- Rep. Cain Asks AG Paxton for Guidance on Capitol Closure
- When mapmaking Texas politicians are smiling and quiet, pay attention
- What I’d like to see in the next legislature – Leftist Rep. Celia Israel
- What Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Rule Change May Mean for Texas Education
- $22.6 Billion in Outstanding Debt Adds to Fiscal Strain on Texas Localities, Taxpayers
- Texas and Nine Other U.S. States Sue Google for Abusing Market Power, more
- AG Paxton Leads Multistate Coalition in Lawsuit Against Google for Anticompetitive Practices and Deceptive Misrepresentations
- Texas Attorney General Paxton files anti-trust suit against Google
- Texas Hires Lawyers to Handle Antitrust Case Against Google
- Taxpayer Protection Alliance Critical of Texas-Led Google Goose Chase
- Hack Brings Unwanted Attention to Obscure but Vital Texas-based IT Firm
- Abbott Reappoints Hurley To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
- Abbott Appoints Seven To Texas Medical Board District Two Review Committee
- Abbott Appoints Seven To Texas Medical Board District One Review Committee
- Pardo Family Vindicated After Abuse From CPS
- Texas has $2 billion in COVID relief funds left to spend. Advocacy groups are anxiously watching.
- Ellis: Texas Data
- SD30: Texas Senate runoff election this Saturday
- SD30: Curbside voting available for COVID-19 patients for runoff
- Liberal Texas Monthly, upset at losing again, names Texas Democratic Party as 2021 Bum Steer of the Year – funny how they are surprised/mad at how Dem insiders were lying about race competitiveness. They are Dems, they lie.
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Fed Admits It Underestimated The Trump Covid Economic Recovery – audit and reform the Fed, it has been political for years!
- Congress close to coronavirus deal that includes stimulus checks
- Democratic leaders under pressure to agree to slimmed-down COVID-19 relief deal
- Democrats press to bar lawmakers from carrying guns in the Capitol
- Not the FBI I remember: William Barnett’s troubling interview
- Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden case
- TX11: Pfluger calls on Pelosi to investigate 2020 Election
- Five incoming Texas GOP freshmen call on Nancy Pelosi to investigate election, despite little evidence of fraud – “little evidence” again. That’s what investigations are for you utter morons.
- Senator RonJon to Hold Election Irregularities Hearing Today
- Trump still intends to veto defense spending authorization bill, White House
- House’s Lame Duck ‘No Surprises Act’ Is Overflowing With Really Awful Surprises
- Biden calls gun violence ‘national health crisis’; Harris says ‘past time’ for new gun control
- Sen. Cruz Warns Mexican Government is Undermining Security and Law Enforcement Relationship with United States
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Senate GOP to Trump: The election is over
- McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote
- ABC News deletes video of Sen. Ron Johnson saying something that all should agree with
- Pratt: Another take on election cheating
- AZ Sen GOP Issue Subpoenas to Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
- Amistad Project Releases Report on Zuckerberg’s ‘Dark Money’ in 2020 Elections
- Ken Starr: Pennsylvania ‘flagrantly violated’ laws ahead of presidential election
- Biden campaign manager calls GOP lawmakers ‘a bunch of f—ers’ – that’s that Democrat “healing” and “unity” old Joe has talked so much about.
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw puts his own twist on the Georgia Senate race VIDEO
- Facebook makes exception to political ad ban for Georgia runoffs – sure!
- Mansour: A Democrat Win in Georgia Could Make Kamala Harris One of the Most Powerful People in the World
- Warnock Vows to ‘Dismantle the Value System’ of the American ‘Empire’ VIDEO
- Democrats see stimulus checks as winning issue in Georgia runoffs
- Georgia GOP senators dig in on refusal to recognize Biden win
- Biden rallies Democrats in Georgia to secure a Senate majority
- Obama: Republican Party ‘is the minority party in this country’ – guess he missed the broader election results
- Ocasio-Cortez: I’m ‘not ready’ to be Speaker but Pelosi and Schumer need to go
- Obama Praises Courageous Defund the Police Activists as Violent Crime Rates Rise
- Democrats don’t care what you think about their scandals
- Andrew Cuomo Continues His Assault on the First Amendment
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- Border / immigration
- Houston man accused of transporting 138 undocumented people in tractor trailer across Texas
- Smuggling suspects from RGV sentenced after woman dies in shooting
- Man wounded in apparent shootout with Border Patrol after running southern New Mexico checkpoint
- Hit Squad Caught Hunting for Gulf Cartel Boss in Wealthy Mexican Border State Suburb
- Mexico Acknowledges President-Elect Biden, Seeks Non-Intervention Policy 135
- Sen. Cruz Warns Mexican Government is Undermining Security and Law Enforcement Relationship with United States
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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 12/16/2020 (pdf) – 24,142* deaths & “active cases” of 259,293 (out of over 29,000,000,000 people, less than 1% of the population.) * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy.
- WuFlu numbers in Texas do not justify erosion of freedoms
- Data: Hospitals underwhelmed by 2nd COVID wave, as they were with 1st
- Owner posts obituary for Michigan bowling alley closed by pandemic: ‘She is dying slowly’
- Michigan governor invites Santa to tell kids to ‘follow the rules’ on COVID-19 – completely Soviet-like.
- California restaurant owner confronts health inspectors as state cracks down on restrictions: ‘Are you gonna pay my rent?’ VIDEO
- FDA approves first over-the-counter COVID-19 test that delivers near-instant results
- Franklin Graham to Those ‘Discouraged’ Due to Coronavirus: Trust in God — ‘It Will Change Your Life Forever’ – Amen!
