- Texas Gov. Abbott fights lawsuit over contact tracing
- Rep. Matt Krause Announces Bid for Texas House Republican Caucus Chair
- The Back Mic: Presumptive Speaker Announces Staff, Lawmakers Voice Gun Control Concerns, Chairman Alludes to Limited Capitol Access During Session
- Texas could soon enact same-day voter registration on Election Day – any legislator who votes for such should be physically run out of town by citizens.
- Chief economist: ‘Sin taxes,’ or raising taxes generally, won’t help Texas economy – right
- Opinion: Texas renters deserve to know if their home has flooded – seems like way to much gov’t regulation to me.
- As COVID spiked in Texas, lawmakers escaped to Maui for corporate-backed confab on economy – Larson is awful, Taylor pretty good. None of this has anything to do with COVID despite the stupid headline.
- Joe Pappalardo Still Fighting for Drone Photography Rights in Texas
- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Tax Exemptions and Tax Incidence Report
- Abbott tells supporters he’s considering placing law enforcement for central Austin under state control
- AG Paxton Announces Grant Dorfman as Deputy First Assistant Attorney General
- Texas’ unemployment system is confusing and frustrating. Here’s how to navigate it., more, more
- Ugly campaigning in Dallas ISD has to be rejected – why?
- Dallas ISD: Odd Online Shenanigans in District 2 School Board Runoff
- Texas’ Real Leaders
- Can the pragmatic Joe Straus thread the needle and jumpstart his political career? – sure, as a Democrat.
- Has the Texas GOP heard the last of Joe Straus? – sadly not.
- Liberal looks at voter behavior in NW Texas
- What you need to know about Texas Latino voters and nonvoters
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Texas Republicans demand details of federal probe into Trump’s voter fraud claims
- Trump administration asks Senate to remove SLS requirement for Europa Clipper
- Rep. Henry Cuellar again tapped for House leadership in upcoming 117th session
- Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Lead Efforts To Rename Post Offices To Honor Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan and Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
- Sen. Cruz: A Museum Recognizing & Celebrating the Contributions of American Latinos Will Inspire All Americans to Reach New Heights
- US House passes historic bill that would decriminalize cannabis on the federal level
- GOP blasts House Democrats for passing marijuana legalization bill
- Calls for martial law and US military oversight of new presidential election draw criticism
- Direct stimulus payments won’t be part of bipartisan coronavirus relief framework, lawmaker says
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Video: Georgia Vote Counters Appear to Pull Suitcases of Ballots from Under Table After Observers, Media Leave
- Georgia Secretary of State’s office investigating early departure of Atlanta ballot monitors
- GA Gov. Kemp: Vote Suitcase Video ‘Concerning’ — ‘Would Be Good’ for Secretary of State to Say Exactly What Was Going On VIDEO
- Perdue: Signature-Matching ‘Anomalies’ that Happened in November Cannot Happen in January – then we need a revote for November
- Trump Campaign Presents Claims of Voter Fraud to Nevada Court
- Strong evidence in Michigan that many ballots were scanned multiple times
- Michigan AG: Detroit Vote Count Observers Should File Police Reports to Allege Criminal Activity
- An ode to Melissa Carone, the Michigan Dominion worker
- Strong evidence of election tampering in Arizona in sample audit of 100 ballots
- Arizona Election Integrity Hearing Witnesses Present Alleged Voting Anomalies, Irregularities, Intimidation
- Arizona legislative Republican leaders call for election audit of Maricopa County
- Arizona Senate president, House leader call for audit of Dominion machines in Maricopa County
- Romney: Trump’s Election Fraud Claims ‘Damaging’ America – like a brainless Democrat, it’s not the fraud that is dangerous but noting and reporting on fraud!
