Pratt on Texas

Pratt on Texas
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Pratt on Texas, the news and commentary of Texas. 

  1. 1d ago

    Troops deployed to border, Coast Guard fired upon | Come & Take It Day | Campaign trail – Pratt on Texas 10/2/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: “Hundreds” of troops deployed to the Texas border with Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley after the U.S. Coast Guard came under fire, and returned fire, last Saturday. 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. We remember the outbreak of the Texas Revolution on the Come and Take It Day with a bit of my 2022 interview about the Come and Take It canon with the late Gary Schurig. Baker Hughes oil and gas rig count declines in Texas this week. Several campaign trail stories: Texas Democrat Confuses The Communist Manifesto For Mein Kampf In Embarrassing Fundraising Pitch – this is just funny Texas Democrat Congressional Candidate (TX35) Praises DSA In Undercover Recording Talarico Still Has Problems With Black Democrats, Former Chair Says Trump praises Paxton as ‘one of the most loyal people’ in Texas speech Trump touts economic growth, reinforces support for Paxton during Denton visit Greg Abbott pulls endorsement of Texas House candidate after video shows DWI arrest, racial slur Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

  2. 3d ago

    Paxton’s polling and Trump comments | Huffines proactive approach is what we need – Pratt on Texas 9/30/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Paxton’s internal polling shows him still in the lead but it being very close. This matches other sources on internal polling that I have heard from. This is, as I’ve said for years, a 2- to 4-point Republican margin state. Republicans will lose however, if, and only if, they do not show up to vote in big numbers. Media is exaggerating comments by Paxton, and seemingly planted in the press by an establishment/Cornyn operative, about Trump’s drag on the ticket. Things are what they are, Trump is at has lowest approval at present and the $4 plus gasoline is hurting the GOP everywhere. It’s more than eating into the GOP’s structural advantage in Texas. 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 Don Huffines is showing why I endorsed him for governor a few years back over Abbott. Instead of being politically reactive, as is Abbott most of the time, Huffines is proactive in moving the better government agenda. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

  3. 4d ago

    Flock-style cameras used in Texas to violate basic rights | Talarico in NYC for cash from America haters – Pratt on Texas 9/29/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A big development out of a federal court jury trial over how Flock-style surveillance cameras have been used in Texas to violate fundamental constitutional rights of Texans. Don’t by the P.R. campaigns of your local police departments, helped along by Flock and others no doubt, that ignore basic problems with these cameras. And, if they tell you they are solely license plate readers you know they are lying to you. Read: Bexar County’s License Plate Reader Surveillance Scheme Struck Down by Federal Jury. Real Americans who love and respect their constitution will be appalled at what was learned in this trial. 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. Little Jimmy The Creep Talarico fundraises with America haters and Marxist/Socialists in New York City! Anti-Wimp update: Sixth time not the charm for Harris Co. burglars. (Link posts at 5 p.m. Central.) Dallas Fed employees do it again today (see yesterday’s show) in their Texas Service Sector Outlook report. This must stop… but never will. Read: Media manipulates economic gloom — and it’s all about the midterms. Texas homeowners protected from being denied insurance based on roof age. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

  4. 5d ago

    SpaceX test a huge success | Anti-Wimp update | How gov’t employees work against GOP – Pratt on Texas 9/28/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The giant SpaceX Starship and Superheavy booster test from Starbase, Texas was a tremendous success. Space expert Robert Zimmerman joins us for a segment to explain what all happened this morning including new milestones reached. 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. Anti-Wimp update: Austin homeowner kills would-be burglar who reached his bedroom. An example, again, of how government employees appear to do most anything they can to harm Republicans, especially around election time. The Texas Manufacturing Report from the Dallas Fed is a frustrating example: Texas manufacturing activity accelerates sharply even as outlook moderates. Governor Abbott Waives Dyed-Diesel Restrictions. Oil and gas rig count for Texas fell last week. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates, or hear the podcast of the show after 6pm Central here. www.PrattonTexas.com

