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Progress Texas Podcasts

The Progress Texas Daily Dispatch delivers the biggest news stories progressives need to know to start their day, plus stories you shouldn’t miss in just minutes. Chris Mosser breaks down Texas-sized stories in new episodes M-F, keeping Texas progressives up to speed on the ongoing fight for progressive change. Daily Dispatch augments the Progress Texas Happy Hour, our longer-form conversation and interview podcast, which hosts a variety of diverse voices and newsmakers who are pushing progress

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00:42:23

Happy Hour 224: Int'l Heavyweight Champ and Dem...

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2025/07/15

Progressives across Texas are taking note of the recent return of former Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair Allison Campolo to that important post. As the political tides turn across the nation, a flip in Tarrant County would likely be a harbinger of even more widespread and long-overdue change across the Lone Star State, so having an experienced progressive fighter (and actual Kung Fu champion) in this key position is welcome news indeed. Progress Texas board member and longtime Fort Worth

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00:10:29

Daily Dispatch 7/15/25: Texas Food Banks' Flood...

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2025/07/15

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Flood recovery efforts have resumed amidst great uncertainty about how long it will take, or whether it's possible, to recover the rest of the estimated 100 who remain missing: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/14/texas-flood-missing-update/Food banks in Austin, San Antonio and elsewhere, at a moment when their services will be in high demand due to the floods, have already been hobbled by Trump funding cuts - and that's before

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00:09:49

Daily Dispatch 7/14/25: July 4 Flood The Latest...

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2025/07/14

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The July 4 flood death toll rose to 132 as new flooding stopped recovery efforts on Sunday: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-flooding-map-lampasas-river-trump-fema-death-toll-latest-b2788441.htmlFamilies of victims who are still missing are beginning to come to terms that Governor Abbott's pledge to recover all of them may be impossible to fulfill:

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00:36:51

Happy Hour 223: Bridging the Gap: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in...

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2025/07/13

In this episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour, we’re honored to welcome Michael Wilmore-Crumrine, President of the Lesbian & Gay Peace Officers Association – Austin (LGPOA-Austin). Under Michael’s leadership, LGPOA-Austin is preparing to host the 2025 World LGBTQI+ Conference for Criminal Justice Professionals — marking the first time this international gathering will take place in the United States. This historic event will bring together officers, activists, and public safety professionals

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00:38:07

In Progress: A Parting of Paxtons, Again With Allred...

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2025/07/11

This week's blowing off of the collective steam is especially cathartic, having come at the end of a week in which we watched the horrible situation in Central Texas get worse, and worse...and worse. State Senator Angela Paxton dumps her cheating husband at long last, Colin Allred appears to be playing the same old playbook, and yet another massive tragedy strikes Texas, complete with the loss of dozens of kids. We can't even.Thanks for listening, y'all. Learn more about Progress Texas at

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00:09:04

Daily Dispatch 7/11/25: Trump In Texas Today For...

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2025/07/11

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A full week after the fact, Donald Trump is visiting Texas today to observe the flood damage in Kerr County: https://apnews.com/article/trump-texas-floods-fema-phase-out-b77d9681d2d39f8c201351b54ecf944f...The Kerr County Sheriff's Department took a full 90 minutes to relay a flood warning called in by a firefighter in Ingram as the floodwaters were rising:

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01:22:38

Special Live Pod: Talking with Your Rural Neighbors...

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2025/07/10

Difficult conversations should take place in all regions of a diverse state like Texas, especially after 30-plus years of one party rule. Beyond placing blame on rural regions or certain sects of historically Democratic voters, we should first take a deep look inwards and be ready to listen to those different from ourselves. Last month, over a hundred Democratic county party chairs, rural organizers, and freshly announced candidates held a conference in Bastrop, Texas. The 134 PAC invited both

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00:09:46

Daily Dispatch 7/10/25: Abbott Uses Flood Tragedy As...

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2025/07/10

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The death toll of the July 4 flood disaster has risen to 120, but is still exceeded by the number of missing, which remains over 150: https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-07-10-25...New policies imposed upon FEMA by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appear to have created a 72-hour delay in the agency's response to the flood:

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00:11:12

Daily Dispatch 7/9/25: List Of Texas Flood Missing...

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2025/07/09

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The number of missing people in the July 4 floods has jumped dramatically, from about 40 yesterday to 173: https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/texas-flooding-updates-13-dead-20-campers-unaccounted/?id=123488468...A team of firefighters and responders from Mexico have traveled north to join the search and recovery effort: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/mexico-firefighters-texas-flooding-search-rescue...A San Antonio news

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00:08:40

Daily Dispatch 7/8/25: As Kerr County Reels, Local...

