- Texas House Republican Caucus selects executive committee – sadly the anti-conservatives are gaining even more control.
- Texas Legislative Budget Board Caps General Spending Increase at 7% for Next Biennium
- Dan Patrick says people may need to take a coronavirus test 24 hours before testifying during the legislative session
- COVID restrictions for the first 60 days of Texas Senate business come into focus
- Texas House Parliamentarians will remain the same next session
- Landgraf files pro-transparency legislation bill to renew emergency rules
- Teslas, other electric vehicles could face new fee under Texas proposal – they need to pay for the roads too.
- Rep. VanDeaver Files HB 685 to Protect Veterinarian Clinics from Electric Service Disruptions – really? We need a bill for this?
- Rep. Patterson files first bill in response to serial murder spree tied by police to Billy Chemirmir
- Lawmakers can end Texas’ dismal record on maternal mortality – typical idiocy that political action can appreciably change such a thing.
- Report: One Or More Texas Lawmakers Headed to Hawaii for Lobby-Sponsored Conference
- Legislature’s low pay a roadblock for many – typical from those who want a gov’t job not a service position
- Rep. Canales disputes AT&T’s claims about digital divide
- Valley lawmakers preview 87th Legislative Session
- Abbott Extended The Disaster Declaration Following Hurricane Harvey In December 2020 – does this ever stop? It hit in August of 2017.
- Abbott Extends Disaster Declaration In Response To Drought Conditions
- Governor Abbott Extends State Disaster Declaration For COVID-19 in December 2020
- Abbott Appoints Perry To Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee
- Governor Abbott Appoints Jones To 467th Judicial District Court
- OAG Senior Counsel Paul Singer Receives Career Staff of the Year Award from NAAG
- TTI Researchers Publish Paper on Speed-Crash Relationship For City Streets
- Why former Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump
- New Finance Reports Show Failed Texas Democratic Candidates Outraised Republicans
- No congressional seats in Texas flipped, but campaign cash flowed into key races like it was a battleground
- Texas GOP event at Dallas City Hall draws crowd airing grievances over election, other issues
- Gov. Greg Abbott again mentioned as potential 2024 White House contender – given most all he does or doesn’t do is focused on this, it’s not a surprise
- Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams fined for multiple campaign finance violations
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Congressional hearings planned over failure by banks and regulators to provide access to loans in minority communities of Dallas – this same old canard
- Report: Barr might quit before the end of the year – seems as if he already has!
- Republican congressman introduces bill requiring Americans to be alive to vote
- Texas Democrats play key roles in historic marijuana legalization vote in Congress
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Alito Moves Pennsylvania Challenge Deadline Ahead of Safe Harbor Provision
- FBI Is Investigating Voter Data Theft In This Key 2020 Election Battleground
- Trump Legal Team Witness Alleged That Ware County Audit Results Revealed Dominion Machine Flipped Ballots from Trump to Biden, more
- ‘We’re going to keep fighting’: Pence tells Georgia voters presidential election not over
- Georgia Ballot Video: Why did media say COUNTING STOPPED at State Farm Arena?
- Sidney Powell’s Georgia election lawsuit thrown out by judge on Monday
- Michigan court rejects pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell’s voter fraud case in Michigan
- 28 Members of Arizona Legislature Call for the Decertification of the 2020 Election
- Biden picks California attorney general to lead US’s post-Trump Covid response – deeply troubling, pushing us toward armed conflict?
- Biden taps abortion supporter Xavier Becerra to lead Health and Human Services Department
- These Texans want election challenge to go on
- No surprise that swamp-swimmer Mac Thornberry says Biden won election
- Chief Scold: Chris Wallace Insists Azar Call Biden ‘President-elect’, Attacks Trump Over Masks
- What will a Biden administration do? Ask Rousseau
- Brace yourselves for President Harris
- Meet the pollster who doesn’t suck at his job
- In Georgia, Democrats have a fresh shot at the Senate after Election Day losses
- George Soros Appoints Chair of Smartmatic Parent Company to Lead Open Society Foundations – that says much
- Gov. Kristi Noem case shows “news” media’s real business model
- Firm co-owned by Omar’s husband got $635K in COVID-19 loans … while scoring millions from campaign donations; Update: Made $4M in 2020
- McConaughey decries Hollywood liberals who ‘condescend’, more – he appears to be staking out Leftist-light position.
- The Failure of Walter E. Williams
- Women’s March reminds everyone they are CLUELESS about how things work with lame tweet about COVID relief
- The COVID response shows the left is losing its way
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- Border / immigration
- Illegal Immigrant from Honduras Charged in Houston Human Smuggling Case
- Florida man pleads guilty to using mail for smuggling weapons
- Houston MS-13 Gang Member Deported to El Salvador
- Biden faces high hopes, tough choices on border wall
- Some illegal immigrants should again be allowed to apply for DACA protections, federal judge rules
- Fierce Cartel Gun Battle Rocks Mexican Border City near Texas VIDEO
- 164 Pounds of Meth Seized from Passenger Vehicle at Texas Border Crossing
- Mexican president wants to further restrict US agents in Mexico
- Lawmakers push bill to allow further private and public donations for border crossings
- Border patrol to expand DNA collection of certain illegal immigrants nationwide
- Trump’s border wall falls short of his campaign promise – but leaves behind a legacy
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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 12/07/2020 (pdf) – 22,594* deaths & “active cases” of 199,275 (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
- Texas Hospitalizations From COVID-19 Hover Just Under 9,000 – that’s much lower than in July and very low compared to the number of beds available.
