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Governor Abbott has still not set a date for the CD-18 runoff, though state election code would appear to compel it to be set for January 24. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.houstonpublicmed...
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Governor Abbott has still not set a date for the CD-18 runoff, though state election code would appear to compel it to be set for January 24. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.houstonpublicmed...
Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sounds the alarm that Dominion Voting Machines, now known as Liberty Vote, has been acquired by a Trump affiliate and should be viewed with suspicion in regard to the 2026 election. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sounds the alarm that Dominion Voting Machines, now known as Liberty Vote, has been acquired by a Trump affiliate and should be viewed with suspicion in regard to the 2026 election. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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Reports of preferential and luxurious treatment enjoyed by Ghislane Maxwell in a Texas federal camp in Bryan have led to amplified calls for the Epstein files to be released. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reports of preferential and luxurious treatment enjoyed by Ghislane Maxwell in a Texas federal camp in Bryan have led to amplified calls for the Epstein files to be released. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Governor Abbott has apparently been sent into a panic by the #ZohranMamdani win in NYC - while he's still not set a date for the Texas runoff election. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.houstonchronicle...
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Governor Abbott has apparently been sent into a panic by the #ZohranMamdani win in NYC - while he's still not set a date for the Texas runoff election. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.houstonchronicle...
Almost a week into the month, November #SNAP funding remains unpaid, leaving millions of Texans, including 1.7 million kids, in a state of food insecurity - for the first time since LBJ. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.texastribune.org...
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Almost a week into the month, November #SNAP funding remains unpaid, leaving millions of Texans, including 1.7 million kids, in a state of food insecurity - for the first time since LBJ. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.texastribune.org...
While the record-long federal shutdown continues, the Texas comptroller's office has shut down a decades-long program to support historically underutilized, primarily minority-owned small businesses. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.khou.com/article...
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
While the record-long federal shutdown continues, the Texas comptroller's office has shut down a decades-long program to support historically underutilized, primarily minority-owned small businesses. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.khou.com/article...
Democrat Taylor Rehmet's close call with an outright victory in Tuesday's election in Tarrant County is seen as a positive harbinger for progressives moving into the midterm election season. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Democrat Taylor Rehmet's close call with an outright victory in Tuesday's election in Tarrant County is seen as a positive harbinger for progressives moving into the midterm election season. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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@progresstexas.bsky.social I live in California. I wanna thank the TX Democratic caucus bc you started this nationwide fight v fascism. Prop 50 - a ballot measure – passed w/61+% BC of you. Thank you, thank you thank you for the effort you made, a mid all the threats to you & ur families life.
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@progresstexas.bsky.social I live in California. I wanna thank the TX Democratic caucus bc you started this nationwide fight v fascism. Prop 50 - a ballot measure – passed w/61+% BC of you. Thank you, thank you thank you for the effort you made, a mid all the threats to you & ur families life.
Among those trick-or-treaters you'll see out this Halloween will be hundreds of thousands of Texas kids whose parents worry they'll not be able to feed them tomorrow - as Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, refuse to sustain SNAP funding. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Among those trick-or-treaters you'll see out this Halloween will be hundreds of thousands of Texas kids whose parents worry they'll not be able to feed them tomorrow - as Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, refuse to sustain SNAP funding. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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www.kxan.com/news/texas/t...
Trump's choice to withhold SNAP food assistance payments resembles a forced starvation - in an armed conflict, that's a war crime, and in peacetime to force political outcomes, that's close to terrorism. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/texas-house-democrats-form-committee
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's choice to withhold SNAP food assistance payments resembles a forced starvation - in an armed conflict, that's a war crime, and in peacetime to force political outcomes, that's close to terrorism. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/texas-house-democrats-form-committee
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that judges in the state can refuse to conduct marriages - including same-sex marriages - based on their personal religious views. Four seats on that court are up in 2026! Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.fox4news.com/new...
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that judges in the state can refuse to conduct marriages - including same-sex marriages - based on their personal religious views. Four seats on that court are up in 2026! Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.fox4news.com/new...
The looming, intentional, and avoidable clawback of #SNAP benefits, which will heavily impact millions of Texans, can be traced to ongoing Republican efforts to keep the Epstein files under wraps. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-begin
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The looming, intentional, and avoidable clawback of #SNAP benefits, which will heavily impact millions of Texans, can be traced to ongoing Republican efforts to keep the Epstein files under wraps. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-begin
In California, almost 4 million votes have been cast on Prop 50 - their Democratic redistricting measure. Trump types are now fighting with each other over blame for failing to stop CA from wrecking their scheme. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.axios.com/2025/1...
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In California, almost 4 million votes have been cast on Prop 50 - their Democratic redistricting measure. Trump types are now fighting with each other over blame for failing to stop CA from wrecking their scheme. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.axios.com/2025/1...
