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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, and the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Amber O’Dell, Christopher Rose and Thomas Moore here to discuss the history of voter suppression in TX, the current state of our voting laws, how voter suppression affects election integrity and Governor Abbot’s State of the State address. 

All of the resources used for today's episode will be provided below in the show notes. 

As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us and this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org  and click on the Donate button. 

Music by Anthony Sosa 

Notes: To become a volunteer deputy registrar  

https://my.lwv.org/texas/volunteer-deputy-registrar

https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/volunteer-deputy-registrar-training.pdf

Anthony: 

Bills that may decrease voter suppression https://www.reformaustin.org/2021-texas-session-bills/the-bills-that-may-decrease-voter-suppression-in-texas/

The Guardian - TX Voter Restrictions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/18/texas-voting-restrictions-rights-coronavirus 

NBC- Racist Voter Suppression Laws https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/racist-voter-suppression-texas-laws-keep-latinos-ballot-box-groups-n1241862 

Houston Public Media Texas Is Among The Most Difficult Places To Vote In The U.S. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2020/2020/10/28/384854/voter-suppression-blunts-historic-turnout-in-texas/ 

Texas Monthly - What if They Held an Election and Everybody Came? https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/voter-suppression-texas-history/ 

ACLU-TX

https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/sorry-state-voting-rights-texas  

Abbott v Perez

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-586  

Gerrymandering Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mky11UJb9AY 

Thomas: 

https://newrepublic.com/article/147713/texass-voter-fraud-crusade-sends-mother-two-prison-five-years

https://www.criminalattorneyfortworth.com/voting-in-texas-how-to-avoid-unintentional-fraud-charges/

https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud/search?combine=&state=TX&year=&case_type=All&fraud_type=All&page=5

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790319853/are-states-purging-or-cleaning-voter-registration-rolls

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/election-integrity

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-2021

https://www.kxan.com/investigations/150-people-charged-with-voter-fraud-in-texas-since-2004-but-convictions-rarely-mean-jail-time/

https://www.democracydocket.com/

https://www.democracydocket.com/state/texas/?by_case_type=active-cases

https://www.texaspolicy.com/legevoterfraud/

https://www.findlaw.com/voting/my-voting-g

5. Voter PURGING definition https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_caging_and_purging   

Almost 16 million voters have been purged between 2014 and 2016. https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/voter-purges   

GA vote purges: https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/10/29/georgia-voting-registration-records-removed   https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/georgia-voter-rolls-report/index.html   

Update on case https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-rules-georgia-doesnt-have-to-immediately-restore-purged-voters/YORHAUV6Z5GO7JVVHGEPGTJ56U/  

 GA WildN   https://www.democracydocket.com/state/georgia/?by_case_type=active-cases   

More vote purging resources:  https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/   https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790319853/are-states-purging-or-cleaning-voter-registration-rolls

Amber:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/02/03/texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-tighter-restrictions-on-mail-in-ballot-procedures-will-deter-voter-fraud/  

Voter Suppression Episode 2/7/21. Abbott Address to the State: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/01/abbott-state-of-state-2021/

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, and the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Christopher Rose and myself to start us off for today, then Thomas Moore joins us shortly after we begin to discuss the 2021 City Council candidates for Fort Worth. We are going to go through all 8 districts and discuss who has announced and then run down any available information we could find about them and provide it for you guys. . 

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us and this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org  and click on the Donate button. 

