Episode 4014: Texas to host midterm GOP convention in Sept. | Abbott’s mega flip flop | Talarico tales – Pratt on Texas 7/1/2026

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A midterm election Republican National Convention, really a rally, is coming to the American Airlines Center in Dallas on 9 and 10 September. A “Trumpapalooza” it is being called.And related to the midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court has corrected its very bad older ruling on candidate and political party coordination: Justices strike down campaign finance law.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.It’s sort of a mega-flip-flop: Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods. Beware the wording as most of what he says “they’ve gotta do” is stuff “they” are already doing. Plus, what is a “rural neighborhood” anyway?From the Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico stack: Nolte: James ‘God Is Non-binary’ Talarico Loses Lead in Senate Race – all the media is on the “he’s tied” or only a point or so down. Nolte is right, the big trend, is that Talarico has gone way down in polling. Talarico Insults Military Families With ‘California Transplant’ Attack Obama, Harris advisor warns ‘betrayed’ Black voters could be Texas Senate candidate’s kryptonite Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com