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Democrats Eye 2028 as Battle for Identity Begins

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Scandals, Resignations, and Trump’s Iran Gamble

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Trump vs. The Pope: A Political and Spiritual Showdown

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Trump, Iran Tensions, Birthright Citizenship Fight, and Texas Senate Drama

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Partial Shutdown Chaos Hits Home

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Why Texans Don’t Vote — And What Could Change That

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Texas Primary Overdrive: Runoffs, Realignments, and Record Turnout

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March Primary Madness: War Abroad and Wild Results in Texas

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Cartel Violence, Supreme Court Tariffs, and Trump’s State of the Union

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Texas Primary Election Turmoil: Jesse Jackson’s Legacy, GOP Divisions, and Media Controversies

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From DHS Shutdown Threats to Texas Political Warfare

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Runoffs, Rifts, and the Fight for Texas Power

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Court vs. Commander in Chief: Power on Trial

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Chaos, Candidates, and the Fight for Texas Republicans

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AI Scandal, Trump’s Texas Cold Shoulder, and a Battle Over the Ballot

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From Caracas to Congress: Venezuela’s Impact on American Power Politics

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Blue Horizons: Charting the Path Forward for Texas Democrats

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Redistricting Rush, Crockett’s Climb, and Cuellar’s Comeback

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Court vs. Commander in Chief: Power on Trial

20

Courts, Campaigns & Culture Clashes: Texas Politics in Motion

21

When Governors Collide: Abbott & Newsom in Houston

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From Thanksgiving Lights to Election Fights

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Crockett, Cornyn, Paxton & Hunt: The Battle for Texas Begins

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Scandals & Soundtracks: Texas & National Politics This Week

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Fitness Fails, Fortune Rises: Power Plays Across Texas

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The Hunt Is On: Texas Senate Race Gets Crowded

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Government Shutdown, Abbott 2028? Hegseth’s Military Rules & Texas Governor's Race Heats Up

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Hidalgo, McCaul, Luttrell — The Changing Guard

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Abbott, Talarico & Trump Shake Things Up

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The Voting Puzzle: Registration, Access, and Apathy in Texas

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The Changing Face of Texas: Growth, Grit, and Growing Pains

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Big Decisions Ahead: Bills, Budget Battles, SCOTUS Cases & What’s Next in U.S. Politics This Summer

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The 89th Texas Legislature: GOP Goals, Democratic Dilemmas, and Power Plays

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Biden Fights Cancer, Trump Gets a Jet, SCOTUS Tackles Immigration, and Congress Eyes the ‘Big Beautiful Bill'

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Is America’s Balance of Power Broken? How the Presidency, Congress, and Courts Are Colliding

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100 Days of Trump: Did He Deliver? The Good, The Bad, and the Executive Orders.

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Make America...Hats Again? Trump 2028 Merch & Economic Reality Check

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Pete Hegseth's Signal Chat Leak 2: Back to Spill the Tea—The Return of the Text Messages That Shouldn’t Exist

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Fumbles and Fights: JD Vance's NCAA Misstep and the White House Deportation Battle

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Tariffs and Turmoil: How Trump's Trade Wars Are Triggering an

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Trump Tariffs: Distraction or Strategy? His Pursuit of a 3rd Term & the Constitutional Implications

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Oops! Did We Just 'Signal' Our War Plans? Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, and Michael Waltz's Group Chat Goes Viral

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Governor Greg Abbott's Controversial New Bill Takes Aim at Furries: What's Behind the Furor?

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Political Scandals: Are They Just Noise or Do They Matter?

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Remembering Sylvester Turner: Celebrating the Legacy of Houston's Beloved Mayor and Congressman

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Texas on the Brink: Will school vouchers transform education or create chaos, and a lottery scandal.

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Pathways to Peace: The U.S. Moves Towards Reconciliation with Russia

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Elon & X Visit Trump for Oval Office Conference. Trump SNUBS Vance?! Steel Tariffs and DOGE vs CFPB.

