- ‘Systematic Failure’: Nearly 1 in every 10 absentee ballots in NY mail-in primary invalidated
- Voter Fraud? What Voter Fraud? Nevada Mails More Than 200K Ballots to Wrong Addresses
- Faithless Electors and Constitutional Fidelity
- The Satanic Temple raffles free abortion
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- Border / immigration
- Illegal alien apprehensions at Border Jump 138 Percent in Four Months
- Migrant Dies on Texas Ranch Despite Extensive Rescue Efforts
- US: Border tunnel appears to be ‘most sophisticated’
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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 8/07/2020 (pdf) – 7,803* 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 3,944,480.
- * 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
- Time is Running Out for Coronavirus Course Correction
- 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
- 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.
- Texas COVID-19 “recovery” rate is 98.7%
- COVID outbreak infects 11 staff, 9 residents at Houston-area domestic violence shelter
- Some Texas nursing homes residents can now have visitors after five months apart
- Lubbock nursing home one of two in Texas with most COVID-19 resident deaths
- Abbott, HHSC Secure $1.1 Billion In Federal Funding For Nursing Facilities
- Texas nurse and her 9-year-old daughter serve as blessing to others after beating COVID-19 together
- Abbott Announces Federally Funded COVID-19 Testing Sites In Harris County
- Only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it. – in Childress
- A&M research project identifies COVID-19 positive pets in Brazos County
- Ohio Gov. DeWine tests negative for COVID-19 just hours after testing positive
- La Porte clinic ordered to stop all COVID-19-related medical care following AG lawsuit
- Hidalgo County may move some who have tested positive into hotels
- A&M disaster expert: Aerial photos of Chinese parking lots could’ve flagged COVID last year – problem is our intel units have been too busy running a coup against Trump to do their jobs.
- Has Sweden been vindicated?
- Never has a virus been so oversold
- COVID & masks
- CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings
- Masks are neither effective nor safe: Summary of the science – ignore who the author is, it does not matter, simply check the sources/footnotes.
- Wearing face masks more than doubled Texas COVID-19 fatality rate! (But wait there’s more…)
- 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
- Fauci urges Americans to wear goggles with their mask
- More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- 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
- Gov. Whitmer mandates masks for children at camps, child-care centers – idiot
- Del Mar, California hires more cops to enforce 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
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- Abbott Provides Update On PPE Distribution To Texas Schools
- With school reopening, Gov. Greg Abbott sets off another debate over whether local or state officials are in control
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- Business
- U.S. economy added 1.8M jobs in July; unemployment at 10.2%
- Baker Hughes oil & gas drilling rig report, U.S. rig count falls to record low
- Oil drilling drops to 15-year low with shale in full retreat
- A Total return to drilling in Texas
- EOG Resources loses more than $900M
- Targa Resources halts losses in second quarter
- Cheniere Energy turns second-quarter profit despite canceled cargoes
- Struggling oil company Weatherford promises more layoffs
- Epic Midstream begins operations at natural gas liquids plant near Corpus Christi
- SpaceX and ULA get launch contracts from SES
- More customers, lower fuel costs boost NRG profits
- Marathon Petroleum selling gas stations to 7-Eleven for $21B
- Allmand’s Station in Henrietta marks 50 years; owner still works six days a week, will turn 90 soon VIDEO
- USAA Insurance approves, then denies an auto claim by a Green Beret who lost his leg in Afghanistan
- Austin-based Yeti blows past Wall Street expectations
- After nearly 40 years, landmark Austin flea market on U.S. 290 could close
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Pratt: ‘Temptation toward evil abounds’ – yes, that Pratt is my mother.
- Odessa boutique’s ad rejected from Texasliving Magazine over ‘We Back the Blue’ sign
- In The War Against Law Enforcement, It’s Time For The Police To Strike Back With Their WMD … A Nationwide Strike
- Blain: Black Americans Want Cops in Their Neighborhoods
- The sickening hypocrisy of the NBA
- Dribbling: Americans should shut up about China atrocities, says NBA-TV analyst
- Has the Portland Mayor Finally Had Enough Of The Nightly Riots?
- Black Lives Matter files lawsuit alleging costs to defend their civil rights too high
- Businesses in the former CHAZ/CHOP aren’t so sure about abolishing the police (and worry about Antifa)
- Destructive protests resume in Portland after federal agents withdraw from city
- Cancel Culture Threatens Democracy
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Arrest made in death of Fort Hood soldier; fifth to die in recent months
- 2 Admit Fencing More Than $1 Million in Military Gear
- Dallas developer admits bribing city councilwoman to support his Fair Park apartment project
- Wichita Falls police investigate stabbing on the city’s east side
- Wichita Falls sex offender headed to prison
- Infidelity argument helps police find fugitive
- Electa embezzler back in jail after missing court date
- MSU Texas police investigates on-campus sexual assault
- Man arrested after video on social media shows him allegedly kicking Shih Tzu dog in El Paso
- Pair of Abilene men indicted, accused of shooting
- Employees find large snake at Odessa Walmart
- Levelland Man Admits to Manslaughter
- Houston stepmom, son ordered to pay $13M in bank fraud case
- Police: Wife helped husband kill kids before double suicide
- Willis woman dies from severe burns in house fire
- Ex-Dallas Cop Appeals Murder Conviction in Neighbor’s Death
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- Local government
- 2 highest paid El Paso city execs to get $20k in raises amid budget cuts and layoffs during pandemic – Lubbock’s ol’ Tommy Gonzalez knows how to fatten his wallet. He did it well in Irving and is doing it well in El Paso del Norte.
- Jefferson Co. looks to sell Ford Park racetrack
- Odessa: Current councilman, Bryant, seeks mayor slot
- Blackwell CISD trustees censure one of their own after alleged unethical behavior
- Should Dallas City Council Fund a Government ‘Nightmare’ Instead of Police?
- Houston Criminal District Judges Argue For Dismissal of Bail Reform Lawsuit
- Harris County To Consider Disaster Declaration “Loophole” To Raise Property Tax Rate Above SB 2 Limit
- Homeless Camping Ban Petition Rejected by Austin City Clerk
- Austin City Council willing to spread police cuts over full year
- Plano Citizens Win Referendum Fight Over Controversial Development Plan
- San Antonio’s Proposed Plan: Collect Sales Tax for 4 Years Before Revenue Goes to VIA
- Bexar County commissioner lays out a plan for safe voting in November
- Austin, Fort Worth, San Antonio in Top 4 Most-Populated U.S. Cities with Highest Increase in Homicide Rate – Fort Worth has a crime tax the idiot citizens just voted to renew and yet it’s done them no good for years and years!
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas universities have started shedding jobs and are bracing for a serious financial hit – how about stopping the funding of things like homosexual student advocate offices and other Leftists politics? (They’ll be last to be cut!)
- MSU’s Bradley Wilson named David Adams Educator of the Year
- MSU Texas police investigates on-campus sexual assault
- MSU regents discuss move into Texas Tech system
- Texas Tech, Midwestern State leaders sign memorandum of understanding
- TTU Researchers Awarded Contract To Study Vigilance In Detection Dogs
- Texas Tech fires Lady Raider basketball coach Marlene Stollings, more, more
- Dawkins fired as assistant coach with Lady Raiders, right after Stollings also fired
- Texas Tech athletics press conference after firing of coach Stollings
- University of Houston PTAC Helps Local Businesses With Their Needs
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- Military
- Political News Fort Hood Commander’s Transfer on Hold Amid Investigations
Pratt’s post for 8/7/2020
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