- Texas press just now discovering Abbott’s rule by decree power grab
- Abbott calls for police funding pledge from candidates, more, more
- Texas Gov. Abbott asking every candidate for public office to sign pledge against defunding police departments
- Act now to save the Alamo Cenotaph – easy instructions on this page
- Abbott Issues Statement On Site Selection Naming Texas The Top State For Infrastructure And Corporate Investment
- Sen. Perry, church leaders to voice opposition to Planned Parenthood VIDEO
- Texas proposes to cut millions from safety net programs as officials brace for COVID-19 budget impact
- Court upholds Texas law on filing fees for minor party candidates
- AG Paxton Commends San Antonio Federal Court for Dismissing Case Urging Changes to In-Person Voting
- Court Dismisses Another Leftist Attempt to Undermine Texas Voting Laws
- Activist Judge Orlando Garcia strikes again, orders Texas to change way mail-in ballots are rejected – how do you cure a signature mismatch?
- A Win for Mail Voters, a Loss for In-Person Voters and New Allies in Mail Ballot Fight – from the Left
- Democrats’ Plot to Abolish Election Night
- Ken Paxton fails (again) to remove latest judge to preside over his criminal cases – too bad because there is a big conflict of interest.
- Public School Exodus? Organization Reports Massive Influx of Homeschooling
- Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.
- Texans with developmental disabilities in state homes still don’t have visitors. Their parents worry they don’t know why.
- DPS Ready for Annual Commercial Vehicle Inspection Push
- DPS trooper ready to fill leadership void in District 4
- Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Three To Statewide Health Coordinating Council
- RIP: Jay Kimbrough, Gov. Perry’s fix-it guy, had died, Family’s statement
- In close elections, two opponents can be better than one
- Democratic super PAC to spend $6.2M on Texas House races
- Dem Forecaster Rachel Bitecofer warns Texas Democrats not to unilaterally disarm – where do these types get the budget to setup shop at the Fairmont? She uses vulgar filthy language even in an official interview.
- SD30: Liberal Braddock says Luther has a chance to win senate race
- Democrat MJ Hegar, Republican John Cornyn drop TV ads as Senate race heats up
- Poll: 80% of Democrats think making voting easier is more important than ensuring voter eligibility – yep and it shows the low intellectual level of Dems
- Texas Assoc. of Realtors PAC release full slate of endorsed candidates for the general election
- ——————————–
- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Trump adds Sen. Ted Cruz to his list of potential Supreme Court nominees
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on President Trump’s Second Term SCOTUS List
- Judge Blocks Labor Department’s Narrowed Joint Employer Test – bad, bad for business and employment
- Trump Shuts Down Diversity Training in Federal Government – Says It’s ‘Anti-American’ Propaganda
- Cruz’s $5B school voucher proposal makes Senate GOP’s ‘skinny’ coronavirus stimulus bill – never against spending in these bills unless it’s for a conservative cause! It and tons more should not, however, be in this bill.
- ———————————————
- Presidential race / national politics
- Purity test: Democrats clash over Biden diversity goals
- Report: Left Mobilizes for ‘Mass Public Unrest,’ ‘Political Apocalypse’ Expected If Biden Loses
- CNN Uses Soviet-Style Airbrushing to Erase Redskins Logo from ’70s Biden Photo – that’s how it’s done!
- Biden: Oh, never mind about that national mask mandate too
- An Inebriated Looking Joe Biden Proclaims Trump Wants to ‘Defund the Police’
- Kamala Harris’ ‘family’ in Dallas: The Divine Nine
- Kamala Harris’ past takes on California’s role in the fight against climate change have aged like fine milk
- US Army vet says he was used as a ‘prop’ in anti-Trump ‘propaganda’
- Two Women Who ‘Assaulted’ 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Charged With Hate Crimes, more
- Former WH stenographer: Biden “doesn’t seem to have the same mental acuity”
- Joe Biden’s Consistently Light Campaigning Schedule
- Donald Trump Tells N.C. Rally: Border Toll Will Fund Border Wall
- President Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
- Florida’s Cuban Americans Are Coming Back to the GOP
- Dr. Fauci’s defense of President Trump just ended the Bob Woodward news cycle
- Trump Says He’ll Spend His Own Fortune to Win in 2020: ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Keep America Safe
- Zuckerberg: ‘Nothing Illegitimate’ About Election Taking ‘Additional Days, or Even Weeks’
- Nolte: Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg Begins Walkback of Anonymous Trump Hit
- Is Stephen Miller pursuing policy — or power?
