- Gov. Greg Abbott pardons seven Texans ahead of Christmas
- Weeks before the legislative session, state leaders’ political priorities and COVID-19 safety plans remain works in progress
- Abbott-backed proposal would put all Austin policing under state control – terrible public policy for many reasons. What happens when a liberal gov decides local police departments are not enforcing gun control enough, do we let the state take over those too? Austin residents must live with the results of the votes they cast. The rest of us should not bear their burden. Police the Capitol Complex with DPS as we do now and leave it at that.
- Abbott dreams of Big Government – from the far-Left
- Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15
- Proposed Bill Would Compel Schools to Rehire Teachers Who Quit Due to COVID-19 Concerns – what happened to “local control?”
- Court: Texas could face daily $75,000 fine if it doesn’t comply with foster care orders
- Parents of Drake Pardo Removed from State Child Abuse Registry
- Russian Cyber Hack of Austin Leaves Texans Vulnerable
- TX15: GOP candidate in congressional race calls election into question
- Pennsylvania lt. gov. says Texas counterpart owes him bounty money after state uncovers voter fraud cases – what a clown and Democrat moron
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Trump slams relief bill, calls on Congress to increase stimulus money
- Republicans waiting to see what Trump does on relief package
- Trump threatens COVID relief, Pelosi urges ‘sign the bill’
- CNN’s Smerconish lauds Trump on $2000 relief checks: ‘Most effective thing he’s done’ post election
- Bipartisan group of legislators embraces Trump’s call for direct $2,000 stimulus payments
- Coronavirus Stimulus Package Specifically Blocks School Choice
- Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Blasts COVID-19 Relief Bill as Wasteful Spending
- How Congress made a mess of COVID relief
- Trump just vetoed NDAA… Developing
- Trump pardons individuals charged in Russia probe, ex-GOP lawmakers
- Trump Pardons 15, Commutes 5 Sentences, Including GOP Allies
- Trump pardons 15, commutes Stockman’s sentence
- Barr leaves behind conflicting legacy at DOJ – another example of moderates’ disease. Talent not completely focused in one direction (conservatism) creates as many problems as it solves.
- New US rule could require restaurant servers to share tips – pure socialism
- Congress passes Arrington’s veterans bill named after West Texas Navy SEAL
- Esparza seeks to head US Attorney’s Office of West Texas after three-decades as DA
- ICE funding decreased by $107 million in fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill
- Congress OKs ship for A&M-Galveston
- Ted Cruz Has an Idea That Trump Needs to Execute Now
- Sen. Cruz: ‘The Prince of Peace, Born in Bethlehem, Came So That We May Know Him and His Enduring Love, Joy, and Redemption’
- Congress passes bill to create memorial in D.C. to long-forgotten Texas Legation in Washington
- Emails obtained by FBI detail how Hunter Biden landed Ukrainian gas gig in 2014
- Citizenship Examination Cuts Religious Freedom and Free Speech Questions While Both Are Under Heavy Attack From State Governments
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Senator Cornyn’s definition of “conclusive” is dangerous to the nation
- Trump’s refusal to concede sows confusion among staff – silliness.
- Gingrich: Trump legal team must make ‘dramatically stronger and clearer case’ on election fraud
- A Fatally Flawed Trump Petition to the Supreme Court
- Attorney Marc Elias Leads Democrat Effort to Overturn House Race in Iowa’s 2nd District
- Congressman-elect Madison Cawthorn says he will contest Electoral College slate on Jan. 6
- Nearly 40% in new poll think Trump should keep pushing for investigations into voter fraud
- State senators in Arizona sue for access to Maricopa County voting data, machines
- Georgia Sec. of State Raffensperger opposes no-excuse absentee voting in the Peach State
- More than 350,000 Georgia voters could have their eligibility challenged before Senate runoffs
- Georgia governor waves off Trump’s calls to primary him – he’ll be primaried
- Trump adviser Peter Navarro urges ‘cesspool’ Georgia to delay Senate runoff until February
- Oopsie, Gavin: Kamala Harris Senate Replacement Not Black Enough; ‘a Real Blow to the African-American Community’
- Republicans, Democrats differ on what’s ‘misinformation’
- Amid Drudge Report traffic plunge, media site ranks Matt Drudge #2 ‘most influential in news’
- Stunning and Brave: ‘Journalist’ Writes Letter Patting Colleagues on Back, and It Backfires Big Time
- Livelihoods and Liberty Left in the Lurch
- Peak Progressive? A sliver of hope for California.
