- Appeals court panel strikes down Texas abortion law from 2017
- Texas Ban on Abortion Chop-‘Em-Up Procedure Blocked Again by Court
- Appellate court overturns 2017 Texas law banning second-trimester abortion procedure
- Fifth Circuit Panel Rules Against Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban
- Texas AG Ken Paxton says he didn’t want to stop investigation into complaint lodged by campaign donor – right
- Fort Worth Bar Owner Gains Following for Taking Costly Stand Against Government Closure Orders
- Texas Capitol Access During Session in Question
- TWC Reinstates Work Requirements for Child Care
- Governor Abbott Celebrates Texas Being Ranked Best State For Business For Eighth Consecutive Time
- Abbott Appoints Ten To Task Force On Disaster Issues Affecting Persons Who Are Elderly And Persons With Disabilities
- Texas has not made it harder to vote this year
- ‘This is important’: Texans flock to polls, smash Harris County early voting records
- Lubbock sees record turnout on 1st day of early voting
- Hidalgo Co.’s first-day tally surpasses 2016 early vote by over 1,500
- First day of early voting sets record in Dallas County, elsewhere in Texas
- State district court orders Bexar Co. to add 18 more Election Day voting locations
- 72 or more Huntington ballots botched during first day of early voting in Angelina County
- 91-year-old Abilene man casts ballot for 1st time ever on day 1 of early voting
- Leading up to the November election, the Harris County Democratic Party is awash in cash while the Republicans are running on empty
- Sullivan: Politicians And Political Parties Are Tools, Not Idols – Amen!
- Democrats Target Collin County Republican State Lawmakers
- Texas House Flip Likely, Abbott Approval Declining, Trump Slipping in Suburbs – could be but I doubt most everything in this Leftwing outlets polling.
- Associated Republicans of Texans blast Democrats for out of state money in Texas House races
- The Battle for the Texas House Hinges on Cold, Hard Cash
- 30 Day 2020 campaign finance reports: State races, part 1, part 2
- From raising kids to raising campaign funds, Texas moms running for Congress overcome the obstacles
- TX11 Congressional debate heats up – not really
- Cornyn ad uses West’s words to hurt Hegar with Black voters, Royce West won’t vote for MJ Hegar, says
- Cornyn goes on attack against challenger Hegar
- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo endorses MJ Hegar – why just now?
- Texas’ Largest Pro-Life Organization Releases November Voter Guide
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count
- Pelosi punches back on questions about her stimulus bill strategy in contentious television interview
- Pelosi calls Blitzer an ‘apologist’ for Trump when pressed on not accepting latest stimulus offer
- Cornyn opposes bipartisan plan to revive Voting Rights Act – good
- Democrats Search For A Way To Discredit Amy Coney Barrett
- Amy Coney Barrett RIPS Dems on Roe v Wade, Precedent; Shows off blank notepad
- Barrett stays cool for second day of questioning from Senators concerned about Obamacare
- Barrett Is Right about Roberts and Obamacare
- CNN’s Chris Cuomo tells Mazie Hirono that Amy Coney Barrett’s strong faith makes her different from ‘an ordinary Catholic’
- Sen. Cruz Outlines Five Takeaways From Third Day of Confirmation Hearing for Judge Barrett
- Bruce Ohr retires from DOJ after informed disciplinary decision imminent on Russia case
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Oh, there’s Hunter…The thing speaks for itself. Indeed, it is eloquent
- Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad
- enate Homeland Security Committee investigating new Hunter Biden docs; Update: Biden called lid at 9:41
- Facebook says it is limiting distribution of bombshell Hunter Biden story prior to fact-check
- On first day of early voting in Texas, Jill Biden begins trip through state in El Paso
- ‘There are no do-overs,’ says Jill Biden as she rallies voters in Dallas, El Paso
- Why hasn’t Joe Biden said no to Democrat threats to pack the Supreme Court?
- Trump, Biden to stage dueling town halls after 2nd debate canceled
- Donald Trump is a medieval king – an interesting take
- ‘No fair basis’ for canceling presidential debate, says Scott Atlas
- Ex-White House doctor helps Trump spread attacks on Biden amid Texas congressional campaign – get the idea that Ronny Jackson is going to drive these folks nuts for a long time to come?
- Biden’s proposals ‘could reduce U.S. competitiveness at a time when businesses are already struggling’.
- Poll: Plurality of voters would pick Harris over Pence if they were the presidential nominees
- Trash bags of undelivered mail found curbside of Postal Service employee’s Pennsylvania home
- I guess it depends upon whose ballot box is gored – basically what I pointed out yesterday!
