- Pratt’s charge to all good citizens for 2021
- Texas Capitol reopens Thursday
- Francis: Austin Con(fidence) Game
- Will state lawmakers consider Medicaid [Obamacare] expansion?
- Texas Lawmakers File Proposal for Annual Legislative Sessions – pro-big gov’t
- Texas Legislature may study disclosure of real estate prices
- Put a cap on it: Texas Rep. wants ceiling on some property taxes
- 5G, social issues are top of mind for tech leaders at Texas Legislature in 2021
- Now is not time to cut back on state’s economic development tools, chambers argue – crony capitalism
- Rep. VanDeaver Files HB 890 to Permanently Allow Remote Hearings in Juvenile Cases – all should be able to demand in-person hearings
- Reps. Nichols and Ashby to file legislation expanding broadband Internet service – extremely stupid and ignorant.
- Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Turner says legislature should investigate Paxton for role in riots at US Capitol – this is how Dems play, they denounce others for not getting along and yet attack, attack, and attack.
- More shallow editors back process designed to take away your vote for judges
- Abbott Appoints Bourland To Judicial Compensation Commission
- Railroad Commission of Texas doubles down on controversial oil rules
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock Clergy Sex Abuse Defamation Case Reaches Texas Supreme Court
- Did Government Mandates Cause More Crime in Texas?
- Governor Abbott Appoints Weatherford To Commission On Jail Standards
- Free speech questions raised by ethics agency’s sanctions on senator, former County Judge – on the day they denounce a president for doing something he did not do (calling for violence) these clowns are upset a judge was in trouble for nasty things she said. She’s a Democrat.
- Elections In 2020 Put Texas Gov. Greg Abbott In Strong Position
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- Ted Cruz should resign ‘immediately,’ Joaquin Castro says in wake of Capitol riots
- Cruz shows wise patriotism; Cornyn shows he is a quitter – funny, Robert Pratt says John Cornyn should resign immediately.
- Ted Cruz accused of abetting sedition and inspiring pro-Trump riot by resisting Biden’s victory – laughably ridiculous
- Irving Rep. Beth Van Duyne was sole Texas representative to split vote on Electoral College count
- Texas Republicans Remained Divided on Electoral College Certification
- Treasury launches $25B coronavirus rental assistance program
- Wolf nomination withdrawn after acting DHS secretary says Trump should ‘strongly condemn’ violence at Capitol
- It’s Time For Mitch To Go
- With Trump Out of the Way, the Left Comes for the Death Penalty
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- Presidential race / national politics
- After a day of violence and historic objections, Congress formally certifies Biden’s win, more – a disgusting conclusion to a disgusting season
- Trump rips Pence: ‘Didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done’
- Cotton calls out Senate Republicans for misleading supporters about election results – they didn’t mislead anyone, they simply didn’t have the votes to win
- Schumer calls for 25th Amendment to be invoked after Capitol riots – that is what is an official coup d’etat
- ‘It was almost a coup-like attack,’ U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul says – really? Ridiculous.
- First GOP lawmaker calls for invoking 25th Amendment to remove Trump – an utter fool.
- How the GOP lost control of Washington, and what comes next
- Second Georgia runoff race called for Ossoff; Democrats will control Senate
- VP Chief of Staff Marc Short Barred from White House Grounds: Trump’s ‘Blaming Me for Advice to VP’ – that’s just funny
- Zuckerberg says Facebook may block Trump ‘indefinitely’
- Twitter locks President Trump’s account for 12 hours
- FYI: List of Democrats who called Trump ‘illegitimate’
- FYI: What Happened to the Democrats Who Never Accepted Bush’s Election
- FYI: Clinton, Lewis among prominent Democrats who called Trump illegitimate
- From August: The Looming Illegitimate Election of 2020: Will Americans make peace with unpalatable election results? – he sure got the mail-in election fraud wrong.
