Best Pratt On Texas Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 3882: Did narcissism allow GOP to lure Crockett into Senate run? | Stench of Local Gov’t stories – Pratt on Texas 12/12/2025 43:53

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: New polling shows Jasmine ‘Crocked’ Crockett leading Talarico in the Democrat Primary for the U.S. Senate nomination. (By they way, both are equally whiny but in different ways.) But was it Crocked’s extreme narcissism that allowed Republican operatives to essentially lure he…

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Episode 3881: Tussle over EPIC City lawsuit | A&M’s never cared much for WT | Texas adds more jobs – Pratt on Texas 12/11/2025 43:46

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: I held off on this story all week because it was confusing. The press release from the State Securities Board came across to me as a head-scratcher that looked a bit like an insider political hit on Paxton. Now I think that is the case even more as I wasn’t the only one confu…

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Why Did This Poker Player Pull a Gun on His Opponent? Interview w/ Squid Game's Steven Jones 45:52

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In the 929th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Hayley Hanna and Steven Jones, the latter having recently finished third place in Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. He talks about that experience and what it's been like to become a reality TV show star. The crew then discusses recent developments in the ho…

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Episode 3875: Abbott & Patrick pitching good property tax reform ideas | Local sale tax numbers – Pratt on Texas 12/10/2025 43:54

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It’s not disunity to have different approaches to something like property tax reform – it is healthy to attack the problems from all angles. Governor Abbott’s ideas and Lt. Gov. Patrick’s ideas are both good. Patrick’s is more political achievable an Abbott’s more desirable o…

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Episode 3874: TX19 drama continues, lawsuit filed; Jason Corley gives update | Who filed to run statewide – Pratt on Texas 12/9/2025 43:51

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Drama continues in the TX19 GOP race for Congress with the Bowtie Bully, RINO County Judge Curtis Parrish, having infuriated most people, even some of his supporters, by unilaterally, without a court finding of fact, removing Precinct 2 County Commissioner Jason Corley from o…

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Episode 3873: Lubbock’s Bowtie Parrish judge & jury in TX19 case? | Texas libraries can pick their own books – Pratt on Texas 12/8/2025 43:53

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Drama in the TX19 GOP race for Congress as Lubbock County’s Curtis ‘Bowtie’ Parrish goes after Commissioner Jason Corley in a nasty, arrogant, and very questionable move. Jason Corley removed from Lubbock County Commissioner’s Court after announcing bid for congress Corley sa…

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Episode 3872: Texas will use new maps for 2026 election | SCOTUS to hear “birthright citizenship” case – Pratt on Texas 12/5/2025 43:54

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas new Congressional maps get okay for use in 2026 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The underlying issues will still be moving in the court system but a separate opinion by Alito and joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, was fairly specific on why the trial court majority of the panel o…

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Episode 3871: What’s Abbott hiding in THC case? | San Marcos ditches Flock spy cameras | YCT backs Huffines – Pratt on Texas 12/4/2025 43:38

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: What is Governor Abbott trying to hide, if anything, related to his last moment veto of the state ban on get-high hemp THC? The Feds have now closed the very loopholes that allowed a new multi-billion get-high drug industry that was never intended to be part of hemp productio…

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SWAT Team Cracks Down on €100 Poker Tournament + Maurice Hawkins Fight 35:41

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In the 928th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow at Level 9 Studios to talk about the SWAT team raid of a low-stakes poker game in Sweden. Find out what caused armed authorities, supported by drones and even a helicopter, to raise the $100 buy-in poker tournament. The trio then discusses the physic…

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Episode 3870: Trump pardons Texas Dem whose seat we need to win | 5th Circuit favorable to Tx election integrity law – Pratt on Texas 12/3/2025 43:44

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar of Laredo pardoned by President Trump. Cuellar and his wife were under indictment for what seemed to be political retribution from the Biden Administration but now, with no trial we’ll never fully know. A strong candidate for the GOP j…

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Episode 3869: Indicted Dem Cuellar gets significant GOP opponent in TX28 | Border & immigration news – Pratt on Texas 12/2/2025 44:01

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas campaign news including another entrant into the TX19 race; Democrat Henry Cuellar gets a big Republican opponent in TX28, and; California’s Issa could run for the newly drawn TX32 in the Dallas-region. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Se…

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Episode 3868: Another Tx GOP U.S. rep. to retire | Machetes for bums | Dems quit challenge to Tarrant Co. redistricting – Pratt on Texas 12/1/2025 43:50

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Republicans to lose another incumbent in Congress to retirement but this one has a twist of a twin thrown in. Plus other political and campaign news such as RINO state Rep. VanDeaver deciding a re-election bid to the House isn’t something he wants to go through. Democra…

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Episode 3867: Democrats did the work of sharpening the rhetorical swords of the anti-immigration lobby – Pratt on Texas 11/28/2025 42:43

