- Rep. Matt Krause announces for Texas House GOP Caucus Chair
- Texas Republicans seek to ban local governments from using taxpayer money to hire Austin lobbyists
- Letter to Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council Opposing Policy Statements on “Safe” Gun Storage
- Group of wrongfully convicted Texans pushes for criminal justice reforms
- Sunset Commission Says Texas Law Enforcement Regulation is “Fragmented” and “Toothless”
- AG Paxton: Excluding Religious Jurors Constitutes Discrimination Based on Faith
- Kuykendall: The Rest of the Story on Sex Ed in Texas
- Judges Tell Carroll ISD to Halt Controversial Pro-LGBTQ Plan, Turn Over Communications
- Governor Abbott Appoints Swanson To Texas Farm And Ranch Lands Conservation Council
- Governor Abbott announces extension of emergency SNAP benefits for December 2020
- ‘Failure to progress’: What C-sections say about the quality of maternal care in Texas
- TEA Withdrawal Statistics Show Record Number of Students Leaving Public Schools
- Texas educators urge Gov. Greg Abbott to prioritize teachers, school staff for coronavirus vaccine
- TWC Pursuing All Strategies to Limit COVID’s Impact On 2021 Taxes, Keep Employer Tax Rates as Low as Possible
- State admonishes former Dallas judge for removing campaign sign on neighboring property
- Gov. Greg Abbott tells supporters he’s considering placing law enforcement for central Austin under state control
- In Austin City Council runoffs, Trump becomes key issue
- SD30: Special runoff election early voting locations for Wichita County
- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Visits Texas, Decries Officials “Overstepping” Authority
- Cornyn’s reelection bid received a big cash assist from national Republicans late in campaign
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Tom Cotton: House Democrats Want National Mandate for Vote-by-Mail, Ballot Harvesting, Ending Photo-ID for Voting
- U.S. Customs to Seize Cotton Products from Chinese Company Enslaving Uyghurs
- Sen. Cruz: We Must Hold The Muslim Brotherhood Accountable For Funding and Promoting Radical Islamic Terrorism
- Sen. Cruz: AG Barr Right, Democrats Wrong on Executions – Here’s Why Lawful Sentences Must Proceed
- Sen. Cruz Applauds Committee Approval of Nathan Simington’s Nomination to FCC
- Sens. Cruz, Kennedy, Colleagues Introduce Conservation Funding Protection Act
- San Antonio coalition leading national push to protect power grids from electromagnetic threats
- Sen. Cruz Leads Efforts to Commemorate Texas Legation in D.C.
- Joaquin Castro loses bid to lead U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee – and yet we are told constantly in some Texas media what a “star” he is.
- Let earmarks come back, but use them to control spending and focus on pragmatic reforms – yeah, that will happen! Stupid.
- Cornyn says Congress has ‘no reason’ to overturn Electoral College, given Trump’s inability to show fraud
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to hear Trump campaign’s challenge to election results directly
- Audit of Nevada mail-in ballots indicates roughly 3% of them questionable
- Nevada Trump Campaign Presents Vote Fraud Evidence in Court
- Dominion contractor at Detroit counting center says thousands of ballots were scanned multiple times
- GOP Poll Challengers in MI Describe Massive Fraud, Racial Hostility at TCF Center in Detroit
- Election lawsuit in Georgia being run by Sidney Powell receives expedited appeal
- John Kerry tells World Economic Forum that American voters chose ‘Great Reset’ over nationalism
- Joe Biden Signals Support for Bailing Out Cities and States Impacted by Coronavirus
- Joe Being Joe: He Saved Us From a ‘Great Depression’ ’11 Years Ago,’ America, and He’s Gonna ‘Do That All Over Again’
- Parscale: Trump’s Biggest ‘Error’ Was Not Showing Empathy on COVID — ‘Would Have Won in a Landslide’ – maybe but I think he did win in a landslide
- Michael Flynn Calls for ‘Limited’ Martial Law to Force a New Election
- Pollak: If You Want to Defend Trump’s Legacy, Fight for Georgia
- Sidney Powell, Lin Wood Oppose Trump, Push Georgians Not to Vote in Senate Runoff – very strange but I understand the principle of such.
