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Progress Texas amplifies progressive values, leaders, and actions. Our top 2% globally rated podcast network meets the moment of the podcast boom, featuring three shows hosted by Chris Mosser: the Daily Dispatch, the Happy Hour, and In Progress. We reach millions online with this content, sharing pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive messaging 24/7, by Texans for Texans.
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Abbott MIA As Gina Hinojosa Shares Vision For Texas, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/16/26
Gina Hinojosa showed up at the Governor's Mansion in Austin yesterday, hoping to have a conversation with Governor Greg Abbott - she was met with a phalanx of moving trucks instead. Donald Trump is raging against John Cornyn and Karl Rove as GOP prospects worsen in Texas and James Talarico sets…
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The "Uncanny Valley" Of The Trump Era - In Progress
Between the recoiling of America at the appearance of Susan Dell, to Shane Gillis bombing on Saturday Night Live with jokes intended for a...certain audience, examples of how progressive America and conservative America have diverged in their values surrounding beauty and entertainment have…
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"ICE Terrorism" Across South Texas, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/15/26
Harris County DA Sean Teare says his office is seriously considering felony assault charges against the ICE agent who ran over Miguel Parra-Hernandez near Houston last weekend. For only the second time in 20 years, Planet K has cancelled their annual San Antonio Dia De Los Muertos community...
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Eyes On The Prize! Texas Dems Lead In New Poll, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/14/26
The last UT Austin/Texas Politics Project poll before the election finds Democrats with slight edges in six statewide races. The Houston Chronicle endorses Gina Hinojosa for Governor, Vikki Goodwin proposes a new environmental rights amendment, and Jon Rosenthal out-raises Republican Bo French.…
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Paxton Scandal Du Jour: Partying With Fraud Indictees In Dubai, And More
In the latest of a recent daily string of newly-revealed scandals, Ken Paxton was caught on camera partying with his mistress in Dubai alongside two Americans wanted in a multi-million dollar hospital fraud case in Chicago. While he's done all he can to cast himself as a candidate of faith,...
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Paxton Scrambles As Talarico Campaign Resumes Post-Flu, And More
Proving they have little to talk about really, all that bluster about James Talarico's campaign trail absence looks quite silly as the Democrat re-emerges at the ACL Festival and a Dallas Kacey Musgraves concert. Houston-area community leaders demand answers after an ICE agent runs over a…
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Paxton Wants You To Suck It Up On Social Security, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/9/26
Still more new revelations regarding Ken Paxton, as an investigation reveals millions of taxpayer dollars spent on security for his very frequent personal travel over his 11 years as AG, and more audio from that September fundraiser shows him complaining of John Cornyn's contempt for his…
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No, Corruption Is NOT Normal In Texas - In Progress 10/8/26
With the election drawing nigh - and with the cast of characters on the Republican side of the ballot - we've got corruption on our minds. Far too many Texans have decided that politics itself is corrupt, and so we opt out. We're joined by Adrian Shelley, who heads the Texas office of Public...
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Trump's San Antonio Sideshow, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/8/26
Donald Trump's desperate appearance on behalf of Ken Paxton last night in San Antonio was marked by several protests - one protestor assaulted by a red-hatted Trump fan - and the notable absence of Governor Greg Abbott. And, a fourth leaked recording of Paxton expressing support for slashing...
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Donald's Desperate! Trump Hits Texas Again To Prop Up Paxton, and More - Daily Dispatch 10/7/26
Donald Trump is back in Texas for a third time to try and jump-start the sputtering campaign of Ken Paxton, as the dumping of millions upon millions of Republican dollars into Texas ad campaigns has done very little to improve polling for Paxton, Governor Abbott or any other statewide GOP...
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TX Election Most Competitive Races; Voter Registration Backlogs - Daily Dispatch 10/06/26
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Voter Registration Backlogs Continue; Competitive Elections Drive Ahead; Paxton Fundraising Best, Still Worse Than Talarico; Victory in Big Bend. Check our our election protection series with the Texas Civil Rights Project:...