- COVID lockdowns compared to ‘Biderman’s Chart of Coercion’ on torture methods to break the will of prisoners of war
- Biden picks California attorney general to lead US’s post-Trump Covid response – deeply troubling, pushing us toward armed conflict?
- Yale study finds COVID-19 afflicts Hispanic, Black children at higher rates – the why is what matters
- “It’s a slap in my face!” The hypocrisy of California lockdowns
- COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Texas, along with a ranking of who’s most essential
- Abbott, TDEM Launch COVID-19 Rapid Testing Pilot Program For Front Line Workers Of Small Businesses
- Governor Abbott Extends State Disaster Declaration For COVID-19 in December 2020
- Garcetti could make a banana republic dictator envious
- Democrats with political power cancel Christmas
- Azar responds to Biden’s vaccine distribution remark: ‘With all respect that’s just nonsense’
- Admiral Brett Giroir says ‘evidence’ isn’t there to enforce shutdown of outdoor dining
- Gov. Cuomo threatens to shut down all indoor dining in NYC in five days if COVID-19 cases rise
- Biden’s Covid “Supply Commander” Is Bad Medicine
- LULAC calls for meatpacking workers to get vaccine first
- The COVID response shows the left is losing its way
- 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.
- CDC responds to personal freedom advocates: ‘JUST WEAR THE MASK’; Georgia becomes sixth state to reach 500K cases – Really? Gov’t bureaucrats are in charge of the freedom of citizens?
- Medical license of Oregon doctor revoked for questioning COVID-19, face mask efficacy
- Bob Zimmerman interview: The muzzle of oppression AUDIO
- A Texan to Santa Fe: Sod off
- 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
- Schools Confront ‘Off the Rails’ Numbers of Failing Grades
- Chicago Teachers Union tweets effort to reopen schools is ‘rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny’
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- Business/Economy
- Space station to receive new commercial airlock from Houston-based Nanoracks
- SpaceX launches first in new line of upgraded space station cargo ships, more
- SpaceX Capsules Parked Side-By-Side at Station for 1st Time
- Double Dragons: SpaceX Launches Space Station Supplies
- Grapevine Pet Detective Reunites Missing Animals With Owners
- Federal loans helped more than 400,000 Texas companies retain workers during the pandemic, new data shows – helped but didn’t save all
- FirstBank & Trust completes merger with AimBank
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- 40 Shot, 6 Killed, During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- DEA Arrests El Paso Cop Accused of Helping Drug Dealer
- Storage Tank Explosion at Corpus Christi Petroleum Facility Injures 7, 2 Out of Hospital After Corpus Christi Petroleum Facility Fire
- Governor Abbott Statement On Oil Storage Tank Explosion In Corpus Christi
- Authorities ID body found at Creedmoor recycling plant
- Police ID pedestrian killed in North Austin
- Did a mountain lion kill a Texas man? Medical examiner and wildlife experts disagree
- Police Officer Kills Man Suspected of Hitting Worker With Car
- 1 dead, several injured after car crash in McAllen
- ‘You’ll be fine’: Mother tells son who later died in Dallas police custody on way to mental health hospital
- Illegal Immigrant from Honduras Charged in Houston Human Smuggling Case
- Woman fatally shot in Odessa
- One charged with aggravated assault after stabbing in Odessa
- Man dead in shooting outside north Houston tattoo parlor
- Archer City resident wins $3 Million from scratch-off ticket
- Fire damages car and home in Wichita Falls
- Wichita County deputies investigate an alleged rooftop burglary
- Father, son and girlfriend dupe disabled jail inmate
- Amber Alert issued for 2 children taken after deadly shooting in Houston
- Teen murdered while walking his dog; police going door-to-door searching for clues
- Warrant: Shooter was confronted for ‘laying hands on’ a woman before Central Lubbock murder
- Citizen Describes Horrible Violence in North Lubbock Neighborhood
- Lubbock Walmart shooting victim was a Muleshoe resident, Murder warrant gives no reason for NW Walmart shooting, more
- Lubbock minor, adult seriously injured in Sunday crash on I-27 access road, driver charged with intoxication assault
- Barricaded man now in custody after Shallowater standoff
- Man killed in freak accident inside Irving car wash
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- Local government
- City of Midland releases statement following former city manager Courtney Sharp’s death
- Odessa and Midland police departments in need of more officers
- County may replace Dr. McCaig as authority as he fights COVID
- Wichita Falls halting daytime Saturday bus service
- Wichita County leaders discuss drive-throughs for taxes
- Brown Co. commissioners to hear request for tax abatement
- Abilene: Canyon Rock Court residents protest rezoning request at city council
- 60,000 standing in solidarity with Clyde CISD student suspended over nail polish
- ACLU put Clyde CISD on notice months ago for ‘unconstitutional’ grooming policies
- Plainview ISD board revisits laptop purchases during special meeting
- Former German basketball standout, Plainview native Wade passes away
- Weekend shooting prompts Mesquite mayor to call for tighter short-term rental regulations – everything seems to be a call for more gov’t regulation of the lawful instead of better and more policing of the law breakers.
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- Colleges & universities
- UTRGV bids farewell to historic radio telescope
- TSU has breach of contract suit dismissed on appeal
- Origin story behind the monolith that popped up on an Austin college campus
- ACU students surprise professor with heartwarming thank-you message, video goes viral
- ACU launching mobile food pantry for local college students
- Transforming university policing at ACU
- Historical Society Chartered By SMU
- Texas A&M researcher develops new cancer screening for dogs
- A&M professors reflect on fall semester
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- Military
- Army leaders to address Fort Hood review launched in wake of Vanessa Guillen’s death in multiple press conferences
Pratt’s post for 12/7/2020
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