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Episode 3528: Too much on Kamala Harris for media to hide | Earthquakes | Kroger Albertson’s deal delayed – Pratt on Texas 7/26/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The media’s attempt to cover up who Kamala Harris is, is blatant and going at full pace. The problem they have? She is so much of a say anything Leftist that there is too much out there to successfully hide. The media is currently rewriting history in an effort to help the Ha…
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Episode 3527: Biden lied on border crossing numbers | Abilene tax increase | Lubbock Co. game room ordinance – Pratt on Texas 7/25/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Biden blatantly lied to the American people about border crossing numbers in his free prime time campaign address from the Oval Office. And, El Paso County’s commissioners want money to jail illegal aliens arrested under Operation Lone Star – because it’s interfering with the…
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Episode 3526: Brazen media gaslighting of VP Harris’ border czar role | Lubbock council’s right decision on art trail – Pratt on Texas 7/24/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Did you know that hapless V.P. Kamala Harris was NEVER the Biden Administration’s “border czar?” She was but the gaslighting media is now saying she wasn’t. Why the change? That’s obvious. Read this great piece: Nolte: Desperate Media Seek to Erase Kamala Harris Failed ‘Borde…
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Episode 3525: Why nominate Harris when it fixes nothing troubling Biden? | Feckless Secret Service head quits – Pratt on Texas 7/23/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: As predicted, Democrats fall in line with Willie Brown’s lover to be that broken political party’s nominee for President. What about all that “democracy” they change about? What about nominating a candidate who actually fixes the problem the party had with Biden? Putting in H…
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Episode 3524: What will Texas Dems do at national convention? | Secret Service lied, gave Trump less protection – Pratt on Texas 7/22/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: With Joe Biden out of the the re-elect race, announced on X by the way, what will Texas delegates to the Democrat convention do? I speculate that there is so little authentic thought diversity (factions) in today’s party that there is little chance of any real showdown betwee…
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Episode 3523: Social justice story on Lubbock is fatuous | Remembering Lou Dobbs & Bob Newhart – Pratt on Texas 7/19/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Tribune has a big “social justice” story out on Lubbock and it’s full of half truths, utter ignorance, and even a lie or two. There are many things ignored by these people, the biggest of which is that people can choose to live anywhere they want and choose to build…
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Episode 3522: Abbott speech has limited intellect libs calling us Nazis, again | Cruz tells Tx delegation truth this a.m. – Pratt on Texas 7/18/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott talked tough at the Republican National Convention, see speech, and it has Democrats and other lib groups going nuts – with their limited knowledge and ability they once again compare us to Nazis! I have a question to turn around on one of these groups that ap…
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Episode 3521: Musk moves SpaceX & X HQs to Texas | Dallas mayor speaks to Democrats’ pro-criminal stance – Pratt on Texas 7/17/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas’ RINO’s, Democrats, and big businesses, especially TAB, often claim that conservative pro-family and decency legislation (those “social” issues) will hurt business in the Lone Star State. However, the last decade has shown the opposite and now two of the world’s most re…
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Episode 3520: Secret Service chief excuses reach absurd level | Paxton pushes forward El Paso NGO investigation – Pratt on Texas 7/16/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Excuses from the U.S. Secret Service chief, the big Leftist DEI proponent, for the agency’s deadly failure Saturday now reach a level of extreme absurdity. If a very slightly sloped barn roof is too big of a “safety” issue for the Secret Service then we don’t need this partic…
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Episode 3519: Extra Time from Pratt on Texas 7/15/2024 - SpaceX; Texas headlines, & more on the assassination attempt
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In the extension of the show (15 July 2025) I have more comment on the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump; cover some Texas headlines, and: cover three important stories about Space X. www.PrattonTexas.com
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Episode 3518: Why assassination attempt wasn’t surprising | JD Vance is Trump’s Veep pick | Documents case tossed – Pratt on Texas 7/15/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: I explain why my immediate personal re-action to the attempt to murder, to assassinate, President Trump was not one of shock or surprise – differing from even close friends. It has much to do with the Soviet-style bizzaro opposite world in which we’ve been living. Roger Kimba…