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Trump’s Trade Wars & Big Texas Budgets: School Vouchers & Abbott’s State Address

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Trump's Turbulent Tenure: Executive Orders, Trade Wars & Voter Sentiment

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Trump's Comeback: What Does His Return Mean for America? Reflecting on Biden's Legacy.

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Trump's Transition Drama: Behind the Scenes of the Senate Hearings

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2025 Political Forecast: Key Trends and What to Expect!

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Political Polarization in America: Causes, Consequences, and Paths to Unity

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Syria's Meltdown: How the Fading Middle East Powerhouse Threatens Biden's Legacy and Trump's Future

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Unexpected Twist: Biden Breaks Promise and Pardons Hunter.

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Beyond the Headlines: Unraveling America's Border Crisis - Truths, Myths, and Solutions

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Trump's Shocking National Emergency Plan: Mass Deportations on the Horizon?

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Trump 2.0: Game-Changing Appointments and Policy Shifts You Need to Know

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2024 Election: Is America Turning Deeper Red? Exploring the Shifting Political Landscape.

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Countdown to Election Day

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Could VP Kamala Harris' trip to Houston impact voter turnout in the upcoming election?

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A review of the recent Texas senate debate and the significant election battles to monitor.

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Major donations, cross-party endorsements and an upcoming debate heat up the Texas Senate race.

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Could a port strike and tensions in the Middle East upend the 2024 election?

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Trump's

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GOP Congressman Tony Gonzales attacks party peers

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Is Mike Johnson’s job in jeopardy?

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A look at John Whitmire’s first 100 days as Houston mayor

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Ken Paxton cuts deal to avoid criminal trial

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Controversial Texas immigration law in limbo

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Addressing low voter turnout in Texas

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Abbott, Paxton punish GOP detractors in primary

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Texas primary election preview

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Texas incumbents face off against challengers

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How old is too old to be president?

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House GOP fails to impeach DHS Secretary

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Texas governor in feud with Biden administration

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Addressing political polarization

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Iowa caucuses narrow Republican field

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Speaker Johnson under pressure over budget deal

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How John Whitmire won the race for Houston mayor

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Will Liz Cheney run for president?

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Who will win the Houston mayor’s race?

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Johnson avoids shutdown while tensions escalate in Congress

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Houston Mayor’s race in runoff

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Special session unlikely to end in Abbott’s favor

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The challenges facing the U.S. House Speaker-elect

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Preview: 2023 Houston Mayor Election

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Special session underway in Texas legislature

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U.S. House in limbo after McCarthy ousted

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Menendez in hot water while shutdown looms

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Post-Paxton impeachment trial analysis

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Kevin McCarthy under pressure from House Freedom Caucus

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Ken Paxton on Trial

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President Biden officially running for reelection in 2024

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George Santos doubles down in reelection run

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Greg Abbott vows to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder

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Can Donald Trump capitalize on his own arrest?

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Houston Mayor race: Sheila Jackson Lee announces candidacy

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Hostile Takeover?

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The Crazy 88th

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Republican Civil War

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Trainwreck

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Born to Run

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Sorry Not Sorry

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State of the Union

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‘Swift’ Justice

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GOP Family Feud

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State of the State

111

A Soap Opera

112

McCarthy-Schism

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Year-End Review: 2022

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Lawsuit At Large

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The Pillowman Cometh

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Don’t You Want Me?

117

Post-Election Analysis

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Fifth Anniversary Pre-Election Discussion – Live From Post Houston

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Understanding the Latino Vote

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Following the Money Trail

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When Harry Met Beto

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Party Politics: Debate Night in Texas

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Party Politics: ‘This is on you’

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Party Politics: Abortion-Rights Bombshell Part 2 – The Fallout

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Party Politics: Abortion-Rights Bombshell

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Party Politics: Beto’s Bet

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Party Politics: Schemin’ Steven

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Party Politics: Staff Inspection

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Party Politics: Border Wars

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Party Politics: All About Redistricting

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Party Politics: Circus SCOTUS

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Party Politics: Crude Awakening

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Party Politics: Texas Sets the Stage for November

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Party Politics: Life During Wartime

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Party Politics: Tag, You’re Sued!

