Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Houses Speaker race now appears to be an effort by the upper-echelon of wealthy lobbyists to save Dave Phelan as speaker which begs the question: What’s in it for them?

Mike Toomey, an elite huge money lobbyist, is very competent but reading this story, one is forced to wonder how it goes without notice that all these things only need reform because Dade Phelan has done the opposite as speaker. Why re-elect the guy who failed and is suddenly now going to implement the changes that most have known were needed, including Toomey, for some time?

Former Phelan ally Trent Ashby endorses David Cook for speaker.

Texas House Democrats snub TMF and elect Gene “Boo-Hoo” Wu as caucus chairman in a notable swing leftwards. Wu is someone who needs very close scrutiny but seems a perfect representation of today’s pro-Chinese communist Democrat Party.

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Lt. Gov. Patrick and Sen. Charles Perry to lead effort to ban all THC from sale in Texas.

Major victory for the Constitution and all business owners, shareholders, partners, etc: Horrible FINCIN “Beneficial Ownership” reporting stopped by federal judge with nationwide injuction.

50 North Texas teachers flagged in statewide test cheating scandal. You can see the full list of teachers at this story.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The now common move by companies to block your right to tinker with or repair your own private property is a growing and costly concern. What will the Texas Legislature doe about such this next session? We talk about the Right to Repair issue with David Dunmoyer of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. See the TPPF report on the issue here.

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TEA now probing over 100 teachers linked to certification cheating ring.

ERCOT says Texas is better prepared for extreme cold this winter with more electrical generation on the grid.

Good news: Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister bows out of nomination for DEA administrator. Read more here.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Will Republican state reps in West Texas sell-out their conservative voters and help re-elect Dade Phelan as Texas House Speaker or, will they put the good of Texas ahead of their personal power ambitions and elect a speaker who seeks to pass a Republican agenda? They meet in caucus Saturday.

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Border and illegal immigration news including a story on Texas busing of migrants that is ridiculous because it ignores the fundamental fact that the busing has all been voluntary.

Texas Sales Tax revenue totaled $4.3 billion in October.

The Texas Miracle continues: Lone Star State leads U.S. in net domestic migration, Census Bureau estimates show.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Biden’s decision to issue a blanket pardon for his miscreant son Hunter effectively blocks serious investigation into the Biden family’s “business” in China and Ukraine. It also reminds us of what a self-interested LIAR Joe Biden is and has always been as well as what hypocrites are today’s Democrats.

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Border news including:

There is a disturbing trend that needs stopping by Texas legislators, at least in the public sector: Refusing cash payment forcing people to have credit cards or third-party payment systems.

RIP: Judge Jim Hansen.

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A special edition of Pratt on Texas:

Our Lone Star story of the day: We talk today with journalist and author Mark Patinkin about his book: The Holy Land at War: A Journey Through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. (Click the link to order your copy.)

Mark Patinkin has been writing a column for the Providence Journal for over 45 years, starting in 1979 at age 26. Around 6,000 columns later, he is still at it.

Patinkin has written about famine in Africa, religious conflict in India and Beirut, and recently, the Gaza War. He covered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, where he was arrested by the secret police in Stalinist Romania for trying to interview a dissident and expelled from the country.

In addition to “The Holy Land at War,” Patinkin has written several previous books, including “An African Journey,” “The Silent War,” about the world’s most competitive companies, and “Just the Way He Was Before,” about a boy who lost both legs to bacterial meningitis but went on to play ice hockey.Patinkin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting and was recently named columnist of the year for Gatehouse Media, now Gannett.

“The Holy Land at War” is not a political analysis but a personal odyssey – one writer’s attempt to bear witness through those touched by this long conflict, Jews and Arabs sentenced together by history and geography.

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.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Good space industry news from Texas including a win in court against Leftists trying to stop SpaceX from launching anything from Boca Chica; Firefly’s lunar rover may launch in January, and; AST SpaceMobile of Midland is getting competition for the cellphone from satellites business from SpaceX’s Starlink. See Bob Zimmerman’s behindtheblack.com for these and more stories.

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.

More review of pre-filed bills for the upcoming Texas legislative session.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar transfers of $5.5 billion to State Highway and Rainy Day Funds.

Trump transition team signs modified White House agreement, without government technology used last time to spy on the team.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Legislature 2025: Rep. Brian Harrison, HD10, explains why Texas public colleges and universities need reining in and why the Univ. of Texas system may need a big budget cut from state appropriations. He also repeats what I have said for many years: The Leftism on campus has been allowed by Republicans. That and much more legislative news from gun rights to campaign finance law to election integrity.

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Dallas Fed is out with the Texas manufacturing, service, and retail sector outlook reports.

2024 A&M vs. Texas tickets most expensive college football game.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The de facto open border policy of Democrats is immoral and leads to horrible things such as crime, human trafficking, kidnapping, as well as undermining national security. A Texas poll shows that even a majority of Hispanics want deportation of illegal crossers, but did you know that over 1.4 million people with judicial orders for deportation have avoided such? It’s time for bold action in America.

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.

Jack Smith throws in the towel on the political prosecution of Donald Trump.

Trump names more Texans to key posts including Secretary of Agriculture.

Sunset Review report on the so-called Texas Ethics Commission, yes the unethical clown court, admits much of the problem but then recommends making it hard to challenge the irresponsible agency’s rulings.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Get ready for more local, state, and national misleading propaganda on the Texas Bluebonnet public school curriculum. The SBOE adopted part of such today and no, it does not teach the Bible or Christianity to students. It simply includes references, where appropriate, to the Bible so that concepts, traditions, and influences can be taught or understood in proper context. One cannot be educated to understand much of anything of Western Culture without being exposed to Christian Biblical teaching because such is at the center of most everything.

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.

A big win for Ken Paxton today at the Texas Supreme Courtis a big win for the rule of law but because of Paxton hatred, many can’t understand this fundamental principle. When you’ve not contested civil claims and come to settlement, plaintiffs can’t then compel you to be deposed so they can go on fishing expeditions for other things.

Oil and gas rig count rises.

Stench of local government story out of Waller: Fighting back against local tyranny pays off for muralists and for private property rights. Josh Polk, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Institute, joins us to discuss the case.

Rep. Harrison, others, upset at UT’s “free” tuition scheme. I’ll have Harrison on the show soon to cover details.

Abilene alphabet community member upset over simply being asked about biological sex at hospital outside of a private setting. Dear confused: You choose the lifestyle, live with it.

More illegal immigration shenanigans from the Biden Admin. And, DPS inaugurates first mounted border trooper teams.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton sues the City of Dallas over its pro-marijuana ordinance that contradicts state law. AG press release.

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Matt Gaetz withdraws from U.S. Attorney General nomination – relax, it is likely very much for the best.

Fraudulent text blast is just more controversy in the race for Texas House Speaker.

Evil on display: Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to a person for spending her life working to kill babies in the womb – Texas’ Cecile Richards who ran “Planned Parenthood” for years.

Comment on protesting and issues surrounding the acquittal of an Abilene man on charges of stalking the city manager.

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