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Episode 3517: Media “misinformation” on Biden deportations | Win on Title IX rule | Court favors home distilling – Pratt on Texas 7/12/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Reuters, and much other press, is factually wrong carrying Biden’s propaganda that his administration is deporting more illegal aliens than did the Trump administration. Not only is it not close, the data also shows the Biden is specifically coddling, benefiting criminal alie…
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Episode 3516: Univ. of Houston’s Satan statue beheaded | More Beryl fallout | Biden circling the Democrat drain? – Pratt on Texas 7/11/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Man was I right?! CenterPoint, and Entergy to a lesser extent, are becoming the public scapegoat for the unpleasantness following weak Hurricane Beryl. Interestingly, the Houston Police Dept. did not even think it needed to go on full mobilization until 24 hours after the hur…
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Episode 3515: United & West Texas/ENM status in Kroger takeover | Biden wakes up, lies about Abbott & Patrick – Pratt on Texas 7/10/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: President Biden woke up long enough to do an “exclusive” interview with the leftwing Houston Chronicle in which he claimed he had tried hard but could not reach Governor Abbott or Lieutenant Governor Patrick about FEMA relief for Hurricane Beryl. It is a lie and also, we have…
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Episode 3514: Why Coleman Co.’s big property valuation increase doesn’t have to mean higher taxes | Title IX hearing – Pratt on Texas 7/9/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A federal judge asked great questions of the Biden Administration’s lawyer, and had a perfect retort, in hearing the case Carroll ISD has brought against the Department of Education and its new perverted Title IX rules. Kim Roberts at The Texan had the write-up. Our Lone Star…
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Episode 3513: Podcast Extra: Shrimping West Texas: The rise & fall of the Permian Sea Shrimp Co. with Bart Reid – July 2024
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In this Pratt on Texas Podcast Extra, I interview marine biologist turned entrepreneur Bart Reid about his new book, out from Texas Tech University Press, about his successful, then not successful, efforts at commercially raising shrimp in the trans-Pecos desert of West Texas. This is one of the most enjoyable and interesting interviews I have done…
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Episode 3512: Texas’ lifesaving abortion law working well without “further clarity” | Firefly puts satellites in orbit – Pratt on Texas 7/8/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Is Senator Hughes right, does Texas’ abortion law need “further clarity” in the next legislative session? No, and the data demonstrate that Hughes is wrong. Like many he’s falling victim to politicized hospitals and pro-abortion doctors who want little more than to loosen Tex…
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Episode 3511: Water markets in Texas | Neiman Marcus no longer Texan? | SpaceX’s RGV economic impact – Pratt on Texas 7/5/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: We don’t have a shortage of water in Texas, like most places we have too much water in some places and not enough in others – just like with milk, oil, bread, etc. Which is more likely to assure plentiful, properly priced distribution of water: Government programs or, a free …
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Episode 3510: Texas border “wall” will take 30 more years to build | Texas [un]Ethics Commission problems – Pratt on Texas 7/3/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: At the current rate of construction, the Texas state border barrier, which is not even a wall in places, will take 30 years to complete and billions of dollars. Is it worth it given the restrictions on where the state barriers are placed and how effective it can be? Also, mor…
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Episode 3509: Fighting ESG not costing Texans big money, TAB wrong | Guv wants more $ for power plant building fund – Pratt on Texas 7/2/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The not-so-conservative Texas Association of Business, TAB, which holds great lobbyist sway in the legislature, issued a report claiming Texas’ fight against the Leftist E.S.G. movement is costing local Texas taxpayers big money. Well even if it is, it is still worth the figh…
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Episode 3508: What today’s landmark SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. U.S. is and is not | Sharp retiring from A&M – Pratt on Texas 7/1/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: I read and marked up the full 119 pages of the Presidential immunity, Trump v. United States, decision from the U.S. Supreme Court today. It is NOT what liberal Leftists, politicians and press, say. Nor is it a free pass to Donald Trump as some early conservative leaning outl…
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Episode 3507: SCOTUS reversal of “Chevron” hugely important | Indictment of Uvalde CISD’s former police chief – Pratt on Texas 6/28/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It’s all courts today, including the court of public opinion. A big win at the Texas Supreme Court to protect children Former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo and another former officer indicted over school massacre. Indictment says former police chief’s response to …
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Episode 3506: Extra Time from Pratt on Texas 6/27/2024
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An extra double-length segment from Pratt on Texas 6/27/2024 to help get through today's news stack.
