- Pratt’s charge to all good citizens for 2021
- Texas closes state Capitol building after rioters storm U.S. Capitol
- Rep. Lyle Larson files bill to require annual 70-day legislative sessions – told you Straus’ good buddy is not a conservative for limited government.
- Legislative Preview: While 1.8 million [worldwide] Died From COVID Last Year, 42 million Died From Abortion
- Statesman: Texas Democrats to push policing reforms
- Texas House Bills Look To Curb Natural Gas Flaring
- Outgoing Texas House speaker Dennis Bonnen leaves legacy of political ambition, talent and scandal – what talent? Failure?
- Gov. Greg Abbott tells agencies to obey federal judge’s foster-care edicts, sidestep big fines – cave
- Drew Springer sworn in as State Senator for District 30 after special runoff election
- Governor Abbott Swears-In Senator Drew Springer
- Texas gives Medicaid recipients using Planned Parenthood until Feb. 3 to find new health care provider – PP is not a healthcare provider, they butcher babies.
- Texas unveils plan to have all students take STAAR online by 2022
- New Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright’s Staff Appointments
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw Criticizes Renewed Houston-area Lockdown, Calls on Gov. Abbott to Rescind Order
- U.S. Rep. Crenshaw: Business owners “should not comply” with new COVID lockdown restrictions in Texas
- Abbott’s Orders Increase Most Texans’ Lockdown Restrictions
- Abbott Appoints Thompson To Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
- Governor Abbott Appoints Sanders To Trinity River Authority Board Of Directors
- Abbott Appoints Nuss To Texas Commission On The Arts – the arts flourish on their own, we do not need a state commission on such.
- Houston Homeowners and City Clash Over Property Rights, Supreme Court to adjudicate
- Travis County GOP chair turns on Trump after ‘epic disaster’ in Georgia – now you know why I’ve resisted entreaties for Mackowiak to appear on Pratt on Texas. How’s Travis County doing in electing Republicans, growing the party?
- Paxton to Trump rally: Georgia surrendered – right
- What Georgia Politics Can Tell Us About Texas’ Path To Turning Purple
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Cruz on Fox News: We Have an Obligation To Protect Our Democratic System & Defend the Rule of Law
- Congress halts vote certification, recesses as protesters breach Capitol Hill buildings
- Capitol Hill under siege as protesters storm Capitol – one shot, offices ransacked
- Texas Congressional Members Condemn Storming of U.S. Capitol by “Stop the Steal” Protesters – OK, so if courts will not hear cases in the peaceful manner, what is left for the people of a republic to do?
- Sens. Cruz, Peters’ Bipartisan Legislation to Protect the Apollo Landing Sites Signed Into Law – can’t enforce a law if we are not there so to do.
- From the Left: Democrats are taking over the US Senate. What the Georgia runoffs mean for Washington and Texas.
- New York’s Schumer along with California’s Pelosi poised to set agenda in Congress
- Justice Department says emails compromised in recent, massive cyber hack blamed on Russia
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- Presidential race / national politics
- 88 State Legislators Ask VP Pence to Postpone ‘Opening and Counting of the Electoral Votes for at Least 10 Days’
- Let’s help Democrats by making sure Biden truly won
- McConnell rebukes effort to overturn Electoral College
- Pence tells Congress he lacks ‘unilateral authority’ to reject Electoral College votes – correct
- Trump insults Sen. John Cornyn as rift in GOP widens over certifying election – well deserved by Quitter Cornyn
- Trump rips Pence: ‘Didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done’
- George W. Bush to attend Biden’s inauguration
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter won’t attend Biden inauguration
- As Ted Cruz argues for the president, Donald Trump’s supporters are the real prize – so, he’s still standing for the country.
- Cruz shows wise patriotism; Cornyn shows he is a quitter
- If Ted Cruz was a leader of principle, he’d be defending the Electoral College system – an example of shallow sophistry. One does not protect a system by ignoring flaws or fraud within that system. What dopes.
- I’m conservative, but I had to sign the Harvard Law alumni petition against Ted Cruz – no, you are not a conservative nor do you respect the system
- Trump supporters heckle Romney over plan not to contest electoral votes, chant ‘traitor’
- Rep. Van Taylor: I vote to accept the electoral votes because it’s the conservative choice
- D-FW-based Pizza Inn CEO gets political, calling for an election audit
- Both parties only care about malfeasance on a scale that changes the results – and that, as I have said, is a serious problem. All fraud should be sought out and prosecuted.
- GOP Rep. Roy: ‘Right Now, We’re in a Cold Civil War’ — ‘Full-Scale Hot Conflict’ if Dems Win GA
- Democrat Raphael Warnock Defeats GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Georgia – who can trust the Georgia results?
- Georgia Run-Off Marred By Election Irregularities
- Georgia Democratic legislator Vernon Jones who endorsed Trump joins Republican Party – “I’m ready to go home to the party of Lincoln.”
- Biden to name failed Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as attorney general, reports
- Graduates from UTSA, UIW to join President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet
- Sharp left: the Democrats have taken control of America
- Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Americans Attending ‘The Million Moron March’: ‘The Stupidity Is Breathtaking’ – I’ve always found it particularly odd when shallow clowns flap their gums about others being such.
- How the GOP Establishment Created Its Lin Wood Problem
- Battle Between GOP Establishment and “Drain the Swamp” Republicans on Display at RNC Winter Meeting
- ‘Trump f—-ed the party’: Anonymous Republicans are busy texting up a storm to journos – these are the folk who like losing.
