Part one:
Our regular check in with Scott Braddock, the editor of the Quorum Report, the “voice of Texas” the dean of the Austin Press Corps
topics/links:
– Texas is seeing some of the highest rates of hospitalization for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic
– The Texas Democatic convention was all online so that people could stay at home but now Democrats have to convince their supporters to go vote in person.
– As more Texas GOP county chairmen come under fire for sharing racist conspiracy theories online, a prominent black member of the Texas GOP says “There are some people with hoods and robes in the party and I know who they are”
– At George Floyd’s funeral in Houston, Gov. Greg Abbott says leadership will work to make sure nothing like what happened to Floyd can happen in Texas
– Meantime, one Texas Sheriff is facing bipartisan demands that he resign after the death of a black man in deputies’ custody and it was all caught on film
– President Trump visits Texas this week to talk race relations, but while in Dallas he didn’t invite the police chief, sheriff or district attorney, all of whom are black He did not mention race relations.
– A Texas House chairman is looking at the possibility of legalizing marijuana to create a new revenue stream for the state
Part Two:
our bi monthly check in with Bill Curry former Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut, advisor to Pres. Clinton and progressive political commentator (op-ed at Salon.com)
topics/links
Curry quotes Joe Scarborough as saying that Gugino should sue Trump for defamation. Curry believes that Scarborough should also sue Trump for defamation. This is a civil tort action. Trump is the greatest proven liar in the world There would be punitive damages, which, in Florida, are unlimited. There is also a potential class action lawsuit by many people.
We discussed potential VP choices for Biden. One name that would likely help would be Val Deming, a Floridian. She is black, has experience.
