- Senate Adjusts Rules to Stop Democrats From Killing GOP Bills
- Texas Senate modifies key rule to preserve GOP power
- Texas Senate Redefines Supermajority to Maintain Republican Legislative Power
- Throwing out the most contentious provisions among members, the Texas House approves rules during pandemic
- House Kills Proposal to Prevent Democrat Committee Chairs
- Committee preference cards from Texas House members are due to the speaker Jan 22
- Anything but consensus about proposed Texas House Consensus Calendar
- Charter School Advocates Ask Legislature to Ensure Charters Are Treated Fairly by Municipalities, Remove ‘Silent Cap’
- It’s Time to Cut the Texas Budget
- State Reps. Sign Proclamation to Defend Texans’ Medical Freedom
- Has the Lege Truly Moved Past LGBTQIA Bigotry? – it’s not “bigotry” or “hate” to disagree with the political and social agenda of any group including this
- Liberal Freshman State Senator Sarah Eckhardt Lays Out Her Agenda
- Texas Democrat lawmaker proposes $3 billion plan to fight future pandemics – just another way to expand gov’t and spending.
- Why schools didn’t see virus relief funding bump – they didn’t need it as they had lower costs being closed
- Governor Abbott Appoints Six To Texas Medical Board District Four Review Committee
- Abbott Appoints Seven To Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee
- Reports: Texas metro areas have greatest number of residents under age 35, led by Houston
- Texas’ highest criminal court agrees to review murder conviction of white police officer who killed unarmed Black teen
- Texas laws protecting whistleblowers don’t apply to AG Ken Paxton, his agency says – he is right in that it doesn’t apply to elected officials for good reason as they are answerable to voters whereas employees are not. Not providing that protection allows for protection of people “whistleblowing” simply for political advantage or punishment.
- AG Paxton Announces Appointment of Judd Stone to Solicitor General and Departure of Kyle Hawkins, more
- Texas Solicitor General Resigns and Former Scalia Clerk Appointed to Replace, Says Paxton
- Texas AG Demands Answers From Big Tech on Censorship
- AG Paxton rejects Juul litigation contingent contracts from Harris County, Waxahachie ISD
- Enrollment Drop Hits Texas Public Schools
- Texas Arrests ‘Ballot Chaser’ for Multiple Election Fraud Felonies
- Nico LaHood, representing San Antonio woman accused of election fraud, questions arrest – wonder if he was a past client?
- Disgraced former Speaker Bonnen thinks we all care about his “social media”
- Texas GOP Condemns Second Attempt to Impeach Trump
- Sullivan: I Will Resist
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Files Another Record-Breaking Fundraising Report
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- All Texas Republicans oppose impeachment
- All Texas Democrats In US House Voted To Impeach Donald Trump
- 10 House Republicans who turned their back on President Trump, voted to impeach – petulant children doing what the accuse Trump of doing.
- McConnell’s Impeachment Blunder
- Mitch McConnell Should Go Home to His Wife
- Liz Cheney’s high-minded talk is highly petulant and hypocritical
- Dan Crenshaw Defends Liz Cheney’s Vote to Impeach Trump: ‘We Can Disagree Without Tearing Each Other Apart’ – again, despite much good from him I tell you that Crenshaw is not reliable.
- Conservatives seek to remove Rep. Liz Cheney as GOP conference chair over impeachment support
- Biden To Unveil New COVID Relief Plan, Expected To Include Stimulus Check – must more pork
- Trump Administration Set for Its Last Auction of U.S. Oil Drilling Rights
- Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege
- Pfluger introduces bill to ‘stand up for oil and gas’
- Pfluger: America is exceptional; it is time to move forward
- Freshman Republican from West Texas, Tony Gonzales, named to House Committee on Appropriations
- “Reparations” – Sheila Jackson Lee reintroduces bill to benefit African Americans
- A Domestic Terrorism Bill Only Antifa Could Love
- Biden could hinder Houston’s I-45 expansion, report says
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Poll: 27% of Republicans Believe Biden Will Be Able to Unite the Country – who are those 27%?
- Conrad Black: Ave Atque Vale, Trump
- Why even bother mentioning the 25th Amendment? The House resolution gets Congress’s role ass-backwards.
- The great futility of partisan impeachment
- The one thing you cannot say about the mob that stormed the US Capitol on January 6 is that they were crazy.
- The problem with conspiracy theories
- CNN’s Don Lemon: If You Voted For Trump, You’re With The Klan, The Nazis, & The Rioters
- Blacklists are back and the Democrats have got ’em
- AOC: ‘Southern States Are Not Red States, They’re Suppressed States,’ Must Be Liberated To ‘Heal’ USA – typical words Marxist tyrants use to justify the horrific
- There Is No Future For A Liz Cheney GOP
- Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Trump: ‘We’re in a worse place today than we were before he came in’ – he’s unaware of what a failure he was.