- Midland Pastor, Billionaire Trade Accusations of Communist Loyalties
- Massachusetts Republican Party says ranked-choice voting ‘raises’ potential for rigged elections
- Conservative Answers for Poverty
- Merriam-Webster alters definition of sexual “preference” to say it’s offensive after Hirono attacked Barrett for using it, more
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- Border / immigration
- Daylight Rio Grande Raft Crossings over Texas Border VIDEO
- Mexican Drug Lord Wanted in Texas Murder Makes FBI’s Top 10
- Border Patrol agents foil smuggling attempt, reunite smuggled child with parents
- Repeat federal felon and Mexican Mafia member handed significant sentence for illegally being in the United States
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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 10/14/2020 (pdf) – 16,622* deaths. The # viral tested in Texas is now 7,012,023. * 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
- Why the numbers are meaningless and inflated by Dr. Kristin Held, president, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
- 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-19 and the false positive trap: Current test results should not be automatically accepted as real
- COVID Death Stats…Inaccurate or Just Misleading?
- Major Hospital CEO Refutes Austin Mayor’s Coronavirus Doomsday Prediction
- Nashville officials accused of hiding low coronavirus cases linked to bars and restaurants
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional , ‘He’s decided he’s the king’: Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID response leaves lawmakers on sidelines
- Federal judge rules Pennsylvania COVID-19 restrictions unconstitutional
- Michigan Supreme Court calls lock down orders by governor illegal
- 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
- 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
- A ‘Failed Strategy’: Doctors Review Abbott’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
- The Big COVID Con Exposed
- Dr. John Lee: The dangers of a COVID ‘elimination’ policy
- Dr. Daniel Jeanmonod: “Do you remember a winter without a cold?”
- The real sickness afflicting America
- Texas Democrats remind they’d run Texas as a prison state
- Only a misinformed public would believe Democrats took COVID more seriously than President Trump
- Governor Abbott Surges State Resources To Support COVID-19 Response In El Paso
- Abbott’s Shutdown Orders Kill Thousands of Texas Businesses
- Dr. Li-Meng Yan Reveals China’s Fake Science and the COVID-19 Cover-up
- Look Who’s Skeptical of a Coronavirus Vaccine Now
- The curious case of the man who caught COVID twice
- People who survive serious COVID have long-lasting immune response, MGH study shows
- The incredible vanishing World Health Organization
- After months of encouraging lockdowns WHO officials now condemn them
- 30 to 40% of Lubbock’s COVID hospitalizations are from other hosptial jurisdictions – another reason Abbott’s regional percentage triggers are stupid.
- Nearly 60% of likely voters — including 70% of undecideds — believe U.S. shouldn’t lock down again
- Germany’s growing COVID revolt
- US Coronavirus: Cases are rising. Small household gatherings are helping drive this, CDC chief says – the insanity continues!
- Poll: Many Texans would pass on COVID-19 vaccine
- Dallas County upgrades coronavirus threat level to red as cases climb – cases have proven to be a poor indicator of seriousness
- As COVID-19 Cases Explode In El Paso, Prevention Measures Appear To Have Broken Down
- Fort Worth Bar Owner Gains Following for Taking Costly Stand Against Government Closure Orders
- Travis County Bars Cannot Reopen, Judge Sam Biscoe Says
- Agreement provides more info on COVID-19 deaths in Gregg County
- 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
- Mask Fanatics Have Officially Abandoned Science To Control Your Life
- Four graphs prove the utter failure of lockdowns and masks
- Florida proves (again) the stupidity of mask mandates
- 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
- Texas officials rescind data on COVID spread in school districts
- TEA Updates Pandemic School Funding Formula
- Austin teachers resign as classrooms reopen – good, saves from firing them!
- The demise of American schooling
- Dallas ISD Considers Extending School Year to Combat ‘Devastating Impact on Student Achievement’
- Texas Teachers Are Demanding That Schools Be Safe Before They Return. But They Have Little Leverage Short Of Quitting. – but what is “safe?” They just don’t want to go to work.