Onetime arch-villain of the GOP Karl Rove fears that, if Texas Republican primary voters nominate Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate, that seat is likely to flip to the Dems. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.alternet.org/kar...
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Onetime arch-villain of the GOP Karl Rove fears that, if Texas Republican primary voters nominate Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate, that seat is likely to flip to the Dems. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.alternet.org/kar...
Federal SNAP food assistance benefits will end on Saturday, for the first time in the over six decades, when they started under LBJ. NOW is the time to get ahead of that and make a donation to your local food bank. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Federal SNAP food assistance benefits will end on Saturday, for the first time in the over six decades, when they started under LBJ. NOW is the time to get ahead of that and make a donation to your local food bank. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/28/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/28/t...
Austin State Senator Sarah Eckhardt has announced a run for the U.S. House in the newly-drawn and Michael McCaul-vacated CD-10 - we will talk to her later this week! Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.statesman.com/ne...
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Austin State Senator Sarah Eckhardt has announced a run for the U.S. House in the newly-drawn and Michael McCaul-vacated CD-10 - we will talk to her later this week! Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.statesman.com/ne...
The University of Texas at Austin, the last institution of the nine offered a "compact" by Donald Trump that is still considering that offer, is said to be "in talks with the White House". Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.axios.com/local/...
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The University of Texas at Austin, the last institution of the nine offered a "compact" by Donald Trump that is still considering that offer, is said to be "in talks with the White House". Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.axios.com/local/...
Almost two million children in Texas are in the crosshairs of Trump's choice not to continue SNAP food assistance benefits into November - even for Trump, the cruelty is staggering. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.cbsnews.com/texa...
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Almost two million children in Texas are in the crosshairs of Trump's choice not to continue SNAP food assistance benefits into November - even for Trump, the cruelty is staggering. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.cbsnews.com/texa...
Millions of Texans - more people than in any other state - depend on SNAP food assistance, and the Trump administration has chosen to use them as pawns in the ongoing federal shutdown drama. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Millions of Texans - more people than in any other state - depend on SNAP food assistance, and the Trump administration has chosen to use them as pawns in the ongoing federal shutdown drama. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
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Texas deserves leaders who prepare for disasters, not just give speeches after they happen. Listen to our full conversation with candidate for Texas governor Andrew White on episode 236 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast.
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Texas deserves leaders who prepare for disasters, not just give speeches after they happen. Listen to our full conversation with candidate for Texas governor Andrew White on episode 236 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast.
If you needed a reminder to #vote, here’s one. Hon. @andybrownatx.bsky.social on what progressive Democratic leadership can look like—but the first stop is at the polls. Early voting is happening NOW, so make a plan, bring a friend, and show up for the future you want to see.
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you needed a reminder to #vote, here’s one. Hon. @andybrownatx.bsky.social on what progressive Democratic leadership can look like—but the first stop is at the polls. Early voting is happening NOW, so make a plan, bring a friend, and show up for the future you want to see.
We 💙 you, Houston.
Listen to H-Town Hits Back LIVE in Houston — find it on the latest episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast. 🧵
Listen to H-Town Hits Back LIVE in Houston — find it on the latest episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We 💙 you, Houston.
Listen to H-Town Hits Back LIVE in Houston — find it on the latest episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast. 🧵
Listen to H-Town Hits Back LIVE in Houston — find it on the latest episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour Podcast. 🧵
When extremists are busy fighting over upside down crosses, progressives have an opportunity to fight for REAL change.
Listen to our full conversation with Fort Worth State Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet on episode 229 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour — find it everywhere you stream great podcasts.
Listen to our full conversation with Fort Worth State Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet on episode 229 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour — find it everywhere you stream great podcasts.
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When extremists are busy fighting over upside down crosses, progressives have an opportunity to fight for REAL change.
Listen to our full conversation with Fort Worth State Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet on episode 229 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour — find it everywhere you stream great podcasts.
Listen to our full conversation with Fort Worth State Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet on episode 229 of the Progress Texas Happy Hour — find it everywhere you stream great podcasts.
A #FortWorth State Senate candidate has accused her Republican opponent of altering pictures of her cross necklace to appear upside-down, in an effort to make her appear more evil than she actually is. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x #Halloween www.chron.com/politi...
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A #FortWorth State Senate candidate has accused her Republican opponent of altering pictures of her cross necklace to appear upside-down, in an effort to make her appear more evil than she actually is. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x #Halloween www.chron.com/politi...
New Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton, who helped write state laws now making trans students' on-campus lives a living hell, is making massive bank in his new gig in Lubbock. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.lubbockonline.co...
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton, who helped write state laws now making trans students' on-campus lives a living hell, is making massive bank in his new gig in Lubbock. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.lubbockonline.co...