Has been lifted... or will be Wednesday... I just saw the news on Facebook.  Also businesses can reopen at 100%. I've been so busy this morning with baseball lessons and picking up feed I hadn't been paying much attention.  This just made my day!! So happy to hear this!! 

About dam' time!

Well you just made my DAY!!!! A big old YI-PEEEEEEEEE, I have not heard this yet untill now ,

Mississippi announced that it will ending their statewide mandates as well following the announcement from Abbott in TX

There are plenty of folks that are very unhappy about this but there are MORE who are elated ... if they still want to cover up, be my guest! You won't get any flak from me even though I received plenty from the pro maskers when I wouldn't wear one. 

Andy says we need to have a mask burning party!!!

That would be a great idea!!! Instead of finding them all over the place!!! 

Ain't the the truth! I always see a bunch on the ground outside of the grocery stores in parking lots.. imagine the sales of those things will be buy 1 get 10 free now .... 

I just send Mr.Abbott a email Telling him THANK YOU!!!

I hope Utah & Wyoming will follow! I highly doubt Utah will, our governor said last week he thinks we should have had a mandate earlier than we did.

I hardly wear one, but it would be nice to have the mandate lifted.

I flew a couple weeks ago and got thinking, I bet we wear masks for a long time when traveling :(

Joe Biden will be in mourning.  Poor ole dude.  Muzzling the population is tops on his agenda.

Yeah! And a drinking game - margarita for every mask you burn! Not a sip, the whole margarita! Headed to my taqueria for my 32 oz. marg now! 

My question is - do cities in Texas have the authority to still enforce a mask mandate?  They do in GA. 

I do not know the answer to that specifically... but I do know that places of business can still require it just as the No shirts, No shoes, no service deal. We will see. Hopefully it will be across the board though and just allow it to be a choice instead of a requirement. Like it should have been from the beginning.  

Either Blaze or Breitbart said the governor said we could not be prosecuted for not wearing the mask. 

We have never had a mask mandate.  However, the individual cities/counties did.  And, they still continue to.  Some business's also.  Some are even chain restaurants.  

We just chose where to go and spend our dollars.  

We had a mask mandate here?  I never noticed...lol.  Timing seems a little odd. Maybe he is trying to take the focus off of the electical grid issues.  

It is all so stupid. We were running in Ft Worth yesterday and while waiting in line to get a drink, no one was wearing a mask until they got to the register to place an order and then put one one.....

BTW, when did peaople start taking medical/health advice from politicians?  I am more likely to take political advice from a dr. than the other way around. 

The Electrical Grid Issue combined with Abbott's 0% showing in CPAC's Straw Poll is what I have seen commented on, in regards to His sudden affection for Personal Freedom!

I hope so too.  I have only worn one twice.  Once when I was in the hospital and once during a job interview.  Otherwise, I flat refuse to wear one.  Plenty of data out there that says that cloth masks worn by the public are pretty much useless. Even my doctor said they are useless. Politicians are kind of like lemmings.  Once one does it the rest will follow.  

Bingo, Govenor Pop a Wheelie wants to be Pres. he polled behind the King Rino so now he's panic 

I think the Governor of South Dakota showed that she is a strong women, she loves freedom and she shows it in all her speeches. She put all these men (Governors) to shame, so thats why I think Gov Greg Abbott thought that he better step up to the plate and show that he can be strong to and stand up to these people that want to keep us all under their thumbs so he decided to lift the mask mandate.  

The Mayor and Judge Wolfe of San Antoino are having a fit.. I think alot will still wear their masks but thats ok, let them wear their mask thats their choice, my choice is I dont want to and wont. I still keep my distance and dont want anybody that I dont know in my box, I respect others space anyways even befor this covid cra* when others are breathing down your back while standing in lines to check out somewhere, theres alot of rude people. Texas needs to get back to normal..

San Antone's King Clowns deserve whatever they get! They are tyrants! Via their actions!

As for me, I am a personal freedom and responibility type individual. And personal freedom requires responibility!

Plenty of folks boo-hoo'ing this morning about the masks being lifted,  as if their personal rights have been violated, imagine that. When you tell them, they can still choose to wear a mask in public, its usually crickets and then some mumbling about not everyone getting the vaccine. When did ones health become everyone else's responsibility?? 

You just nailed it!

I think what we are reading on this thread is exactly what the Democrat politburo wants to see.  Lots of time and attention to the mask issue.  Nothing would frost their asses more than if we collectively said "good news" and went about our daily lives while paying attention to more serious matters.  I think the more attention to masks, the more liberals like it.  I say scratch this one off the list and reconnoiter.....Move on to ongoing threats, like threats to the 2A, the flood of illegal aliens, the revitalization of the military-industrial complex in the ME, death taxes, taxes on retirement earnings, attempts to destroy the oil industry, and so forth.

