[image: image.png] Why Texas may be in play this November? nugget: Texas has been one of the nation’s fastest-growing states since the 1970s, but its voter rolls have at times been stagnant. From 2000 to 2012, the number of registered voters grew by 1.2 million. In only the last four years, the state has added that many voters and more, contributing to the state’s growing competitiveness. part one: investigation from ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine is a deep-dive into the push to advance policies that threaten the separation between church and state in the Texas statehouse, and the billionaire preachers pulling the strings behind the scenes. “A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start. <www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting> ” *bio: *Ava Kofman is a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk.
Part two: Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. *Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. topics: Faux Populism Takes Center Stage at Vice-Presidential Debate Tuesday’s debate offers Democrats a warning about how much more appealing Trumpism can be when presented in an equally mendacious but more competent way. Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check In a debate where JD Vance lied and lied and lied, Tim Walz did double duty. ‘It’s going to be a mess’: The flood insurance crisis following Helene’s wreckage Only 2 percent of households in flooded parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina can get insurance payments. time to bring this bill back and make this a Harris Walz talking point Establish FEMA as a Cabinet Level Federal Agency garretgraves.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2901 Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Texas, voter registration, propublica, Ava Kofman, Tim Dunn, Farris Wilkes, billionaires, preachers, Christian rule, Bill Curry, Stephen Pimpare, VP Debate, Hurricane Helene, FEMA. flood insurance