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2025/07/08

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Day five of the recovery effort in Kerr County begins as the July 4 floods become the deadliest rain-related flood in the U.S. in almost 50 years: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-map-death-toll-victims-latest-news-b2784433.htmlLocal officials in Kerrville have continued to deflect questions about their response to the flood:

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00:12:08

Daily Dispatch 7/7/25: Texas Flood Death Toll A...

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2025/07/07

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The latest on the July 4th floods in Kerr County and across Central Texas, where the death toll has surpassed 80 and over 40 remain missing: https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/texas-flooding-updates-13-dead-20-campers-unaccounted/?id=123488468...County and state leaders immediatly attempted to shift blame to weather forecasters - did they get it wrong

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00:15:22

The Future is NOW: Conversations from the TYD + TCD...

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2025/07/05

Last weekend, Progress Texas Digital Associate Haley Smith visited the welcome social for the Texas Young Democrats and Texas College Democrats Joint Convention in downtown Austin to talk with young, passionate leaders from across the state. Tune in for candid conversations, a pulse check on the grassroots movement, and inspiration from the young people leading the charge toward a more just and inclusive Texas.Thanks for listening! You can learn more about Progress Texas and support our ongoing work

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00:24:29

In Progress: This July 4th, What Does Patriotism...

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2025/07/03

The news moves fast, y'all - between the time we recorded this on Thursday afternoon and posting time a couple of hours later, the U.S. House has passed what we've come to correctly call Donald Trump's Big Bullshit Bill - a truly historic heist of working class America for the richest in our country. As the elections of 2026 approach, it will be all-important not to let our fellow Texans who will be impacted - a great many of whom are Trump voters themselves - forget this moment. All the

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00:47:57

Happy Hour 222 - Clean Energy Cuts Are Deeper Than...

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2025/07/03

For a time that isn’t typical, we’re not bringing you the typical talking points. Herman Ibanez has 40 plus years of experience in clean energy. From developing green solutions for municipalities to multinational companies, we like to list him as a consultant on the good side of the revolving door. Either way you look at it, he has boundless knowledge surrounding ERCOT, energy regulation and investments, nuclear research, and federal spending.This week, we chatted about Trump's big horrid

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00:09:12

Daily Dispatch 7/3/25: On Verge Of 4th Of July,...

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2025/07/03

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The U.S. House appears preparing to vote on Donald Trump's Big Bullshit Bill: https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-3-2025...As of last night, Austin Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett was holding out hope that the bill could be stopped: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/doggett-holding-out-hope-that-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-could-fail-in-house...Austin Republican Congressman Chip Roy, seemingly holding out over the

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00:22:48

Happy Hour 221 - Only YOU Can Save Our National...

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2025/07/02

As part of our larger “Progress Texas Summer Vacation" series, we reviewed the threats to our national parks with Cristóbal López, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Texas Field Representative. Our talk ranges from exacerbated staff shortages, to how Trump’s budget bill could create the largest public lands sale in modern history - so billionaires can cut you out of “America’s best idea” and keep the views to themselves.Learn more about this ongoing work at

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00:09:05

Daily Dispatch 7/2/25: OBBB Heads For House, Where...

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2025/07/02

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Trump's Big Bullshit Bill, passed by the Senate, now heads for the House, where part of the opposition is Texas Congressman Chip Roy - whose concerns about impacts to the national debt will likely lead to even deeper cuts for vulnerable Americans: https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2025-07-02/why-texas-rep-chip-roy-broke-with-trump-on-the-gops-mega-bill...Rural, red, Republican Texas is about to feel the full impact of the bill as

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00:09:25

Daily Dispatch 7/1/25: Cornyn, Cruz And Senate GOP...

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2025/07/01

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, naturally, are all in for Donald Trump's deeply unpopular Big Bullshit Bill: https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-1-2025...It will have massive effects in Texas, both for SNAP recipients and the 15% of Texans who rely on Medicaid: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/how-could-changes-to-snap-and-medicaid-in-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-impact-texas/...Elon Musk is up in arms

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00:09:06

Daily Dispatch 6/30/25: GOP Attacks On Working Class...

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2025/06/30

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Donald Trump's continued press to establish an authoritarian regime, supported by his stacked Supreme Court, gives progressives all the more reason to rise and resist: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/supreme-court-trump-victories.html...The Trump tax bill, on the verge of passing the Senate, provide even more reason for working Americans to make their opposition known:

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00:32:23

In Progress: A Mamdani Tsunami? What A Huge...

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2025/06/27

On this week's download of frustration and triumph and frustration, the crew celebrates the win of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral primary - which both portends the rising power of young progressive voters, and has also unleashed an amazing outpouring of panic from not only the far right, but also, strangely enough, some from the Democratic old guard. What gives? We talk about it, and more.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can join in our ongoing work

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