- Frisco pastor urges followers to help Trump stay in office and keep guns loaded before Biden inauguration – that’s good advice anytime for anything about guns.
- Andrew Cuomo’s economy U-turn
- Coach Popovich said ‘Trumpism is a cult’ when asked about impeachment going forward
- Leftist Celebrities, World Leaders, And The ACLU: Who Condemned Twitter’s Censorship of Donald Trump?
- How Everyday Americans Can Resist Big Tech
- Cancel Culture Comes for Matthew McConaughey
- Curt Schilling Says Insurance Canceled Due to ‘Social Media Profile’
- Snapchat becomes latest social media platform to permanently ban President Trump
- Twitter CEO: Social-media lockouts a danger to an open Internet, you know
- Jack Dorsey’s committed to fostering a ‘healthy conversation’ on Twitter, which is why he’s allowing China to gaslight about Uighur genocide
- Nikki Haley Starts a PAC as Others Wonder if the GOP has Learned Anything
- Poll: Strong majority of GOP voters see themselves as Republicans instead of ‘MAGA Nation’
- Bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris won’t share records of alleged criminals it sprung from jail
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- Border / immigration
- Three Armed Human Smugglers Arrested in 24 Hours near Border in Texas
- After Rescue Of 29 Migrants Held In A Houston Stash House, Many Face Detention And Deportation – as is right
- 2020: Mexico Recovers Bodies of 53 Migrants near U.S. Border
- Immigration Agency Leader Resigns, Only Weeks in Office
- Migrants from Bangladesh, Uzbekistan Increasingly Found in Arizona, Say Feds
- Trump’s family separation policy at border blasted in watchdog report
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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 01/14/2021 (pdf) – 30,624* deaths & “active cases” of 363,022 (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
- In Texas, High Demand For Vaccine Tangles With Scattered Distribution, Lack Of Statewide Plan; Texas made it harder to get a COVID vaccine through poor planning and execution – and the press has been full of similar stories and yet facts on the ground: Texas first state to administer 1 million COVID-19 vaccines
- Andrew Cuomo’s economy U-turn
- California:182 Arrested After Busting Two ‘Superspreader’ Events – of course they’ll provide no evidence of any spreading by the specific people.
- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson blasts county after walkups allowed at COVID-19 vaccine mega site
- Dallas Mayor, County Judge Quarrel Over Mixed Messages at Dallas COVID-19 Vaccine Hub
- Australia Plans To Kill A Pigeon For Breaking Quarantine…But The Craziest Part Is What They Named It
- ‘This Is Not Acceptable’: Collin County Judge Blasts State For COVID-19 Vaccine Allotment
- 8 In 10 Americans Plan To Splurge When Things Return To Normal After COVID – who are those 20%?
- New CDC Restrictions for Air Travel Go Into Effect Jan. 26 – killer for travel and stupid from top to bottom
- 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’
- Wichita Falls officials find difficulty encouraging masks on buses – good, give it up.
- 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
- Why schools didn’t see virus relief funding bump – they didn’t need it as they had lower costs being closed
- TEA: Optional Beginning-of-Year Assessments Data Help Quantify Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Texas Students
- Enrollment Drop Hits Texas Public Schools
- State Estimates Texas Students Have Lost More Than 3 Months Of Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic
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- Business/Economy
- Blue Origin Launches Capsule to Space & Back – yet another repeat of the cycle they’ve now been doing for years. Sadly they’ve lost their innovative spirit.
- SpaceX’s Starship prototype #9 completes three static fire tests in one day
- Musk’s Starlink begins rollout in United Kingdom; blocked in Russia
- Shopping report: H-E-B no longer nation’s top grocer
- Gas prices rise above $2 per gallon
- Grocer Albertsons raises forecast, bets on shift to home cooking
- First-time jobless claims rise, amid restrictions on businesses to slow COVID spread
- Rig counts, active fracturing units continue trend of small gains in 2021
- Frank Late, Paul Morris, Fred Newman named to Petroleum Hall of Fame
- Commercial realtor shows how Waco continues to expand
- Company that builds floats for Texas Rose Festival benefits from Barstool Fund
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege
- Bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris won’t share records of alleged criminals it sprung from jail
- Houston police officer resigns after being linked to Capitol takeover – yet another non-white guy backing Trump
- FBI documents: Cudd and Rosa seen on Capitol security footage
- Cudd, Rosa facing multiple misdemeanor charges in Capitol riots after being arrested by the FBI
- Cudd and Rosa’s Capitol riot affidavit released
- Lawyer: Cudd will plead not guilty to charges for Capitol riot
- Grapevine man to be released while he awaits trial for charges related to US Capitol riot, judge rules Larry Brock will be confined to his home, has to wear an ankle monitor and must surrender his weapons, the judge said.