- The case for Chinese reparations
- DNI Ratcliffe highlights China as the top threat to the United States
- Former Clinton confidante Band says former president visited Epstein’s private island in 2003
- Leaked tapes reveal CNN buried the Hunter Biden laptop story
- AOC Is Selling Anti-Rich Sweatshirts That Only Rich People Can Afford
- Climate Alarmists Said We Had 14 Months Before Climate Change Was Irreversible…It’s Been Over 14 Months
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- Border / immigration
- Democrats favor inherently dangerous border with Mexico
- Biden Is Facing High Hopes, Tough Choices on Border Wall
- Smuggler Rams U.S. Border Checkpoint During Escape to Mexico VIDEO
- 164 Pounds of Meth Seized from Passenger Vehicle at Texas Border Crossing
- U.S. Customs to Seize Cotton Products from Chinese Company Enslaving Uyghurs
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- Coronavirus a.k.a. WuFlu related – See this link for archive of essential WuFlu-related stories
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 12/03/2020 (pdf) – 21,756* deaths & “active cases” of 188,917 (out of over 29,000,000,000 people, about half of 1% of the population.) * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy.
- WuFlu numbers in Texas do not justify erosion of freedoms
- Dallas Mayor Says ‘Minority Populations’ Should Be Prioritized for Coronavirus Vaccine
- Obama, Bush, Clinton to publicly get coronavirus vaccine shot to quell public’s safety concerns
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Tells Residents to ‘Cancel Everything’ – seems like some form of rebellion is in order
- Rabbi Shmuley: Governor Cuomo, Prayer Is an ‘Essential’ Service
- Austin Mayor Was Vacationing in Cabo When He Told Citizens to ‘Stay Home’
- Austin mayor apologizes for ‘confusion’ after getting busted telling everybody to stay home while he was in Mexico
- Tarrant County Judge Responds After Photos Expose Him Disregarding Own COVID Guidance
- San Francisco Mayor Attends Indoor Dinner Party, Violating Her Coronavirus Guidelines
- The best way to beat crazy COVID rules? Get elected to public office
- This viral video might cause Houston to go under curfew soon – typical, penalize millions for the actions of a tiny few. They could have enforced gathering rules and more at this location.
- Lubbock shows no signs of slowing spread as hospitalizations, cases of COVID-19 keep rising – perfect example of B.S. reporting as the Lubbock #’s went down
- Rural Virginia county officials pass resolution rejecting ‘tyranny’ of governor’s coronavirus restrictions
- CDC urges Americans not to travel for Christmas – sure it does
- “We are in a very dangerous place”: White House COVID-19 task force pleads with Texas health officials to warn the public – more hyperbole
- Biden: We could lose another 250,000 people to COVID between now and January – hyperbole
- CNN anchor: What is it with Democrat leaders and COVID-19 hypocrisy?
- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Visits Texas, Decries Officials “Overstepping” Authority
- Coronavirus causes El Paso’s Sun Bowl game to be canceled for the first time in 85 years
- Protesters Support Staten Island Bar Owner After Arrest for Ignoring Coronavirus Restrictions
- California officials urge U.S. Supreme Court to leave coronavirus restrictions on churches in place
- Dallas-region restaurants again required to reduce occupancy to 50% because of COVID-19 hospitalizations
- COVID & masks – See this link for a group of essential mask-related stories
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable
- Masks are neither effective nor safe: Summary of the science – ignore who the author is, it does not matter, simply check the sources/footnotes.
- Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing – “F” him. He tries to force me I’ll be dead or in prison.
- COVID & schools – See this link for more.