- Biden Jokes About Getting a Disease and Resigning, more
- Obama says AOC should’ve been more prominent at Democratic National Convention
- Ted Cruz Calls Lin Wood a ‘Clown’ Who Is ‘Trying to Mislead’ Georgia Voters
- Records: Lin Wood Has for Decades Voted for, Donated to Democrats
- Newt Gingrich: Lin Wood, Sidney Powell’s ‘Don’t Vote Strategy’ Would ‘Cripple America’
- Nolte: Fake News Media Make It Sound Like Gov. Kristi Noem’s Grandma Died of Coronavirus
- Shell CEO hopeful Biden will speed up climate change fight
- Biden should ignore activists, build climate coalition
- Study: Canada’s nationalized health killed nearly 1,500 Canadians waiting fruitlessly for treatment, more
- Pastors Must Speak Up
- Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked
- Twitter widens censorship against ‘dehumanizing’ hateful conduct
- Etsy Bans MAGA Knitter Hats for ‘Harmful Misinformation’ – so much for the fake Etsy claim of supporting artistic experession.
- The Left’s Gender Theories Are Anti-Scientific Nonsense, but They’re Gaining Ground
- David Petraeus: Perfect Avatar for America’s Corrupt Ruling Class
- Mary Trump is more of a Trump than Donald
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- Border / immigration
- Appeals Court Rules for Trump Used Military Money for Wall
- DHS nominee vows administration will ‘roll up sleeves’ and reform immigration on Day 1 – reform will mean more amnesty
- Home in disarray after 26 rescued in human smuggling operation in SW Houston
- ‘I don’t have any words’ | 29 people found in Houston home after man escapes alleged human smuggling operation
- 164 Pounds of Meth Seized from Passenger Vehicle at Texas Border Crossing
- Watch: Mexican National Guardsmen Extort Drug Dealer VIDEO
- 23 Migrants Found Stuffed in Van in Arizona near Border
- Border Patrol gave big firepower to small Texas towns for George Floyd protests
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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 12/04/2020 (pdf) – 22,000* deaths & “active cases” of 193,213 (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
- Social media roasts Austin mayor for travel during pandemic
- Fear of COVID-19 fueling increase in bariatric surgeries
- PAHO urges countries not to require coronavirus tests from travelers
- COVID challenges funeral homes – strange things in this.
- Nebraska professor conducts Wichita Falls COVID case study – interesting
- Alabama WWII veteran beats COVID-19 in time for 104th birthday
- Facebook Bans ‘Misinformation’ About Coronavirus Vaccine – and any opinion of which FB employees disagree is “misinformation”
- Irony in Austin residents’ outrage over mayor’s COVID hypocrisy
- Do As I Say, Not As I Do
- Blain: Mayors Gone Wild
- CANCEL EVERYTHING! Democrats call for massive lockdowns… for everyone else
- Abbott Reverses Reopening for Millions of Texans – and it’s arbitrary
- She lost work to the pandemic. Now she helps thousands of jobless Texans maneuver through the state’s unemployment system. – she’d much better use that 10-hours per day looking for work as opposed to state payments
- Texas Gov. Abbott fights lawsuit over contact tracing
- “Now Is The Time For Patriotism”: Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Implores Citizens To Help ‘Flatten The Curve’ – there is nothing patriotic about allowing despots to control your lives and curtail your natural rights.
- Colorado officials target businesses defying public health orders
- Fauci accepts Biden’s offer to be chief medical adviser – Dr. Faulty and Biden are a perfect match for each other.
- 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.
- Midland Mayor Payton addresses vote on mask ordinance
- ‘Masks in Midland’ Facebook group holding businesses accountable
- Biden announces big idea to end the pandemic: Masks for 100 days
- 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
- Effects of COVID-19 pandemic push UH Charter School to close (financial issues)
- Electra ISD to revoke remote learning privileges from ‘unsuccessful students’
- WFISD to cancel remote learning for students failing one class or more
- SA teachers fear ‘giant swing’ in COVID-19 cases will spread to schools even as testing expands – fear, fear, fear. Work like the rest of us.
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- Business/Economy
- Baker Huges oil & gas drilling rig count up 2 in Texas
- U.S. oil production doesn’t grow at $45 a barrel, BNEF says
- Oil advances toward $50 after OPEC+ clinches compromise deal
- Global oil benchmark Brent could soon incorporate American crude
- Disaster Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Added Just 245,000 Jobs in November
- Petrochemical sector hopes Chinese relations improve under Biden – money over country.
- China to take oil-refining crown held by U.S. since 19th century
- Chevron slashes capital budget through 2025
- Houston-based Maverick Natural Resources acquires FourPoint Energy
- Are solar farms good neighbors? Sunnyside will soon find out.