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Party Politics: Bully Pulpit

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Party Politics: Abbott in the Cold Seat

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Party Politics: Justice Breyer Exits Stage Left

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Party Politics: The Professors Grade Biden’s First Year

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Party Politics: 2021, The Year In Review

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Party Politics: Dan Crenshaw Is Not a Fan of Performance Art

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Party Politics: Abortion vs. SCOTUS

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Party Politics: Thanksgiving Edition

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Party Politics: Beto’s Back

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Party Politics: Texas Voter Surge

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Party Politics: Proposition Edition!

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Party Politics: Krause’s Crackdown

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Party Politics: Well Isn’t That Special?

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Party Politics: Abbott Flip-Flops On Party Principles

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Party Politics: It’s Gerrymandering Time Again

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Party Politics: 100 Days

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Party Politics: Forecast for Reform

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Party Politics: The Politics of Scandal

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Party Politics: The GOP vs. Corporate America

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Party Politics: Rights and Reform

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Party Politics: Is Gun Reform Possible?

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Party Politics: 365 Days Later

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Party Politics: Texas Unmasked

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Party Politics: ERCOT Under Fire

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Party Politics: Snowpocalypse Now

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Party Politics: Impeachment Part Two

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Party Politics: State of the State

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Party Politics: The Texas Lege Returns

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Party Politics: A New Agenda

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Party Politics: President Biden – What to Expect

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Party Politics: And Now We Wait

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Party Politics: Harris Campaigns in Texas

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Party Politics: Special Texas Election Edition

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Party Politics: Following the Money

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Party Politics: The Barrett Hearings

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Party Politics: The Fly Heard Round the World

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Party Politics: Trump Has COVID-19

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Party Politics: RBG RIP

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Party Politics: Ballot Wars

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Party Politics: Can Texas Flip?

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Party Politics: Ballot’s in the Mail?

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Party Politics: RNC Paints Dystopian Picture

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Party Politics: Republican In-fighting; Texas Primary Runoff Recap

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Party Politics: Phase Two

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Party Politics: COVID In The White House

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Party Politics: The Battle To Open Texas

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Party Politics: Ready To Reopen?

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Party Politics: To Re-Open, Or Not To Re-Open

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Party Politics: Power Play

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Party Politics: Bernie’s Out; Abbott Vs. Jenkins

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Party Politics: The Politics of COVID-19

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Party Politics: Coronavirus; Biden Dominates

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Party Politics: Super Tuesday; Coronavirus

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Party Politics: The 2020 Texas Primary

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Party Politics: New Hampshire Primary; Trump’s Impeachment Retaliation

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Party Politics: Iowa Caucuses; Impeachment; Coronavirus

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125: Presidential Accountability

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124: U.S. Senate Takes On Impeachment

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123: Will Texas Turn Blue In 2020?

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122: Iran Conflict

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121: The Days to Come

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120: 2019 - A Year in Review with Jay Aiyer

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119: Impeachment, The Final Saga

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118: Dem Debate No.5

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117: Impeachment Trial Underway

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116: Election Results

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115: Impeachment Procedure

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114: Texas Amendments

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113: The Bonnen Tape

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112: Impeachment Battle

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111: 2020 Fundraising Update

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110: Whistleblower Complaint

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110: Brett Kavanaugh Back In The Hot Seat

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109: Houston Democratic Debate Recap

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108: Texas Shootings

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107: Democratic debates

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106: Trade Wars

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105: Constitutional crisis

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104: Jon Lovett

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103: Biden announcement

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102: Mueller Report

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101: Border crisis

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100: 100 Episodes

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99: Mueller report

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98: Beto O'Rourke

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Episode 97: Lizzie Fletcher

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Episode 96: Public education

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Episode 95: Michael Cohen

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94: National emergency

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93: Funding bill

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Episode 92: State of the Union

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91: Voter fraud

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Episode 90: Shutdown continues

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Episode 89: Texas inauguration

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Episode 88: Shutdown continues

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Episode 87: Government Shutdown

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86: Preview of 86th Texas Legislature

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85: 116th Congress preview

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Party Politics 84: Beto For President?