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Last Day to Register, with Eyes on and Dollars in Texas Elections - Daily Dispatch 10/05/26
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Today is the last day to register to vote, check your status and remind your network to make voting plans at GoVoteTexas.org; Super PAC spending from GOP in TX; Gina Hinojosa Interview and the Texas Governor's Race; and more on Flock…
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Trump’s Visit to TX; Man Shot by ICE in Recovery - Daily Dispatch 10/02/26
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Are YOU Registered to Vote? You sure? The voter registration deadline is Monday, October 5th! Check your registration status and more at our voter navigation resource GoVoteTexas.org. Other news includes: Top Executive Branch Officials in…
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Texas Capitol - Which Encourages Open Carry - Targeted By Gun Threat, And More - Daily Dispatch 10/1/26
The Texas State Capitol building, known for being a place where it's easy - perhaps, even encouraged - for visitors to carry in their guns, saw a credible gun threat narrowly averted by law enforcement yesterday. Texas transplant Elon Musk is named a high-level consultant in a new Trump...
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Texas Gun Sense with State Rep. Josey Garcia - Special LIVE Pod
Our friends at Texas Gun Sense envision a future free of gun violence. They advocate for stronger, safer gun laws and support policies that make our communities safer—all while protecting the rights of responsible gun owners. Texas Gun Sense held their annual fall fundraiser last week - this...
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Election Protection and Voter Mobilization - Texas Civil Rights Project Series, Part 4
We are days away from the October 5 voter registration deadline - so, what’s changed for Texas voters in 2026, and who is working to protect our right to participate at the polls? All your questions answered, in our series with the Texas Civil Rights Project: today’s episode features the TCRP's...
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In Some Ways, James Talarico Has Already Won - Daily Dispatch 9/30/26
By boldly reclaiming the actual teachings of Christianity and clearly expressing a vision of progressive success, even before the election arrives, James Talarico has reinvigorated a distinct and realistic vision for a much better Texas. While Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott continue to dodge the…
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From Tribfest: Texas' State Park Vision - In Progress
This week's In Progress roundtable discussion comes straight from the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin: a discussion of the current state and future of our state parks, with Texas Parks and Wildlife Executive Director Annie Brown, Texas State Parks Director Rodney Franklin, Texas Parks And...
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ICE Shooter Identified As Immigration Cruelty Ramps Up - Daily Dispatch 9/29/26
The ICE agent who shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston two months ago has been identified by the Texas Tribune as Gregory Feathers. A candidate for the Austin City Council was dramatically arrested on Saturday for taking part in a protest over the ICE shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces...
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Arrested For ICE Protest, Austin City Council Candidate Misael Ramos Speaks Out
Misael Ramos is the DSA-endorsed candidate running for the Austin City Council's District 1 seat, and was unexpectedly arrested by a group of law enforcement officers representing at least two different agencies on Saturday in connection with his attendance at a protest the prior weekend against...
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Will Rural Republicans Actually Vote Against Paxton? Daily Dispatch 9/28/26
Republican luminaries continue kvetching that in choosing Ken Paxton over John Cornyn, Texas GOP primary voters have endangered that seat for Republicans - but will lifelong rural conservatives, in the privacy of the voting booth, actually vote against him in favor of James Talarico? Karl Rove...
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Sarah Eckhardt, Vikki Goodwin and Jon Rosenthal At Tribfest! Special LIVE Pod
Here comes another TribFest talk that, in our opinion, clearly demonstrates the overall quality of the Democratic ticket this year. When you vote all the way down your ballot in a few weeks, these are some of the Democrats you have a chance to put into statewide office after 30 years of…
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BallotReady Presents: Flexing AAPI Power In Texas - Happy Hour 301
Great to be back at the historic Clay Pit in downtown Austin for another live podcast with our friends at the Asian Texans For Justice Action Fund last night! Thanks to BallotReady for presenting our event. Who knew the job of County Judge could be this sexy? We heard from four genuine Texas...
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Bobby Pulido and Eddie Treviño At TribFest! Special LIVE Pod
Our adventures at TribFest 2026 continue with "The Battle For South Texas" - a panel hosted by Texas Tribune reporter Berenice Garcia, featuring congressional nominee Bobby Pulido and Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño on how the political realities in South Texas are changing - and how Latino...
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Talarico And Hinojosa Big Hits At TribFest Day One, and More - Daily Dispatch 9/25/26
Both Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa gave major live interviews during the first day of the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival on Thursday. Donald Trump's suprise attendance at this weekend's Texas vs Tennessee football game is a pain for everyone,...