Music by Anthony Sosa

Info:

https://fortworthbusiness.com/government/tarrant-county-elections/

Map:

https://www.pjhstudios.com/blog/2011/12/19/fort-worth-city-council-rep-twitter-representation/ 

District 2

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-2-2021 

• https://twitter.com/BazingaJen 
• https://sarduyfordistrict2.com/jens-policy-platform/#justice

• https://twitter.com/carlosfloresfw 
• https://ballotpedia.org/Carlos_Flores,

District 3

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-3-2021 

• https://fortworthbusiness.com/government/crain-council-seat/

District 4

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-4-2021 

• https://www.votetarawilson.com/ 
• https://www.facebook.com/votetarawilson

District 5

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-5-2021 

• https://www.fwdistrict5.com/profile.html
• https://www.rickyvazquezforcitycouncildistrict5.com/

• https://twitter.com/GynaDistrict5 
• https://gynabivens.com/meet-gyna-bivens/

District 6

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-6-2021 

• https://twitter.com/drjared4fw 
• https://www.drjaredwilliams.com/

• http://www.jungusjordan.com/contact
• http://www.jungusjordan.com/about
• https://ballotpedia.org/Jungus_Jordan

District 7

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-7-2021 

• https://twitter.com/VoteLassiterFW 
• https://votelassiterfw.com/ 

• https://twitter.com/zebpent 
• https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/organization-forms-to-combat-fwisd-transgender-bathroom-policy/287-197393792 
• https://tfn.org/anti-lgbt-bar-sex-ed-texas/
• https://texasscorecard.com/metroplex/possible-fort-worth-council-candidate-has-business-deal-with-city/ 

• http://leehenderson.org/ 
• https://www.keranews.org/news/2019-07-16/fort-worth-board-votes-to-remove-member-for-inflammatory-social-media-posts 

District 8

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-8-2021 

• https://twitter.com/votenettles 
• https://www.facebook.com/VoteNettles/ 
• https://www.chrisnettlescampaign.com/ 
• https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Nettles

• https://twitter.com/KellyAllenGray1 
• https://twitter.com/KellyAllenGray 
• https://www.kellyallengraycampaign.com/ 
• https://voterguide.dallasnews.com/2019-municipal-elections/candidates/715/ 
• https://ballotpedia.org/Kelly_Allen_Gray 

• https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherForD8/

District 9

• https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/district-9-2021

• https://twitter.com/FPBerrios 
• https://www.fernandoperalta.com/

Texas Legislature and Gov

Not Every legislative day is a work day. 

One month in they have met only a handful of days. Session will reconvene Feb 9th.

The first month is usually slow but blame the pandemic. 

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/29/texas-legislature-pandemic/ 

Census #’s delayed due to pandemic. Special session to be called in late summer.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/27/census-texas-redistricting-special-session/ 

Both houses propose similar budgets

• Both proposals were 119.7 B$ for the next 2 fiscal years. (last session there was a 7B$ differential)
• Both plan to fund 70$ to convert the STAAR test to online statewide.
• Rainy Day Fund 10B$
• TX economy is doing better than most, but still bad. No need to tap into RDF means no pressure to legalize marijuana or casinos .

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/21/texas-budget-2021/ 

Gov Abbot still telling legislature to punish cities who cut police budgets by withholding tax revenue. (like Austin, state takeover of police also mentioned)

 “Texas is a law and order state and were going to ensure we keep it that way.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/21/greg-abbott-police-funding-reforms/

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/03/greg-abbott-austin-state-police/

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Christopher Rose and Thomas Moore here to discuss the 2021 Mayoral candidates for Fort Worth. There are currently 6 people who have announced and we are going to run down any available information we could find about them and provide them below. We specifically decided not to use the Star-Telegram for reasons of access to information. There are some great reporters at the publication but the inability for people to access the stories can be more than frustrating so we are providing alternate sources. Thankfully MSN picked up a Luke Ranker story so we have that link below. We also will provide the candidates’ Twitter handles for those who have an account. 

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us and this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org  and click on the Donate button. 