- FBI arrests El Paso man accused in death threats against Congress, Trump
- “Social media has killed David Quintavalle”: Twitter mob fingers wrong man in Capitol riot; Update: Perp ID’d
- Olympic swimmer Klete Keller charged with taking part in breach of Capitol building
- Man carrying Confederate flag inside the U.S. Capitol during riot arrested – he’s not from the South but from Biden’s home of Delaware!
- ‘Cowboys for Trump’ leader who was at Capitol riot says he’ll go back to DC for inauguration with his guns
- Downtown Austin businesses boarding up ahead of potential protests
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Texas Megachurch Pastor Sent to Prison for Fraud Scheme, more
- Pilot manages forced landing without injury, 3 miles north of Lubbock airport VIDEO
- Wichita teen sentenced for assaulting officer
- Wichita Falls man jailed after threatening to kill officers, resisting arrest
- Outside agency tip leads to arrest of 3 for drugs in Bowie
- Houston: Dad shot his daughter’s ex after the man followed her despite restraining order – the order is just a piece of paper, like gun control, it doesn’t stop violence
- Police offer cash rewards for wanted fugitives in Abilene
- Abilene police investigate convenience store robbery
- Suspected shooter convinced by mother to surrender to police
- Coryell Co. sheriff’s son charged with family violence, marijuana possession
- Fayette County authorities seize nearly 40 pounds of cocaine following I-10 traffic stop
- Woman dies after head-on crash in North Austin
- Javier Ambler, Michael Ramos cases to be presented to grand jury by March 30
- Snow, ice knocked out electricity for many in Robertson County
- DPS: Beeville man struck, killed by vehicle on highway
- Firefighters Battle Wind-Driven 3-Alarm Apartment Fire In Euless VIDEO
- 40-Year-Old Woman Dies After Collision Between Pick-Up And Car Near Azle
- Man Fatally Shot While Walking Dog in Oak Cliff, Police Say
- Man dies after being hit by an 18-wheeler in Deep East Texas crash
- Family of unarmed man shot by Killeen Police officer holds press conference
- Bond set for Port Neches fire chief arrested on child porn charges
- 1 dead in Tyler County shooting
- Pedestrian killed in Polk County after accident involving Freightliner truck
- Minor injuries reported after Gladewater ISD bus hits tree
- Houston woman indicted in horrific female genital mutilation case involving child
- 5 arrested in kidnapping case in San Elizario, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says
- FBI arrests El Paso man accused in death threats against Congress, Trump
- FBI, police, Homeland Security raids office of popular Lubbock dentist Jason P. White
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- Local government
- Permian ISDs receive $978 million in oil, gas property taxes
- Amarillo City Council Elections Heating Up – they need a conservative-led sweep out in Amarillo and it could happen.
- Wichita Falls officials find difficulty encouraging masks on buses – good, give it up.
- Candidates file to run for Abilene City Council, Wylie School Board elections
- Abilene City Council to discuss recycling options at Thursday meeting
- All 4 incumbents file for re-election to San Angelo City Council
- Texas reimburses City of Lubbock for $10 million spent on Coronavirus relief efforts
- Lubbock DA seeks $120,000 in alleged drug money
- McLennan Co. jail launches internship program to inspire careers in law enforcement
- Charter School Advocates Ask Legislature to Ensure Charters Are Treated Fairly by Municipalities, Remove ‘Silent Cap’
- Potential Fort Worth Mayoral Candidate’s Lobbyist Connection [Mattie Parker]
- Dallas City Council approves renaming street in memory of Botham Jean
- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson blasts county after walkups allowed at COVID-19 vaccine mega site, more
- Dallas City Council Shows Continued Support for Red Bird Development
- Biden could hinder Houston’s I-45 expansion, report says – they voted for him
- Waco announces four police chief finalists
- Attorney indicted in Ambler death sworn in as second-in-charge to Williamson County Attorney
- Diboll creates charter review committee, sets appointments
- Galveston invites residents to vote on city’s new official flag
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- Colleges & universities
- Texas Tuition Promise Fund and Texas Match the Promise Foundation Webinar
- The Academic Doctrine Destroying America
- U.S. Charges MIT Professor With Failing To Disclose Chinese Ties When Seeking Grants
- TTU Researcher Receives Grant To Chart Changing Structure In Dairy Industry
- TTU Military & Veterans Programs Names New Director
- Chancellor Tedd Mitchell Shares Update On TTU System
- TTU System ‘playing defense’ in Austin as state agencies try to avoid budget cuts
- Update on MSU Texas alliance with the Texas Tech
- Endowed scholarship at MSU Texas to honor 1963 graduate Johnny Walbrick
- ACU joins four other universities in historic move to WAC
- Wayland School of Music Offering Mini Lessons to the Public
- WBU: Shawn Thomas Returns as exec. director for student services
- SFA will officially join the Western Athletic Conference in July, rival Sam Houston makes jump as well
Pratt’s post for 1/14/2021
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