- Will attacking Abbott’s COVID response lead to a Texas takeover by Democrats? – not likely, the real story is the upheaval in the Republican Party and how that will play out.
- Abbott’s Retaliation Against Democratic-Controlled Texas Cities May be DOA
- State Leaders Announce Cities Which Defund Police May Have Tax Revenue Frozen
- Houston GOP Legislators Call for General Land Office to Take Control of Hurricane Recovery Funds
- Rep. Todd Hunter: More laws needed to combat human trafficking
- Texas A.G. Paxton Loses Price Gouging Suit Against Egg Producer
- Barber Hill ISD’s Dreadlocks Ban Discriminatory, Federal Court Rules
- Why are Democrat Austin Officials Hellbent on Killing Children?
- Opinioin: Watch the bottom of Texas ballots for political change — not the top
- Herman: Two guys on a farm road
- Midland Co. GOP precinct chairs pick 385th District Court judge nominee
- TX19: Arrington’s riot bill draws criticism from Democratic opponent Watson – seems that Watson doesn’t know the difference between state rep. & U.S. rep.
- TX24: Candace Valenzuela on winning the Dallas suburbs for Democrats
- What an ad against MJ Hegar says about how women and their appearance are still targeted in politics – oh poor them.
- Is Cornyn too busy for weekly calls with Texas media, or just cautious in heat of campaign? – oh my, they may have to get off their lazy asses and actually go cover things!
- Cornyn-Hegar Race Could Influence How Military Handles Sexual Assault, Harassment
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- China issues vague threat of new sanctions on Ted Cruz – badge of honor
- Ted Cruz advocates for San Antonio, other Texas cities, to host U.S. Space Command HQ
- Cruz on Hannity Blasts Democrats’ Radical Agenda of Open Borders, Socialism, & the Green New Deal VIDEO
- Sen. John Cornyn visits Wichita Falls, discusses possible future coronavirus relief bill VIDEO
- John Cornyn again questions DOJ’s pursuit of late hacker, activist Aaron Swartz
- Former USPS leader from Texas says Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is “destroying confidence” in the postal service – when did it deserve this “confidence?” It’s over $8 billion in the hole.
- Clyburn says USPS ‘isn’t losing money’ after it reported a $2.2 billion loss last quarter
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- Presidential race / national politics
- GOP Reveals Who Will Speak at Convention Next Week — And the List Is Pure MAGA
- Donald Trump Reacts to MAGA Hat Ban: Do Not Buy Goodyear Tires, Goodyear Bans ‘Blue Lives Matter’ and MAGA Slogans, Allows Black Lives Matter
- Biden officially nominated for president by Democrats
- Jill Biden defends her husband’s mental acuity, calls attacks ‘ridiculous’
- A DNC Moderator Led Proceedings With the Pledge of Allegiance but Left out One Key Part
- Kamala Harris Could Prove Helpful to Joe Biden in Texas – wishful thinking
- Democrat Party Platform: Ban Online Ammo Sales, License All Gun Owners
- Invoking El Paso Walmart massacre, Escobar spotlights gun violence as she casts Texas votes for Biden
- Portland Is the Democrat Party Platform
- DNC ignores the elephant in the virtual room: Big-city violence
- At convention, Texans featured, but don’t play leading roles
- Allred, Neave participate in Democratic keynote
- Illegal immigrant leaders living in sanctuary secure major win — and hope — in the national Democratic party platform
- Democrats Continue Attack on Trump in Depressing 2nd Night of Convention
- MSNBC’s Brzezinski Praises Jill Biden — ‘Love You’ VIDEO
- Harris, Omar and the Democrats’ great march leftward
- Biden (and the Democrats) still have an AOC problem
- AOC UNLOADS on NBC News after Delivering 1-minute Lesson in Socialism
- AOC’s Convention Speech Was Rather Radical and Revealing
- Hanson: Michelle Obama told Dems to ‘go high’ after her husband ‘tried to destroy a political campaign’
- For Harris, Green Pastures Beyond The Golden State?
- Cindy McCain, wife of late-Sen. John McCain, becomes latest Republican to support Biden – any surprise there?
- The Democrats have learned nothing in four years
- Candace Owens Will Sue Facebook over ‘Blatant Censorship’
- Kevin Hart Pushes Back Against Cancel Culture: ‘We’re Letting People Control and Dictate the Start and Finish of Peoples’ Lives’
- ‘Everyone’s offended by everything,’ de Blasio whines; ‘It’s just not fair.’ – funny when the leaders of a movement find the results of what they preach.