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Episode 3505: Travis Co. dismisses charges against UT protesters | Ballot numbering fix | Biden still pursuing Paxton – Pratt on Texas 6/27/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Travis County Attorney has dismissed all trespassing charges against pro-Hamas murderer, Jew hating protesters at UT-Austin. UT is not pleased and neither should we be. Also see: What Happened to UT’s Outside Agitators? Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allie…
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Episode 3504: A clear & perfect example of why the “Texas Ethics Commission” is unethical & needs replacing – Pratt on Texas 6/26/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A fine from the so-called Texas Ethics Commission of Harris County’s leftist Judge Lina Hidalgo demonstrates well how political and UNethical is the body that parades around with ethics in its name. All it takes is a comparison of Hidalgo’s fine, for doing something that is a…
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Episode 3503: Media misleads on Tx infant-mortality report | Biden backs out of Texas State debate | Key court action – Pratt on Texas 6/25/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas pro-baby killing abortion people, media included, have “mislead” on a Texas infant-mortality study. What’s even more perplexing is how those who favor elective killing of babies, abortion, have also been the folks decrying high infant-mortality rates. It’s crazy that a …
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Episode 3502: Editorial board demonstrates what’s wrong with Democrats on business & economics in ERCOT piece – Pratt on Texas 6/24/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: There is much talk and action about the primary Texas electric grid, ERCOT, and our ability to adapt to accommodate massive growth in the state. But, on that very subject, the Houston Chronicle editorial board shows most all that is wrong with Democrats on issues of business …
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Episode 3501: 2 bad U.S. Supreme Court decisions issued today – the power of government over the people grows – Pratt on Texas 6/21/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The U.S. Supreme Court issued two bad rulings today. One is a rejection of Texas and New Mexico’s negotiated settlement of Rio Grande River water issues. The second is about the Second Amendment. It is a ruling most ignorant and shallow will think right but it is not – as Jus…
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Episode 3500: UT poll: Majority of Hispanics now support mass deportation | Castle Hills woman wins at SCOTUS – Pratt on Texas 6/20/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: 76-year-old Sylivia Gonzalez of Castle Hills gets the backing of the U.S. Supreme Court to pursue her claims of political retaliation against Castle Hills officials for what was, in my opinion, a dastardly deed done to her for flagrant political retaliation. Here is a top-dra…
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Episode 3494: Podcast Extra: Blacklisted Americans update with Robert Zimmerman – 6/20/2024
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Another update on the blacklisting of Americans from author and historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com. Blacklisted Americans is Zimmerman’s term for victims of what is currently called “cancel culture.” See all Blacklisted Americans stories here: https://behindtheblack.com/blacklisted-americans/ Find other Pratt on Texas Podcast Extra bl…
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Episode 3499: FBI/DOJ harass nurse alleging illegal Medicaid billing for child sex changes at Texas Children’s Hospital – Pratt on Texas 6/19/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It’s not just the surgeon, Dr. Haim, now Biden’s politicized DOJ and FBI is intimidating a Texas nurse for blowing the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital illegally using Medicaid funds for child sex changes. See: Biden DOJ Sends FBI Agents to Harass Nurse After She Blew the…
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Episode 3498: Biden’s latest Democrat vote buy: 500,000+ illegals made legal & more DACA benefits! – Pratt on Texas 6/18/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Biden’s latest big vote buy will let half a million illegal aliens have “temporary” work permits, obtain permanent resident status (green card), and then obtain U.S. citizenship. Plus he plans to hand out more benefits under DACA despite the Fifth Circuit holding that the pro…
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Episode 3497: McBrayer talks blow-out win for Lubbock mayor | Texas school test scores are double trouble for Dems – Pratt on Texas 6/17/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: An historic blow-out election hit Lubbock Saturday in the mayoral runoff. We visit with Lubbock’s new mayor, Mark McBrayer, about what the election margin means to council policy and his efforts to prioritize basic services. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Alli…
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Episode 3496: El Paso “hides the ball” from taxpayers | Abilene mgr hyperbolizes for tax hike | Big court rulings – Pratt on Texas 6/14/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Whether liars or just incompetents, local government officials mislead often but sometimes it becomes extremely overt in “hiding the ball” from taxpayers which is the case in El Paso. (James Quintero joins us to talk about his El Paso discovery.) Other times they simply overs…