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The violent, fatal attack on National Guard troops in the nation’s capitol has the fully anti-immigration folks rattling their swords loudly. Frankly, they have strong points to make and the points on their rhetorical swords were sharpened by naive, careless, and incompetent …

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Is AI Killing Poker Content? And How Did PokerNews Piss Off Shaun Deeb? 47:40

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In the 927th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Connor Richards at Level 9 Studios to talk about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to poker content. The discussion stems from the recent controversy involving the World Series of Poker (WSOP) documentary No Limit, in which showrunner Dustin Iannotti ad…

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Episode 3866: Paxton warns against College Sports Commission deal | Missouri argues for Texas | WKRP turkey drop – Pratt on Texas 11/26/2025 43:41

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton advise Texas universities that are part of the ACC, Big XII, or SEC athletic conferences not to sign the horrible, likely unlawful in Texas, settlement agreement demanded by the tyrants at the College Sports Commission. Paxton also sent a letter to oth…

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Episode 3865: 5th Circuit ruling helps citizens fight local government abuse | Texas manufacturing accelerates – Pratt on Texas 11/25/2025 43:54

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A new ruling in the case of the City of Kemaj abusing citizens from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will have far reaching consequences for Texas and local governments that abuse the rights of citizens. One key takeaway: The court “…asserted that a “taking” of property occ…

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Episode 3864: Supreme Court puts ruling nixing new Texas Congressional maps on hold | Brown Co. judge arrested – Pratt on Texas 11/24/2025 43:56

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked the judicial panel’s 2 to 1 decision against Texas’ new Congressional maps. I’ll explain the legal argument Texas made in its emergency appeal Friday. The high court required briefings from all parties to be in by today at 5…

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Episode 3863: Why Cornyn should retire, an example | CAIR sues | Immigration news | Odessa’s bad mayor – Pratt on Texas 11/21/2025 43:58

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Border and illegal immigration news continues to remind us that even with the Trump Administration getting a good handle on illegal border crossings, the crisis caused by years of abuse and fraud has left us with major problems. Stories covered: Chip Roy Unveils Plan To Fix A…

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Episode 3862: Judge Smith: “pernicious judicial misbehavior” in ruling against new Texas Congressional maps – Pratt on Texas 11/20/2025 43:25

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Respected judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerry Smith, says of the ruling blocking Texas Congressional redistricting: “If this were a law school exam, the opinion would deserve an F.” Smith called the action of district court judges Brown and Guaderrama “outrageo…

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Poker Player Makes Squid Game Final with Shot at $4.56 Million! 36:31

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In the 926th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and Connor Richards at Level 9 Studios to talk the latest stories in the poker world. That includes former WSOP Main Event runner-up Steven Jones making the top five in the finale of Netflix's popular Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. Find out if the poker pro wa…

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Episode 3861: Abbott wants “Islamic Tribunal” investigated | Rep. Harrison gets results, again | Catch-22 map ruling – Pratt on Texas 11/19/2025 43:52

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Once again, Judge Jeff Brown shows he isn’t up to being a judge. More on the terrible ruling on Texas redistricting. It is a stupid ruling from Brown and Guaderrama and seems to be a Joseph Heller special Catch-22 all around. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by All…

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Episode 3860: Texas redistricting nixed | Alamo history re-write lies | Judge: Ten Commandments can’t be in classrooms – Pratt on Texas 11/18/2025 43:48

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Panel of federal judges in El Paso rule (2 to 1) that Texas Congressional redistricting maps are race-based and block use of such even though race was not used at all in the drawing of the maps. Typical. Texas will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our Lone Star story of the …

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Episode 3859: Investment in Texas skyrocketing | Court protects illegal aliens getting commercial driver licenses – Pratt on Texas 11/17/2025 43:57

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Business in Texas: Google announces massive $40 billion dollar investment in Texas for data centers with big investment coming to West Texas in Haskell County. Also, the Austin American-Statesman has a get-you-up-to-date story on Samsung’s giant chip fab project in Taylor tha…

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Episode 3858: Lobbyist Tom Sell in TX19 GOP race | Academic cleanup from A&M regents | Gonzales: No affair – Pratt on Texas 11/14/2025 43:55

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Big-time lobbyist Tom Sell joins GOP primary race for TX19. Rep. Gonzales finally, briefly, says rumors are untrue that he was having an affair with his married staff member who committed suicide. We still don’t know the truth but this is the first Gonzales has spoken on the …

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Episode 3857: Paddie fined $100,000+ for lobby violation | Congress ends get-high hemp holiday loophole – Pratt on Texas 11/13/2025 43:46