- AOC Asks ‘Who’s Ready to PUSH’ the Democrat Agenda: ‘Climate Justice,’ ‘Voting Rights’
- Dear America, It Is Time We Listen
- Elected officials need to focus on helping Americans and not absurd political correctness
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- Border / immigration
- Falfurrias: Smugglers use U-Haul truck to shuttle 13 illegal immigrants
- CBP officers halt cash smuggling attempt
- CBP officers arrest aggravated assault suspect
- Armed Human Smugglers Caught at Interior California Border Checkpoint
- Gulf Cartel Delivers Holiday Gifts in Mexican Border State
- Cartels Increasingly Target Mexican Border State Oilfield Workers
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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 01/07/2021 (pdf) – 28,545* deaths & “active cases” of 320,540 (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
- Texas Democrats: Improve vaccine rollout – I think it’s Dems running things in local jurisdictions that have had the most trouble.
- ‘Demand Exceeds Supply,’ Texas Hospital Association, Pharmacies Urge Patience on Vaccine Availability
- SPI extends emergency order regarding beach operations
- Harris County sees first case of ‘disturbing’ new variant in Texas – the virus has been mutating since the very beginning as RNA viruses do. Usually they mutate to become less deadly and more infectious – this was predicted by virologist clearly back in March.
- Analysis: Most People Spent CARES Act Funds On Needs, Not Wants
- Lubbock woman experiences side effects of COVID-19 vaccine
- UT Health San Antonio, University Health recruit in San Antonio for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial
- Coryell County judge wants to keep bars open despite order
- 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
- Lubbock ISD Special Services continues virtual instruction
- Austin ISD parents say there’s a disconnect between health official words and public school actions
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- Business/Economy
- New Texan Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink may put roots down in Austin
- Austin smart home startup Yonomi acquired by global security company Allegion
- These North Texas master-planned communities led U.S. in home sales in 2020
- Dallas-based Thryv in discussions to acquire Australian company for nearly $200M
- DFW tech firm lands $3M seed round
- DFW startup attracts funding as it enables companies to better use their data
- Billingsley breaks ground on first 10-story office building at Cypress Waters
- Texas Security Bank increases cybersecurity precautions
- Tech service company moves HQ to newly-built Frisco office building
- Meet the latest company relocating its HQ from California to Dallas: Lion Real Estate Group
- Dallas among top cities for construction job growth in 2020
- AT&T likely spending $20B on auction for wireless-networking spectrum and 5G, analyst says
- Alto to take on Uber, Lyft in Austin
- Dallas-Fort Worth’s recovery sputters as year-over-year job losses tick up
- Alcohol makers get permanent federal excise tax relief as a part of new stimulus package
- Shipley Do-Nuts acquired by Peak Rock Capital private equity firm
- Garmin starts 2021 with acquisition of Houston-area co. Geos Worldwide
- Houston Texans hire Nick Caserio as next general manager
- Chevron Phillips Chemical considers $400M project near Old Ocean
- These are the top 10 Eagle Ford drillers of 2020
- Kevin Lasshan named VP/General Manager of Valero’s Corpus Christi Refineries
- Flaco Jimenez’s former food truck ‘Tacos Jimenez’ revived by son
- After 47 years KSAT legend Paul Venema announces retirement in 2021
- El Paso Electric has new chief financial officer, 2 other key executives as CEO adjusts
- Port San Antonio’s CEO expects more growth in 2021
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- A Real Revolutionary Coup Would Look Much Different Than the Stupidity We Saw at the Capitol
- Four Freshmen Texas Congressmen Defend U.S. House Chamber With Capitol Police, more from Jackson, more from Fallon
- West Texas family up close and personal for Washington D.C. protest
- Former Midland mayoral candidate among protesters at US Capitol – it’s my old friend Jenny Cudd!
- The moment protesters stormed the Capitol building VIDEO
- Trump summoned the National Guard, told protestors he knows ‘their pain’ but ‘go home’
- D.C. Mayor Bowser orders 15 day emergency declaration in nation’s capital, after overnight lockdown – the typical abuse of emergency situations we see too often
- Woman fatally shot in U.S. Capitol was an Air Force veteran – she was shot by police! An unarmed “white” woman! Doesn’t that justify rioting in the streets Dems?
- Protester Killed at Capitol Was Air Force Vet From California
- U.S. Capitol shooting victim once stationed at Dyess AFB
- Capitol Police officer who shot, killed woman during protest placed on administrative leave
- Four people died during violent protest at U.S. Capitol, say D.C. police – and why not call this a mostly peaceful protest? It was. 3 of the 4 deaths were natural “medical emergencies”
- Pipe bomb found outside RNC headquarters, DNC building also evacuated – note it was outside Republican HQ
- ‘Textbook terrorism’: DC officials, Capitol police chief on riot arrests, fatal shooting – but the actually rioting, burning and destruction of Leftist folks earlier this year was “isolated” and “mostly peaceful!”
