The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: A GOP Lubbock County commissioner race features a candidate and former office holder who demonstrates some of the worst traits of an officeholder: 1) Willing to blatantly lie about his record, and 2) Wanting to be liked more than wanting to do the right thing promised to voters.

Way too many people get elected who end up wanting to be liked, a regular human trait, more than they want to be respected for doing what’s right or what they promised voters. About the only way to sift through candidates at election time is to look at their record. If they regularly stand up to do the right thing, especially in the face of big opposition, you can generally assume that behavior will continue. It’s always a crap shoot with those who have no officeholder or political activist record.

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Texas employment remains strong with very large number of jobs being created.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A needed clean-up comes from the Texas Supreme Court on the religious freedom issue of judges not performing same-sex so-called weddings but choosing to perform proper weddings. Notice how the bureaucracy continues to fight for the immoral position despite having lost in court.

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Oil and gas rig count falls by one.

Talarico outs himself as just another anti-Israel demagogue Democrat and more from the campaign stack.

Anti-Wimp update: 16-year-old’s armed robbery effort gets him killed in Carrollton.

Nolte: ICE Agent’s Footage Proves ‘Poet’ Tried to Run Him Over.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: The attitude and words of Azle ISD’s superintendent Todd Smith demonstrate not only the stench of local government but also the massive decline in our social morality and sense of ethics. It’s similar to what many of the apostate “churches” have adopted: Don’t be angry with the sin, just hate the bad attention it brings. I comment from Erin Anderson’s fine piece: Facing Lawsuit, Azle ISD Bemoans ‘Negativity’ of Sex Abuse Coverage.

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Local sales tax allocations for January, 4.9 percent more than in January 2025. Look up your city here.

Finally!, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Suspends Funds for Immigration Work of Catholic Charities RGV.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Some Texas A&M faculty behave like children – and the press pats them on the head encouraging such while telling us that the professors are victims of evil censorship. It’s really something all together different. I spend a good deal of time picking apart this story: Texas A&M blocks teaching of some Plato readings in philosophy class. (By the way, that headline is not entirely truthful.)

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Big ball border bouys being installed in the Rio Grande by the feds.

Important column: The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub.

I did not get to the YCT endorsements and other campaign stack items, maybe tomorrow.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: Study: Democrats are as pagan and Godless as you would imagine, and it has gotten much worse. But we’re all in trouble because Republicans are less and less believers too – but not nearly to the extent of Dems, yet.

Good ol’ classy Crocked Crockett: Jasmine Crockett says ‘f— you’ to Supreme Court over new Texas districts. More. Notice a repeat of the classic hypocrisy of Dems: Justices are “illegitimate” if they disagree with Dems.

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Texas sales tax revenue totaled $4.3 billion in December, outpacing inflation by a lot.

Texas Launches Lone Star Coins and Modern Texas Redback Gold Notes.

Texas teachers union sues to stop TEA probe over Charlie Kirk posts.

Yesterday much “conservative-leaning” media acted like Leftist media and attacked Hilton. I held off covering the story until the truth could come out and as I expected from the beginning, this was not Hilton acting badly but a local hotel franchise.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: There is plenty of irony in the U.S. action in Venezuela to go around. But, the biggest thing I’ve noticed is the utter nonsense being spewed by Democrats about the action being illegal. Jonathan Turley well covers that fact that this exact issue has already been litigated to the Supreme Court (a court Dems liked at the time.)

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AT&T contributing to the hollowing out of our great cities. AT&T announced today it would leave it giant skyscraper in downtown Dallas for the old EDS campus in Plano.

U-Haul report says Texas is back to #1 on people moving one-way into the state.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: On display this last day of 2025 is more great Leftist, and Islamic, hypocrisy over the most basic of American rights. And as you’d expect, you get hateful speech from those decrying others’ speech as “hate speech.” These stories demonstrate it all:

• Islamophobic Attack at Walnut Creek Park Prompts Urgent Calls for Action
• Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists to Stop Investigating Somali Daycares or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges
• Senior Politico Reporter Fantasizes About Somalis Killing American Journalists While They Investigate Daycare Fraud

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Anti-Wimp Update: Car burglars pick wrong Texarkana driveway.

Texas appeals court says AG Ken Paxton can’t require counties to hand over case data.

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Our Lone Star story of the day: A new Texas state park with beautiful geography is coming in 2026: Palo Pinto Mountains State Park. An opening date has not been set but participants in First Day Hikes, registration required, will get a preview on New Year’s Day.

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Texas is getting a chunk of federal taxpayer dollars, $1.4 billion, for rural healthcare.

Dallas Fed: Texas service sector activity holds steady, retail sales contract further.

Texas GOP Releases 2026 Primary Ballot Propositions.

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