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DPS Drama, Indie Media...And Greg Casar! Live From Tribfest - In Progress
We had one hell of a Day One at Tribfest 2026, capturing live talks with Gina Hinojosa (one click back) and James Talarico (coming shortly) - but we had to get an In Progress report in from the center of the action at Austin's Omni Hotel, where we enjoyed an unplanned pop-in from Congressman Greg...
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Gina Hinojosa At TribFest! Special LIVE Pod
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa was interviewed before a packed house at St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin this morning as TribFest 2026 got underway. She talked about ending corporate welfare in Texas, fully funding public education and ending high-stakes testing, economic...
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DPS Voter Error Buries Texas Election Officials In Backlog - Daily Dispatch 9/24/26
A major DPS failure has left an unknown number of Texas voter registration applications and updates stranded for nearly a year, and the state has dumped tens of thousands of records onto already-overburdened county election offices just weeks before the election. Under pressure, counties must now...
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Pete Buttigieg From Dallas And The Johnson/Jordan Dinner - Special LIVE Pod
Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation - known affectionately to many as “Mayor Pete" and already with early 2028 presidential buzz, traveled to North Texas over last weekend for the annual Johnson/Jordan Dinner to fire up the already hot-as-hell and motivated-as-hell Texas...
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DPS Screw-up Threatens Thousands Of Voter Registrations In Texas, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/23/26
An apparent error with a Texas Department of Public Safety online portal used since from 2020 to 2024 by around 6 million Texans - a full third of our entire voting electorate - has compromised the voter registration of an unknown number of Texans. It would appear that Ken Paxton has finally and...
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Vikki Goodwin Takes On Dan Patrick's Digital Deception - Happy Hour 300
Our 300th Happy Hour talk sees the return of Democratic nominee for Texas Lieutenant Governor Vikki Goodwin! We discuss her recent legal action against current Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over his use of AI deepfakes of her, her take on the most recent ICE shooting in her city of Austin, and more from…
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Austin ICE Shooting Victim Tossed In Detention Largely Untreated, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/22/26
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, the Venezuelan national shot by an ICE agent in Austin on Sunday, was thrown into the detention center at Pearsall with a federal bullet still lodged in his back. His shooting comes amidst a marked escalation of ICE aggression in North Central Austin and across the San...
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Democracy and Reproductive Justice - Texas Civil Rights Project Series, Part 3
The midterm elections have surrounded a decline in affordability, trust in our government, and increase in attacks on Texas communities. One issue that has not dominated this election cycle, though it coincides with all of these factors described, is Texas’ restrictive reproductive rights and the...
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ICE Gun Violence Returns To Texas, This Time In Austin, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/21/26
A Venezuelan national, shot by ICE while working as a DoorDash driver in Austin, has survived - but is now in custody and subject to deportation. While he's taking in fresh millions from Donald Trump, a slew of new problems for Ken Paxton emerges over the weekend: an overdue tax bill in Hawaii,...
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Poll: Gina Hinojosa Leads Governor Abbott By Four Points, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/18/26
Once thought an unlikely prospect, Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa now leads Governor Greg Abbott by four points in a recent poll. National Republicans are panicking, and Texas is one of the former strongholds in which they are now spending massive amounts of money, while most...
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South Asian Texans, Under Attack, Stand Strong - In Progress
Bigotry and open hatred against South Asians and Muslims has become a common, foundational viewpoint among Texas Republican officeholders and candidates - Bo French's ridiculous and widely-condemned comments about Texas Longhorns fans being the most egregious recent example. We invited Chanda...
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Texas GOP Reels As List Of Prominent Midterm Defections Grows - Daily Dispatch 9/17/26
Texas Democrats find themselves in their strongest election position in decades as the Texas GOP collapses under the weight of scandals, high-profile defections and its own bad policy choices. Texas Democrats have largely performed without major missteps - except, of course, that strange award...
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How Democrats and Progressives Can Save Social Security - Special LIVE Pod
As we all know, Social Security is under attack - and is also likely to be the top issue in D.C. in 2027 - after decades of Republican defunding and dismantling. We were proud to capture a town hall on this all-important topic earlier today at the Dallas County Democratic Party HQ, presented by...