- Canada: Wife Loses Lawsuit to Prevent Husband’s Euthanasia
- A Blow to Women’s Sports
- Disgraced Broward Sheriff Scott Israel of Parkland Infamy Fails in Primary Bid to Reclaim His Badge
- Gloria Steinem’s revisionist history
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- Border / immigration
- President Trump wants to charge people crossing border to help pay for wall – many of the bridges are already toll bridges. Some cannot be due to treaty.
- Texas Child Sex Offender Arrested for Mexican Border City Murder
- Gunmen Kill Mexican Cop at Coronavirus Checkpoint near Texas Border
- CBP officers find cocaine in bus
- 360 Pounds of Meth Seized at Texas Border Crossings
- Illegal immigrant leaders living in sanctuary secure major win — and hope — in the national Democratic party platform
- Guatemalan Man Seeking Asylum Drowns Along US-Mexico Border
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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 8/19/2020 (pdf) – 10,250* 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 – a moderate to mild flu year. The # viral tested in Texas is now 4,500,645.
- Texas 2019-2020 flu fatalities through 8/14 report: 10,053 (32.92 per 100K) – clearly lockdowns and the other “decrees” do NOT work to stop viral spread.
- Virus positivity rate dips to 11.2%; officials say fluctuation due to backlogged test results
- Collin County Slams State’s Bad Coronavirus Data – Judge Chris Hill says the county is “100 percent certain” the numbers reported by Texas DSHS are not accurate.
- * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy – a MUST read.
- ‘Major disconnect’ between state, counties on COVID-19 deaths
- TX WuFlu Positivity Rate Plummets After Record High Set From System Error
- A third more died of flu in Texas by 31 July 2019 than died of COVID-19
- Texas COVID-19 “recovery” rate is 98.7%
- Coding errors meant 504,000 COVID-19 test results were not previously reported to the state, Texas DSHS says
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Thousands of scientists and doctors condemn COVID-19 panic, more
- Has Sweden been vindicated?
- More data from Sweden demonstrates failure of lock downs everywhere else
- Never has a virus been so oversold
- How Reliable Are COVID-19 Tests? Depends Which One You Mean
- Could mass testing for COVID-19 do more harm than good? – a must read
- ‘How many are we missing?’: Research shows 80,000 missed cancer diagnoses this year – more will die because of the COVID shutdowns
- Texas Among The States With The Most COVID-19 Restrictions – yep, Abbott has worked hard to make us LIKE Illinois, New York and California!
- UT professor compares businesses’ coronavirus risk, consumers’ opinions as guide for reopenings
- Midland: Over a third of residents at Ashton Medical Lodge have COVID-19
- 1 dead, 18 infected after COVID-19 outbreak at Abilene nursing home
- Dallas taps Parkland Health to do coronavirus testing after concerns surface over delayed results
- Sam Houston State University canceled its in-person graduation and fall sports — but hosted a Tiffany Haddish comedy show – perfect hypocrisy
- “We’re being treated as guinea pigs”: Faculty members fear in-person return to Texas universities – then resign or stop accepting the pay checks.
- COVID & masks
- 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…)
- Now Abbott’s chief wants you to wear masks inside your homes!
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- 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
- Fauci urges Americans to wear goggles with their mask
- More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Europe’s Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren’t Helpful in Beating COVID-19
- Face masks are ‘NOT necessary’ and could even harm the fight against coronavirus, say Holland’s top scientists
- 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
- Oxford: Evaluation of the Filtration Performance of Cloth Masks and Common Fabric Materials Against 20–1000 nm Size Particles
- Unmasking the surgeons: the evidence base behind the use of facemasks in surgery
- 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; Too much hysteria over school reopenings VIDEO
- 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
- 10 superintendents pen letter opposing Hidalgo’s guidance for reopening Harris County schools
- Disgraced Speaker Bonnen: The solution to the COVID-19 school opening conundrum is to allow local districts to decide
- South Texas Christian School Defies Court Order and Plans In-Person Classes
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- Business
- Friendswood Bar Owners Arrested After Refusing Police Inspection
- 174 Power Global solar farm construction complete in Ector Co.
- Poly-America’s HQ Grand Prairie plastics plan suffers giant fire VIDEO
- Beaumont boy pursues dream of becoming entrepreneur and starts lawn care business VIDEO
- Tomlinson: New battery tech will pull electric vehicles even with petrol-fueled cars
- Austin delivery startup Fetch lands $18M for growth
- Houston Has Lost Thousands Of Jobs During The Pandemic. So Why Are Houstonians Buying More Homes Than Ever?
