Pratt on Texas

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: More lies, half-truths, and repetitious hyperbole from the Left (Dems and the Texas press) over Abbott’s signing of SB3 and SB4.The Current Revolt does a good job demonstrating the hot air of the Dems over SB4 – they said the same things in 2017 about the ban on sanctuary cities in Texas.Hearst outright lies in this this headline: “Gov. Abbott signs border law that empowers Texas to begin deportations.” There is no mechanism for affecting deportations in the bill; all it allows is for the state to turn them over to the Feds and then it’s up to the Feds who are not subject to the authority of Texas court orders under SB4.Here’s an example of the outrageous hyperbole: Texas rep accuses Gov. Abbott of wanting to ‘kill’ migrants coming across border.The examples are numerous and of course, the ACLU and other Leftist front groups are suing to stop the law. But, this is exactly what we planned for because we need to get the issue before the Supreme Court again so that we can try to overturn the overly broad Arizona decision related to similar.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.Despite massive funding and lowering of standards, Texas public schools are failing over half of the student population:  Texas Education Agency Releases ‘Disappointing’ Performance Results.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: As the current anti-Pope blesses living in sin, a full media campaign is underway to get Abilene Christian University to do the same. Vanity is a great sin and deciding that your idea of right and wrong is more authoritative than God’s word, as expressed in Holy Scripture, is the height of sinful vanity.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.Governor Abbott to sign border bills today in the Rio Grande Valley. The situation just worsens:US Customs to suspend railway operations at international crossings into Texas starting MondayExclusive: Unstoppable Wave of Migrants in Texas Forces Border Patrol Checkpoint Closures121K Migrants Apprehended in 15 Days Along Southwest BorderRIP: Texan and Air Force legend Robert ‘Bob’ Pardo, famous for ‘Pardo’s Push’ maneuver, dead at 89Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: According to the non-partisan academic study of the Texas House in operation this year by Mark Jones at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Lubbock’s state Rep. Dustin Burrows was the most Left-of-GOP-center state rep from NW Texas. That is a shocking change but understandable in what I’ve observed in a general attitude of being part of the leadership team (Phelan, et. al. / big man on campus syndrome) being more important than much of anything else. It is sad but I’ve watched it up close – and more sadly, it’s not the first time I’ve witnessed such at close range.Consistent with past sessions is that a good number of state reps from NW Texas, supposedly the most conservative part of the state, are also Left-of-GOP-center. Representatives such as Abilene’s Stan Lambert; Odessa’s Brooks Landgraf; Amarillo’s Four Price; Wichita Falls’ James Frank; Canadian’s Ken King, and; San Angelo’s Drew Darby. (Price, King, and Darby have always been among the most non-conservative Republican state reps.)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.Not only did the Texas House spend a million MORE on impeachment than what the Paxton-AG Office employee settlement would have cost, the House committee run by Rep. Murr[stache] paid $32,000 of our money to a public relations firm. This proves beyond any doubt that the entire operation was a political hit job otherwise there is no need for P.R. services.The State Board of Education (SBOE) did what was right and adopts the READER Act to help the effort to keep sexually explicit material from Texas public school libraries.Much important SpaceX news including: FCC denies Starlink $886 million grant for rural broadbandMusk fires back at FCC decision to cancel its $886 million Starlink grant awardUpdate on Starship/Superheavy work at Boca Chica StarbaseSpaceX’s Starbase boss: South Texas to remain ‘premier’ Starship site – hugely important for TexasListen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The Drinker of the House Dade Phelan has kept House expenses in its failed Paxton impeachment embroglio secret but KXAN has now learned that just the outside counsel expense was over $3,700,000! Will lawmakers who voted in haste for this disaster pay the bill? Will they take it from campaign accounts or, how about their daily stipends? Of course not, you and I will pay this bill, plus a lot more.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.ERCOT says grid is “ready and reliable” for winter.Kroger takeover of Albertsons faces a key deadline at the Federal Trade Commission tomorrow.Much border and illegal immigration news.Port of Galveston cruise business has grown to the 4th busiest in the country and more is coming!Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The “chaos” and “uncertainty for doctors” talk from the White House, pro-abortion doctors and women, and the liberal Texas press about Texas abortion law is a blatant lie. The law is simple, leaves discretion to doctors, and has again been restated by the Texas Supreme Court. But, the pro-baby killing lobbies want to confuse everyone with claims of lack of clarity, etc. Don’t buy it.Texas Supreme Court can’t make sense of abortion law. Who can? (Editorial) – really? The court was exceptionally clear on the matter.Biden slams ‘legal and medical chaos’ in Texas after woman forced to seek out-of-state abortionTexas Supreme Court says doctors must decide on abortion after blocking Dallas woman’s procedure. – Read this and tell me where the chaos is. And I’ve specifically chosen a story from a liberal newspaper so you can see it’s not some conservative pro-lifer making up what the court said.Here is the actual court decision for your consideration.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.Importantly, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed that Galveston should use existing redistricting maps for the upcoming elections. On December 8th, I explained why this case is so important for all Texans.