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The Acts 1:8 Podcast

Jesse and Aimee Pratt

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Stories of people who reach the here, the near, the hard, and the far. The vision of Acts 1:8, put into practice "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Examples from everyday life of the disintegrating virtue of our society and most of it is not even noticed by most people. Just a few from this week’s press review: What is the Full Cost of Richardson ISD’s $2.3 Billion Bond Package? What is the Full Cost of Belton ISD’s $161…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: More murderous terrorism on our country today committed in Dallas. The murderer is dead, identified, and early evidence shows it is likely more Leftist violence against law and order. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Lubbock County Commissioner Cary Shaw points out what few have wanted to let voters know: via facebook: Today [Monday] we finished the budget. Is it as low as I would like, no but it is a good start. For all the hollering about budget cuts I want everyone to know just what is…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Bob Albritton and other Texas A&M regents just will not stop pushing the Leftist agenda and reverse discrimination at A&M. Just as Obama General, Mark Welsh, finally resigns as Texas A&M president over his long pushing of DEI and similar, Albritton and the other regents go an…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: From Texas A&M to Texas State to Univ. of North Texas (and most all others too,) the Leftist intolerant mob has infected Texas Higher Education. So many, of late, have shown their true faces publicly that it has forced into action those who usually like to pretend nothing bad…
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Out for a family obligation today and I wanted to repeat this show anyway: https://prattontexas.com/2025/09/12/dear-leftists-we-will-not-quit-we-will-not-accept-your-riots-and-violence-we-will-fight-with-the-vote-pratt-on-texas-9-12-2025/ www.PrattonTexas.com
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: What is protected political speech on campus and is being expelled from a public university okay for engaging in protected speech? I contrast the Texas Tech story versus the Texas State story. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Left is hostile to the Constitution and even to “Democracy” when things do not go its way. And, when the facts don’t fit its destructive narrative, those on the Left simply ignore reality and make things up. The latest: The murderer of Charlie Kirk was a rightwing Trump l…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: We must ensure that institutions stop imposing the costs of Leftist intimidation and violence upon the victims of such. McCarthy has it right: After Charlie Kirk, Trump should crack down on campus ‘safetyism’ The incident at Texas Tech with the 18-year-old loud and vulgar stu…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A message to Leftists of all stripes and their adherents in media, colleges & universities, and all other institutions in which Leftists thrive or have taken control: We will not quit. Political polarization is not a problem unless, like the Left, you cannot abide anyone exis…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Leftism is not just about silencing conservatives, and any opposition even within its own camps, it wants to kill the American bedrock of Natural Rights which include freedom of conscience, the right to fully disagree with others, and to debate issues freely. Charlie Kirk was…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Why does it seem to always take a big on-video scandal of radical Leftists using our public institutions to indoctrinate and push their perverted revolution for so many elected and establishment type Republicans to accept what is happening when we knew and presented evidence …
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Boomerang! An example in Fort Worth as to why “hate crime” laws, the entire concept of such, are a ridiculous and dangerous affront to basic liberty. Plus an example of Texas conservatives making the same mistake as Leftists on free speech and expression. Free speech and expr…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Why does so much illogic, utter stupidity, and simple blindness to practical reality surround the right to keep and bear arms? Three Second Amendment related stories today: NRA opposes possible DOJ gun ownership ban for transgender people – of course NRA is right but who on t…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: It was in the cards from the beginning: The Republican Party of Texas is suing the state in federal court to establish Republican-only primary elections which the establishment players in Austin oppose. Other state parties have prevailed in federal court over this same issue.…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Legislature calls it quits for the 2nd Called Session even though there was plenty of time left to keep working on important bills that help Texans. I guess they were too worried about running home to raise money for themselves and not worried enough about our growing propert…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Legislative update as lawmakers are trying to wind down the 2nd Called Session early: Deal on hemp THC ban is rumored to be at hand with Texas House Public Health planning to vote in a formal meeting tonight Legislature Reverses Course on Same-Day Voter Registration Changes S…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Stupid, shortsighted, “shocking,” and more can be used to describe why a group of conservative legislators today voted with Democrats to ruin SB10 – the bill that lowers the voter approval election trigger from 3.5% to 2.5% for local property tax increases. Also, if Burrows i…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Why do so many “Republicans” in a conservative voting county, Lubbock County, think that constantly growing government spending, at taxpayer expense with property tax increases, is good policy and reflective of good management and stewardship? Frankly there is a lot of Washin…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House blew up the property tax reform bill [more] and now has to reconcile with the Senate. And, the House appears to be leaning toward Texas becoming a pothead legal drug state. Plus, the House voted to reform the public school STAAR test but Odessa’s state Rep. La…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much from the Texas Legislature in special session including: Burrow’s leadership appears to go very soft on Dem quorum busting in GOP Caucus meeting; House passes lower percentage for voter approval requirement for local tax increases, and; Abbott adds an item to the call th…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats were thwarted again Friday night as new Texas Congressional maps passed the Senate. Standard Dem-front groups such as LULAC file suit nastily claiming racism in the maps. Myra Flores call the Dems out for their empty and nasty claims of racism. Legislators are…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Quorum breaking Democrats have been sent a notice of fines they owe for breaking House rules. See the letter here. It comes to $9,354.25 each. Liberals and homosexual lobby attack conservative in House hearing on the Texas Women’s Privacy Act (SB8) but DPS punishes conservati…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: After passing new Congressional maps – less “gerrymandered” than the previous – Governor Abbott has added items to the called session agenda. One is asking for more penalties for lawmakers who do not show up to work while in session. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsore…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrats’ big show sells no tickets: Texas House Republicans to pass Congressional redistricting maps this evening. Democrats illegally used the Texas House floor sleep-in stunt for political fundraising via video feed. This is very much against the rules. After being called…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Now we know: It’s not just political district maps, the ones passed by Republicans, that are “racist,” it is ALL maps are racist! Redrawn Texas Congressional district maps are set to be voted on tomorrow in the House and now we can’t get some Democrats to go home! More. Texas…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Enough Democrats showed up at the Capitol today, as expected, to have a quorum in this 2nd Called Session that began on Friday. Speaker Burrows says they’ll have to be escorted by DPS if they want to leave. Overall, it is quite clear that not only did Texas Democrats accompli…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: First called special session of the 89th Texas Legislature ended this morning and the second called session began at Noon – still short of a quorum. Dems are expected to be in their chairs Monday but this morning these morons with no cards to play issued their demands: Gov. A…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: A judge in Illinois says “no” to enforcing Texas’ law on runaway Democrat legislators. No surprise but worth the try. The entire Democrat hypocrisy over Congressional partisan gerrymandering is shown in this: Anti-Gerrymandering Watchdog Announces Its Support For Gerrymanderi…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats say they are headed home and pretend they “raised awareness” on redistricting but they did not raise awareness in the way they intended. Instead, the story that got out the most was how Texas is simply playing catch-up on redistricting many big Democrat states…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a district court to hold Beto Pancho O’Rourke in contempt, fine him, and detain himuntil he obeys the Temporary Restraining Order the state alleges he has violated over raising money for Democrats who fled the state to break legisla…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats claimed that flooding disaster legislation should be the first priority of the called special session – then they left. Now, the disaster bills are ready for a vote and the sanctimonious Democrats are still gone, AWOL. More hypocrisy of the lowest order. (Much…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas House met to reconvene today but now quorum was attained as Democrats remain AWOL. Interestingly Paxton and Burrows have filed with an Illinois court to attempt to get help with returning the AWOL lawmakers to Texas. I also discuss, again, why the bribery issue is worth…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The racism and discrimination institutionalized by Democrats into our government and culture must stop. Publicly-funded racism in Texas is still racism is a good piece by Steve Rowe at TPPF. Also, this story gives a strong background on drawing political districts using race.…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Redistricting Fight: I will help arm you to defeat the media/Democrat narrative on this issue. Also, I’ll bring you the latest developments. Important column: Democrat’s Hypocrite Trail of ‘Gerrymander for Me, but Not for Thee’ Key column: Gerrymanderin? Meh. Key points: …
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Despite absent without leave Democrats, work continues in the 1st Called Session of the 89th Texas Legislature: Sen. Bettencourt & Chair Buckley Files Identical STAAR Test Replacement Bill in 89th Special Texas Senate Committee Moves Women’s Privacy Act Closer to Floor Vote .…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Democrat legislators flee from Texas and go to New York, then Illinois to break the quorum needed to conduct business in the Texas House. Sadly, as an aside, they won’t stay out of Texas and will come back some day. Governor Abbott goes fire breathing with threats and his rem…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The problem with limiting immigration enforcement to just criminals, etc. is that it degrades, even destroys, the value of citizenship. Remember, the American Experiment is one of a republic of self-governing, sovereign citizens. Without high value citizenship, there can be n…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: President Trump’s executive order on energy and agriculture stops the planned “land grab” Biden put in motion around the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge which would have taken significant land out of agriculture production. Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compl…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: National and Texas Democrats have already overplayed their hand on Texas Congressional redistricting and the Lefty show has just raised its curtain. The truth is is opposite of this headline: Texas Republicans struggle to defend redistricting as hearings grow contentious. Alm…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: From Congressional redistricting to fixing abuse of the hemp law to banning taxpayer funded lobbying, the 89th Texas Legislature has much to do in this 30-day called special session. Some Lawmakers Sign New Pledge To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Texas House Files Identical He…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The problem with the attempt to panic people over Texas’ mid-decade Congressional redistricting effort in the special called session: There really isn’t much big Democrat states can do to offset such as they’ve already done the super partisan job of drawing out Republican sea…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Senate moves forward on banning taxpayer-funded lobbying. Some of the objections to such are shallow at best, self-indicting at worst. Senate committee advances limited taxpayer funded lobbying ban Lawmakers Take Up Renewed Push to Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Lawmakers t…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The Legislature is in Special Session and a Senate committee has advanced a ban on THC; banning taxpayer-funded lobbying is getting a renewed push, and; politicians who often tout “local control” are now decrying such for decisions, with which they disagree, by the Upper Guad…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: News from the 1st Called Session of the 89th Texas Legislature: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Legislation for the First Called Special Session of the 89th Legislature THC poisoning calls in Texas tripled since hemp legalization Abbott says he supports THC ban on intoxicating…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The first called session of the 89th Legislature is underway in Austin as of Noon today. Congressional redistricting takes the national spotlight but there is a long list of highly important items on the Governor’s call – it is probably too much for one 30-day session. Speake…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas A&M’s provost and executive vice president Alan Sams sounds like an official of Leftist universities such as NYU or Columbia? (Maybe that’s where he should be working…) Sams sent an email to faculty, staff, and graduate students telling them to report any sightings if I…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: University of North Texas, UNT, continues to lose in court over its systematic oppression of conservative thought and conservatives. Why, I have asked for years now, does Governor Greg Abbott keep reappointing the same regents who allow for this very far-Left and illegal beha…
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much reform has been accomplished on Texas’ local government property tax system but many exceptions that were needed to get bills passed need ending – especially the “hit ’em while they’re down” disaster loophole abused by local politicians. A new law takes effect next year …
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The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Will Texas Democrats once again flee the state to attempt to stop redistricting in the upcoming Special Session? If so, will leadership finally make them pay a serious political price for breaking the law and leaving? Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Comp…
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