Music by Anthony Sosa

Info: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/mayor-2021

https://www.klif.com/2021/01/11/deborah-peoples-brian-byrd-running-for-fort-worth-mayor/ 

Brian Byrd Info:

https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Byrd

https://byrd4mayor.org/about-brian/

Mike Haynes Info:

https://voterguide.dallasnews.com/2019-municipal-elections/candidates/718/

Mattie Parker Info: 

@mattieparker12 on Twitter

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-fort-worth-mayoral-candidate-has-endorsements-from-the-bass-family-other-big-names/ar-BB1d0xNZ

https://fortworthbusiness.com/government/mayor-fort-worth-mattie-parker/

https://t3partnership.org/about

https://twitter.com/MattieParker12

Deborah Peoples Info: 

@shonadeb on Twitter

https://www.klif.com/2021/01/11/deborah-peoples-brian-byrd-running-for-fort-worth-mayor/

https://ballotpedia.org/Deborah_Peoples

https://www.deborahpeoplesformayor.com/

Chris Rector Info:

@rectorvote on Twitter (Official)

@cdrectoraouther on Twitter

Book on Amazon and Bio

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KTQ7FPQ 

Ann Zadeh Info

@AnnZadeh on Twitter

https://annzadeh.com/

https://fortworthbusiness.com/government/zedah-fort-worth-mayor/

https://www.fwweekly.com/2021/01/06/the-untouchables/

https://www.dfwi.org/item/fort-worth-mayors-race-is-getting-crowded-heres-who-signed-up-on-first-day-of-filing

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Amber O’Dell and Thomas Moore here to discuss the recent panel of police chief candidates for FWPD as well as what to look for during the upcoming Texas Legislative session. I will do a brief breakdown of how the Texas congress is set up before going into some of the proposed bills and Amber will also give us a breakdown of what “Procedural Justice” is before getting into the panel. Spoiler Alert: We liked Chief Derrick Miller the most. 

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org  and click on the Donate button. 

Music by Anthony Sosa

City Manager David Cooke email: [email protected] 

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/12/6-bills-to-watch-in-the-texas-legislature-in-2021/

https://www.click2houston.com/news/politics/2020/12/28/10-bills-to-watch-in-2021-texas-legislative-session/

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/13/texas-senate-republicans/

https://progresstexas.org/blog/bills-we%E2%80%99re-watching-2021-texas-legislative-session

https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-guidelines-chart-3305843

Texas Legislature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Legislature

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today we have Amber O’Dell, Thomas Moore and  Christie Beamer here to discuss the local response to the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capital this past Wednesday-on January 6th 2021. I will start us off discussing Senators Cruz and Cornyn’s response as well as the  TX US House Republican response. Thomas will delve into the US House Democrats response. Christie brings it closer to home with the mayor and City Council responses and Amber will discuss the State House/ Senate and Governor’s office response. 

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org   and click on the Donate button. 

147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results after the Capitol attack: https://www.vox.com/2021/1/6/22218058/republicans-objections-election-results 

Texas politicians united in pleading for calm as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/texas-trump-capitol/ 

Texas closes its Capitol building following chaos in Washington, D.C. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/texas-state-capitol-building/ 

Julián and Joaquin Castro call on Ted Cruz to resign after he objected to Joe Biden's victory just before pro-Trump rioters breached Congress https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/ted-cruz-trump-capitol/ 

After riot at the U.S. Capitol, Ted Cruz gets fierce blowback for his role in sowing doubts about Joe Biden’s victory https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/07/ted-cruz-riot-capitol/ 

Some Texas Republicans decried Capitol insurrection — but didn’t connect the violence to their own rhetoric https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/capitol-storm-texas-republicans-congress/ 

Democratic, Republican politicians from Fort Worth area denounce riots at US Capitol https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article248318540.html 

Analysis: Trump’s rage ignites mob assault on democracy https://www.star-telegram.com/article248334530.html 

George W. Bush speaks out, rips 'reckless behavior of some political leaders' after Capitol mayhem https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-w-bush-rips-reckless-behavior-political-leaders-capitol 

