- Days After Railing Against Shutdowns, Abbott Closes More Businesses
- Gov. Greg Abbott allows only limited COVID-19 restrictions for Texas’ worst hot spots. Local leaders say it’s not enough. – they are saying they crave power to take away our basic rights.
- Phelan unveils policy team
- Texas Cities With the Most COVID Mandate Citations
- Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15 – does the court actually have this power to begin with?
- Texas AG Pushed to Rescind Houston Virus Relief Funding – another reason to support AG Paxton!
- Bill Limiting Contact Tracing Programs Filed in Texas House
- Tight budget threatens Communities in Schools programs that have helped students through the pandemic – too bad and B.S.
- Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. says he was offered, received ‘surplus vaccine’ by DHR
- Governor Abbott Appoints Two And Names Chair Of Texas State Board Of Social Worker Examiners
- Abbott Appoints Holup To Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
- A view from the radical Left: Texas Republicans Must Call Out Donor Steve Hotze Before Someone gets Hurt
- SD30: Senator Elect Drew Springer Talks About SD-30 Victory AUDIO
- MJ Hegar and Elisa Cardnell join vets in calling for investigation of Dan Crenshaw
- TX15: Republican Congressional candidate claims unfair election
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Ted Cruz, 5 Other GOP Senators Vote Against 6,000-Page ‘Legislative Monstrosity’ – Yes!
- Sen. Cruz: Badly Needed COVID Relief Should Have Passed as Standalone Bill Months Ago, Not in Taxpayer Funded Spending Spree
- Cruz Opposes ‘Taxpayer Funded Spending Spree’
- Pork City: The absolutely crazy stuff in the 5,593-page COVID bill no lawmaker read
- Live music venues get a lifeline in federal coronavirus relief package
- Relief bill’s passage sets off scramble to declare victory, assign blame
- New Congressional COVID-19 Relief Bill and The Paycheck Protection Program
- Cuellar wins passage of US-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
- Sen. Cruz Calls on Trump Administration to Submit Obama-Biden Iran Nuclear Deal & Paris Climate Agreement to Senate as Formal Treaties
- Sen. Cruz: Hong Kong Dissidents’ Powerful Stories Need to Be Heard
- Castro: Our stories will be told in National Museum of the American Latino
- Zoom shared U.S. user data with Beijing, abetting silencing of dissent, according to court docs
- Justin Amash Introduces Bill To End Forever National Emergencies
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Growing number of GOP lawmakers back Electoral College challenge
- Racial Justice Activists Push Joe Biden to Reward Them with Administration Posts
- Retiring Mac Thornberry calls your support of Trump “mindless” – poor Mac, he traded in his Texas card for a Swamp card years ago and still seems unhappy.
- Georgia State Senate Report: Election Results Are ‘Untrustworthy;’ Certification Should Be Rescinded
- Giuliani: Arizona GOP Will Attempt to Certify Trump the Winner of 2020 Election on Wednesday
- Arizona Republican party moves to intervene in legal battle over access to voting machines, Arizona GOP responds (?) to election board’s defiance to subpoenas
- 3 detained after Trump rally disturbance outside McAllen newspaper office
- Reversing Trump’s immigration policies will “take time,” Biden team says
- Georgia Poll: Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff Lead GOP Incumbents
- Kat Von D Leaving California Due to ‘Tyrannical Government Overreach’
- Trust Us. We’re Experts.
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- Border / immigration
- November Border Apprehensions Level Off, but Hit Another Record High
- Immigration Politics Went Away During COVID-19, now It’s Coming Back.
- LGBTQ [homosexual], HIV advocates file suit against Trump immigration rule
- U.S. Judge Hears Arguments Targeting Deportation Protections for ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants
- Reversing Trump’s immigration policies will “take time,” Biden team says
- Near Ton of Meth Seized in Texas Border Crossing Incident
- Head of Corrupt Intel Unit Promoted to Top Mexican Border State Police Post
- Cuellar wins passage of US-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
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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 12/22/2020 (pdf) – 25,415* deaths & “active cases” of 271,934 (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
- Hundreds jailed, thousands ticketed for violating South Texas COVID restrictions – over the top by miles, why are these “officials” not being stopped?
- Texas Cities With the Most COVID Mandate Citations
- Virus Rules Not Enforced. Grieving Texas Family Asks: Why? – allies of totalitarians.
- Dr. Birx to Retire from Public Service After Holiday Travel Backlash – these people have skin so thin it is a wonder blood doesn’t leak through.
- State Senator: Michigan Agent Gave Sob Story to Restaurant Owner for Meal, Then It was Busted for Violation VIDEO – our founders told us there was a time for armed resistance.
- 18-year-old American pre-med student jailed in Grand Cayman for breaking quarantine – dumb on her part as a foreigner but an example of how much tyranny people across the globe are happy to accept and support.
- Dem Rep. Pressley: Incarcerated Should Be ‘Prioritized’ for Coronavirus Vaccine
- Austin official threaten public with “tighter rules” even though the hospitalization rate there is very low
- As pandemic grinds on, Texas students increasingly feel alone and scared, and some are thinking about suicide
- UT study: Politics put Texas construction workers at COVID risk – more Leftist propaganda. These folk are at risk by not being allowed to work.
- Meyers: Antibody treatment has been effective
- Fort Worth pastor who told parishioners not to fear pandemic grapples with parents dying of COVID complications after Thanksgiving – and nothing about that changes the correct message of not fearing the virus. Shame on the press for purposefully distorting the Christian doctrine of no fear and full faith and hope in Jesus Christ.
- El Paso Judge: We will defeat COVID-19 household by household, family by family – such meaningless twaddle.