- Prager: The Sovietization of California
- What’s Wrong with American Health Care?
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- Border / immigration
- Apprehensions Jump 182 Percent in One Texas Border Sector
- ICE funding decreased by $107 million in fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill
- Fate of ‘Dreamers’ remains in limbo with ruling delayed in Texas case challenging DACA
- Texas Challenges the Legality of DACA in Federal Court
- DACA backers ask federal judge for reprieve: Can’t we just wait until Joe Biden is president?
- No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program
- Building a better DACA – better is no DACA program
- Biden: Reversing Trump Border Policies Will Take Months
- Trump Issues Full Pardons to Two Former Border Patrol Agents
- Trump administration awarded border wall contracts to build on land it doesn’t own in Texas
- Citizenship Examination Cuts Religious Freedom and Free Speech Questions While Both Are Under Heavy Attack From State Governments
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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 12/23/2020 (pdf) – 25,606* deaths & “active cases” of 275,658 (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 AG Pushed to Rescind Houston Virus Relief Funding – another reason to support AG Paxton!
- UK reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began – and all the while they’ve had some of the most authoritarian rules on the planet.
- NHS Gets Political, Chiefs Call for Brexit Delay Because of Coronavirus – see how the virus is simply a tool to reach political goals of the Left?
- Actor Kirk Cameron gathers carolers to protest Christmas stay-at-home order
- Texas breaks from CDC guidelines on vaccine prioritization
- Galveston is shutting down again
- Americans partying in Mexico’s Riviera are spreading COVID – what B.S. Mexico was already suffering a much larger spread problem than the U.S. even before travel re-opened.
- Governor Gets Vaccine, Texas Hospitalizations Still Soaring – it was more than 10% higher in July when we all agreed to move to open up!
- Massachusetts Gov. Bans Gatherings over 10 in ‘Private Homes’ – why is he still governor?
- Rand Paul: Lawmakers Perpetuating Lockdowns by Handing Money to States with ‘Arbitrary and Unscientific’ Rules
- TTU Veterinary School Loans Medical Freezers for COVID-19 Vaccine Storage
- 60,000 Texans have received the COVID-19 vaccine so far
- Texas hasn’t said when inmates will get vaccine
- Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15
- Millions Traveling During Holidays Despite Warnings
- Livelihoods and Liberty Left in the Lurch
- Fort Bend County judge tells Gov. Abbott essential workers should get vaccine before politicians VIDEO
- 51-Percenters Sue to Block Shutdowns, Plan Protests
- 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’
- When anti-maskers turn violent – it is a form of violence to mask people against their will without due process.
- Austrian Court Overturns Virus Mask Mandate in Schools
- Masks Block 99.9% of Large Covid-Linked Droplets: Study – large droplets are insignificant – complete junk. The Coronavirus is slightly larger than nanometer. And note the talks of “microns.” A micron is 1 millionth of a meter, a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.
- 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
- Proposed Bill Would Compel Schools to Rehire Teachers Who Quit Due to COVID-19 Concerns – what happened to “local control?”
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- Business/Economy
- Consumer Sentiment Tumbled in Late December
- Home Buying Boom Lost Steam in November
- $150 million Denton residential community sells to D.R. Horton
- Hawaiian Airlines launching service to Austin
- American drops 4 international cities, adds domestic flights in major route shakeup
- American Airlines begins recalling 17,500 furloughed workers with aid package in flux
- New US rule could require restaurant servers to share tips – pure socialism
- 277-home master planned community to be built on Corpus Christi’s Westside
- Outdoor dining grew during the pandemic, now there’s a plan to keep the expansion in Dallas
- Stakeholder acquires Santa Fe gas gathering, processing assets in Yoakum
- Honeywell UOP to upgrade gas plants for Brazos Midstream in Reeves
- Permian Basin: Only U.S. producing region to add rigs last week
- EP Energy reaches divestment deal after bankruptcy
- US again protects Citgo assets from Venezuela creditors
- Halliburton to lay off more than 200 in Texas
- ConocoPhillips makes major oil discovery off Norway
- 2020 closed many San Antonio businesses. These are the most missed by notable San Antonians, from Mexican Manhattan to Nosh
- Texas restaurants see $900M stimulus as down payment for recovery
- Here are the tech companies that relocated headquarters to DFW this year
- AT&T acquires Canada’s You.i TV to bolster efforts to get HBO Max into more markets
