- ‘He’s decided he’s the king’: Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID response leaves lawmakers on sidelines – media have just noticed this!
- A Timeline of Gov. Abbott’s Executive Orders and Case Numbers
- His Highness, Texas Governor, Abbott Renews Virus Disaster Declaration, more
- Rep. Ron Simmons who ended straight-ticket voting in Texas says elections are better off – I think long term that was a terrible move for the GOP
- US judge rejects lawsuit seeking Texas voting changes during pandemic
- Texans split on dangers of in-person voting during pandemic, and whether to expand mail-in ballots
- Democrat state Rep. Carl Sherman pushes “Bo’s Law,” Says Would Address Excessive Force by Police, Alter Castle Doctrine
- RIP: Former state Rep. Tony Goolsby has died
- AG Paxton Sends Letter to Cameron County Warning that it Must Allow Religious Private Schools to Open
- ACLU warns 500 Texas school districts to revise discriminatory dress codes
- ACLU of Texas flags 16 counties with possible Voting Rights Act violations – they go around doing this all the time, mostly little comes of it.
- 14 Texas Towns Have Outlawed Abortion. This West Texas City May Be Next
- Members of Texas Legislature call upon Lubbock mayor to outlaw abortion within city limits
- Abbott Reappoints Oakley To Board of Pilot Commissioners for Harris County Ports
- California Blackouts Highlight Contrast with Texas Energy, Provide Forewarning
- Texas is revising its sex education standards, but they’ll likely remain silent on LGBTQ [homosexual] issues
- Texas tax incentive program has limits, supporters, critics
- Are Republicans and the Constitution Diluting Minority Votes?
- Log Cabin Republicans-Dallas endorse candidates
- Will more women win Texas congressional seats in 2020?
- TX21: For Wendy Davis and Chip Roy, campaign styles point to 2 views of pandemic
- TX24: Republican Beth Van Duyne, Democrat Candace Valenzuela will get bulk of national campaign dollars
- TX32: Republican Genevieve Collins releases 1st ad in race against Democrat incumbent Rep. Colin Allred
- Is ‘clean energy’ a winning issue for GOP candidates? – all energy is simply converting energy from one form to another.
- Poll: Trump, Biden still close in Texas; Cornyn ahead of Hegar
- Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to kick 44 Libertarians off ballot – good example of how Chairman Dickey was not doing his job at the RPT.
- Texas Supreme Court Rejects GOP Lawsuit Challenging Libertarian Candidates’ Ballot Eligibility
- SD30: Candidates running for Texas Senate in special election
- SD30: North Texas Voters Vet State Senate Candidates Ahead of Special Election
- National Democratic group to spend $6.2 million in effort to flip the Texas House
- Can Dems flip Harris Co. Pct. 3 commissioners seat held by GOP since 1969?
- Thank Goodness Media Hacks and Grocers Don’t Run Elections
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Trump Shuts Down Diversity Training in Federal Government – Says It’s ‘Anti-American’ Propaganda
- Congress back for shortened session, McConnell says Senate will vote on coronavirus relief package
- Sen. Cruz Slams Facebook for Suspending Political Ads Before Election Day, Other Measures
- Following Hurricane Laura, Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Urge Senate to Pass Relief for Texas, Louisiana
- Thanks, but No: Small Businesses Shun Payroll Tax Deferral
- Congress probes ‘alarming pattern’ of Fort Hood tragedies
- Judge temporarily halts efforts to end census count early
- FISA court scolds FBI for ‘widespread violations’ of privacy rules
- Texas Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Reduce Dependence on China for Rare Earths
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Veteran Bobby Henline Calls out Left for Using His Image for Anti-Trump Meme
- Biden wrong on claims about Trump depleting Social Security
- Biden: ‘Only Person Calling to Defund the Police Is Donald Trump’ – the alternative universe of the Left.
