- Phelan Elected Speaker as Texas Legislature Kicks Off Session – Only freshmen State Reps. Bryan Slaton and Jeff Cason voted against Phelan.
- Speaker Phelan says after rules are adopted Thursday, the plan is for the House to adjourn until Jan 26
- House elects Dade Phelan speaker as 2021 legislative session gets underway
- Texas Legislature convenes, Dade Phelan elected Texas House speaker
- Interview with Phelan AUDIO
- Texas lawmakers convene in muted opening day ceremonies, handful of protests outside VIDEO
- Texas Republicans Rally for Legislative Priorities Ahead of Session
- Sen. Birdwell elected Texas Senate President Pro Tem
- Attorney General says Capitol must be open to public, reasonable limits OK (pdf)
- Texas Capitol must remain open when the legislature meets, AG Paxton opines
- ‘Reasonable’ Capitol Occupancy Regulations Acceptable, Remote Voting Likely Prohibited, Says Attorney General
- COVID Tests Mandatory to Enter Texas Capitol on Opening Day
- Heavy Police Presence at Texas Capitol as Lawmakers Return
- The Texas Legislature convenes for its 2021 session and here are 5 things to watch
- Governor Abbott Delivers Remarks On Opening Day Of The Texas Legislature
- Texas has nearly $1 billion budget hole – good news as it means we will not increase budgets
- Peacock: It’s Time to Cut the Texas Budget
- Statesman says COVID is its #1 issue for the Legislature – ridiculous
- Sen. Seliger gives take on upcoming legislative session – a RINO speaks
- Texas energy group: New taxes will hurt rebound
- Lubbock legislators discuss budget deficit ahead of 87th session
- Democrat Rep. Meza files bill to make it “easier” for seniors to review food stamp benefits
- Legislative Preview: Addressing Citizens’ Painful Property Tax Bills
- Texas Senate Redistricting: Republicans Must Meet Their Shifting Electorate in the Middle
- How the Legislature Might Address the Less-Than-Dire Budget Shortfall
- Budget Woes, Emergency Powers, and Redistricting: Texas Legislature Faces Mountain of Obstacles as it Convenes
- Constitutional Concerns Raised by Lack of In-Person Jury Trials in Parts of Texas – this is a massive problem I addressed back in April. It cannot be allowed.
- Governor Abbott Appoints Valenzuela To Fourth Court Of Appeals
- Abbott Appoints Stainton As District Attorney Of 271st Judicial District
- Starnes: Huge Win for Life in Texas [Baby Tinslee case]
- Effort to End Life Support for Texan Child Tinslee Lewis Fails at U.S. Supreme Court
- Federal judge stays discovery in Texas physician’s lawsuit against Adult Protective Services
- Like Earl Warren in 1942, Texas AG Ken Paxton is fanning ‘public hysteria’ – a story from the hateful Leftist Rick Casey
- Texas ranked #2 state with “most racial integration”
- Dewhurst rips Trump, Cruz over Capitol riot – of course he does, trying to be relevant again.
- The Texas GOP Returns to Its Favorite Pastime: Infighting – Ratcliffe is an old fossil Leftist, just so you know. A lifelong hater of all things GOP.
- HD68: Candidate profile on David Spiller and Craig Carter VIDEO
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- U.S Supreme Court rebuffs effort by conservative Austin group to gut endangered species protections
- Joe Biden Doubles Down, Pledges to ‘Defeat the NRA’ – simply means he is in full attack mode on the U.S. Constitution. Is that not “impeachable?”
- Biden Announces His Aim Is To ‘Defeat’ Pro-Second Amendment NRA
- U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney turns American traitress in using impeachment to settle political scores
- Trump’s final visit to Texas comes amid unrest, more
- Texas lawmakers weigh in ahead of President Trump’s trip to border wall Tuesday
- Data snags cause Trump administration to miss giving Congress census data
- Democrat Reps. Sánchez, Castro Push Legislation to Prevent ‘Even a Bench’ from Being Named After Trump
- Air Force Brass Order Removal Of All Offensive, Non-Inclusive Patches, Mottos And Emblems – we will lose the country if PC continues its takeover of military
- Congressman Michael McCaul’s Houston-area office vandalized
- Thousands of lawyers, law students call for Ted Cruz to be disbarred in petition – these are the witting and unwitting brown shirts of our day.
- Watson: Could 1972 Equal Rights Amendment Have New Life? (Part 2)
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Supreme Court Rejects Fast Track for Trump Election Cases
- Where Does Trump Go From Here?
- Question Everything and Everyone
- Colin Powell Abandons GOP: ‘I Can No Longer Call Myself a Republican’ – come on! He never was a Republican.
- RIP: Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas convention visionary and philanthropist, dies at 87
- Sheldon Adelson remembered as ‘a true American patriot’
- Governor Abbott Statement On Passing Of Sheldon Adelson
- Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Passing of Sheldon Adelson
- We Are Perilously Close to a Civil War. It Is Our Job to Stop It
- The trouble with alienating Middle America
- Payment Processor Stripe Blacklists Trump Campaign
- German Banking Giant Deutsche Bank Cuts Ties with President Trump
- Mozilla Chairwoman: ‘We Need More Than Deplatforming’
- San Francisco Police Prepare For Pro-Trump Rally At Twitter Headquarters
- The Big Tech backfire
- Leftist Journalists Collude With Big Tech To Attack Independent Journalists
- We are about to find out who our real friends are
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- Border / immigration
- President Trump speaks at Texas border VIDEO hear speech here.