- Tax credit, environmental concerns may spur next generation of carbon capture projects
- Austin’s Fundr aims to use AI to diversify startup funding process
- Houston-based owner of Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank emerges from bankruptcy
- Francesca’s files for bankruptcy, seeks sale of assets
- SpaceX Starship 9-mile-high flight now set for no earlier than today
- Rent prices dropping in Odessa
- Tiny houses expanding rental market across City of Bowie
- DCOA, DevelopAbilene bring new corporate headquarters to downtown
- IRS: Expenses paid by P.P.P. money not tax deductible
- Texas posts mortgage delinquency rate of 0.89%, study finds
- Tracy Walder Sues the Hockaday School, on Behalf of Her Daughter, Claiming Abuse
- Justices allow med-mal against Christus Health to continue, woman delivered baby while sitting on hospital toilet
- S-5! manufacturing facility expands in Iowa Park
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- ‘Defund the Police’ Minneapolis Sees Most Homicides Since Mid-1990s
- Why did this guy set up his rifle atop his pickup during July’s near-riot in Weatherford? – maybe to prevent being victim of a riot? These liberals are not bothered by mass rioting violence by deeply disturbed by individual action.
- Teen charged in fatal shootings during Wisconsin riots ordered to stand trial
- Border Patrol gave big firepower to small Texas towns for George Floyd protests
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Police escort Edinburg High football player from game for hitting referee
- Edinburg High football player who attacked referee charged with assault
- Feds charge 13 in drug trafficking ring selling to UT students in Austin
- Hidalgo Co. authorities make large fentanyl busts over 2 days
- Edinburg man used mail system to transport cocaine
- Pennsylvania family travels more than 1,000 miles in hopes of watching SpaceX SN8 launch
- Elsa Police Department searching for suspects involved in drive-by shooting
- Edcouch man arrested for pointing laser at aircraft pleads guilty
- Home in disarray after 26 rescued in human smuggling operation in SW Houston
- ‘I don’t have any words’ | 29 people found in Houston home after man escapes alleged human smuggling operation
- Odessa Police looking for Walmart thieves
- Odessa police investigating early morning stabbing
- Wichita Co. DA files motion alleging murder defendant violated bond
- Third arrest made in connection to Collins murder
- Woman indicted for injury to a child for incident involving chewing gum
- Wichita Falls woman indicted for sexual assault of 12-year-old boy
- Electra man accused of spitting on jail nurse
- Male student at Clyde HS given in-school suspension for painted nails, says act is ‘complete double standard’ – life is full of double standards
- DPS: Infant killed in Uvalde Co. highway crash
- Lubbock T-Mart Employee Assaulted By Two Suspects; Still At Large
- Lubbock police responded, shots-fired calls near 50th and Avenue A
- Red Oak Husband, Wife Sentenced In $15M Retirement Plan Embezzlement Scheme
- Dallas Police Searching For Man Who Rammed 2 Men With His Car, Seriously Injuring Them
- Federal judge set to rule on physician’s lawsuit against Harris Co. probate judge
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- Local government
- Mayor Turner announces staff shake-up as 4 top officials depart Houston City Hall
- Chavez resigns as Mercedes police chief amid typical RGV intrigue
- Commission members approve termination of RGC City Secretary – she recorded others’ conversation to which was not a party.
- 11 names forwarded to board for renaming 3 Abilene ISD schools
- What happened to Lubbock’s CARES Act dollars? City manager explains
- Lubbock ISD board approves COVID lump sum payment for employees
- Abbott tells supporters he’s considering placing law enforcement for central Austin under state control
- Southlake opens WuFlu business relief grant program
- Border Patrol gave big firepower to small Texas towns for George Floyd protests
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- Colleges & universities
- New health sciences building on tap at Odessa College
- HPU speech, debate team wins overall and debate sweepstakes
- HSU Recognizes Veterans with Special Ceremony
- TTU, TTUHSC faculty fight the COVID pandemic
- Lubbock Boot Makers Exhibit Opens At The Museum of Texas Tech
- South Plains College establishes scholarship to honor memory of alumni coordinator Stephanie Smith
Pratt’s post for 12/4/2020
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