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Party Politics 83: Speaker Dennis Bonnen

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Party Politics 82: Midterm-mania

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Party Politics 81: Final Predictions!

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Party Politics 80: Early Voting Bonanza!

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Party Politics 79: Midterm Mania!

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Party Politics 78: Money, Money, Money!

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Party Politics 77: The Hottest Statewide Race Nobody Is Talking About!

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Party Politics 76: The Heat Is On: Kavanaugh Hearings And HPD-HFD Pay Parity Debate

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Party Politics 75: Beto vs. Ted—It’s Debate Time for The U.S. Senate

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Party Politics 74: Is the US Senate up for Grabs?

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Party Politics 73: The Kase for Kavanaugh?

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72: The Debate Over Debates

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Party Politics, Ep. 71: White House Horrors! (Repost)

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Party Politics, Ep. 70: Texas School Districts Receive First Official A-F Grades

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Party Politics, Ep. 69: Political Scandals

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Party Politics, Ep. 68: Ted Cruz And Beto O’Rourke Negotiate Debates

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Party Politics, Ep. 67: Texas Health Building Invaded By Mold – Yuck

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Party Politics, Ep. 66: ‘Stories From The Storm’ Takes Over The Podcast

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Party Politics, Ep. 65: President Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For The Supreme Court

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Party Politics, Ep. 64: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Offers 10 Metal Detectors To Santa Fe ISD

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Party Politics, Ep. 63: Hispanic Texans On Pace To Become Largest Population Group In State By 2022

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Party Politics, Ep. 62: Immigrant Family Separation At The Border

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Party Politics, Ep. 61: Trump and Kim, and the Texas GOP Convention

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Party Politics, Ep. 60: Can President Trump Pardon Himself?

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Party Politics, Ep. 59: Hurricane Season, Roseanne Scandal And Abbott’s School Safety Plan

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Party Politics, Ep. 58: Texas Runoff Elections, Santa Fe, And Trump

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Party Politics, Ep. 57: Sports Gambling And Protests At The Gaza Strip

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Party Politics, Ep. 56: The Iran Deal Is No More After Trump Withdraws

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Party Politics, Ep. 55: The U.S. 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Texas Voter ID Law

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Party Politics, Ep. 54: Gerrymandering, Texas Style, At SCOTUS

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Party Politics, Ep. 53: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Vows To Challenge Lupe Valdez

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Party Politics, Ep. 52: Paul Ryan Not Seeking Reelection, What Does This Mean For The Midterms?

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Party Politics, Ep. 51: Trump Declares DACA ‘Dead,’ But Is It Really Dead?

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Party Politics, Ep. 50: What’s Next For The ‘March For Our Lives’ Movement

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 49: Cambridge Analytica Scandal; Relationship Status: Trouble

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 49: Texas Education Agency Vows New Plan For Special Education

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 48: Former Porn Actress, Stormy Daniels, Sues President Trump

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 48: What Does The Texas Primary Mean And Why Should You Care?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 47: Ted Cruz Used ‘The Simpsons’ To Make A Political Point

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 47: Texan Brad Parscale Will Be Trump’s 2020 Re-Election Campaign Manager

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 46: Early Voting Numbers High for Democrats

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 46: What to do about guns?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 45: Does The Budget Really Matter?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 45: Sandra Bullock Vs Dan Patrick And The Dome Is Saved!

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 44: Who Is Challenging Governor Abbott?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 44: How To Pass A Budget

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 43: The Senate Race, Cruz Vs. O’ Rourke

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 43: What’s The State Of Your Union?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 42: The Complications Of School Finance In Texas

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 42: Ladies And Gentlemen We Had A Shutdown!

