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Part One: Our weekly update from the Lone Star State with Scott Braddock of the Quorum Report. Topics include: the race for speaker of the Texas House, West Texas, Tea Party, rural vs suburban areas, Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke will have 5 debates, meanwhile Governor Greg Abbott and Agriculture Secretary Sid Miller are refusing debates, re-naming Austin? The 3-D gun guy is from Texas and more!
Part Two: Michele Margolis is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. We speak with Michele about her recent opinion piece in the NY Times: “When Politicians Determine Your Religious Beliefs.” Michele is the author of the book, “From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity.”