- Days After Railing Against Shutdowns, Abbott Closes More Businesses
- Gov. Greg Abbott allows only limited COVID-19 restrictions for Texas’ worst hot spots. Local leaders say it’s not enough. – they are saying they crave power to take away our basic rights.
- When health workers at a Rio Grande Valley hospital declined the COVID-19 vaccine, a state senator and law enforcement lined up – the real story is that so many healthcare professionals declined the vaccine.
- Paul, Cruz, Omar blast fellow US lawmakers for taking Covid-19 vaccine jab ahead of ‘seniors & frontline workers’
- Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Heartless, Arrogant, Unelected CDC Bureaucrats’ Giving Vaccine to Healthy Americans Before Elderly
- New Mexico sheriff covering Albuquerque rejects lockdown order VIDEO
- Anti-Lockdown Protestors Kick in Door at Oregon Statehouse – great! I see nothing “far-right” about any of this.
- Home for Christmas: Nursing Home Residents May Leave for Holiday
- Justin Amash Introduces Bill To End Forever National Emergencies
- 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.
- Leftist media attempts to shame people into wearing masks
- Senator (and doctor) Rand Paul: Masks ‘Are All About Submission’
- 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
- Governor Abbott, TEA Announce Free Access To Supplemental Math Computer Program for Texas Schools, Families Through Texas Home Learning 3.0
- Austin ISD considering going remote or canceling classes after winter break
- Kingsville ISD temporarily going virtual after the holiday break
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- Business/Economy
- Pioneer Natural Resources laying off 100 workers after Parsley acquisition
- Diamondback CEO: Shareholder value behind QEP, Guidon deals
- Whole Foods Market receives FDA recall warning
- Oracle is yet another company leaving Silicon Valley for Texas
- Rose Bowl Game Moved to Texas
- Justice Department sues Walmart over role in opioid crisis
- Amazon plans to open three new facilities in San Antonio and create over 1,500 jobs, more
- The Renewable Energy Industry is Stealing Your Money
- Chienere loads commissioning cargo from third train in Corpus Christi
- Chevron upstream budget in 2021 includes $2 billion for Permian Basin
- Judge Berates Recruiter and Attorney for ‘Deplorable’ Discovery Conduct
- Americans Bought Approximately 21 Million Guns in 2020, Sales up 73%
- Gattefossé plans almost $37 million investment in Lufkin
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- The city of Detroit is suing BLM demonstrators for engaging in a ‘civil conspiracy’
- Black Lives Matter Protest on Street Decorated in CHRISTmas Lights for Kids With Cancer
- Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrice Cullors Tries to “Set the Record Straight” On Her Marxism (Keyword: Tries)
- Anti-Lockdown Protestors Kick in Door at Oregon Statehouse – great! I see nothing “far-right” about any of this.
- 3 detained after Trump rally disturbance outside McAllen newspaper office
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- North Texas man sues two Keller police officers after August arrest – deserved
- 1 hospitalized after East Austin staircase collapse, medics say
- Dallas police car involved in crash after suspect runs red light, officials say
- Good Samaritan stops to help motorcyclist fatally injured in crash, Arlington police say
- Midland teen charged with murder in alleged drug deal gone wrong
- Ector Co. man charged with sexually assault 5-year-old, 2-year-old girls
- Man charged with running over woman in West Odessa, more
- Wichita Falls Police: Chair used as weapon in attack
- Police: Obscenities send mystery woman to jail
- Police: Money stolen from ATM at Early bank
- Document: Trent ISD teacher downloaded child porn from former Ukranian modeling studio, more
- Abilene police need help identifying robbery suspect
- Clyde man killed during motorcycle crash in Callahan County
- 2 Abilene men charged with sexual assault of a child
- Police: Man beaten with bat after accusation
- Police report said Lubbock man shot at family with kids in the car
- San Angelo man arrested in Abilene lotto fraud
- College Station police investigating after two found dead in motel room
- Driver charged following fatal crash in Peñitas
- One person dead, one seriously injured after car strikes pedestrians in Deep East Texas
- 15-year-old arrested after being accused of writing a fake ‘hit list’ in East Texas
- Marshall man gets 14 years for federal drug trafficking crimes
- No Injuries Reported After Fire at Homeless Camp in East Fort Worth
- 12-Year-Old in Critical Condition After Fatal Auto-Pedestrian Crash in Lewsville
- 1 person killed in single vehicle accident in Smith County
- Van crash sends 15 to hospital in Smith Co.
- 1 person killed in 2 vehicle accident in Harrison County
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- Local government
- Abbott: Proposal that would land Austin police under state control has been drafted ‘in time for Christmas’
- Kennedale ISD senior calls out superintendent for illegal act. What happened?
- City of Lubbock buys old grocery store for health department use – note how it is called “leadership” that the department has grown 25% in one year!
- This Isn’t The Time To Spend Money On A Park In Downtown Lubbock
- Lubbock Police Chief Floyd Mitchell responds to city’s high number of homicides
- Ector County JP says complaint unfounded
- Wichita Falls PD gets new canine
- Dallas mayor wants city to track police overtime pay after spending concerns raised – such should always be tracked and spot audited. The scandal is that such has not been the case.
- Escobares city attorney resigns following council resignations
- City of La Marque was right in releasing police video
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- Colleges & universities
- MSU Texas names President’s Medal for Excellence recipients
- Sonny Cumbie to become Red Raiders’ new offensive coordinator
- University of New Mexico Basketball Finds New Home in Lubbock
- Col. Jay Brewer stepping away as the voice of the Aggie Band after 40 years
- Texas A&M investigating “large scale” cheating case
- UTRGV film student’s documentary selected for Moscow film festival
Pratt’s post for 12/22/2020
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