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 41: Fundraising Winners And Losers In Texas Primaries

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 41: Have We Lost Complete Faith In The Government?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 40: Oprah 2020 And Trump Legislative Roundup

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 40: Arlington MLK And Texas Governor Kerfuffle; Valdez Kicks Off Campaign And More!

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 39: What Will Trump Do In 2018?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 39: Texas Primary Sprint! What To Expect From The GOP And Dems

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Party Politics, Special Ep. 38: #MeToo, Covfefe And Harvey, 2017 Has Been Quite The Busy Year!

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Party Politics, Special Live Edition Ep. 37: Voting, Freedom Of Speech And Lone Star College Tomball

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REPEAT: Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 7: Special Guest, Congressman Gene Green

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 36: Saddle-Up! The Democrats Are Joining The Race For Governor

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 36: What Does The Flynn Guilty Plea Really Mean?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 35: Sexual Allegations And The Texas Legislature

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 35: The Trouble With Taxes

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Party Politics, Thanksgiving Edition Ep. 34: One Year Of A Donald Trump Presidency

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 33: “Moore” Problems For The GOP

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 33: Abbott Weighs In On Primaries And Congressman Gene Green Retires

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 32: The 2017 Elections Have Happened, Now What?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 32: A Shooting, A Death Penalty Case And The 2018 Elections

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 31: War On Opioid’s, Indictments And The New York Terrorist Attack, It’s Been A Busy Week!

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 31: November Elections And Houston Astros Fever

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 30: Speaker Straus Is Done?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 30: Flake! Corker! Who’s Next?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 29: Iran, Deal Or No Deal?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 29: Who’s Challenging Ted Cruz?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 28: Trump Vs. Congress

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 28: Paxton In Hot Water, Again?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 27: Gun Control, After Vegas

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 27: From Harvey, A Flood Plan Emerges

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 26: If Straus Is Out, Who Is In For Texas House Speaker?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 26: Let’s Talk About Tax Baby!

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 25: Castro Says No, Where Are The Texas Democrats?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 25: Trump’s Global Vision

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 24: Redistricting Ruling Rodeo

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 24: DACA Deal Or No Deal

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 23: The J.J. Watt Parkway, Harvey Recovery

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 23: What Next For Dreamers?

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Party Politics, Texas And National Edition Ep. 22: All Harvey, All The Time

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 21: Of Rollercoasters And Monuments

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 21: New Direction In Afghanistan?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 20: Sine Die? Really?

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 20: Charlottesville

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 19: The Wager

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 19: Battle For The Middle Class

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 18: Senate v. House Showdown

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 18: Chaos Theory

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 17: Repeal, Replace, Re…Now What?

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 17: 30 Days Of Summer – The Special Session

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 16: Pop Stars And Progeny

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 15: Pretty Vacant

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 15: Voter Fraud Commission Push-Back

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 14: “Sanctuary City” Showdown

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 14: Reconciling “Better Care”

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 13: The DACA/DAPA Divide

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 13: Abbott Says No

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 12: The Episode About Everything Else

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 12: Republican Rift Revue

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 11: Comey.

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 11: A Very Special Session

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 10: Paris Climate Disagreement

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 10: Tacos And Cannons

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 9: Legislature Countdown

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 9: The Sound And Fury Of The Trump Budget

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 8: I’m Just A Bill

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 8: The Troubles Of Trump

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 7: You’re Fired!

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 7: Special Guest, Congressman Gene Green

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 6: “Sanctuary!”

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 6: Foreign Policy Hokey Pokey

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 5: 100 Days Of Trump

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 5: Losing Control

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 4: Abbott Reopens Door To Bathroom (Bill)

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 4: Taxes And Asteroids

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 3: What The US Bombing In Syria Means

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 3: Texas Voter Redistricting

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep 2: Mid-Session Legislature Woes

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 2: The Nuclear Option

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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 1: Beto O’ Rourke Throwing Hat In The Ring

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 1: Trump V. Congress

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