Episode 42: May 2022 Primary Election Election Results, Uvalde and Arlington Pride

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa. I’m here today with Thomas Moore to discuss the results on the recent election and the recent news regarding pride in Arlington and Uvalde.  

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Election Results

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2022/texas-2022-runoff-election-results/  

Rep. Henry Cuellar finishes runoff 281 votes ahead of Jessica Cisneros

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/home/article/Rep-Henry-Cuellar-finishes-runoff-281-votes-17217642.php 

Arlington has observed Pride Month for years, but opponents want officials to skip the celebration

https://www.keranews.org/politics/2022-05-25/arlington-has-celebrated-pride-month-for-years-why-opponents-want-them-to-skip-this-june  

Why The Cops Won't Help You When You're Getting Stabbed- video

https://www.cracked.com/video_20652_why-cops-wont-help-you-when-youre-getting-stabbed.html 

Radiolab: No Special Duty

https://radiolab.org/episodes/no-special-duty 

https://prospect.org/justice/police-have-no-duty-to-protect-the-public/ 

Legal Eagle- Uvalde and “Police Duty” Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqLxTatndU

Cartoons who Voted forTrump-thread

https://twitter.com/jidebam/status/1532877628431925248 

Episode 41: May 2022 Election Results

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa. I’m here today with Thomas More to discuss the results on the recent election and the recent protests. 

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

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County Results

https://www.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/2022/en22/reports/cumulative.pdf 

Fort Worth Says No Again to City Council Pay Raise

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/05/08/fort-worth-says-no-again-to-city-council-pay-raises-what-can-be-learned-from-other-cities/

Fort Worth voters Approve 560 Billion Bond / Blaylock Wins Dist 4

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/05/08/fort-worth-voters-approve-560-million-bond-blaylock-wins-district-4/ 

Marching for Choice

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/05/11/marching-for-choice/ 

Crypto Mining Announcement 

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2022/4/Crypto-Mining-Announcement 

Texas Soldiers Are Unionizing After Facing Attacks by a Right-Wing Governor

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/texas-soldiers-unionizing-right-wing-governor-greg-abbott-tseu-national-guard-organizing

Episode 40: 2022 May Elections

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa I’m here today to discuss the upcoming election. 

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

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Music by Anthony Sosa 

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Early voting info: https://www.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/2022/en22/locations/EN22_EV_Sched.pdf 

2022 May Election google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OhfaXnsijTX2S2-GHl8n-SgQ3tP091_1tZRayrwPzvY/edit?usp=sharing 

Fort Worth District Map https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/government/districts 

Fort Worth ISD District Map: https://www.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/Maps/isds/Precincts_by_Fort%20Worth_ISD_SMDs.pdf 

Melissa Lucio’s execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/25/melissa-lucio-execution-texas/ 

Fort Worth open meetings violation reveals confusing public participation process 

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/04/14/fort-worth-open-meetings-violation-reveals-confusing-public-participation-process/ 

Explainer: Fort Worth police receive big bucks for civil asset forfeitures 

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/04/12/explainer-fort-worth-police-receive-big-bucks-for-civil-asset-forfeitures/ 

Episode 39: The Texas Tribune Interviews Mattie Parker

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa I’m here today to discuss the Texas Tribune interview of Mattie Parker. We are going to take a deep dive into the conversation and see what Parker has to say.

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/28/mattie-parker-fort-worth-mayor/ 

https://youtu.be/PKRVqy2MqHg

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa and Thomas Moore is here with me today to discuss the results of the election on March 1st and what to expect in May and November.

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

Feel free to contact us if you have any episode ideas or additional stories you would like us to cover on Twitter at @FWReview and on Instagram at @fortworthfreedomreview and at [email protected] .

Music by Anthony Sosa 

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Republican Election Results: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/112097/web.285569/#/summary?category=C_1 

Democrat Election Results: 

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/112097/web.285569/#/summary?category=C_2 

FW Weekly “True Colors”       SPICY!

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/03/09/true-colors-2/ 

Texas Monthly: 2022 Primary Results

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/live-texas-primary-election-2022-results/ 

FW Weekly “20 Years of Over Policing”

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/03/04/twenty-years-of-over-policing/ 

Fort Worth Report: Candid Conversations on Race

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/03/09/fort-worth-leaders-discuss-systemic-racism-in-first-candid-conversations-event%ef%bf%bc/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ74lbydBy0 

FW POA Press Release Scolding Council Members

https://twitter.com/FWPOA/status/1501624941212585990?cxt=HHwWjMC-7bL769YpAAAA 

American Prestige Podcast

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/american-prestige/ 

Episode 36: Panther Island Money, Tarrant County Judge Candidates, & the Governors Race

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa and it’s just me today here with you to discuss the primary candidates for 2022. 

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

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Tarrant county Voter Lookup

https://gisit.tarrantcounty.com/TCVL/   

Primary Candidate Info Spreadsheet 

((PUBLIC) 2022 Primaries - Tarrant County)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1De3QdshNIdk1Nqrhy102o2SmMv18Ncsj_A12HfdJ5pA/edit?usp=sharing 

Fort Worth Weekly Local Elections Cheat Sheet

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/02/16/local-elections-cheat-sheet/ 

(REBROADCAST) Episode 29: The Texas Republican Party Platform

Due to life happening we are having to postpone the episode on the candidates for Tarrant County 2022. Here is a rebroadcast of episode 29 on the Texas Republican Party Platform.

