- Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, announces he is withdrawing support of Gov. Greg Abbott as governor – right on brother.
- Texas Bars And Distilleries Rip Gov. Greg Abbott For Leaving Them Out Of “Unacceptable” Reopening Plan
- State historical commission will decide whether Alamo Cenotaph can be moved – ridiculous claim that leaving it where it sits compromises the redo in jeopardy.
- Proposal to Bar Ex-criminals from Affordable Housing in Texas Called Unfair
- Governor Abbott Appoints Nichols To Continuing Advisory Committee For Special Education
- Proposed Cut To Texas Ag Budget Hurts Food Banks As More Texans Need Them – food banks were created to be an outside government solution but sadly have just become part of the big welfare state.
- Secretary Hughs Marks National Voter Registration Day, Urges All Eligible Texans To Register To Vote By October 5th
- TrueTheVote’s state-by-state voting guide
- Crenshaw calls expanding mail-in voting ‘playing with fire’ despite rarity of voter fraud – more media B.S. “rarity of voter fraud”
- A key group mobilizes the AAPI community in Texas
- In Spanish, Cornyn ad says he ‘strongly supports legalization of Dreamers,’ but immigrant advocates scoff – I think that has been his position for a long time.
- HD97: Rep. Craig Goldman, in tough race against Elizabeth Beck, blasts radical left, rioters, and looters VIDEO
- SD30 Special Election: Pratt endorses Rep. Drew Springer & tells why
- SD30: Significant funding flows to Luther and Springer as SD 30 special election enters the homestretch
- HD128: Houston Chronicle unloads on Rep. Briscoe Cain because he is truly conservative – note how they despise conservatism
- Siegel: The West Coast is burning, but Texas doesn’t have to – see how ridiculously radical are Texas Democrats these days.
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- The Myth of Merrick Garland’s Poor Treatment
- Texas cases raise stakes in fight to replace Ginsburg
- ‘The facts are different’: Cornyn says Senate should take up Trump nominee to court
- History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020
- Who’s afraid of Amy Coney Barrett?
- Trump meets with Judge Coney Barrett, a top nominee to fill Justice Ginsburg seat
- Cruz blocks RBG resolution, objecting to mention of her dying wish to keep seat open for next president – good
- ‘We have an obligation’: Why it’s fair for the Senate to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg now
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Didn’t Understand Her Job
- The knives come out for Robert Mueller: The disgruntled ‘Resistance’ turns on its former hero.
- COVID-19 Testing Firm Used by Texas Under Federal Scrutiny
- Texas’ Latino Vote Might Be Harder To Predict Heading Into This Year’s Presidential Election
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Chris Wallace Picks Debate Topics, Appears to Omit Several Key Issues
- Cotton: Biden Knows if He Revealed ‘Radical Left-Wing’ SCOTUS Nomination List ‘He Would Lose the Election’
- Biden: I’m Not Going to Say Whether I’ll Try to Expand the Supreme Court
- Biden Breaks All Norms With His Answers on His Supreme Court List and Court Packing
- No, Mr. President, you didn’t win Texas by ‘landslide’ and polls didn’t show dead heat four years ago – actually in the political business we do call a 9-point margin a landslide in a competitive race.
- Bloomberg raises millions to help Florida felons vote against Trump
- Newsweek, ABC News once held Biden accountable
- Biden done with campaigning for the day at 9:22 a.m.
- Joe Biden Revives Discredited Atlantic Hit Piece on Trump, Compounds It by Telling Massive Lie
- How would a tie in the Electoral College be resolved? The answer: in the House of Representatives. – one is supposed to know this.
- Nancy Pelosi: We Can Impeach Trump Every Day of the Week for Anything
- CNN’s Goofy Don Lemon Says ‘We’re Gonna Have to Blow Up the Entire System’
- RealClearPolitics: Google Suppresses Conservative Media in Search Results
- Google Pushes Conservative News Sites Far Down Search Lists
- Obama Judge nixes witness signature requirement on SC mail ballots
- Bush Judge dismisses Trump challenge to Nevada mail voting law
- “Only” One Word Is Allowing Non Citizens to Vote Legally
- ‘The Left Wants Regime Change’
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- Border / immigration
- Border Patrol Agent Stabbed — Assailant Shot, Killed
- Border Patrol agents find 13 immigrants in locked train car
- Border Patrol agents find 38 people in trailer, including a 3-year-old infant
- Mexican Border State Mayor Calls for Executing Drug Lords
- Feds Seize $196K in Cash at Eagle Pass Border Crossing
- ICE arrests illegal immigrant pedophile that Denver released, but the story gets worse – an example of how often children are used for “family unit” fraud
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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 9/22/2020 (pdf) – 14,917 deaths. The # viral tested in Texas is now 5,622,498. * 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
- Texas overstated COVID positive testing rate by about 100%
- COVID Death Stats…Inaccurate or Just Misleading?