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Regents of Texas A&M, all Abbott appointees, cement Marxist, racist D.E.I. culture into Aggieland by naming a “white privilege,” D.E.I proponent as President. Why does Abbott continue to appoint and reappoint university regents who support far Left campus programs and initiatives if he is truly a conservative or even basic pro-American politician?TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester points out just how awful is D.E.I. on our campuses and campus leadership but TPPF remains silent on Abbott’s role in all of this.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.Texas Democrats again go to the courts to try and override the Texas Legislature and force universal mail-in voting in the Lone Star State. Could this be the reason why? Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud – that’s 20%!Retired Army Brigadier General John Compere talks about this week’s Texas Cowboys’ Christmas Ball at Pioneer Hall in Anson.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Much campaign and political news including Senator Whitmire winning the Houston mayor job in a landslide over bricks-for-brains U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee – who, by the way, filed to run for re-election to Congress after her loss. But don’t think Houston has turned from far Leftwing Dems just because they elected Whitmire, the same voters elected as city controller the guy behind the 2020 General Election’s 24-hour and drive-through voting!Shelley Luther files to challenge Rep. Reggie Smith in HD62.One of Speaker Phelan’s appointed Democrat committee chairwomen, Rep. Victoria Neave Criado, is leaving the House to challenge fellow Dem Nathan Johnson for his state senate seat because he’s not radically Leftist enough! Shows the type Drinker of the House Phelan put in charge of House committees.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.Occidental Buying CrownRock in Cash-And-Stock Deal Valued at About $12 Billion. Maybe owner Tim Dunn will have even more money and time to defeat Democrats and RINOs!Texas Supreme Court blocks D-FW woman’s right to an abortion. One, she has no such “right” and two, she’s already left Texas to kill her baby.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Much border and illegal immigration news including an example from Laredo of how many Democrats have no interest in stopping illegal immigration into their communities. I give you one reason why that I personally witnessed during my time on the border and in subsequent years with family there.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.Oil and gas rig count up again.Campaign news including Abbott endorsing in HD87.Galveston redistricting case, highly important to us all, take a good turn at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Soros funded Texas Organizing Project previously provided the money to bail out of jail, on misdemeanor assault charges, the man who is now alleged to have gone on a killing spree this week in Texas. The man had warrants outstanding; had cut off his ankle monitor, and; had had contact with Bexar Co. law enforcement while those warrants were active and yet they did not arrest him. There is much to this story and I’ll cover the key points using mostly these press reports:Suspect in deadly attacks in Bexar County, Austin was previously bonded out of jail by Texas Organizing ProjectTexas progressive group previously bailed out suspect charged in deadly Austin, San Antonio shooting rampageSoros nonprofit donated over $1M to group that previously bailed out suspect charged in deadly Texas shootingsThe Texas Organizing Project helped get Shane James Jr. out of jail last year. Here’s why.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.Gov. Abbott comes out against state Rep. Drew Darby of San Angelo and Rep. Travis Clardy of Nacogdoches – two RINOs if ever there were such creatures. HD72’s Stormy Bradley gets Abbott’s endorsement to challenge fake-conservative Darby. Here is a Pratt on Texas episode in which I interviewed Stormy Bradley when she made a fun for state senate.We hope: Property tax cuts, retired teacher pensions appear safe after Texas election challenges.I explain the problems with the abortion news out of Texas:Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort/kill her babyAttorney General Ken Paxton Responds to Travis County abortion law TROTexas’ economy expands faster than U.S. 4 quarters in a row.We remember the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor in sound.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: He’s ‘impossible to work with,” says our Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Speaker [Drinker] of the House Dade Phelan. Meanwhile Governor Abbott is cagey over calling a 5th special legislative session – maybe he wants to truly stick it to them by calling it in January in the middle of primary campaign season! The House deserves such but it won’t matter much as the Speaker would just do nothing again and let members stay home – not much different from Democrats busting quorum by leaving the state.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.Yesterday’s shooting of a school police officer in a parking lot in Austin has turned out to be part of something much nastier and widespread:Texas man accused of murder spree from San Antonio to AustinAustin shooting suspect ID’d; 6 dead, 2 officers injured in killing spreeLocal sales tax numbers released. Find your city here.Potheads waste a lot of time being high; now they are wasting our time and money over ordinances that are in conflict with state law and thus meaningless: Ground Game Texas sues City of Harker Heights for refusing to add Proposition A. Citizens to vote on marijuana ‘Freedom Act Lubbock’ in May special election. Listen to what I’m telling you, this has little to do with pot and everything to do with Leftist community organizing to flip elections.A big WuFlu I-told-you-so: Go ahead and “follow The Science” because if you do you learn I was right from the beginning: masks do nothing to mitigate the spread of COVID. There are far more items in the scientific literature making this point that what is covered in the article.Attorney General Ken Paxton joins others in suing the U.S. State Department for conspiring to censor American media companies.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com