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SCOTUS Rejects Trump Mail-in Ballot Order, and More- Daily Dispatch 9/16/26
SCOTUS Rejects Trump Mail-in Ballot Order; Texas Railroad Commission Collision; Public Apologies Round the Horn AP News: https://apnews.com/article/trump-mail-voting-executive-order-lawsuit-78a4fbeb48d9c5fd27d1c865529fc65f Politico:...
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For Texas GOP, How Much Racism Is Too Much Racism? And More - Daily Dispatch 9/15/26
With conservative culture war architect Karl Rove now turning on GOP Texas Railroad Commission nominee Bo French, we're getting an update on where the line between open racism and more private racism now lies for Texas conservatives. And we do hope that the grownups surrounding Texas Longhorns…
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USPS and YOUR Mail-In Ballot Under Attack - Texas Civil Rights Project Series, Part 2
Special delivery for our listeners: your Article 1, Section 8 constitutional protections for the United States Postal Service (USPS), and equal right to vote are at risk. Why? Because of a Trump Executive Order threatening ballot-by-mail—and the USPS’ ability to protect that constitutional right...
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Yes: Voting For Bo French Makes YOU A Racist Too - Daily Dispatch 9/14/26
Through Sunday's episode surrounding racist comments made about non-white Texas Longhorns fans, folks appear to be realizing what we've known for a long time - Bo French, GOP nominee for Texas Railroad Commission, is an admitted, virulent racist - and placing a vote for him in November supports…
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Attempted Silencing Of Kimmel/Talarico Talk Backfires Bigly, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/11/26
Racking up over 1.5 million views - overnight - in the first 8 hours of its release, the Jimmy Kimmel interview with James Talarico forced off the air by Donald Trump's FCC is set to far surpass typical network viewership. On this 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Texas Republicans are…
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GOP Dishonors 9/11 Anniversary With Attacks On Muslim Texans - In Progress
As the 25th anniversary of the 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks arrives on Friday, it's a good moment to look back at the rise in irrational bigotry that came in the wake of that horrible day - and to compare it to the dehumanizing rhetoric Republicans have decided is acceptable to use today, in the...
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Trump Show Day 1: A Poorly-Attended, Culty Snoozefest, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/10/26
The first day of Donald Trump's two-day Dallas "convention" failed by far to fill the American Airlines Center, showing severely lacking interest in all matters Trump in Texas' third-bluest county. New polling shows good reason for GOP panic as Democrat Gina Hinojosa is now in a dead heat with...
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The Democrats Respond In Dallas: Special LIVE Pod
Our Executive Director Kathleen Thompson took part in a press conference of key Democratic officeholders and nominees who gathered in Dallas as part of ongoing counter-programming to the Donald Trump bootlicking contest that the Republican Party is passing off as a "convention" this week. Sharp...
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With Trump's Numbers In The Toilet, GOP Launches Dallas TrumpFest , And More - Daily Dispatch 9/9/26
The Trump rally masquerading as a midterm convention beginning today in Dallas is a sure sign that the GOP sees Texas slipping from their stranglehold - while Texas Democrats respond with grocery drives and a rally of their own. And the new documentary on Elon Musk shows the world's first...
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Desperate Trump Blitz Set To Hit Dallas, And More - Daily Dispatch 9/8/26
The GOP "convention" in Dallas this Wednesday and Thursday will feature no party business - focusing instead on a desperate, gaudy Trump sideshow designed to bolster flagging interest in his brand. Trump's "MAGA Inc." PAC has set a $10 million ad buy across Texas for Ken Paxton, out of similar...
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How SCOTUS is Eroding Democracy: Texas Civil Rights Project Series, Part 1
This is the first episode in a joint elections series with our partners at the Texas Civil Rights Project! With limited legalese, we welcome two of Texas' sharpest voting rights attorneys - Sarah Chen with the TCRP, and Emily French with Common Cause Texas - to break down how SCOTUS has impacted...
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Dallas Welcomes The Trump/Epstein Memorial Reading Room - Happy Hour 299
The week after Labor Day, in a desperate attempt to shore up their flagging support and fundraising, Donald Trump is bringing his gaudy sideshow to Dallas in the form of a very rare midterm Republican convention. Perfect timing for the Trump/Epstein Memorial Reading Room to arrive in Big D as…
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