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional , ‘He’s decided he’s the king’: Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID response leaves lawmakers on sidelines
- Texas press discovering Abbott’s rule by decree power grab months late
- A Timeline of Gov. Abbott’s Executive Orders and Case Numbers
- An Overview of the Texas Disaster Act, the Source of the State’s Coronavirus Response
- Never has a virus been so oversold, Dr. Sonal Desai: They Blinded Us From Science
- 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, Sweden declares victory over COVID-19
- 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
- Texas GOP, doctors to Abbott: Data, science doesn’t warrant five months of shutdown, The Lockdown Has Gone From a Mistake to a Crime
- The lockdowns were a bad idea and did not work
- The Big COVID Con Exposed
- Tucker Carlson: From Its Very First Days This Pandemic Was Shrouded in Lies
- Federal judge rules Pennsylvania COVID-19 restrictions unconstitutional
- Liberty Going Out of Fashion: 69% of Britons Support 9pm Coronavirus Curfew
- Chinese virologist: China’s government ‘intentionally’ released COVID-19
- COVID-19 and the false positive trap: Current test results should not be automatically accepted as real
- Lawsuit Filed Against Gov. Abbott Over Nursing Home ‘Edicts,’ Alleges Constitutional Violations
- Abbott relaxes limits on restaurants, retail and gyms, but keeps bars closed
- Mayor Payton: Midland is ‘open for business’
- Major Hospital CEO Refutes Austin Mayor’s Coronavirus Doomsday Prediction, Texas Supreme Court clarifies CDC eviction order
- Nashville officials accused of hiding low coronavirus cases linked to bars and restaurants
- Despite fading epidemic governments vow to maintain lockdowns
- The truth about Sweden’s voluntary lockdown: Sweden’s approach is neither an irresponsible threat to public health nor a libertarian dream
- Borden County’s coronavirus-free bubble remains intact
- Anthony Fauci: ‘I try my best..’ but ‘divisive’ society gets in the way – precisely the way elitist autocrats always claim. Says much about him.
- CDC issues COVID-related warning for trick-or-treating, holiday gathering, drinking – typical.
- Texas Bars And Distilleries Rip Gov. Greg Abbott For Leaving Them Out Of “Unacceptable” Reopening Plan
- France, Spain, U.K. issue new coronavirus restrictions amid spike in reported infections – the places with the most draconian rules and shutdowns continue to be the places with continuing problems.
- COVID & masks
- 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 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…)
- 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
- CDC inadvertently admits the uselessness of masks against COVID-19
- 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’
- The Dystopian Age of the Mask
- Americans Against Unconstitutional Mask Mandates
- State Mask Mandates Don’t Apply to Businesses, Say Lawyers for Local Chamber of Commerce
- Majority of voters take relatively relaxed approach to mask-wearing in public
- Three NFL teams issued fines totaling more than $1 million after coaches fail to wear masks at games – what a joke the NFL is today.
- 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
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- Business/Economy
- Texas real estate market cools in August
- Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid
- Pappas brothers exploring acquisition of Luby’s
- Blue Origin’ New Shepard Mission NS-13 Launch Planned for Thursday
- A Rocket Mogul Is Preparing to Launch a Union of U.S. and Soviet Technology
- Austin’s Blue Sage raises $300M fund to back midsize businesses
- From brick-and-mortar to truck-and-order, restaurants move to food trucks to survive – all this take-out and delivery simply doesn’t work for us. We want to dine inside the restaurant, if eating at home we’ll cook it.
- Austin hat shop relocates to unique setup after COVID-19, rising rents close its doors
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Portland Protesters Threaten to Burn Home Down for Displaying Flag
- Emmy’s: Jimmy Kimmel Joins ‘Black-ish’ Star in BLM Chant
- Black Lives Matter deletes “what we believe” page
- NAACP: Any name with Lee is offensive – so the black folk I’ve known named Lee are offensive?
