Hour 1 of Cardle & Woolley, for August 4. The latest on the Texas Democrats and their quorum break effort to stop redistricting in the Texas House. PLUS: On the national front, some Dems are starting to worry about the party's swing to the left - to the likes of Zohran Mamdani and others.

FULL SHOW: Big stories on a big Friday... Austin City Council members stick their whole arm into your wallet, setting a maximum potential tax rate so high it would be a 25 percent increase if adopted. PLUS: State leaders traveled to Kerrville on Thursday, where local leaders were apparently asleep - literally - as the Guadalupe roared out of its banks on July 4. AND: "Empty Suit" Hakeem Jeffries was in Austin, meeting with Democrats over the state's congressional maps and Republican efforts to redraw them.

Hour 3 of Cardle & Woolley, for August 1. "Empty Suit" Hakeem Jeffries meets with Texas Democrats to argue against the GOP's plans to redraw the state's congressional maps. PLUS: Nancy Pelosi has a sour moment on CNN when confronted over insider trading... can she read the room?

Hour 2 of Cardle & Woolley, for August 1. State leaders traveled to Kerr County Thursday, where lawmakers had some tough questions and harsh words for county leaders - who by their own admission were asleep or out of the area when floodwaters struck on July 4. PLUS: Friday means a new edition of Winners & Losers with TPPF's Sherry Sylvester.

Hour 1 of Cardle & Woolley, for August 1. Austin City Council members voted Thursday to set a maximum proposed tax rate that would amount to a 25 percent increase over the current rate... the same council with members who ran on making Austin more affordable. James Quintero of the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to break it down. PLUS: Texas lawmakers gave an earful to Kerr County officials Thursday, as new details about their botched response to the July 4 floods continues to come to light.

FULL SHOW: The long-awaited proposed congressional map from the Texas GOP has been released... and the Democrats are foaming at the mouth to call it racist. PLUS: President Trump is continuing a bad habit of railing against his own, with his latest targets being Josh Hawley and Chuck Grassley... is this helpful or productive? AND: Austin's free-spending City Council is set to decide today on a maximum tax rate for the ongoing budget cycle - in other words, the most they'll try to steal out of your wallet.

Hour 3 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 31. The guys tackle the Sydney Sweeney "controversy" with a lesson in Advertising 101. PLUS: Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner for New York's next mayor, is trying to have it both ways by walking back his past statements on defunding the police... but the internet never forgets.

Hour 2 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 31. Austin City Council members are set to decide on a maximum property tax rate for the 2026 budget year today - while it doesn't lock them in, all signs are they'll go for a big tax increase because "we have needs". PLUS: Spartacus himself - Cory Booker - is at it again with more antics on the Senate floor, calling out the Democrats for being weak.

Hour 1 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 31. One of the items on the Lege's agenda for the special session is once again banning municipalities and school districts across the state from using taxpayer money to fund lobbyists - using your own money against you. PLUS: The redistricting fight shifts into a new gear, with Texas Republicans publishing their first draft of a new congressional map... and it has the Democrats, as you would expect, big mad.

FULL SHOW: Austin seems content to continue its free-spending ways, as neighboring jurisdictions continue to increase their own tax burdens and a new report details city staffers spending your money freely. PLUS: The latest on overnight developments with an earthquake off the Russian coast prompting tsunami warnings, and the fallout from British PM Kier Starmer's comments on Israel and Palestine.