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August 07, 2025Episode 3788: Race-based districting is part of racism that needs ending | Cornyn’s hollow chest thumping – Pratt on Texas 8/7/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The racism and discrimination institutionalized by Democrats into our government and culture must stop. Publicly-funded racism in Texas is still racism is a good piece by Steve Rowe at TPPF.

Also, this story gives a strong background on drawing political districts using race. The story includes the key information about the change in precedent in the 5th Circuit in “minority coalition” districts that I have told you has a big effect on Texas redistricting: Supremes to consider legality of race-based districts in possible boon to GOP redistricting effort.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Senator Cornyn joins in on the largely hollow chest thumping with his headline getter that the FBI will help with the AWOL Texas Democrats. The problem is not that we don’t know where they are, the problem is that we cannot arrest them and return them to the Capitol outside of Texas’ borders. I hate to admit it, but that fat Illinois Leftist governor is right.

Business news:
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has big initial public offering today
How Apple’s $600B investment will be spent in Texas
Apple Says Samsung Will Supply Chips From Texas Factory
Border & immigration news:
Trump directs Commerce Dept. to start new census without illegal aliens
‘Superman’ Dean Cain Claims He is Joining Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ‘Save America’
Homeland Security Department reassigns FEMA employees to help with mass deportation efforts
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August 06, 2025Episode 3787: Key information to fight Dem/media narrative on Texas redistricting | Local sales tax numbers – Pratt on Texas 8/6/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The Redistricting Fight: I will help arm you to defeat the media/Democrat narrative on this issue. Also, I’ll bring you the latest developments.
Important column: Democrat’s Hypocrite Trail of ‘Gerrymander for Me, but Not for Thee’
Key column: Gerrymanderin? Meh.
Key points: Redistricting: Blue State Problem, Red State Opportunity
Texas Democrats evacuate Illinois hotel after bomb threat. And they blame it on words from Texas A.G. Paxton?! It’s their side using the words of “war!“
Beto O’Rourke’s political group, with Soros help, funding Texas Democrats fleeing state to prevent quorum
Greg Abbott sues to remove Houston state lawmaker, Gene Wu, from office. A.G. Paxton reminds court that Abbott cannot take this action. Attorney General Ken Paxton Will Seek Judicial Orders Declaring that Runaway Democrats Who Abandon Their Legislative Duties Vacated Their Office.
Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Comptroller distributes local sales tax money to Texas cities. It was up 5.2% over August, 2024 distribution. Look up your city here.

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August 05, 2025Episode 3786: Legislature plows on; Dems assert redistricting “corrupt” with no evidence | Texas wins on Voter ID for mail ballots – Pratt on Texas 8/5/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Despite absent without leave Democrats, work continues in the 1st Called Session of the 89th Texas Legislature:
Sen. Bettencourt & Chair Buckley Files Identical STAAR Test Replacement Bill in 89th Special
Texas Senate Committee Moves Women’s Privacy Act Closer to Floor Vote . Homosexual lobby calls it an “anit-trans” bill. Why should cross-dressers’ rights outweigh those of biological women?
Texas House Priority Flooding Response Set for Committee Hearing Despite Quorum Break
Much more comment on the Democrat’s unfounded claim of the redistricting effort being a “corrupt process” without ever asserting what about it is actually corrupt.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Democrats lose another one in their fight against election ballot integrity: Federal appeals court upholds Texas voter ID law for mail ballots, says they are ‘not secure’

RIP: Texas legend and true civic leader, Morton Meyerson.

Lubbock’s city manager proposes a property tax increase.

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August 04, 2025 Episode 3785: Democrats flee Texas to stop redistricting | Abbott breaths fire but he can’t remove them from office – Pratt on Texas 8/4/2024v
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat legislators flee from Texas and go to New York, then Illinois to break the quorum needed to conduct business in the Texas House. Sadly, as an aside, they won’t stay out of Texas and will come back some day.

Governor Abbott goes fire breathing with threats and his removal from office threat is quite unlikely to be successfully implemented. The bit about bribery has more potential.

Speaker of the House Burrows gets motion, passes motion, to go after the Dems not present with civil arrest warrants. Audio is in the show.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

July Texas sales tax collection report comes in 4.9% higher than July of last year.

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August 01, 2025 Episode 3784: RIP Flaco Jiménez, a Texas legend | Without high value citizenship, there is no republic | Legislative update – Pratt on Texas 8/1/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The problem with limiting immigration enforcement to just criminals, etc. is that it degrades, even destroys, the value of citizenship. Remember, the American Experiment is one of a republic of self-governing, sovereign citizens. Without high value citizenship, there can be no Constitutional Republic. Ammon Blair explains the problem brilliantly in this piece: At the border, the very concept of ‘citizenship’ is under siege.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Legislative updates.

Oil and gas rig count falls again.

