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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 07/13/2020.

The Texas Republican Party Convention was supposed to start on Thursday. But Mayor Sylvester Turner cancelled it. It’s going to court. Where do we stand? How much money does cancelling this cost the city? Joining us is Texas GOP Chairman James Dickey and he gives his opinion on the situation.

NBA will allow social justice messaging on jerseys. NFL could play the Black National Anthem before games. MLB is doing a lot of BLM messaging on social media. We’ve also had Colin Kaepernick, Meghan Rapinoe and their protests. LeBron James has been putting himself out there for a few years now. Is all of this going to ruin sports as we know it? Do you want to see this as sports fans? Could this kill pro sports as we know it? We talk to Breitbart’s Warner Todd Huston.

Thanks to socialism, the most noble experiment in human history is on a ventilator. “How did the completely senseless and tragic death of George Floyd devolve into the anarchy pulsing through America’s cities today? Is this really about George Floyd? I posit for your consideration that the professional agitators and extremists have leaped upon Mr. Floyd’s death to do what they do best. Namely, this is their time to destroy the United States and all that has made it the country of hope and opportunity for hundreds of millions of people.”
“…our wonderful, magnificent experiment in freedom and opportunity lies in bed on a respirator. If more Americans don’t wake up, the Democrats will gladly pull the plug.” Political analyst Robert Gonzalez calls in to give us some more information on the issue.