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: What Governor Abbott ruined in a lasts moment veto, the U.S. Congress fixed: The spending bill to reopen government removed the unintended loophole that created a multi-billion dollar get-high drug industry using THC in hemp. Every grower, processor, and retailer knew from th…

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Is this the Biggest Failed Bluff in Poker History? Should Tournaments Start Earlier? 54:16

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In the 925th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is once again joined by Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow at Level 9 Studios to talk the latest stories in the poker world. That includes the massive $1.3 million pot from a special episode of High Stakes Poker, one that saw Alan Keating try and execute a huge bluff. Was it a valiant effort or an…

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Episode 3856: Campaign news | Another leaves Delaware incorporation for Texas | Houston ISD takeover has worked – Pratt on Texas 11/12/2025 43:44

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much campaign related news today including: President Donald Trump endorses Gov. Greg Abbott for reelection TX19: Corley explores run for Congress, committee to be formed Jasmine Crockett’s lavish expenditures on travel, luxury lodging and security exposed Jasmine Crockett Fa…

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Episode 3855: TX19’s Arrington out | Why Talarico isn’t hypocrite for pervy action | Texas Southern’s latest scandal – Pratt on Texas 11/11/2025 43:21

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas’ 19th Congressional District (TX19) which contains both Lubbock and Abilene to provide voters with a big primary season as U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington announced today that he will not run for re-election. And in other campaign news: Abilene-based HD71 race has another wou…

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Episode 3854: Tx reporter discovers illegal aliens don’t like Trump! | Abbott swings at big issues in re-elect event – Pratt on Texas 11/10/2025 44:07

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott launched his campaign for a record 4th term as Texas governor. Is he truly committed to passing the very big issues and reforms he touted or, is it all a play to look super conservative for a 2028 presidential run? One thing is different from the past: Abbott …

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Episode 3853: Polling Trump’s Texas Latino voters | Illegal immigration news | Good ruling on suggestive drag shows – Pratt on Texas 11/7/2025 43:45

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas, sanity prevails at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as it stops a block to Texas’ law that treats sexually suggestive drag queen shows the same as other sexually suggestive performances. ACLU, homosexuals, drag queens and others sued claiming that not letting the per…

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Episode 3852: Mark Lee Dickson on the current Sanctuary City (& county) for the Unborn movement in Texas – Pratt on Texas 11/6/2025 43:41

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: In June of 2019, leaders in Waskom, Texas made a bold move to outlaw abortion in their city, becoming the first Sanctuary City For the Unborn by ordinance in America. Since the initiative in Waskom many other cities have reached out to Mark Lee Dickson wanting to follow in th…

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Holy S#!%! Dude Allegedly Murdered Two Friends Over Poker Game; Poker Player on Squid Game 45:50

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In the 924th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is once again joined by Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow at Level 9 Studios to talk about the latest stories in the poker world. That includes a double murder that took place at a home game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and poker pro Steven Jones, who finished runner-up to Daniel Wienman in the 2023 …

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Episode 3851: Election result review | Will NYC mayor vote help Texas? | Texas to buy ranch as big new state park – Pratt on Texas 11/5/2025 43:59

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Two new Texas towns that might have been, will not be. And, more election wrap-up from around the state. Also, will the Marxist Mamdani’s win in New York City be good for Texas? Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best servi…

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Episode 3850: If affair true, TX23 Rep. Tony Gonzales should step aside | Today’s SD9 race is casino gambling proxy – Pratt on Texas 11/4/2025 43:57

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: In TX23, if the rumors of the affair are true, Rep. Tony Gonzales, should step aside for re-election before the filing deadline. The entire ordeal has been horrific. SD9: Pro-Casino, Anti-Gambling Interests Go All In on Texas Senate Special Election. One of the two Republican…

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Episode 3849: Immigration enforcement sob stories ignore fundamental key fact | Fort Hood OB/GYN scandal & more – Pratt on Texas 11/3/2025 44:02

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: From sob stories and stories trying to convince us that illegality means little, to stories showing that Texas is still making it easy for people to live and work in the state illegally, generally there is a failure to point out the fraudulent reality of living in this countr…

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Episode 3848: Sen. Cornyn’s “Hunter Biden” problem | Sen. Cruz is right, Boasberg needs to be impeached – Pratt on Texas 10/31/2025 43:51

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Does Senator John Cornyn have a ‘Hunter Biden’ problem?, asks the Dallas Express. Well, it is quite different and not salacious and sordid but, Cornyn’s ‘problem’ is standard behavior for Swamp Swimmers and that makes it terrible in and of itself. Our Lone Star story of the d…

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Episode 3847: How much more debt will voters put us in? | Celina ISD scandal grows | Where did “lock-step” go? – Pratt on Texas 10/30/2025 43:48

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: How many Texas, this election cycle, will vote property tax increases upon themselves and tremendous amounts more of debt? In Texas, among the worst 5 states for debt, it’s not the state government with debt but local governments that cannot act with financial prudence. Read:…