RIP: Texas music legend Flaco Jiménez; Dead at 86. We remember with music from the great squeezebox player. Watch and listen: https://youtu.be/qItru7hZqzU?si=sDO1CZhBY3E_JxsD

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July 31, 2025 Episode 3783: Trump stops Muleshoe-area federal land grab | Cruz takes right direction on weather warning system – Pratt on Texas 7/31/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: President Trump’s executive order on energy and agriculture stops the planned “land grab” Biden put in motion around the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge which would have taken significant land out of agriculture production.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Senator Cruz and others have it right. We don’t necessarily need layer upon layer of weather even warning systems. We already have a robust national system from the National Weather Service via radio and it simply needs a further build-up.

Senate passes THC ban in Second Reading.

More on Texas Congressional redistricting.

DMN libs say voters want move on from border issues but the public says it wants deportation of illegal aliens.

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July 30, 2025 Episode 3782: Democrats already overplaying their redistricting hand | New map gives up to 5 more GOP-leaning seats – Pratt on Texas 7/30/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: National and Texas Democrats have already overplayed their hand on Texas Congressional redistricting and the Lefty show has just raised its curtain. The truth is is opposite of this headline: Texas Republicans struggle to defend redistricting as hearings grow contentious. Almost all attendance was from the shock troops of the Leftist fringe of the Democrat Party. Those people, and many of the office holders, were so “nasty” to committee members that it has bolstered their desire to move aggressively with the redistricting effort.

A new proposed map has been released and it could give Texas Republicans five more seats (Dems five fewer) in the U.S. House – sources say the maps were easy to draw. What that really shows is that Republican leadership was too weak and gave away to many seats to Democrats in the last redistricting.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Your money at work: TWU research on ‘re-closeting’ of older lesbians.

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July 29, 2025Episode 3781: House THC ban bill same as Senate’s | We need more tense & heated debate, not less – Pratt on Texas 7/29/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: From Congressional redistricting to fixing abuse of the hemp law to banning taxpayer funded lobbying, the 89th Texas Legislature has much to do in this 30-day called special session.
Some Lawmakers Sign New Pledge To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Texas House Files Identical Hemp-Derived THC Ban Bill as Senate
Democrats are fundraising for a possible quorum break to stop redistricting – funny how Dems always use other people’s money
Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Being bothered by “tense” or “heated” discussions, and real rhetorical fights, of government officials when they are debating and voting on policy is ignoring that our government, as Americans, at every level is supposed to be adversarial. When they all “just get along,” it means policy is decided behind closed doors. We need more “heated debate,” real debate, at all levels of government.
County salary talks get tense, commissioners use the word ‘shady’ in disagreement with judge
Lubbock Co. Commissioners approve pay raise for elected officials, after heated debate
Lubbock County commissioners participate in heated debate over salary increase for elected officials
Lubbock commissioners to give 2% COLA to elected county officials after heated debate, votes
Growth resumes in Texas service sector activity, retail sales flat.

Anti-Wimp: Being drunk & ignoring family gets man shot.

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July 28, 2025Episode 3780: No panic due in Texas Congressional redistricting | Abilene pol’s poor grasp of property tax system – Pratt on Texas 7/28/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The problem with the attempt to panic people over Texas’ mid-decade Congressional redistricting effort in the special called session: There really isn’t much big Democrat states can do to offset such as they’ve already done the super partisan job of drawing out Republican seats and, more importantly, they’ve lost population.

Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Abilene city Councilman Regan either doesn’t understand the basics of how the property tax system works or, he is willfully misleading the public when he puts the blame for tax increases upon increased appraised values. Does he not even know what is the No New Revenue Rate?

Business news:
Dallas Fed: Texas Manufacturing Sector growing
Samsung’s Texas Fab To Build Tesla’s Next-Gen AI Chips In ‘Made-in-USA’ Push
Waste: Texas Space Commission hands $5 million to proposed spaceport in Balmorhea
Big data center may be built in Shackelford Co. with 250 full time jobs
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July 25, 2025Episode 3779: Rep. Capriglione admits to affair, denies other charges | Anti-Wimp update | Taxpayer funded lobbying – Pratt on Texas 7/25/2025
The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The Senate moves forward on banning taxpayer-funded lobbying. Some of the objections to such are shallow at best, self-indicting at worst.
Senate committee advances limited taxpayer funded lobbying ban
Lawmakers Take Up Renewed Push to Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Lawmakers take aim at contract lobbyists hired by local governments
Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.

Well now we know! Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Faces Allegations of Long-Term Affair, Abortion Payments. Texas Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair. Video from accuser: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Faces Affair Allegations from Texas Woman.

Anti-Wimp: Armed resident fights off 3 a.m. home invasion

Oil and gas rig count falls again.

Useless story, it tells nothing including what the headline says: Abilene City Council reduces property tax rate in upcoming budget.

Lubbock Power & Light didn’t follow the rules, faces massive fines that ratepayers will pay in one way or another. – You’d think that the years and years of public excuse making experience Matt Rose has with LP&L that he’d get better at it. ‘We didn’t know’ and ‘we reduced the fine with negotiation’ doesn’t do much for me!

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