part one: 

Taylor Goldenstein is a state bureau reporter at the Houston Chronicle.

How a Texas group is positioning itself as a Republican alternative to teachers unions 

Texas Legislature launches new investigating committees for July 4 floods. 

part two:

Ryan Cooper is the Prospect’s managing editor,

Bill Curry  was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. ets.  

we discuss this and more:

Full-blown Fascism Has Arrived in America as the Pentagon Expels the Press