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November 03, 2020 Enough Already! It's Election Day. Go Vote.
On this special Election Day edition of the Texas Take Podcast, we covered the essential arguments you need to hear while standing in line to cast your ballot. From the Republicans' claim that Democrats will let cities burn to the Democrats' argument that the GOP is going to eliminate your health care, it's all here with appropriate fact checking.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.
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41 min
November 02, 2020 The Quiet Before the Storm? No, Not Exactly
Republicans and Democrats alike worked it hard over the weekend trying to get their voters to the polls for the final push to Election Day. Plus, a lawsuit is playing out over drive-through voting in Harris County and the Texas GOP Chairman is yelling conspiracy theories through an InfoWars bullhorn down in The Valley. Yup.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report, Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace, and KXAN political reporter John Engel.
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28 min
October 30, 2020 The Final Push Through The Weekend
As Democratic VP Nominee Kamala Harris campaigns in Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warns that her party will steal the election and that there will be violence in the streets if President Trump wins. Meantime, GOP legislative candidates in the Houston area are taking a very different approach in their campaigns as the election comes to a close.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report, Houston Chronicle political writers Jeremy Wallace and Jasper Scherer.
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26 min
October 29, 2020 Closing Arguments
Democrats want you to think Republicans are corrupt crooks who will take away your health care and Republicans want you to think Democrats will defund the police and let crooks run wild in the streets. We must be closing in on the end of the campaign. That plus Jeremy has a rundown of where exactly the Texas money is flowing from to both President Trump and Joe Biden.
READ: President Donald Trump raised nearly twice as much money in Texas as Joe Biden
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace
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23 min
October 28, 2020 Managing Expectations
After saying for months that President Trump will perform better in Texas this year than he did in 2016, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick this week admitted the race will be much closer than he had anticipated. Plus, Houston Chronicle Opinion Writer Erica Grieder argues Sen. John Cornyn and MJ Hegar's race is coming down to whether voters give a pass to the GOP incumbent. Erica joins us with her take on that and more.
READ: Grieder: Cornyn’s fate may depend on whether voters give him a pass for standing by Trump
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.
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29 min
October 27, 2020 Kamala is Coming
With a week to go, the Joe Biden Campaign is sending VP Nominee Kamala Harris to Texas this Friday, the last day of early voting. Plus, former Gov. Rick Perry has some thoughts on Biden's "inconsistency" on fracking and Sen. Ted Cruz says Biden and Trump aren't doing any good by attacking each other's families. Join us for a special edition of the conversation featuring Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.
Kamala Harris coming to Texas on Friday
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25 min
October 23, 2020 Turned Out for What?
There's record-shattering turnout across Texas as the final presidential debate is in the books. We'll break it all down. Plus, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick makes his Showtime debut, we think, and the tidal wave of political ads are causing some fatigue among Texas voters.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.

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42 min
October 16, 2020 We're No Longer the Political ATM for the Nation
Democrats in this state are pumped up after the Joe Biden campaign began pouring some resources into Texas and sending top surrogates, including Dr. Jill Biden, to Houston. But despite that, the minority party can't help but continue to fight with each other in the US Senate race. Not to worry: Texas Republicans are fighting amongst themselves as well.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.

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37 min
October 09, 2020 Oil, Guns, and Religion!
President Trump once again feels the need to defend himself in Texas by stressing that he's a proponent of oil, guns and religion - which should probably be the name of a rock song. Plus Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton finds himself in fresh legal trouble after top staffers in his own office accused him of bribery and other crimes.
Connect with Scott Braddock, editor of The Quorum Report and Houston Chronicle political writer Jeremy Wallace.
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45 min
October 07, 2020 Ep38: Bathroom politics flood the Texas Capitol. Plus, SB 6 opponent: Wrong 'If you know what's between someone's legs'
As bathroom politics continue to dominate the debate in Austin, a showdown appears to be nearing between the state Senate and the House over privacy in the stalls and transgender rights.
Before the Senate State Affairs Committee approved Senate Bill 6 after a marathon hearing featuring hundreds of supporters and opponents, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for a million conservative Christians to let their voices be heard to ensure the Texas Privacy Act will gain legislative approval.
Hundreds of pastors and congregants showed up, as did hundreds of transgender Texans and their supporters who say the bill is discrimination, pure and simple, and should be flushed.
Even though Patrick and other supporters had spent weeks downplaying any similarity with a similar law passed in North Carolina, and where controversy continues to rage, who was brought in to lend his support for the Texas bill? North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest.
He said supporters in both states are trying to reach the same thing: "Do the right thing," by protecting women from men who enter their restrooms.
Jess Herbst, the transgender mayor of tiny New Hope, Texas, summed up the opposition in true Texas-speak: "If you go into a bathroom and know what's between somebody's legs, you're doing it wrong. That's just how a bathroom works."
Translation for city folks: It shouldn't make any difference.
In a wild week under the Pink Dome, House and Senate leaders drew the initial battle lines between the two chambers on school finance and school choice and over using the Rainy Day Fund -- the state's savings account -- to make up for an expected $2 billion revenue shortfall, among other things.
One surprise: They agreed on property-tax reform plans, at least for now.
If that was unnerving, so was a White House dinner where Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his family ate with President Trump. Yep, that's the same two guys who were calling each other liars and scumbags during the GOP presidential primary campaign. Perhaps time heals all wounds, as they say.
Get the lowdown on that and all the other intrigue going on beneath the state's Pink Dome on this week's Texas Take: The Podcast -- the leading political podcast in the Lone Star State -- where you get the inside scoop on the Legislature in simple language every Texan can understand -- unvarnished straight talk, as they say.
No political-speak here, y'all.
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