- L.E.E. name supporters rally ahead of MISD board meeting
- Texas teacher fired after refusing to stop wearing Black Lives Matter mask
- Citizens Plan ‘Back the Blue’ Rallies in Dallas as Defund Vote Approaches
- Controversial ‘Defund Police’ Activist’s History with Dallas City Hall
- The NYT (!!!) reports on how protesters in Portland are now targeting residential neighborhoods
- ESPN host Max Kellerman explains that it’s ackshually ‘extremist right-wing agitators’ making all the peaceful protesters look bad
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- TS Beta Weakens to Tropical Depression, Stalls Over Texas Coast
- Brays, Buffalo Bayous among the waterways flooding in Houston
- Flooding continues in Houston, as Beta weakens to tropical depression
- Texas Border County Sheriff Says He Received Ricin Letters
- Court Papers: Woman Who Sent Ricin to White House Told Trump to ‘Give up and Remove Your Application for This Election’
- Texas Man Charged in Death of Louisiana Hotel Manager
- Final Autopsy: Fort Hood Soldier’s Drowning Was an Accident
- Feds accuse former Houston ISD chief of taking kickbacks from contractor
- Police worry that deadly South Austin bus stop shooting could be random attack
- 1 found dead after South Austin condo fire, officials say
- Vandals deface headstones with blue paint at historic East Austin cemetery – disgusting and seems to happen often in cemeteries of all types
- Man in critical condition following Odessa motorcycle collision
- Man charged with stabbing common-law wife with wooden picket
- Man dies in hospital after involved in standoff with Ector Co. SO deputy
- Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive from San Antonio Captured
- WF serial killer’s appeal for new trial denied, death sentence reinstated
- WFPD: Thief locks homeowner in bathroom
- Abilene Police investigating homicide on I-20
- Abilene police officer, citizen both awarded Carnegie Medal for pulling man from burning vehicle
- Armed suspect who was tased after traffic stop in south Abilene identified
- Abilene man tries to take police officer’s gun during arrest
- Lubbock Police Investigate Woman Stabbed and Left for Dead
- Lubbock man indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide with a motor vehicle
- DPS: Officials make multiple vehicle stops, drug seizures in law enforcement surge operation
- Woman arrested after first responders rescue her from truck stuck on retaining wall off I-35
- Waco T-Mobile Store Robbed At Gunpoint
- Fort Worth Native, John Lennon’s Killer Says He Sought Glory, Deserved Death Penalty
- Fort Worth PD Announces Arrest In 1974 Cold Case Murder Of Carla Walker
- Two Men Arrested, Charged With Murder Of Man At French Colony Apartments In Dallas
- Burleson Teen Dies After Police Find Him Near Basketball Court With Gunshot Wound
- Officials provide update on missing East Texas 5-week-old; ‘substantial’ reward offered for information
- DPS: 1 killed after SUV hydroplanes, crashes into tree in Smith County
- Alton man seen with children at football game arrested on child sex charges
- Falls County sheriff charged with assault, sexual assault
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- Local government
- Hutto names Hutmacher as new city manager
- Bee Cave police chief: Communicating with the community can be a challenge
- $3.7 Billion Dallas ISD Bond Proposal Includes Funding for Art Facility, Stadiums as Economy Struggles
- Citizens Plan ‘Back the Blue’ Rallies in Dallas as Defund Vote Approaches
- City of Dallas Sued by Young Americans for Liberty Over Convention Cancellation
- Midland County commissioners adopt no-new-revenue tax rate
- Ector County raises taxes, raises spending $3 million
- What tax break is on WFISD superintendent’s mind?
- City of Lubbock says no conflict of interest in law firm choice for ordinance review – the city folk didn’t listen to what I actually said – that there are “family ties” to Planned Parenthood and the Olson family.
- Lubbock’s planning department hosting Unified Development Code open houses
- Lubbock commissioners broke pledge, raised taxes to hand $2 million to sheriff’s office
- CPS Energy weighing solar, batteries, and new tech to replace aging fossil fuel plants
- Amarillo City Council Approves Property Tax Hike and $20 Million Spending Increase
- Travis County looks to get creative with polling locations for November election
- Jacksonville closes public library til new location opens next year
- Laredo City Council to submit to voluntary drug testing
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- Colleges & universities
- Despite pandemic, UT sees large freshman class, slight drop in enrollment
- Howard Payne University announces faculty appointments
- HSU Convocation amidst COVID-19: Dr. Rob Wiley Speaks
- Texas Tech veterinary school gets go-ahead to start application process
- Texas Tech exceeds 40,000 enrolled students – and yet campus looks like a ghost town
- LCU to add men’s and women’s tennis to their intercollegiate sports
- A&M Launches Statewide Homework Hotline for pre-k-12 Students
- A&M Dean of College of Liberal Arts announces retirement, discusses future plans
- SFA to offer in-person graduation ceremonies in December
- Dr. Deborah Birx says Baylor’s COVID-19 response will provide critical information for nation
- SMU Reverts to a “Moderate” Operational Level
- Opinion: Texas State should further promote its inclusivity efforts – far Leftism
- UTRGV Athletics unveils Vaqueros United initiative, patch
Pratt’s post for 9/22/2020
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