- Governor Abbott, TEA, TDEM Announce COVID-19 Rapid Testing Pilot Program For Texas School Systems
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- Business/Economy
- Governor Abbott Celebrates Texas Being Ranked Best State For Business For Eighth Consecutive Time
- ConocoPhillips in talks to buy Concho Resources
- Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital in 2021
- Texas mogul Kendra Scott to guest judge on ‘Shark Tank’
- Dallas rideshare company to roll into Houston – more of an upscale taxi service
- Texas-Based Airlines Weathering Pandemic With Pay Cuts, Furloughs And Even Expansion
- Fort Worth Bar Owner Gains Following for Taking Costly Stand Against Government Closure Orders
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Our Country Has Been Going Through Hell Because An Ex-Con From Houston Overdosed On Fentanyl
- St. Louis couple who waved guns at protest plead not guilty
- Accused Kenosha gunman won’t face charges in Illinois
- Disney bans ministers ‘for life’ for protesting NBA
- Colorado police AGAIN “stand down” during standoff with child abuse suspect
- Central Park Karen is back and trying to dodge jail time
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Firefighter hospitalized after massive fire erupts at Katy apartment complex under construction
- Texas Woman Waives Extradition in Pregnant Woman’s Slaying
- Odessa PD arrests two more in fatal shooting
- Earthquake reported south of Gardendale
- Wichita Falls mom arrested for sexual assault of son, WF woman arrested after she tells neighbors she had sex with 12-year-old
- Wichita Falls man out on bond pending new murder trial, more
- Man convicted in murder, cannibalism case sentenced to life
- Sheriff discovers small plot of marijuana plants near Sunset; 1 man jailed
- AMBER Alert discontinued for teenager abducted from South Texas city
- Lubbock police arrest top 10 wanted gang member after he barricaded himself inside residence
- Man for attempted kidnapping in Lubbock
- Child kidnapping suspect now charged with sexually abusing two other girls
- New motion to recuse judge in domestic violence cases denied in Travis Co.
- Dallas Police Department’s latest crime report shows more kidnappings, arson, and homicides.
- Coppell Man Allegedly Stole $24 Million in PPP Funds, Sent Cash to India, Paid off Mortgages
- Son Shot During Violent Tarrant County Home Invasion, Deputies Searching For Robbers
- Suspect in dating app murder brought back to Waco
- Texas woman missing since June 2019 may be victim of foul play
- Grand jury indicts suspect in shooting spree at Killeen apartment complex where 3 died
- 3 hospitalized, including infant, after 3-vehicle crash on SH 64 East in Chapel Hill
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- Local government
- Mildand Co. Sheriff’s office to purchase armored vehicle for $300,000 – wasteful spending.
- Odessa city council tables, again, creation of PFC
- Odessa City Council holds news conference to discuss taking voter-approved money from Ector Co. VIDEO
- Wichita County early voting delay scare explained VIDEO
- Voters to decide whether to fix dam or sell Anson North Lake
- Silsbee VFD firefighter steps down, flew pro-Trump flag on truck during parade
- Plainview City Council approves economic development agreement with Toot’n Totum – tax breaks for convenience stores!? Stop this crap.
- Stephen Sanders for Lubbock Mayor interview VIDEO
- Large crowd gathers in support of making Lubbock ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’
- Signatures supporting Lubbock as ‘Sanctuary City for Life’ submitted to City Council
- Lubbock council gives preliminary approval to impact fees VIDEO – an Austin-style tax on new development; who says Lubbock is conservative?
- From lotto millions to a felony indictment. How reality TV could undo Williamson County’s s sheriff.
- Austin Officials’ Monstrous Tax Increase Plan Threatens to Shut Down Local Businesses
- Travis County Bars Cannot Reopen, Judge Sam Biscoe Says
- South San Antonio ISD considers in-district charter partnership with Texas A&M–San Antonio
- Former San Antonio Councilman Greg Brockhouse criticizes VIA’s marketing expenditures
- State district court orders Bexar Co. to add 18 more Election Day voting locations
- TEXRail Ridership Declines 45% Compared to 2019
- Port of Brownsville grain operations facility wins $14.5 million grant
- Former Houston firefighter Jane Draycott wins large settlement in lawsuit against City of Houston
- Houston woman seen kicking dog in viral video says it was self defense
- 30-year-old faces murder charge after fatal shooting at Lake Highlands apartments
- Garbage man fatally shot his girlfriend in northwest Dallas cemetery, police say
- Dallas police seek information on shooting death of 29-year-old man
- Killeen no-knock committee suggested holding public forum on the topic
- City of Marshall breaks ground for animal adoption center
- City of Tyler wins two statewide excellence awards – I’m not sure any award from TML is worthy of bragging
- Webb commissioners to borrow $50M for county projects including fairgrounds
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- Colleges & universities
- UT: Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital in 2021
- Bohls: Angry eyes of Texas are upon Tom Herman
- McMurry University Announces Community Commitment Scholarship
- Ranger College truck driving program gearing up for new class
- ACU quarterback remains in critical condition after Thursday car crash
- Tech vet school professor named to nominating committee for HISA
- One of the founding buildings of Texas Tech, renovated and no longer vacant: Dairy Barn
- SMU Student Petition Makes Poll Working Excused Absence
- A&M’s Veterinary Emergency Team deployed to California wildfires
- Baylor implements surge testing
Pratt’s post for 10/14/2020
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