Umberto Eco Ur-Fasicm  

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ 

https://interglacial.com/pub/text/Umberto_Eco_-_Eternal_Fascism.html  

Ted Cruz defends effort to secure pandemic relief for oil and gas companies, including one run by major donors

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/12/28/ted-cruz-defends-effort-to-secure-pandemic-relief-for-oil-and-gas-companies-including-one-run-by-major-donors/ 

#9  FWPD How are they doing? (Part 2)

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today we have Amber O’Dell, Thomas Moore and  Christie Beamer here  to discuss local issues regarding the FWPD. This episode ran a little long so we had to break it up into 2 parts. This is Part 2 of 2 and in Part 1 Amber covered the Bowman and Del Carmen Expert Police Panel Report. This report was pretty thorough and dense and details many issues with the current state of the dept and lays a great foundation for the conversations to come here in part 2.

In this part, part 2, Christie breaks down the Sunset Commission for us, it’s role and its report on FWPD and “opportunities for growth.” Thomas will discuss some of the findings from No Sleep Till Justice’s FOIA request regarding FWPD incidents and finally I will present some recent news stories regarding FWPD and Keller PD.  

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org   and click on the Donate button. 

Report Documents: https://www.justicereformleague.org/fwpd.html#/ 

The Guardian Article on Nelda and John Price

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/fort-worth-texas-police-elderly-black-couple

Fort Worth Police Lieutenant Arrested For DWI In Front Of Elementary School

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/12/10/fort-worth-police-lieutenant-gary-hawley-arrested-dwi-grapevine/

Fort Worth Police Officer Fired For Sharing Racist Post On Facebook

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/10/02/fort-worth-police-officer-terminated-for-sharing-racist-post-facebook/

The New York Times Article on Keller PD

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/us/marco-puente-texas-police-arrest.html

Keller PD Bodycam video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDrd9vZXrjE&feature=emb_title

“Thirty-four states still allow police officers to have consensual sex with detainees.”

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/03/195224/new-york-police-sexual-assault-legal-loophole-closed

#9  FWPD How are they doing? (Part 1)

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

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 

 My name is Anthony Sosa and today we have Amber O’Dell, Thomas Moore and  Christie Beamer here  to discuss local issues regarding the FWPD. This episode ran a little long so we had to break it up into 2 parts. This is Part 1 of 2 and in Part 1 Amber will cover the Bowman and Del Carmen Expert Police Panel Report. This report was pretty thorough and dense and details many issues with the current state of the dept and lays a great foundation for the conversations to come in part 2.. 

In part 2, Christie breaks down the Sunset Commission for us, it’s role and its report on FWPD and “opportunities for growth.” Thomas will discuss some of the findings from No Sleep Till Justice’s FOIA request regarding FWPD incidents and finally I will present some recent news stories regarding FWPD and Keller PD.  

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

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org   and click on the Donate button. 

Report Documents: https://www.justicereformleague.org/fwpd.html#/ 

The Guardian Article on Nelda and John Price

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/fort-worth-texas-police-elderly-black-couple

Fort Worth Police Lieutenant Arrested For DWI In Front Of Elementary School

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/12/10/fort-worth-police-lieutenant-gary-hawley-arrested-dwi-grapevine/

Fort Worth Police Officer Fired For Sharing Racist Post On Facebook

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/10/02/fort-worth-police-officer-terminated-for-sharing-racist-post-facebook/

The New York Times Article on Keller PD

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/us/marco-puente-texas-police-arrest.html

Keller PD Bodycam video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDrd9vZXrjE&feature=emb_title

“Thirty-four states still allow police officers to have consensual sex with detainees.”

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/03/195224/new-york-police-sexual-assault-legal-loophole-closed

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review. My name is Anthony Sosa and today we have Amber O’Dell and Christie Beamer on to talk about Ken Paxton the Texas Attorney General. We discuss the role of Attorney General in the state of Texas, the history of Ken Paxton’s political career before he became TX Attorney General, his criminal misconduct and subsequent investigations, and his recent lawsuit against Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin that was shut down by the Supreme Court. We also will get into the recent call for succession by the State Republican Party and how that isn’t even an option.   