- Texas Republicans mostly silent on Atlantic report that Trump called military ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’ – because it’s bull-bleep you DMN morons
- an Rather on Atlantic’s Trump Story: ‘Whether He Said It or Not, It Is Believable to a Lot of People’
- We’re not going to take it — again. How the Seventies are taking us back to their future.
- Hollywood’s audiences don’t care about diversity in movies as much as people in Hollywood do
- Kim Klacik and the urban GOP effort
- Devin Nunes Warns Americans to Wake Up in ‘Countdown to Socialism’ Book
- Democrats’ Plot to Abolish Election Night
- ——————————————–
- Border / immigration
- August Sees Most Border Apprehensions in Fiscal Year
- Tripwires and Triggers: ‘The World Is Coming’ on Human Smuggling Trails to U.S. VIDEO
- U.S. Street Gang Accesses Mexican Cartel Tunnels, Leaked FBI Report Shows
- U.S. Breaks Fentanyl, Meth Seizure Records at Border amid Pandemic
- Donald Trump Tells N.C. Rally: Border Toll Will Fund Border Wall – can’t toll some of the big bridges by treaty.
- UTSA professor’s history of Texas-Mexico border highlights cooperation alongside conflict
- ——————————————–
- 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 5,339,126.
- * 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
- Texas press just now discovering Abbott’s rule by decree power grab
- Bexar County hospital numbers continue steady downward trend but officials hold on to control over people
- BBC interviews Ector County sheriff on COVID impact
- Wichita County judge pondering Halloween procedures amid pandemic – good grief!
- Texas doctors losing money in pandemic
- Texas needs Friday night lights this year more than ever
- Tarrant County judge argues with citizen, denies countywide ban was ever in place – what a liar
- AG Paxton Warns Brownsville Against Unlawful Order Limiting Restaurant Capacity
- Houston COVID-19 Study to Request Blood Samples From Randomly Selected Homes
- Texans with developmental disabilities in state homes still don’t have visitors. Their parents worry they don’t know why.
- Symphony, soccer and tailgates: Houston to allow limited events in ‘return to normalcy with virus’
- AstraZeneca pauses late-stage studies for a COVID-19 vaccine after recipient illness
- Where Does Rich Lowry Go to Get His Apology?
- 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
- 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
- TEA creates COVID-19 Data Tracking System for Texas Public Schools
- Yes fools, flu is much more dangerous for children than COVID-19
- ——————————————–
- Business
- August Report: Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, all cities
- Woke capital is winning the left. Will Wall Street’s gamble pay off?
- Abbott Issues Statement On Site Selection Naming Texas The Top State For Infrastructure And Corporate Investment
- Howmet Aerospace has another round of layoffs
- Luby’s Inc. board approves plan for liquidation of Luby’s Cafeteria, Fuddruckers and more
- Chuck E. Cheese parent company CEC Entertainment secures $200 million of debtor in possession financing
- Federal judge rejects part of new joint-employer rule, more
- Courts begin to take action on business interruption claims as more lawsuits are filed
- Repair to Well off Texas Coast Taking Longer Than Expected
- Bankrupt San Antonio-area education software developer drops fight with SBA
- The hotel industry is close to the cliff’s edge
- SeaWorld lays off 242 workers in San Antonio
- Governor Abbott Welcomes Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Back To Texas
- Whimsical new boutique hotel makes its grand debut in Grandbury
- Meyers: There are ways bars can reopen safely
- Texas saw 2nd largest credit-card debt paydown in 2020
- Texas doctors losing money in pandemic
- Councilman Jeff Griffith Talks City Budget, Tornado Sirens, & Police Force
- Floydada farmer says pumpkin crop will survive cold front and rain, but cotton can be more complicated VIDEO
- Houston is experiencing a pandemic-fueled housing boom. Here’s what’s selling.
- ——————————————–
- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Jerry Jones gives players permission to protest during season; Eric Trump says ‘Goodbye NFL’
- Report: Left Mobilizes for ‘Mass Public Unrest,’ ‘Political Apocalypse’ Expected If Biden Loses
- Women Plan All-Black Community in Georgia After ‘400 Years of Racial Oppression’ – honest pro-segregation Democrats?