  5. Sep 24

    Dem campaigns show how far some go to mislead | DPS voter registration mess up – Pratt on Texas 9/24/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Department of Public Safety messed up on forwarding voter registrations and it’s making publicity. It should not happen again and should not affect voters for the November election but it is of concern. 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. Items from the campaign stack: “Anti-Corruption Lawyer” Running for Texas House Advertises Corruption Defense Services – the kind of stuff you can’t make up and makes it “silly season!” What a fake. Texas House Candidate Tells DSA He Needs to Hide His Socialist Affiliation – more of the same: Hide the revolutionary radicalism until one gets in power. Talarico Pastor Says Evangelical Christians Aren’t Smart – and says some worse things about actual Christians who believe in God’s Word. It sort of shows you how nasty are these folk who claim to be all love and acceptance. Clearly it’s a case of making the Enlightenment’s “rationalism” into a false God. Quorum Report: Patrick tells supporters that some of his senators and GOP candidates for Texas Senate are trailing democrats, per sources. Many locals tried to tell folks that Wambsgamss is a great conservative backer but not a good retail candidate in SD9. Texas [un]Ethics Commission Tables Proposed Lawmaker Per Diem Hike – see what can happen when pre-election light is shed upon it! Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

  6. Sep 23

    More comment on Texas election polling | Lawyer version of Austin ICE shooting falling apart – Pratt on Texas 9/23/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: More on polling and the Texas electorate. If you missed Tuesday’s show, be sure to go and listen to the last half. Items I work from today include: TSU’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy & Research Center Texas poll for September. These numbers are much more reflective of on-the-ground politics in Texas than most other polls. 16.7% of Texas Voters are Unaffiliated and Undecided Ahead of November – who are these folk? Not conservative leaning for the most part. Marist Poll Texas – out today. Among the most trash polls yet. Registered, not likely, voters. 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. Video released by Austin police appears to contradict attorneys’ account of ICE shooting. And yet local media covered the lawyer’s version as if it were from independent witnesses. Also, see this: ICE tried stopping Guatemalan man in Galveston before crash, arrest. Running from the cops leads to bad things. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

  7. Sep 22

    Listener asks: What to make of most polls favoring Talarico? | Pitman strikes again – Pratt on Texas 9/22/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A listener asks: What are your thoughts on all major polls predicting a Talarico win? What do we make of that?  My answer, which I give in the second half of the show, is not from a point of cynicism but from experience and over four decades of working in the trenches in real campaigns. A political reality that shocks most politically active citizens, some never will believe it, is how uninvolved are many voters, even regular voters. 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 Halts All State-Issued Permits for Data Centers Until Grid Audit Is Complete. Governor Abbott Directs TCEQ To Halt Data Center Permits. Obama appointee Robert Pitman strikes again, going all 1970’s on us. Pitman substitutes himself for a legislature and demands Texas provide air conditioning to all convicts in prison by the end of 2029. NOT SPONTANEOUS: Texas Socialist Network Mobilized Austin Anti-ICE Unrest on Sunday. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.   www.PrattonTexas.com

  8. Sep 21

    Curtis Parrish scandal: Is it the lawyer money too? | Closed GOP primary in Texas update – Pratt on Texas 9/21/2026

    The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: More today on the Lubbock County Judge Curtis “Bowtie Bully” Parrish’s phantom commissioner pay scandal. It appears that someone may have promised the lawyer representing Parrish’s pretender of a commissioner, Mark Meurer, that county taxpayers would pay her fees. Meanwhile, today Lubbock County commissioners voted for a resolution asking the Texas Rangers to investigate the entire affair. 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 GOP Closed-Primary Lawsuit Paused by Federal Judge. The legislature may indeed act but believe me that actions taken will come with a dollop of incumbent protection – I explain on the show. Governor Abbott Announces $7.5 Billion Border Security Reimbursement to Texas from the Federal Government. More. Texas annual job growth exceeds 159,000; unemployment rate at 4.4 percent in August. The nation added oil and gas drilling rigs last week but Texas lost one. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com

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