- Austin’s Hotel Granduca purchased by California hospitality group
- Cinemark sues insurer over COVID-related losses
- Oak Cliff’s tallest high-rise sells for redo
- Plano data center grows with major expansion
- Axiom Space to set up headquarters at Houston Spaceport
- SpaceX puts Starship prototype #9 on launchpad
- Texas-based Nanoracks’ commercial airlock installed on ISS
- Managed IT company’s San Antonio location under new ownership
- PGA of America parts with COO after arrest on assault charge
- XBiotech to expand Austin HQ with more offices, state-of-the-art R&D facility
- California robotic farming company Iron Ox plants roots in small city of Lockhart
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Feds to target gun violence in Jefferson County
- San Antonio PD: Residents, held at gunpoint, use frying pan to foil home invasion
- Woman dies in accidental shooting at north Houston home
- Ector Co. grand jury indicts man on shooting gun five times at vehicle full of people
- One killed, two injured in Howard County crash
- Andrews family mourning loss of a daughter, questions law enforcement on why more was not done to stop boyfriend VIDEO
- Red Bull Air Force recreates iconic Marfa lights VIDEO
- Drug deal appears to go bad ending in shooting in Bridgeport
- WFPD: Woman charged for driving off lot with car after being denied test drive
- Henrietta family survives overnight house fire
- 42 lottery tickets stolen from 2 Abilene convenience stores, including twice at 1 location, more
- San Antonio stabbing victim, clinging to life, walks more than a mile until he finds police for help
- 1 killed, another injured in Arlington shooting, police say
- Missing Texas woman who disappeared in Florida found safe
- Lubbock PD searching for missing man last seen in mid-October
- Lubbock Man Charged with Negligent Homicide in Shooting, more – idiot
- Andrews man charged with murder for intentionally hitting girlfriend with his car
- Seminole man sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing boy in multiple states
- Bank in Woodway latest in string of ATM thefts
- Arlington Police Investigating After 20-Year-Old Killed, Another Shot By Masked Men VIDEO
- ‘Cheer’ Star Jerry Harris Pleads Not Guilty To Child Porn, Sex Charges
- Forney Police Officers Injured During Traffic Stop
- One Dead After Car Crashes into Power Pole in Lewisville: Police
- 29-year-old Texarkana cyclist struck by pickup truck Tuesday morning
- Former Waskom ISD teacher indicted for improper relationship with student
- Small fires in Kenedy, Willacy counties now under control
- Donna man charged with animal cruelty
- The last hospitalized survivor of the El Paso Walmart mass shooting is finally home
- Man arrested after setting fire to home amid argument with girlfriend, San Antonio police say
- Helotes police searching for pickup involved in fatal hit-and-run
- Houston mom and 11 kids lose home to fire just before Christmas
- Abilene woman sentenced to life for fatality shooting her girlfriend
- 4 teens who tried to rob AT&T store in Garland were locked out by employees, police say
- ‘Brutal assault’ | Houston Mayor calls for arrest in assault of bar employee
- 2 killed, innocent woman injured in wrong-way crash on SH-288
- Man accused of murdering Wilder hires former prosecutor & trial expert for his legal team
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- Local government
- Abbott-backed proposal would put all Austin policing under state control
- Eddie Garcia, former San Jose, Calif. chief, named new chief of Dallas police, more
- Dallas Mayor Wants Audit of Police Overtime Program Despite Opposing Funding Cut
- Outdoor dining grew during the pandemic, now there’s a plan to keep the expansion in Dallas
- San Marcos public facilities to close for 2 weeks
- Is Wichita County shift to Odyssey software an odyssey?
- Drivers working to clear $100,00 in unpaid parking fines to City of Abilene
- Gaines Co. Water System Gets $500,000 Upgrade
- The San Patricio County Economic Development Corp. has a new executive director
- Mission police to pay man $225K over shooting
- Brownsville donates patrol units to Progreso
- Russian Cyber Hack of Austin Leaves Texans Vulnerable
- Laredo council looking into combining city and county tax offices
- Amarillo Mayor Casts Doubt on Businessmen’s Calls for May Bond Election
- Hambrick named Marshall ISD interim superintendent
- Mesquite ISD will hand out $500 bonuses to substitute teachers
- As Arlington grows, the city seeks to honor historically significant homes
- Judge grants Mission protective order in Espericueta open records case
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- Colleges & universities
- TTU Veterinary School Loans Medical Freezers for COVID-19 Vaccine Storage
- Congress OKs ship for A&M-Galveston
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- Military
- Nazi headstones removed at Fort Sam
Pratt’s post for 12/23/2020
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