For entertainment, watch the Dems cannibalize Cuomo for sexual harassment (in an attempt to shift focus away from Democrat Governors acting in unison to kill nursing home residents....which is a far bigger threat to the party.)

Hubby works for a company based out of Houston. The company is still requiring masks in place at work, in company clothing or vehicles.

108 illegals who tested positive for Covid-19 were loaded on a bus in Brownsville, TX to spread their infection anywhere in the U.S. they pleased.  Don't kid yourself.  This is how this virus originally got out of control, in sanctuary cities by migrants.  Cuomo admitted it without really admitting it.  No one had the authority to stop the 108.....no law that forbid them to be released.  Makes zero sense.  Thanks again Joe.

obama care

Joe Biden referred to Abbott's decision as "Neanderthal".

So we aren't just deplorables anymore.  We are "deplorable Neanderthals". 

Well we will be walking around dragging our knuckles WITHOUT a mask on

Yeah and when did the questionably average intelligence Joe Biden determine that Neanderthals were dull-minded.  They learned to utilize the same fire that cooks our food and keeps us warm.  Right?  

This is what I have said since the beginning and I have been rediculed for it! If you really feel tht unsafe stay home and isolate yourself. The only way to build herd immunity is to be exposed, I can't bring myself to trust a mask that Dr's have said are practically useless nor can I be told what to put in my body. I don't trust a vaccine that hasn't been studied for more than a year, there is just simply not enough data for me...

Heck yeah they were self sufficient all the way lol!

Bipartisan Senators Introduce bill to strip Biden of war powers.. Hummmm ....

Just Biden? Or The Office of President?

Looks like the Office of President. 

Lawmakers introduce bill to repeal Bidens war powers following Syria Strike. 

The announcement of the mask mandate being done away with has created such a stink... its more so than when the mandate was first introduced. I cannot believe some of the comments I'm seeing on Facebook and other media outlets. People are losing their ever loving minds over this! I just don't get it... some, even my in laws side of the family,  are angry over this... saying masks only work if EVERYONE wears one .. huh??? It literally makes my head hurt listening to and reading the comments from them trying to make sense of the nonsense they believe is gospel. Citing "Science "  my answer to them is to just stay home for crying out loud! 

I'm not making friends or a few of my in laws very happy.. but I cannot stand a double standard or just straight up nonsense that's being spewed. I see a few friends crying over this mask ordeal saying that they will still wear a mask to protect others... thats cool, it really is... yet you come to my home, without a mask on, hug me, hug my kids, sit on my couch and hang out for an hour... all while maskless... so here's what I asked .... you believe in the masks so much right?? Protecting others right?? You care more about a complete strangers health in a grocery store than you care about me and my family??? Is that right?? Or are you just not wearing a mask at my home because??? But you want to scream and yell on social media about how you will still wear a mask because you're so awesome!!??? Puuuuhlease....  one is a tech at a hospital,  she says she's around covid people all day long .. I have what could be considered a high risk child at home too... we don't really consider him that anymore... but still... its just ridiculous to me...  not a single person that I see raving & ranting on Facebook has stepped foot in my home with a mask on... welp... I've been blocked, deleted and comments disappeared lol! Oh well honey.... you are still welcome at my table ... with or without a mask

They are trying to sound like a Hero to strangers, these people that are claiming masks saves lives but while off social media and not trying to impress anybody they will let their hair down and dont do as they say they do, they are so phony!!!

Do you folks ever think about life without Facebook?  One of my better days was deactivating mine.

All the time .... but I actually do enjoy most of it.. my family lives far from me so it's fun to see my nieces and nephews, cousins and siblings plus my mom on there .. I use FB marketplace to sell my chicken eggs and chicks and I find a ton of great deals on there as well.. plus info on barrel races, tack for sale and horses for sale..plus my homeschool co-op is very active on there we use that for setting up field trips and extra classes being offered locally... .I'd say there's more good to it than bad ... I unfollow a bunch of people I don't want to see their stuff, it's easy to do... I'm mostly talking about the people that made snide comments on a post I shared about being happy that the masks were going away. I don't go looking for dumb comments, but when they are on my post  I'm gonna react. 

I see.  I didn't use mine that extensively (lack of interest) and seemed to be always bombarded by pictures from people I barely knew.

Frodo, check your pm inbox.

I think I have more people on my unfollow list than I do friends... not to be rude .. but I just don't want to see every single thing going on. It's kinda nice being able to control what you see and what you don't have to.. I even see that Facebook added a "take a break" button lol! I haven't used that yet. I love posting pics of my boys and their baseball games ... I'm a slightly proud momma! On the other hand, I'm certain I've found my way onto people's unfollow and blocked lists as well.. I'm ok with that too...

I try not to take it so personal.. and I'll admit sometimes I forget that just because it's completely a different opinion or outlook than mine or what i perceive as "common sense " it doesn't make it any less important to that person... they feel passionate about their view, just as I do... I need to work on myself in that aspect.