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Poker Cheating Bombshell Involves Celebrities, NBA & the Mafia 57:05

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In the 923rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is once again joined by Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow at Level 9 Studios to discuss the latest stories from the poker world. That includes the wild, mainstream poker cheating story involving NBA players and coach Chauncey Billups, the mafia, and more. As if that wasn't controversial enough, w…

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Episode 3846: Expensive mission creep on ERCOT grid work | Local government good, bad, & ugly – Pratt on Texas 10/29/2025 43:58

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A so-called fix for electric reliability for the Texas grid in the Permian Basin has now morphed into a very expensive case of government mission creep. It could actually worsen the fundamental problem we have with non-dispatchable electric power generation. Our Lone Star sto…

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Episode 3845: Texas sues Tylenol maker; knew of legit autism concerns | South Korean firms to build Texas nuclear plants – Pratt on Texas 10/28/2025 43:46

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas sues Tylenol maker, Johnson & Johnson, claiming it mislead consumers over safety and that it violated the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act by fraudulently transferring liabilities arising from Tylenol to a separate company, Kenvue, in order to shield their assets a…

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Episode 3844: Trouble at ACU | Border & immigration news | New Alamo Trust leader | Campaign news – Pratt on Texas 10/27/2025 43:45

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much border and immigration related news including: Biden-Era Border Policies Blamed by DHS for Alleged Murder of Texas Woman at Hands of 3 Illegal Aliens Trump Tackles Biden Rule Funding Alien Children’s Abortion Travel 80-miles of buoys to be used as border barriers in Rio …

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Episode 3843: The real Alamo controversy | Sen. Perry says talks underway on water project Corpus Christi flushed – Pratt on Texas 10/24/2025 44:06

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The latest controversy to blowup about the Alamo should be in reverse. It’s not that the Lt. Gov. called on the head of the Alamo Trust to resign and that she is now gone, as the press wants to present it. The controversy, in a sane world, is that we continue to have people i…

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Michael Mizrachi Drama in the Bahamas During World Tournament of Slots 35:22

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In the 922nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is down at the Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the 2nd Annual World Tournament of Slots (WTOS). Reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is also there and agreed to serve as a special cohost for this episode. Mizrachi talks about…

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Episode 3842: Texas READER Act blocked | Tuition giveaway to illegal aliens to end in Texas | Abilene’s money grab – Pratt on Texas 10/23/2025 43:47

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It took Trump and a committee of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to do what hawkish on illegal immigration state legislators would not do: End the giant in-state tuition discount for illegal aliens in Texas. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied …

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Episode 3841: Democrat open hypocrisy on voting districts is striking | Abilene ISD’s dirty books – Pratt on Texas 10/22/2025 44:07

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Three Texas stories on how Democrats lie to their supporters and how their media friends shade meaning to send false messages: Voting rights and district drawing; Outright lies to voters about where money goes (demagoguery in this case,) and; reporting a poll on immigration p…

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Episode 3840: Should we have pro-life crosswalks? | F1 helping promote Texas culture, including guns, globally – Pratt on Texas 10/21/2025 43:59

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Would Texas liberals and Democrats support pro-gun rights or pro-life crosswalks and street branding? Of course not but they have no problem with turning public property and official traffic markings into signs that promote their leftwing viewpoints. Worse is how the Texas me…

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Episode 3839: Texas Constitutional amendments | “No Kings” rallies mostly old white libs | Teaching the teachers – Pratt on Texas 10/20/2025 43:57

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Early Voting is underway for 17 proposed changes to the Texas Constitution. I review and give recommendations. 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 199…

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Episode 3838: Lubbock’s alarm tax doesn’t address reason given for it | 60% of young libs support political violence – Pratt on Texas 10/17/2025 43:59

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The City of Lubbock is being run by folks who are either pro-crime tax increase money grubbers who think the people they are paid to serve are stupid or, they themselves are too stupid to hold the positions taxpayers pay them to hold. I explain why the excuse for a new $50 pe…

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Episode 3837: Brass opposed bill to aid Texas troop fitness | Alamo Trust still full of woke Lefists lying in wait – Pratt on Texas 10/16/2025 44:00

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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A Texas-sized embarrassment took place this week with some Texas National Guard troops being pulled from deployment for not meeting mission standards. Secretary of War Hegseth has lowered the gauntlet over fitness standards in the military but this is not a new issue. Back in…

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You Won't Believe the Hands from this Las Vegas High-Stakes Poker Cash Game 58:06

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In the 921st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are all at Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas with high-stakes poker player Brian Okin for a special episode devoted to Okin's Game on Venetian Poker Live. The live-streamed cash game has produced some wildly entertaining hands and offers lineups that regularly inclu…