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Texas Take
Go behind the headlines for a look at what's really going on at the Texas Capitol and in Washington with the state's #1 political podcast: Texas Take. Join the conversation featuring Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News political writer Jeremy Wallace.
Episodes
Texas TakeBuild the Wall or Fix the Damn Grid?
Gov. Greg Abbott hosted ex-President Trump in Texas this week and that went about like you'd expect. Jeremy traveled to the border to give you the real scoop…
Texas TakeNational Democrats Countering Trump in Texas
With ex-President Trump on his way to Texas next week to visit the border with Gov. Greg Abbott, national Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris and…
Texas TakeWe Will Build a Wall and Texans Will Pay For It
Gov. Greg Abbott this week declared Texas will build a wall of it's own between this state and Mexico. But unlike ex-President Trump's original proposal, Texas…
Texas TakeHe Likes Me! He Really Likes Me!
With the Texas legislative session coming to a dramatic end, campaigns are already ramping up with Gov. Greg Abbott and others arguing that voters should…
Texas Take"Pretty Goofy"
Frustrated with the Texas House this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick demanded that Gov. Greg Abbott call an immediate special session to address "conservative…
Texas TakeLegislative Endgame
As the clock ticks down on the legislative session in Austin, the Texas House and Senate are in a war with each other over the legislative agenda. Plus…
Texas TakeThe 2022 GOP Primary Begins
As the Texas Legislature takes a hard right turn in the final weeks of its regular session, we examine the way ex-President Donald Trump is influencing…
Texas TakeLegislative Combat and Betrayal
The final weeks of the Texas Legislature's regular session are heating up with debates about fundamental voting rights, transgender athletes in schools…
Texas TakeA Voting Meltdown Over Voting Rights
Texas House Democrats are asking the Department of Justice to monitor legislative proceedings in Austin after the way a GOP Chairman tried to rush passage of…
Texas TakeDoes Gov. Abbott Support Permitless Carry of Firearms or Not?
Stop us if you've heard this one: Gov. Abbott is trying to have it both ways on a controversial proposal supported by many grassroots Republicans. This time…
Texas TakeFrom Laser Focused to Scattershot
Why did the Texas Legislature go from narrowly focusing earlier in the year on COVID and the ice storm to now being a political red meat festival? That plus…
Texas TakeRead the Damn Bill! Sure, Okay
The fight over voting rights in Texas was on the national stage this week as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick traded barbs with some corporations and the Texas House…
Texas TakeKickin' the Bear
Democrats warned Republicans in Texas this week that the majority party is "kickin' a bear" and "waking up a beast" by trying to make it harder to vote in this…
Texas TakeUnscrambling the Eggs
Texas Republicans were at each other's throats this week fighting over whether the government can retroactively change prices in the electricity market during…
Texas TakeNeanderthal Thinking
Without consulting with his own top medical professionals, Gov. Greg Abbott this week dropped the mask mandate and said businesses can open 100 percent despite…
Texas TakeThe Sound and Fury After the Storm
Despite their political differences, Gov. Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden are together in Houston to survey damage and talk about ways to respond to the…
Texas TakeThe Texas Ice Storm Blame Game
Gov. Greg Abbott this week didn't wait for the lights to come back on or for Texans to stop dying in the freezing cold before he lashed out at the proponents…
Texas TakeRepublicans Take Ken Paxton to the Woodshed
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faced blistering questions this week from some of his fellow Republicans after unilaterally moving $40 million in tax dollars…
Texas Take"Normalcy" Returning to Texas?
In his State of the State Address this week, Gov. Greg Abbott argues "normalcy" is coming back to Texas. But the COVID-19 statistics suggest otherwise. Plus…
Texas TakeIs Texit a Serious Thing? No. And Beto for Governor? Maybe.
As the anger builds among Republicans against the second impeachment of former President Trump, a small group in the Texas GOP wants to start a conversation…
Texas TakeThe Democratic President Already Clashing with Texas Republicans
He's just been sworn in this week and Democratic President Joe Biden is already at odds with Texas Republican leaders on a host of issues from immigration to…
Texas TakePresident Trump Impeached Again as he Heads to Texas
President Trump was impeached for a second time right as he visited the Texas border for a subdued victory lap for an uncompleted border wall. Meantime, Sen…
Texas TakeTexans at the Center of an Insurrection
As riots unfolded at the US Capitol in Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz and his former top aide Rep. Chip Roy were on opposite sides of the argument fueling the…
Texas TakeWhat Kind of Year Has it Been?
Now that the dust has settled from the elections and even Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is admitting President Trump won't be in office come January, it's time to take…
Texas TakeIf Ken Paxton Rushes to Trump's Rescue, Will Trump Rush to His?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, embroiled in his own personal legal troubles, is now rushing to the defense of President Donald Trump in trying to overturn…
Texas TakeTexas Reloaded, Except in Georgia
Businesses across DFW are now under new restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike, the mayor of Austin is under the gun after traveling to Mexico while telling…
Texas TakeThe Ninth Inning of Covid?
Despite rising numbers in cases of coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott insists we're now in the "ninth inning" of the pandemic because therapeutics will be…
Texas TakeThe Stages of Political Grief
Republicans are very slowly coming to grips with President Trump's loss to President-Elect Joe Biden while Texas Democrats are grieving the fact they weren't…
Texas TakeTexas has spoken — what now?
As the vote counting battle rages on in the battleground states, the national election returns leave us with more questions than answers, especially in the…