- Joe Biden NYT Op-ed in 2011: ‘China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise’
- Kamala Harris Told Jacob Blake, Facing Sexual Assault Charge, She Was ‘Proud’ of Him: Crump
- Kavanaugh boomerang: Harris said she’s ‘proud of’ Jacob Blake, man accused of felony sexual assault
- Harris will hurt, not help, Biden campaign
- Democrat Sheriff Quits Party for GOP as Trump Attacks Biden Over Law and Order
- Court memos detail unethical, unpunished leaks in case handled by potential Biden AG Preet Bharara
- Back to the Basement: Joe Biden Abandons Campaign Trail Again
- Former Dallas Cowboys running back Herschel Walker cuts radio ad for Trump, saying ‘he’s my president’
- Trump faces surprising cash crunch – this entire story appears to be B.S.
- Over 400 boats at ‘Trump Boat Parade’ held Saturday at Lake Brownwood
- Trump boat parade participants say activism is important
- Trump Boat Parade at Lake Brownwood
- The Liberty Café 18: Why I am Still Voting for Trump
- Bolton: No really, that Atlantic hit on Trump is “simply false”
- ‘Bipartisan’ Washington Insiders Reveal Their Plan For Chaos If Trump Wins The Election
- GOP’s House Campaign Arm: CNN’s Jake Tapper ‘Meddling’ in ‘Swing House Races’
- San Francisco Hair Salon Owner Who Feuded with Pelosi Raised $300,000
- Georgia investigating double voting in primary election
- America is not a land of racists
- California Businesses Leave The State By The Thousands
- A liberal wonders: why aren’t we talking about gun control?
- The Minor Parties Appear Set to Be Very, Very Minor Factors This Year
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- Border / immigration
- U.S. Issues Advisories Against Visiting Mexico for Coronavirus, Violence
- Deported Child Molester Arrested After Crossing Border into Texas
- Convicted Murderer Arrested After Illegally Crossing Border into Texas
- 17 Previously Deported Felons Arrested Re-Entering U.S. in El Paso Sector in August
- Border Patrol K-9 Finds 40 Pounds of Cocaine on Commercial Bus
- Migrant Border Arrests Jump 200 Percent Since April Despite COVID Threat
- U.S. Breaks Fentanyl, Meth Seizure Records at Border amid Pandemic
- Judge Orders US to Stop Detaining Migrant Children in Hotels – yes, to the Left a hotel is torturous. I guess they want them back in the Obama Admin. cages.
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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 9/08/2020 (pdf) – 13,492* deaths. The # viral tested in Texas is now 5,320.999.
- * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy – a MUST read. Plus, according to the *CDC only 9,856 have died nationwide with COVID-19 as the exclusive cause of death!
- *CDC’s COVID-19 fatality numbers suggest fraud to cause panic
- 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. Collin County Pushes for Fix as State Agency Admits ‘Significantly’ Overstating Coronavirus Cases
- COVID Death Stats…Inaccurate or Just Misleading?
- 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.
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- ‘He’s decided he’s the king’: Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID response leaves lawmakers on sidelines
- A Timeline of Gov. Abbott’s Executive Orders and Case Numbers
- Never has a virus been so oversold
- 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
- 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
- After Criticizing Hydroxychloroquine Use, Texas Medical Board Says Doctors Free to Use Drug – and this isn’t the outside TMA but Abbott’s appointed board that polices physicians! They were as Leftwing political as others.
- Houston pastor Stella Immanuel tweets Texas Medical Board is investigating her – typical
- Texas GOP, doctors to Abbott: Data, science doesn’t warrant five months of shutdown
- Dr. Sonal Desai: They Blinded Us From Science
- Hydroxychloroquine Could Save ‘Thousands of Lives,’ Says Texas Freedom Caucus in Letter to Pharmacy Board
- Florida Gov. DeSantis: ‘We Will Never Do Any of These Lockdowns Again’ – he’s a read deal conservative
- An Overview of the Texas Disaster Act, the Source of the State’s Coronavirus Response
- Gov. Abbott hints at further reopening Texas, with ‘next steps’ next week
- Texas Coronavirus Update: More Than Half a Million Recoveries
- Some Texas VFW posts risk permanent closure after getting grouped with bars in Abbott’s COVID-19 order – thanks Tyrant Abbott
- The Big COVID Con Exposed
- The Lockdown Has Gone From a Mistake to a Crime
- As Virus Cases Drop, Governors May Gamble on Bars. Again. – there has been no solid epidemiological evidence that bars had any significant role in case upticks.
