Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Despite massive vilification of the Texas Education Agency takeover of Houston ISD in the Houston Chronicle and from Democrats and the teacher unions, efforts of  Mike Miles and the board of managers are already paying big dividends in the states largest public schools system. Don’t expect too many Dems to admit it.  Read also: Rod Paige: The HISD experiment matters to the entire U.S.

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The first effort at using a new law to remove a Leftist/Soros district attorney in Texas looks to be fizzling out. From this report it also looks as the outside prosecutor didn’t do much real investigation.

Houston company to construct new refinery at Port of Brownsville. This is the first major refinery planned in 50 years. Wait and watch how hard the Democrat radicals and their front groups work to frustrate the effort.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Biden’s D.O.J. pulls another political persecution move and indicts the Texas surgeon who was the whistleblower on Texas Childrens’ Hospital continuing its child sex change work after telling the public it had stopped. The good doctor is right: “They wanted to intimidate me into silence using every technique the federal leviathan had at their disposal. But they failed,” Dr. Haim wrote Thursday on X. “The only way to lose is to submit to corruption. It’s time to fight back harder than ever!”

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Texas Democrats begin their convention in El Paso and their highlighted speakers list shows how far Left the party is in Texas: Killing babies, taking away gun rights and the ability to effectively defend yourself and your family, pro-cross dressing “drag queens,” and a sheriff who wrongly fired a deputy for attending a Trump rally in D.C.

Compare the Dem-agenda to the results of Texas Republicans’ convention and its list of legislative priorities released today.

Oil and gas rig count from Baker Hughes and reaction to the latest Biden move to kill off the oil and gas industry.

Much border and illegal immigration news including:

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Our Lone Star story of the day: From just south of Brownsville at Starbase all the way to the Indian Ocean, the Space X 4th Superheavy rocket and Starship test flight was an historic success this morning! Famed space historian Robert Zimmerman of Behindtheblack.com joins us to discuss this achievement as well as the work of Texas-based Firefly which has just won a big launch contract from Lockheed Martin.

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We remember D-Day on this 80th anniversary.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: There is a practice that is prevalent, especially in our Rio Grande River border counties, that needs to be made illegal by the Legislature. Why? Because it converts taxpayer dollars into campaign advertising for serving Texas politicians. I covered this in detail many years ago with an example in Alpine wherein public money was spent to advertise a Democrat state representative on a public edifice. Once again, Laredo and Webb County is using public money to aide state Senator Zaffarini. The story is here and note how many other public assets carry her name in Webb County.

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Texas launches a Top 10 Most Wanted Illegal Immigrant list.

If the SEC approves it, Dallas will be home to a new stock exchange: Texas Stock Exchange. It’s backed by big money.

Universal Studios theme park announced for Frisco, right off Dallas North Tollway.

I love the products of AbiMar Foods and go out of my way to buy them but why is Abilene’s economic development organization handing out taxpayer money for a successful company to upgrade software and renovate buildings? Just remember the “everybody does it” reasoning next time your child tries the line on you!

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Bumbling Biden’s border order is fakery for the ballot box – only morons and those who have been in a coma the past three years can take it seriously – as the A.P. does!

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Texas sales tax collection up over May of last year.

Much news from Ken Paxton’s Office of Attorney General:

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Our Lone Star story of the day: State Senator Charles Perry and other legislators are ready to crack down on cannabinoid retailers this next legislative session. Also in the Senate state affairs committee: Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs Authorizes Subpoenas on “Big Tech.”

And Lt. Governor Dan Patrick praises the “Overwhelming Response to the Texas Energy Fund Loan Program.”

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Governor Abbot, Saturday, welcomed the first soldiers to Texas’ new forward operating military base on the border with Mexico. Also related to the border, see yet another Democrat bait and switch operation to let illegal aliens stay in the county illegally: Biden admin offers ‘mass amnesty’ to migrants as it quietly terminates 350,000 asylum cases.

More of that “rare” election fraud found in Texas, this time in Bee County. Funny how we find so many cases but the Left claims it is so rare as to not be a significant matter.

UT professors fight, with lawsuits, Biden’s perversion of Title IX. Good for them, we’ve all got to fight in every way we can, at every level, to save our society.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Brant O’Hair joins us to talk about the need for reform at the Lubbock County Appraisal District and his runoff race for Place 3 on the newly formed appraisal district board of directors. Lubbock County, Harris County and many others have runoffs in these races for the new appraisal boards. These races are very important.

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The Texas Supreme Court rightly upholds Texas abortion law and in the opinion counters the constant lie found in media reports pushed by the pro-abortion crowd. “Under the Human Life Protection Act, a woman with a life-threatening physical condition and her physician have the legal authority to proceed with an abortion to save the woman’s life or major bodily function, in the exercise of reasonable medical judgment and with the woman’s informed consent,” Justice Jane Bland wrote in the majority opinion.

Baker Hughes oil and gas drilling rig count flat this week.

Anti-Wimp update: “Hail Satan” intruder shot by Thrall homeowner.

As expected, state Representative Shelby Slawson of Stephenville announces a bid for Texas House speaker.

Commentary on the Soviet-style show trial in New York that “convicted” Donald Trump.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Tim Lambert joins us to discuss the major happenings at the Republican Party of Texas Convention 2024. Along side electing new leadership, delegate passed Rule 46 which establishes a “closed primary.”

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NRA wins big at the Supreme Court in the Vullo decision, no surprise really, and can take up its case against NY officials for using the power of government to interfere with the NRA’s First Amendment right to political speech and viewpoint. You can read Amy Howe’s summary here.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Result review of yesterday’s party primary runoff elections. There was, overall, good news on statehouse races for conservatives but a few disappointments.

With the help of Jefferson County Democrats, the Dem sheriff was a big backer, Drinker of the House Dade Phelan got a narrow win – that’s somehow appropriate for a man committed to empowering Democrats in the Texas House and who won the speaker’s gavel by doing a deal for Dem support.

Rep. Tom Oliverson says the race for speaker begins today.

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Dallas Fed report: Growth resumes in Texas service sector, but outlooks continue to worsen.

Coverage of more storm damage across Texas last night.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: It may be quiet where you are but in some places this is a BIG election day – it’s party primary runoff day. The direction of the Texas House and more may be set today. I review some of the key races to watch around the Lone Star State.

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Dallas Fed report: Texas manufacturing activity weakened in May.

The Republican Party of Texas has elected a new chairman and vice chairman as well as adopted a rule for closed primary election. More. Congratulations to new chairman Abraham George and vice chairman D’rinda Randall.

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