- Dozens rally at Texas Capitol as Congress set to count electoral votes
- Ravitch’s arguments against school choice miss the mark by miles.
- If You Believe in Science, Individual Freedom Is the Only Answer
- Prager: I Now Better Understand the ‘Good German’
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- Border / immigration
- CBP: 450 Miles of New Border Walls Completed — Funding for 350 More Approved – not enough but a fine job by President Trump given little cooperation from Congress.
- Arizona border deaths hit 10-year high after record heat
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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 01/06/2021 (pdf) – 28,219* deaths & “active cases” of 314,465 (out of over 29,000,000,000 people, about 1% of the population.) * Texas COVID numbers appear no longer trustworthy; Is US COVID-19 death count inflated?; Here’s how the media is misreporting COVID-19’s death toll in America
- Notice that with other disease such as influenza government has only counted “symptomatic” illness as case, with COVID they treat all tests and presumptions as cases – this is the root of why all data related to COVID is faulty and overstated.
- The Missing Flu Riddle: Epidemiologist Says Influenza Cases Are Being Counted as COVID-19
- Tarrant County Public Health’s Vaccine Rollout Meets Criticism
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw Criticizes Renewed Houston-area Lockdown, Calls on Gov. Abbott to Rescind Order
- U.S. Rep. Crenshaw: Business owners “should not comply” with new COVID lockdown restrictions in Texas
- What Vaccine Trials? The most important, meaningful phase of CV-19 vaccine trials has barely begun, let alone been completed.
- Rollout Leaves More than 70 Percent of COVID-19 Vaccines Unused
- If You Believe in Science, Individual Freedom Is the Only Answer
- Prager: I Now Better Understand the ‘Good German’
- Austin Convention Center to likely be staged as potential field hospital soon
- Waco circus performer turns to panhandling due to COVID-19 shutdown
- Abbott’s Orders Increase Most Texans’ Lockdown Restrictions
- Prioritizing Certain Racial Groups for COVID-19 Vaccination Is ‘Immoral,’ GOP Dallas County Commissioner Says
- 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
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- Business/Economy
- Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $783 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments – up 2.6%
- January Top 20 Cities Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary, All cities lookup
- ADP Posts Surprise December Disaster Decline in Private Payrolls
- SpaceX Starship development: next 50K foot flight this weekend?
- $50 oil positive indicator, but uncertainty remains
- San Antonio refinery to lay off entire workforce — but hope for employees remains
- SolarWinds faces lawsuit following cyberattack
- Austin is set to score Texas’ largest pickleball facility
- COVID-19 Brought More Profit, New Challenges To Texas’ Funeral Industry
- USDA announces crop quality loss assistance for eligible producers affected by 2018, 2019 natural disasters
- How Scientists Finally Vanquished The Pink Bollworm
- Carnival Cruise Line cancels more 2021 trips, some as late as November
- D-FW-based Pizza Inn CEO gets political, calling for an election audit
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- 2 detectives involved in Breonna Taylor raid are fired
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Police Fatally Shoot Driver After Run-In With Austin Officer
- Woman rides on hood of car to save $10K dog, police say
- Woman accused of starting fire at abandoned home in Odessa
- Man arrested after license plate found at scene of truck vs. house accident
- One arrested after police pursuit of stolen van
- A report of an early morning explosion lands one in jail in Wichita Falls
- Police offer cash rewards for wanted fugitives in Abilene
- Rival gang members indicted for alleged roles in shootout at Lubbock restaurant
- Feds Again Charge Ex-Mayor of Richardson Laura Jordan With Corruption, Including New Tax Fraud Counts
- Tyler man killed after being ejected from vehicle during crash in Van Zandt County
- Elderly woman dies in Smith County house fire
- Lightning strike starts fire at Tyler apartment complex, no injuries reported
- East Texas police asks public to help them ID man accused of stealing over $10K from bank account
- Affidavit details killing of East Texas pastor at Starrville Methodist Church
- White supremacist sentenced for murder at Beaumont prison
- Bicyclist hit and killed by moving train in Montgomery County VIDEO
- Laredo police arrest 18 in DWI operation
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- Local government
- Replacing Austin’s mayor pro tem produces unexpected drama
- ‘I’m sorry this occurred on my watch,’ says Keller police chief following viral arrest of Marco Puente
- Wichita Falls Utility Collections Office announces new payment options
- Wichita Falls police officer named city Employee of the Month
- Abilene’s new police chief on-duty, making plans for future of department
- Lubbock PD Officers ordered to provide security for council member’s private event VIDEO – misuse of public resources
- Houston Homeowners and City Clash Over Property Rights
- In San Antonio, an ambitious effort to expand pre-K is crumbling as parents shield their children from the pandemic – Ha! This expensive Leftist Castro program should never have started.
- Angelina County officials debate use of old sheriff’s office
- Prioritizing Certain Racial Groups for COVID-19 Vaccination Is ‘Immoral,’ GOP Dallas County Commissioner Says
- Tarrant County Officials Say New Bail Reform Won’t Be ‘Racially-Biased’
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- Colleges & universities
- New teacher prep program coming to UTPB
- Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine Adds Epidemiology Expert
- UT Tyler to begin spring semester online only due to COVID-19
- SFA taps Frye as new VP of student affairs
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- Military
- SEAL Team 6 Operator to Plead Guilty in Green Beret’s Death (a Lubbock native)
- ‘We Do Feel Kind Of Robbed’: COVID-19 Forces The Military To Scale Back Basic Training
Pratt’s post for 1/6/2021
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