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Rewards Being Offered for Information on Suspects Involved in Crimes During Capitol Riots
- UT drum major says ‘Eyes of Texas’ is ‘racist’ and won’t perform any longer – so why did you go there? Why did compete to be drum major? Idiot.
- BLM leader equates looting to actions of US government overseas, says US ‘steals diamonds and oils’
- Portland Police ID Suspect in Horrible BLM Assault, Announce More Info About Suspect and Victim
- Black Lives Matter Protester Seen Brutally Beating Truck Driver in Viral Video Has Been Identified
- Portland Is the Democrat Party Platform
- Portland: Riot Night Returns After a Couple Nights of Calm — Portland PD Appears Rested
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Arrested in Arkansas
- Driver arrested in Big Spring hit and run
- Lynn County Sheriff Deputy involved in domestic dispute, police report said
- Harris Co. deputies search for man involved in violent road rage attack caught on video VIDEO
- Magnolia man sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing friend dead over $700 debt
- Police charge two men in connection to fatal motorcycle collision
- Man charged with shooting firearm in air in central Odessa
- Massive fire rages at plastics factory in Grand Prairie VIDEO
- Suspect arrested in coffee cup assault
- Brown Co. SWAT team seizes meth, arrests two
- San Antonio landlord terrorizes family, tries to evict them at gunpoint VIDEO
- Police: Early investigation shows no kidnapping attempt at Abilene park
- Houston: Pregnant fast food worker shot during robbery
- Child porn suspect shoots himself during traffic stop near dog park in San Angelo
- San Antonio husband finds heart-wrenching goodbye video on late wife’s phone
- $10,000 Reward Offered for Info on Lubbock Gebo’s Robberies
- Arrest made, murder for hire plot that killed Lubbock Estacado graduate
- Lubbock man indicted for hit & run in April at 66th and Upland
- Lubbock man indicted on 2 counts of sexual assault of a child
- Texas Panhandle crash claims life of Lubbock man, injures 2 others
- Lubbock rapper’s appeal denied in cocaine trafficking case
- Dollar General employee who was stabbed, shot, sues retailer
- 3 women settle suit against Austin priest convicted of assault
- How and why the FBI comes up with silly nicknames for Houston bank robbers
- Reward offered in Winnsboro cattle theft case
- Catching Modern-Day Cattle Rustlers Is a Full-Time Job for This Texas Special Ranger VIDEO
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- Local government
- Petitioners fail to gather enough signatures for recall election of Cedar Park council member
- Is Carroll ISD Disregarding Parents on Controversial LGBTQ Plan?
- Bowie residents asked to conserve water after major leak
- Seymour resident to host town hall about city electrical rates
- Wichita Falls budget cuts result in reduced funding for local art programs – and yet they are proposing a property tax increase!
- Lubbock Police Department Creates Safe Exchange Zones
- Houston: Critics accuse Turner of using ‘powerless’ task forces to deal with controversies – that’s classic under-the-rug sweeping
- Harris County joins federal lawsuit trying to extend time for U.S. census count
- Austin set to raise fees on city-run golf courses
- Assistance program launches for Austin renters
- Why are Democrat Austin Officials Hellbent on Killing Children?
- Arlington approves warehouse plan by airport, but urges developers to listen to neighbors
- Amarillo City Council Sets November Charter Election
- Collin County Slams State’s Bad Coronavirus Data
- Dallas County election employee was expected to be promoted. Then he resigned.
- Bexar Co. commissioners rename building after county’s pandemic response leader who died from COVID-19
- Texas Organizing Project joins petition campaign against SAWS
- Barber Hill ISD’s Dreadlocks Ban Discriminatory, Federal Court Rules
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- Colleges & universities
- UT drum major says ‘Eyes of Texas’ is ‘racist’ and won’t perform any longer – so why did you go there? Why did compete to be drum major? Idiot.
- UT Police Will Be Backup, Not Enforcers, of COVID-19 Rules
- MSU to start development of Bridwell Activities Center
- Upgrades at Howard Payne Univ.
- WBU president participates in COVID-19 panel discussion
- TTU Obesity Research Institute’s Founding Director Honored by American Society for Nutrition
- Sam Houston State University canceled its in-person graduation and fall sports — but hosted a Tiffany Haddish comedy show – perfect hypocrisy
- “We’re being treated as guinea pigs”: Faculty members fear in-person return to Texas universities – then resign or stop accepting the pay checks.
Pratt’s post for 8/19/2020
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