- President Trump arrives to the Rio Grande Valley
- His Days in Power Dwindling, Trump Heads to Texas to See Border Wall
- Local organizers say President Trump’s visit to RGV is “not welcomed in our safe and vibrant community”
- Border groups to protest Trump’s visit to Texas
- Border Authorities Report Increase in Apprehensions of Single Adults from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
- Pregnant Migrant, Husband Drown in Texas Border River – an effective wall would have saved those lives so what happened to all the “if it saves just one life” from the Left?
- Honduran President Took Millions from Cartel Lords Like El Chapo, Say U.S. Feds
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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 01/12/2021 (pdf) – 29,933* deaths & “active cases” of 355,296 (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
- Abbott defends vaccine rollout
- State Of Texas Establishes Alternate Care Site In Austin To Expand Hospital Capacity
- Will COVID-19 have long-term effects on the brain? San Antonio researchers are trying to find out.
- Trump Administration Directs States to Release All COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
- A Texas Man Was Sent To Trial With The Coronavirus. Jurors Weren’t Told They Were Exposed Until After Deliberations Ended. – par for how gov’t treats people and why we need less of it.
- Cuomo Fiddles with Vaccine while New York Burns
- 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
- Northside ISD teacher: ‘We can’t really overcome critical learning loss if we’re dead’ – insanity on display
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- Business/Economy
- Texas Oil and Natural Gas Industry paid billions in taxes and state royalties in fiscal year 2020; a boon for area school districts
- Abilene Cinemark movie theatre closed temporarily in order to ‘consolidate operations’
- From California to Lubbock, one family’s experience VIDEO
- Lubbock Restauranteur speaks on Payroll Protection Program as new round opens Monday VIDEO
- SpaceX Starship prototype #9: Flight delayed until January 15
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- “Incitement” Timeline Debunked as Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Pelosi, McConnell’s Sergeants-at-Arms Refused Security Measures
- Trump Takes No Responsibility for Riot as He Heads to Texas – he had no responsibility for such.
- Two Capitol Police Officers Suspended Following Riot
- Chuck Norris Manager Says Actor Was Not at U.S. Capitol Peaceful Protest
- Texas, Tennessee Men Charged in Connection With Capitol Riot
- FBI warned of plans for the Capitol assault
- CBS Bashes Maskless GOP Rep. Who Helped Protect the House During Siege
- Horned D.C. protester makes first court appearance, refuses to eat in detention
- Aaron Mostofsky, son of Brooklyn judge, arrested for role in Capitol riot
- Wendy Davis says Trump supporters harassing a Biden bus in Texas should have served as a warning before U.S. Capitol riot – sure but the riots all spring and summer were just peaceful protests of Leftists! Give it up pink shoes.
- Antifa in Riot Gear March in NYC, Female Journalist Attacked VIDEO
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Grand Prairie police officer resigns after arrest in connection to ride-share altercation
- Dallas Man Charged With Murder in Bludgeoning of 2 Homeless Men
- Affidavit: Ride-share driver who died was choked, stabbed, ran over multiple times by 21-year-old man – horrific and why we should always be armed
- Odessa: Man charged in assault with dog collar, pipe
- Man charged with stabbing pregnant girlfriend
- Odessa woman charged with five felonies
- Odessa: Man charged with assaulting girlfriend over chopsticks
- Former Midland sheriff candidate arrested for indecent assault, has previous
- Murder suspect indicted for assault of another inmate
- Wichita Falls man charged with assaulting pregnant girlfriend
- Clay County UPS driver saves choking man
- Police: Mom exposed kids to meth
- Wichita Falls firefighters battle Monday night duplex fire
- Shooting incident reported at Flying J in Tye off I-20
- Man’s body, hundreds in cash found inside cemetery in northeast Houston
- Man shot by Edinburg police dies, officer placed on administrative leave
- Anti-Wimp: Fort Worth homeowner shoots alleged thief
- Man charged in Waco child sex trafficking sting
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- Local government
- Wichita Falls Police Department is Hiring
- Wichita Co. officials continue to struggle with software system, unauthorized arrest warrants issued
- WFISD trustees get preview of naming process
- Ballinger makes changes in police department leadership
- Filing for Abilene City Council races starts Wednesday
- Lubbock Fire Rescue implements response changes in wake of tragic crash
- Councilwoman Says Dallas Should ‘Wean People off Their Addiction to Calling the Police’ – we face utter insanity from the Left
- New San Antonio city director: Transportation is ‘my personal ministry’
- Bexar County DA appoints Daryl Harris to lead new Civil Rights Division
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- Colleges & universities
- Organizations Linked to Chinese Military Are a Cash Cow for American Colleges
- TTUHSC names new Provost and Chief Academic Officer
- TTUHSC to serve with Rural Telehealth Initiative’s Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program
- Water, Environmental Legal Expert Leading Texas Tech School Of Law Center For Water Law And Policy
- Two Fellows Named To Texas Tech Faculty Success Initiative
- Texas Tech Spring Break in 2021 Reduced to a Single Day
- TTU to continue on-campus COVID-19 testing, add student wellness day for Spring Semester
- MSU Texas begins new semester amid COVID-19 pandemic
- WBU Plainview Students Make Honor Rolls
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- Military
- Army Leaders Fighting Distrust From Soldiers at Fort Hood
- Sheppard Air Force Base raises health protection condition to Charlie
- Air Force Brass Order Removal Of All Offensive, Non-Inclusive Patches, Mottos And Emblems – we will lose the country if PC continues its takeover of military
Pratt’s post for 1/12/2021
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