- Horned, shirtless man at the Capitol demonstration identified
- Facial recognition identifies extremists storming the Capitol
- Herman: Texans’ roles in a day of American infamy – not a day of infamy
- Bexar County Sheriff employee under investigation for potential involvement in D.C. riots – see, this mostly peaceful protest is “riots,” not just a riot but plural!!!
- DFW Assistant GC Paul Davis: ‘I was not trying to break in’ the Capitol
- A&M Rhetoric Professor: Why It’s ‘Very Reasonable’ To Conclude Trump ‘Incited’ Capitol Siege – funny that doesn’t apply to all the Democrat/Liberal “marches on Washington.” This is an A&M prof who wrote a book of Trump hatred.
- Jake Tapper Tries a Moral Lecture on ‘Good People’ vs. ‘Bad People’, and It Backfires Big Time
- American Airlines: Flight Attendants Dealing With ‘Politically Motivated Aggression’ On DC Flights – many AA folk are aggressive toward customers all the time. Their union culture is broken.
- Houston-area woman recalls her experience at ‘Stop the Steal’ rally at US Capitol
- Federal prosecutors to file 15 criminal cases against Capitol protesters
- UTEP President Heather Wilson on US Capitol riot: We must restore our ability to listen – the courts, top to bottom, refused the peaceable way to listen.
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Lubbock man who sold AR-15 to Midland-Odessa shooter sentenced to 2 years in prison
- Public bathroom destroyed in Crane, sheriff’s office seeking information
- Man charged with choking father in Odessa
- Man charged with kicking Odessa PD officer in thigh
- Alleged victim wants prosecution of former Wichita County deputy to stop
- Sweetwater home fully engulfed in flames, investigators think fire was ‘intentionally set’
- 22 indicted by Taylor County grand jury
- Pair indicted on suspicion of moving a corpse
- Plainview PD recover stolen guns in search warrant
- Lubbock: Two people killed, 1 seriously injured in overnight crash
- Did Government Mandates Cause More Crime in Texas?
- Man wanted in Killeen convenience store shooting brought back to face charges
- Arrest made in Waco murder, more may be on the way
- 1 person dead after motorcycle crash Thursday near Leander
- Crews work 20-acre brush fire near Niederwald in Hays County
- Man dies after high-speed crash in Fort Worth, police say
- 2 men face capital murder charges in shooting death of 29-year-old Dallas man
- Tyler police searching for man who dragged woman from her car during robbery
- Tyler police investigating late-night shooting of teenager
- 1 dead, 3 others shot, including three-year-old, in Deep East Texas break-in
- EF-1 tornado strikes Texas City during Wednesday’s severe weather
- Person killed in hit-and-run along La Porte roadway
- HPD: Homeowner fatally shoots person he allegedly caught breaking into his van
- 62-year-old man hit, killed by train just west of downtown San Antonio
- A man was hit and killed by a vehicle while trying to cross San Antonio street
- Anaqua Springs shooting case reassigned after sheriff deems investigation ‘incomplete’
- Black man pulled over, stunned for ‘dirty license plate’ by New Braunfels police
- 63-year-old woman wounded after gunman opened fire on Fort Worth home, police say
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- Local government
- San Angelo Police Chief: Officers ‘clearly mishandled’ arrest of father at Walmart
- Taylor Co. commissioners approve first phase to remodel 1915 courthouse
- Hale Co. commissioners grant 10 days of COVID-19 sick leave for county employees
- Here’s what Allen leaders are looking forward to in 2021
- 2021 Point in Time Count for Austin’s homeless canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
- Remembering Fort Worth’s “Landslide” Clyde Picht
- UISD’s board president addresses concerns over superintendent search
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Tech Researcher, Animal Welfare Expert Becomes Newest Faculty Member For School Of Veterinary Medicine
- Lamar University president reacts to D.C. unrest
- TCU expands campus testing sites for spring semester
- TAMIU dedicates new online prospective student site
- UT Health San Antonio, University Health recruit in San Antonio for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial
Pratt’s post for 1/7/2021
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