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. I am Anthony Sosa and today I am here with Christopher Rose & Thomas Moore to discuss the Texas GOP Party platform. 

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.org

Feel free to contact us if you have any episode ideas or additional stories you would like us to cover on Twitter at @FWReview and at [email protected] .

Music by Anthony Sosa 

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Early Voting for the March 1st Primary starts February 14th

With no incumbent on the ballot, Tarrant district attorney race could come down to run-off

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/27/with-no-incumbent-on-the-ballot-tarrant-district-attorney-race-could-come-down-to-run-off/ 

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The Texas Republican Party is Insane

https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/op5aro/the_texas_republican_party_platform_is_insane/

Texas GOP Platform

https://www.texasgop.org/platform/

2020 Census

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/

Special Election to replace Jake Ellzey

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-house-special-election/

Episode 36: Panther Island Money, Tarrant County Judge Candidates, & the Governors Race

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues. My name is Anthony Sosa and we got a rowdy episode for you today with Amber Sosa and Thomas Moore. Christopher Rose will be back with us on the next episode. This week we discuss the Panther Island/ Central City Flood Project, the Tarrant County Judge primary candidates as well as some news on the Governor’s race and some other interesting local quick hits in addition to a tangent on human nature. 

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

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Panther Island

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/01/20/double-standards/  

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/20/fort-worth-gears-up-for-10000-housing-units-3-million-square-feet-of-commercial-retail-and-educational-space-at-panther-island/ 

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/19/panther-island-finally-receives-hundreds-of-millions-in-federal-funds-what-happens-next/ 

Tarrant County Judge Primary

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/18/voters-will-decide-how-drastically-tarrant-county-commissioners-court-will-shift-under-new-leadership/ 

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/18/meet-the-republican-candidates-running-to-replace-glen-whitley-as-tarrant-county-judge/ 

https://fortworthreport.org/2022/01/18/meet-the-democratic-candidates-in-the-race-to-become-tarrant-county-judge/ 

Governor Race Stuff

https://theweek.com/immigration/1009190/texas-gov-greg-abbott-takes-fire-from-all-sides-for-indefinite-national-guard 

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/20/don-huffines-staffer-white-nationalist-ties/ 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/joy-diaz-beto-orourke/ 

Henry Cuellar FBI Raid

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna13005 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/years-before-fbi-raid-dem-rep-henry-cuellar-made-sketchy-azerbaijan-connections 

Other Stories

https://www.kut.org/politics/2022-01-18/texas-says-supply-chain-issues-have-limited-the-number-of-voter-registration-forms-it-can-give-out

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/21/ken-paxton-travis-county-jan-6-texas/ 

https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/01/12/clinging-to-power/ 

Bonus Episode: Dustin Schneider and Anthony Sosa talk politics. 

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

This week we are doing something a little different. Dustin Schneider, from the award winning Jerry Jonestown Massacre Podcast, was interviewed for As an Artist, the Local Famous Records Podcast about local artists, their process and the local scene, and at the end of that conversation we turned to talking about local issues. So as a bonus episode we are releasing that here.  

You can find the As an Artist where podcasts are found and here:

(https://redcircle.com/shows/c5916ec9-d870-48d9-abf1-18b17e00f196/episodes/b734c4ee-2e4d-44f4-9d25-789c4b878472 )

The Jerry Jonestown Massacre can be found live every Tuesday on youtube at 8pm (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjvlbDnP0l8n3gdkSpWyPA) and where podcasts are found. 

Here is a recent episode of JJTM with Sosa about Dr. Robert Malone’s JRE Episode: 

Episode 454- It’s Twenty-Twenty-Meh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4pdEeFJL0 

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Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues.

All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.

This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.net 

Feel free to contact us if you have any episode ideas or additional stories you would like us to cover on Twitter at @FWReview and at [email protected] .

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Jonathan Morris Twitter on the Hotel Dryce- Sasha Bass, David Cooke and Steven Murrin- Douchery

https://twitter.com/JonathanDFW/status/1461110570690695170 

Election Results

https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth/election/2021/11/02/tarrant-county-voters-approve-400m-transportation-bond-measure/ .

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/voters-narrowly-approve-1-2b-fort-worth-isd-bond-3-other-proposals-fail/2800440/ 

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2021/texas-election-results-2021-constitutional-amendments/ 

Colleyville Principal

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/colleyville-principal-critical-race-theory/ 

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/18/colleyville-principal-critical-race-theory/ 

Denton Library Event Cancelled

https://dentonpl.com/public/catalog/documents/rainbow_storytime_statement_111521.pdf 

The Guardian Interactive Gerrymandering Piece 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2021/nov/12/gerrymander-redistricting-map-republicans-democrats-visual 

Unchecked and Unbalanced: Greg Abbott's State of Disaster

https://www.texasobserver.org/unchecked-and-unbalanced/ 

Aaron Dean Trial Date 

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2021/11/16/trial-for-former-fort-worth-police-officer-accused-of-murdering-atatiana-jefferson-set-for-january/ 

Beto Running and Fundraising

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/17/beto-orourke-fundraising-election-governor/ 

UT Tyler Poll

https://www.uttyler.edu/politicalscience/files/dmn-uttylersept2021rv.pdf 

Mcconaughey

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-17/is-matthew-mcconaughey-running-for-governor-of-texas