- CDC director says closed schools pose larger public health risk for kids than reopening, U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- Study: Children are so immune to COVID-19 that even after extensive exposure they test negative
- Texas educators urge Gov. Greg Abbott to prioritize teachers, school staff for coronavirus vaccine
- Superintendents from Dallas and Fort Worth ask Gov. Abbott to include school staff in initial vaccine rollout – because they are all so special
- Vernon ISD to return to face-to-face instruction
- TEA Withdrawal Statistics Show Record Number of Students Leaving Public Schools
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- Business/Economy
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Move Headquarters to Spring, Texas
- HPE is the latest company moving its global headquarters to Texas from California
- $1 billion project proposed for Brodie Oaks retail center in south Austin
- How Proper Grammar Saves Lives and Other Reasons It’s Still Important
- Exxon suspends employee bonuses; executives to receive stock awards
- Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Statistics for November 2020
- SpaceX could be on its way to Mars sooner than you’d think
- Services Sector Gauge Falls to 6-Month Low in November
- Lubbock economy on the rise going on 6 months of the pandemic
- Panda Biotech moving equipment into new hemp facility in Wichita Falls
- EIA releases new structure, thickness maps for Wolfcamp in Midland Basin
- S&B Engineers completes nation’s third largest NGL plant for Phillips 66
- Laredo Petroleum expects to complete 15 wells in 4Q in Howard County
- Contango Oil & Gas acquires assets in Permian, Big Horn, Powder River
- CEO Sheffield says Pioneer expects production growth of 0-5% in 2021
- Southwest to furlough more than 6,800 pilots, employees to cut overstaffing costs
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Obama’s denouncement of ‘defund the police’ slogan sparks backlash from radicals
- 11 Austin Officers Disciplined for Actions in May Protests
- Austin police officer suspended for calling protester ‘gay’ based on their clothing
- 3,800 People Shot This Year in Chicago
- Police Association Releases Number of Officers Injured During Violent Riots
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Body found on conveyor belt at Creedmoor recycling center – attempt at reincarnation?
- Flower Mound firefighters rescue person trapped in bedroom by overnight fire
- Man, 48, arrested in connection with deadly shooting in Hurst
- Wife desperate for an arrest after American Airlines IT director killed in North Oak Cliff
- Teen mom charged with shooting her baby with pellet gun
- Odessa: 3 teens charged in connection to gas station robbery
- Man, woman charged with assaulting Odessa police officer
- Odessa pharmacy, owner to pay civil penalties for alleged violations
- Wichita Falls: Second arrest made in connection to murder of Edward Collins
- Few details released on Comanche County homicide
- San Angelo man charged in intoxicated manslaughter crash
- Bryan couple indicted on child abuse charges
- Abilene man arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
- Abilene: Pair indicted in child pornography case
- Report: Man drives 4.5 hours to Abilene to pay ‘mom’ for sex with 13-year-old
- Abilene man arrested for touching himself at park near children
- Missing: Abilene police searching for ‘high need client’
- Fire destroys Lamesa residence
- Lubbock: 19-year-old man arrested after police chase, and crash
- Lubbock PD: car rammed into apartment, one person with moderate injuries after shots fired
- Police searching for man who robbed San Marcos convenience store
- San Antonio-area father and son indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme
- San Antonio’s Downtown River Walk will remain open to kayakers for another 2 months
- Wichita Falls woman indicted on charge of sexual assault of child
- Electra man accused of spitting on jail nurse’s face amid pandemic
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- Local government
- Houston to Give $1,200 in Relief to Neediest Residents
- Dallas Mayor Says ‘Minority Populations’ Should Be Prioritized for Coronavirus Vaccine
- Michael Scarpello will be Dallas County’s new election chief
- Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park will be home to world’s tallest interactive fountain
- 11 Austin Officers Disciplined for Actions in May Protests
- Austin police officer suspended for calling protester ‘gay’ based on their clothing
- Bastrop County to rescind burn ban
- Lancaster ISD prohibited from paying severance to former superintendent, court documents show
- Judges Tell Carroll ISD to Halt Controversial Pro-LGBTQ Plan, Turn Over Communications
- Abilene Regional Airport master plan heading to city council for approval
- Donna Albus sworn in for 2nd term on Abilene City Council – and she does it once again looking like SNL’s Father Guido Sarducci. This is the woman who opposed audits because it might hurt the feelings of employees to audit their work!
- San Antonio kicks off $154 million workforce development plan
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- Colleges & universities
- Odessa College law enforcement training academy sets livestreams
- Abilene Christian University Police Chief leaving after 20 years of service
- ACU’s police chief leaving for Houston job
- Lee Little Named WBU-San Antonio Distinguished Alumni
- New York animal health expert joins Texas Tech vet school faculty
Pratt’s post for 12/3/2020
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