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org and click on the Donate button. 

Music by Anthony Sosa 

Duties of TX Attorney General: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/about-office/duties-responsibilities 

FBI Investigation

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/17/texas-ken-paxton-fbi/

Lawsuit Against GA, WI, MI, and PA

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/08/texas-ken-paxton-election-georgia/

SCOUTS Denies Lawsuit for Lack of Standing

https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/12/u-s-supreme-court-denies-texas-lawsuit-for-lack-of-standing/

SCOTUS Order

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf 

Article III of the U.S. Constitution

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-3/ 

Texas’ Response 

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/

https://www.star-telegram.com/article247792495.html 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/12/12/texas-gop-chairman-slammed-after-suggesting-secession-from-united-states/?sh=7ba78688529f

Allen West TX GOP Official Response

https://www.texasgop.org/chairman-allen-wests-response-to-scotus-decision/

On Succession

 An Ordinance, Declaring the Ordinance of Secession Null and Void March 15, 1866

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/15march1866.html

Texas Tribune Article and Scalia Response

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/24/can-texas-legally-secede-united-states/

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review. My name is Anthony Sosa and we have two new voices who will be joining us as we move forward with this show: Thomas Moore and Torry Finley. Thomas is with us on this episode and Torry will be with us at a later date. We are excited to welcome both of these gentlemen to the Freedom Review crew. Also, as usual, we have Amber O’Dell as well as myself and Christie Beamer will be back, joining us at a later date. 

In this episode we discuss the county election results as well as the results for various offices at the state level. We also briefly cover the US congress and Senate races. We will discuss the biggest winners and losers and we share our analysis of the results and the implications for the future of Texas. Also Thomas regails us with the tale of Shelley Luther. All of the information and resources we used can be found further down in the show notes. 

 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org   and click on the Donate button. 

2021 Tarrant County Election Schedule

http://access.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/2021/_2021_Draft_EV_ED_Schedules.pdf

May 2021 Election info 

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/citysecretary/elections?BestBetMatch=election|a720ba43-6954-4033-b1ac-a72478fc15dc|f3d8342e-e792-4add-b724-7420243aa350|en-US

https://www.fwisd.org/cms/lib/TX01918778/Centricity/Domain/148/Election%20CALENDAR%20May%201%20%202021.pdf

Deadline Jan 13,2021 - Feb 12, 2021: 

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/files/assets/public/city-secretary/documents/elections/notice-of-deadline-to-file-an-application-for-place-on-the-ballot-filled-out.pdf

Election Results: 

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/105205/web.262169/#/summary

http://access.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/2020/1120/reports/cumulative.pdf

Texas House Districts Map 

https://texasalmanac.com/topics/government/86th-legislature-house

Texas Senate Districts Map 

https://texasalmanac.com/topics/government/86th-legislature-senate

Nonprofit media organization promoting progressive messages and actions.

https://progresstexas.org/

Home of Tarrant County Democratic Party

https://tarrantdemocrats.org/

Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review. Today, Amber and I are joined by Michael Campbell for an open discussion on recent events in east Fort Worth and the FWPD’s response as well as various election related topics including voter intimidation and suppression, the electoral college, the current Texas political climate, gentrification, and our predictions for the near future. I also want to let you know that we had some technical difficulties recording this episode and the recording stopped a few times during the conversation. These gaps were edited to make the transition as smooth as possible but please bear with us this episode. 

As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @FWReview and on Facebook at Fort Worth Freedom Review. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us, please go to www.justicereformleague.org and click on the Donate button. 

Mike’s video:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article246938802.html

https://twitter.com/wxandnews/status/1322575404016803840?s=20  

The Truth About the Electoral College by the Gravel Institute

https://youtu.be/-lk1kVd0eW0