- Shelby County, Tenn. woman who passed away 6 months ago gets letter saying she is COVID-19 positive
- Texas’ Labor Day Weekend Appears to Have Been Void of Problems That Plagued Memorial Day
- The 1% blunder: How a simple but fatal math mistake by US Covid-19 experts caused the world to panic and order lockdowns
- 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…)
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- MASKS – manners, manipulation and maths – what are your odds of getting or dying from COVID-19? Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- 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
- 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
- The danger of following ‘the science’
- More on face masks and why we should object to decrees to wear such
- Popularity of face diapering shows submission and obedience to the masters – “The Undiapered are the heretics of our time.”
- Sesame Street Spooks Kids with ‘Heroes Wear Masks’ Picture Book – pure propagandizing of our children.
- 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
- CDC to release new resources to support reopening schools
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- TEA creates COVID-19 Data Tracking System for Texas Public Schools
- Texas coronavirus hospitalizations are at a two-month low, but school reopenings pose new risks – sewing the panic.
- Cowardly new world: Video shows insane dystopian rules for school reopening – in Texas! Disgusting and shameful. VIDEO (where did this get this pretentious narrator who says some vowels like some 1930’s New England blue blood?)
- Percentage if infection among school aged is same in countries with schools open as closed
- Parent, teacher coalition warns that schools are not ready to reopen
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- Business
- American Airlines allows flight attendants to wear Black Lives Matter pins, sparking backlash – why not? Customers are already an inconvenience at AA.
- Following Starship SN6’s hop, SN7.1 prepares to pop VIDEO – fantastic videos showing the amazing amount of work going on at Boca Chica.
- Luby’s plans to dissolve, pass proceeds to shareholders
- San Antonio robot company files to develop facility near airport
- Texas’ largest solar plant comes online
- Oil tumbles below $37 in wake of souring demand outlook
- Minimalist Texas hotel named among ‘Best Hotels in the World’
- Wins and losses: Lubbock economy likely taking big hit from scaled-back football season
- Labor Day Win: CEOs Hire Americans Because Donald Trump Excludes Visa Workers
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Nearly half of all voters believe recent protests have been mostly violent rather than peaceful
- Pundits gaslight the American people on violent riots
- BLM Attacks #WalkAway Event in Texas VIDEO
- President Trump shares video on Twitter of scuffle at mostly peaceful Dallas WalkAway rally – typical Leftist media whitewash, would it be presented this way if someone they identified as a “rightwinger” did the same?
- BLM to Elderly Couple: ‘F*** 12, and F*** the White People That Built the System’ So the agitator is a Democrat?
- Black Lives Matter Agitators Harass Black McDonald’s Manager VIDEO
- Police break up scuffles between demonstrators, arrest two in Oregon’s state capital
- 22 Arrested in Labor Day Seattle Protest, Hurl Molotov Cocktails at Police: ‘All My Heroes Kill Cops’
- Antifa Mugshots: Several Portland Rioters Released Without Bail
- As Seattle passes 100 days of protest, 22 arrested at anti-police union riot
- Can Kyle Rittenhouse show he was acting in self-defense in Kenosha shooting?
- Rubber bullets? Tear gas? In Texas, most Republicans OK putting down protests by force; most Dems don’t support the tactics – more false reporting – it’s about riots not protests!