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Episode 3495: Local marijuana ordinances | Operation Lone Star costs questioned | SCOTUS abortion pill decision – Pratt on Texas 6/13/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas Senate interim committee hearing gets to the right question on the extravagantly funded Operation Lone Star: When can we reduce funding? It can’t go on forever. Also, an important piece on Mexico’s new president and political situation. Our Lone Star story of the day …
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Episode 3493: Podcast Extra: Blacklisted Americans update with Robert Zimmerman – 6/13/2024
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Another update on the blacklisting of Americans from author and historian Robert Zimmerman of behindtheblack.com. Blacklisted Americans is Zimmerman’s term for victims of what is currently called “cancel culture.” See all Blacklisted Americans stories here: https://behindtheblack.com/blacklisted-americans/ Find other Pratt on Texas Podcast Extra bl…
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Episode 3492: Drag queen led “Queering Agriculture” seminar for Texas Tech | Big Title IX victory in federal court – Pratt on Texas 6/12/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: From the I-told-you-so file: A Texas Tech science related program hosted a “Queering Agriculture” seminar led by a drag queen – last week! This stuff is embedded almost everywhere and citizens must get past their self-deception that it’s mostly “somewhere else” if they are to…
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Episode 3491: Scornful hypocrisy of Texas House’s GOP caucus | AG Paxton fighting Biden on sex-change HHS rule – Pratt on Texas 6/11/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The disingenuous, risible Texas House Republican Caucus continues to show why it and its leadership can’t be taken seriously as a GOP policy body but only as an insiders’ tool for manipulation to get more power. Others in Texas House GOP Caucus Violates Their Own Bylaws I als…
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Episode 3490: Houston ISD state takeover showing good results | Efforts to remove Soros-backed DA fizzling out – Pratt on Texas 6/10/2024
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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.…
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Episode 3489: Texas Democrat speaker lineup shows all | Biden’s goons attack whistle blowing Texas surgeon – Pratt on Texas 6/7/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 i…
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Episode 3488: From Texas, Space X made history today, Bob Zimmerman comments | D-Day’s 80th anniversary – Pratt on Texas 6/6/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 we…
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Episode 3487: Legislature should make this abuse illegal | Texas Stock Exchange likely on the way | Abilene handouts – Pratt on Texas 6/5/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 …
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Episode 3486: Biden’s border order is ballot box fakery | May sales tax | A.G. Paxton fighting on many fronts – Pratt on Texas 6/4/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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! “Why now?”: Biden’s new immigration policy to limit asylum seekers faces quick criticism in Texas Border E…
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Episode 3485: Texas lawmakers ready to crack down on cannabinoid retailers | More election fraud in Texas – Pratt on Texas 6/3/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 Patri…
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Episode 3484: Brant O’Hair on problems at Lubbock’s appraisal district | Texas abortion law upheld | Anti-Wimp – Pratt on Texas 5/31/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 ap…
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Episode 3483: Lambert on key happenings at the Texas Republican Convention | NRA wins big over NY at SCOTUS – Pratt on Texas 5/30/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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.” Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services p…
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Episode 3482: Texas primary election runoff results review | Oliverson says speaker race starts today – Pratt on Texas 5/29/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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 na…
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Episode 3481: Texas GOP has new leadership; adopts closed primary rule | Review of today’s key runoff races – Pratt on Texas 5/28/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: 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. Our Lone Star story of the day is spons…
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Episode 3480: Cornyn running again in ’26 | Gambling PAC pouring money into runoffs | Rutherford’s 3 Indy 500 wins – Pratt on Texas 5/24/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Speaking to a caucus gathering at the Republican Party of Texas Convention in San Antonio, Senator John Cornyn says he is definitely planning to run for re-election in 2026. Gromer Jeffers, Jr. at the Dallas Morning News broke the story. Our Lone Star story of the day is spon…
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Episode 3479: Ignoring culture wars is recipe for disaster, DEI as an example | Ballots not secret? – Pratt on Texas 5/23/2024
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas Senate hearing showed how horrible it is for legislators to ignore the culture wars. All tax and regulatory policy, through the reps elected by voters, ultimately flows from the culture and that must be remembered. The hearing showed that DEI is “deeply embedded” in t…
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