- Lawsuit targets Midland ISD for Robert E. Lee High School renaming process
- Dajore Wilson: Say Her Name! Black Lives Matter Won’t
- American Airlines OKs Black Lives Matter pins for employees
- Spokane sheriff criticizes HuffPost story on arrest of Democratic Socialist co-chair – lying HuffPo
- Rochester police chief resigns after days of violent protests
- LA Sheriff’s Office Put out Video on How to Handle BLM/Antifa Rioters – No DA Needed
- ———————————————
- Crime & general news of Texas
- Former federal prison guard gets 18-month sentence for inmate assault
- Officials: Fugitive’s Stolen Trailer Had Explosives Inside
- Man found buried in South Austin backyard was shot, police say
- Man charged with recording underneath women’s dresses at Odessa Walmart
- Odessa man charged with point handgun at gas station clerk after stealing beer
- 19-year-old woman charged with assaulting elderly woman in Ector Co.
- Odessa PD: Suspect tried to take officers weapon following assault, Police: Man rammed cars on I-20, tried to take officer’s gun
- Man charged with assaulting girlfriend over sale of washer and dryer
- Animal hoarder Joy Jackson arrested again after allegedly threatening to kill woman
- Brown Co. deputies: Traffic stop of probationer leads to weapons, other charges
- Death of Colorado City teenager ruled accidental overdose
- Abilene police: Several guns stolen from vehicles overnight
- Woman scares off potential burglar with a gun, police report says
- Indicted man accused of setting neighbor’s apartment on fire twice
- Anti-Wimp: Howard Co. homeowner shoots break-in suspect
- Ex-Temple ISD teacher who had ‘sexual contact’ with student 15 times indicted
- Driver of truck that struck Central Texas woman arrested at Texas-Mexico border
- Alert issued for missing Texas woman
- Bexar DA’s office re-examining Marquise Jones shooting death as family fights to reopen case
- Harris County Murder Suspect With Alleged Gang Ties Released Again on Sixth Bond
- ———————————————
- 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
- Dallas City Council Defunds $7 Million From Police Overtime, Police Chief Resigns Amid Multiple Controversies
- First Black Female Dallas Police Chief Resigns amid Attacks on Police
- Community reacts to Dallas Police chief’s resignation
- Smithville expands free internet access with $10,000 grant from Union Pacific Foundation
- Cedar Park council member wants city to consider anti-abortion ordinance
- Report: Austin is the least livable U.S. city for minimum wage earners – why? Democrat high taxes and regulation have grossly inflated housing costs.
- New Austin PAC aims to raise $300,000 to push public safety agenda in council races
- Lawsuit targets Midland ISD for Robert E. Lee High School renaming process
- Odessa sewer, water rates going up – it’s just another tax
- Ector County’s new HR head named
- Ector County jail expansion saving county millions of dollars
- Wichita County judge pondering Halloween procedures amid pandemic – good grief!
- Big Spring City Council votes 4-3 to not renew City Manager contract
- Lubbock council approves mental health contract with Catholic Charities
- Charles Perry, church leaders to voice opposition to Planned Parenthood in Lubbock VIDEO
- North Texas Citizens Defeat Elected Officials’ Pay Hikes
- Tarrant County judge argues with citizen, denies countywide ban was ever in place – what a liar
- San Antonio goes online to develop bike plans, micromobility policy
- Constables protest deputy cuts in Bexar County budget proposal
- Montgomery County Commissioners Unanimously Lower Taxes – not the “rate” but actually lowered property taxes!
- ———————————————
- Colleges & universities
- UTSA professor’s history of Texas-Mexico border highlights cooperation alongside conflict
- San Antonio universities vary on testing approach for students learning in person this fall
- Texas Tech looking into party video of woman saying she has COVID
- Emergency fund created by TTU alumni provides immediate impact—and relief—for students
- Two Texas Tech students share quarantine experience
- Alamo Colleges eyes partnership to help run Edgewood’s Kennedy High School
- ———————————————
- Military
- Under sex crime spotlight, Army didn’t take long to shake up Fort Hood command
- Fort Hood provides new details about Navajo private’s death
Pratt’s post for 9/9/2020
September 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Speak Your Mind