[image: image.png] “When politicians and pundits fume about long-term welfare addiction among the poor, or the social safety net functioning like “a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into lives of dependency and complacency,” to quote former Republican congressman Paul Ryan, they are either deeply misinformed, or they are lying.[20] The American poor are terrible at being welfare dependent. I wish they were better at it, just as I wish that we as a nation devoted the same amount of thoughtfulness, creativity, and tenacity to connecting poor families with programs that would alleviate their hunger and ease their hardships as multinational corporations devote to convincing us to buy their potato chips and car tires.” ― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America <www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/96720702> Part one: Texas topics: Texas just hit 18M voters. How surging registrations could reshape the election <www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2024/texas-registered-voters-trends/> energy on the ground in Harris County and the GOTV efforts www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2024/texas-registered-voters-trends/ Impact of the increased spending in Texas and particularly how it does or does not affect local efforts Ted Cruz goes big on transgender as he sprints to the election Importance of Texas nationally…what local democrats are doing. Elon Musk jumps into Texas election with $1M donation t *bio: Derek Kelly* is the Chief of Staff of the Harris County Democratic Party. Part two: end of week discussion 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. Jeff Sharlet is an American academic, journalist, and author. He is the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College>. topics: What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be? THE TRUTH ABOUT IMMIGRATION How hurricanes turn political Kamala Harris Is Making the Same Mistakes She Made in 2019 Harris’s dilemma: Criticizing Biden or setting her own agenda 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,Matthew Desmond, welfare quote, Derek Kelly, Texas, Harris County Democrats, GOTV, voter registration, Ted Cruz, Elon Musk, Bill Curry, Jeff Sharlet, Dartmouth, Trump, Kamala Harris,Immigration, hurricane, Supreme Court