- First-time gun buyers in Texas fear civil unrest, poll shows
- Baltimore Police Allow Pro-Life Student Group to Paint ‘Black Preborn Lives Matter’ Outside Planned Parenthood
- Harpies on The View try cutting Sarah Huckabee Sanders off when talking about violence in Dem cities but she ain’t havin’ ANY of it VIDEO
- Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage VIDEO
- BLM Activist Arrested for Running Over Trump Supporter In Washington
- Petitioners begin gathering signatures to dismantle San Antonio police union
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Man Fatally Shot After Stabbing Police Officer Identified
- Man Accused of Making Bomb Threat Against Univ. of Houston During Zoom Lecture
- Boy, 12, Dies in Southeast Texas After Golf Cart Rolls Over
- Officers Capture 1 of 2 Texas Fugitives After Georgia Deputy Shot
- Sheriff: Five Boats Sank in Lake Travis Trump Parade, No Injuries
- Two Arrested in Texas for June Slaying in Southern Oklahoma
- Man accused of bestiality, indecency with a child, animal cruelty; arrested again
- WFPD release description of suspect in Rider High School break-in, more
- Two Electra residents charged after man says they ambushed him
- Police: Man armed while at Electra PD arrested
- Old High choir teacher charged with improper relationship between educator and student
- Police: Assault suspect claims to be the devil
- Brownwood Police: Parking lot accident leads to seizure of 205 grams of meth
- Abilene man arrested for abuse of a corpse
- Abilene woman accused of DWI with child in vehicle
- Home explodes in Fayette County, two people airlifted to the hospital
- Suspect shot by homeowner after breaking into Howard Count home
- Lubbock Man Admits to Bank Robberies, Sentenced to 9+ Years
- Lubbock man gets prison for “aggressively” seeking sexual favors
- Crosbyton woman washed checks from stolen mail, gets prison time
- New Warrant Issued for Harris County Murder Suspect, Alleged Gang Member Repeatedly Released on Bond
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- Local government
- Property Tax Reform Didn’t Force Cities to Spend Less … Or Cut Texans’ Tax Bills, Rampant lying by local officials on property taxes
- 14 Texas Towns Have Outlawed Abortion. This West Texas City May Be Next
- Members of Texas Legislature call upon Lubbock mayor to outlaw abortion within city limits
- Crews working to restore water in Petrolia
- Graham issues mandatory conserve water request during water main repair
- Wichita Co: M&F Litteken chosen for county elevator project
- Abilene City Council to vote on economic incentives, look at COVID local-control resolution
- Lubbock Tax Increase, Right To Life Rally Discussion AUDIO
- ‘Lubbock Compact’ launches petition drive on impact fees – do realize this is a Leftist anti-growth and freedom movement.
- Is Another School District [Keller ISD] Promoting LGBTQ to Children?
- Tarrant County Commissioners Vote Against Raising Their Own Salaries – but increased pay for others!
- Dallas Police Chief Faces Mounting Scrutiny As Heated City Budget Discussions Begin
- Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall resigns
- Petitioners begin gathering signatures to dismantle San Antonio police union
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- Colleges & universities
- Midland College Professor elected to council of American Political Science Association
- Colleges Using COVID Dorms, Quarantines to Keep Virus at Bay
- McMurry University Expanding STEM Degrees Receives US Department of Education Grant
- Texas universities blame off-campus parties for rising COVID-19 cases – there is a virus, it is going to go around period.
- Texas Tech Receives Hispanic-Serving Institution Grant To Improve Lubbock ISD Students’ College And Career Readiness
- Grant to Texas Tech establishes local history lab at Estacado
- A first look at campus buildings new and in-progress at UTSA
- “It’s pretty hard to learn how to draw an IV online.” This nursing student is grateful for hands-on training this semester
- College Leaders Have Messed Up the Reopening
- Debates over race, history and values roil Texas A&M as campus diversifies
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- Military
- Navajo Nation Calls for Investigation Into Fort Hood Deaths
- Congress probes ‘alarming pattern’ of Fort Hood tragedies
Pratt’s post for 9/8/2020
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