- Lovesick Man Who Took Jet Ski to See Girlfriend Jailed for Breaking Coronavirus Laws
- Inmates Facing Big Virus Risks Not Near Top of Vaccine Lists
- Midland/Odessa region is two days away from lifting of restrictions
- Presidio officials asking residents to shelter in place as COVID-19 cases rise
- Covid-19 tests our value for life, how we have decayed
- Poverty level increases amid pandemic, researchers point to state shutdowns, Washington gridlock
- Majority of Americans worried that governments will retain expansive new powers after pandemic ends – it’s already proven
- 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.
- Voters broadly in favor of national mask mandate, but more divided on vaccine mandate
- Clooney: ‘Just Put a f**king Mask On’ – hey actor, just f***ing shut up
- Kansas Mayor Resigns After Receiving Threats for Supporting Mask Mandate – sadly it’s getting to where threats may not be enough
- Wearing a used mask could be worse than no mask amid COVID-19: study
- Study: Wearing used mask worse than no mask at all
- 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
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- Business/Economy
- Could Texas be an electric vehicle hub?
- Hack Brings Unwanted Attention to Obscure but Vital Texas-based IT Firm
- Austin office campus to transform into mixed-use project
- This is why it’s been more expensive to update your home lately
- Debt collectors will be able to look for you on social media platforms in 2021
- Francesca’s to close Houston corporate office, lay off hundreds amid bankruptcy
- Major employers in San Antonio weigh reopening their offices
- Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses $98M Verdict Against BBVA
- Luby’s signs agreement to franchise 13 Fuddruckers stores
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Obama Praises Courageous Defund the Police Activists as Violent Crime Rates Rise
- Black Lives Matter protest part of Nativity scene at California church
- Antifa Enforce Autonomous Zone Ahead of Seattle Homeless Camp Sweep VIDEO
- NBA Quiet on Chinese Slave Labor
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Lawyer: Family to Release Autopsy of Black Man Killed by Cop
- Pearland police officers fatally shoot elderly man armed with gun
- San Antonio organizations receive millions from billionaire MacKenzie Scott – Bexos’ ex-wife.
- Meals on Wheels Central Texas gets $8 million from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott
- Ann Criswell, Houston Chronicle food editor for three decades, dies at 87
- Brownsville ‘porch pirate’ arrested, DA thanks citizens
- Houston: Two men charged in triple fatal Midtown club shooting in custody
- Dog shot by WFPD after woman attacked – good shooting
- Gun found in kindergarten student’s backpack at an elementary school in Graham
- Police: Spat over TV becomes humbug
- Three indicted following traffic stop of stolen vehicle in Brown Co.
- Crews battling large structure fire in Tuscola VIDEO
- Report: Man caught masturbating in women’s restroom at Abilene Walmart – he’s not a Democrat media commentator is he?
- Cash rewards offered for info on wanted fugitives in Abilene
- Lubbock Man Sentenced for Indecency With Child Under 14
- Around Two-Dozen Shots Fired at Lubbock Apartment Complex
- Lubbock man faces 10 years in prison after assaulting disabled family member over video games
- Slaton H.S. student arrested after threats against school made on social media
- Former Amarillo banker pleads guilty to federal embezzlement charge
- Houston-area priest Manuel La Rosa-Lopez sentenced on child sex abuse charges
- Woman found dead inside Katy-area home from self-inflicted gunshot wound
- Pedestrian struck in hit and run in south-central El Paso
- 16-year-old charged with murder following stabbing in Brownsville
- Man killed in overnight house fire in Combes
- Smuggling suspects from RGV sentenced after woman dies in shooting
- Houston home healthcare owners charged for billing $10M in phony Medicare claims in kickback scheme
- Two people shot, one dead, in north Harris County
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- Local government
- $22.6 Billion in Outstanding Debt Adds to Fiscal Strain on Texas Localities, Taxpayers
- Fort Worth Taxpayer Debt Hiked for New City Hall
- Runoffs give conservatives one seat on Austin city council
- Parkland investigating sock monkey gift after questions from employees, John Wiley Price – extreme insanity of victimhood
- Dallas bum encampment cleared despite city memo – good
- Odessa: Newly elected mayor ready to delve into city finances – all 3 pro-lifers won election!
- Odessa city council has big changes coming in 2021
- City of Midland making major improvements to water system
- Wichita Falls cuts Saturday bus route due to shortage of Falls Ride drivers
- WF city councilors hope to see old building demolished after approved ordinance
- If Abilene mayor gets new job, election in May possible
- Lubbock council to waste money on downtown park that will likely host bums
- Lubbock Councilman Steve Massengale Talks New Park Design and Vaccine Rollout
- Lubbock: Injured Firefighter Matt Dawson to Receive Full Pay Through 2021
- Lubbock adds tree trimming requirements to alleys and sidewalks – this will be very expensive for people
- Lubbock council approves abortion issue election date in Lubbock, May 1st, more
- Judge orders city of Mission to hand over records to family of man who killed police officer
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- Colleges & universities
- Supreme Court to take up dispute involving NCAA, issue of paying student athletes
- Sul Ross: BRI wins international grant
- McMurry University Physics Students Win National Recognition for Second Year
- TTU: Financial Literacy, Wellness Focus Of Graduate Student’s Research
- Texas A&M investigating “large scale” cheating case as universities see more academic misconduct in era of online classes
- Charlotte Han Sharp, wife of Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp, passes away
Pratt’s post for 12/16/2020
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