Ep 216: Nothing Changes

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Welcome to GPL’s Season 2 Episode 16!

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In This Episode…

Back from our accidental hiatus, we are fully in Election 2026 mode. Too much is at stake not to.

So we're chatting with two DFW Organizers to remind you that there is something we ALL can do. No one can do it all, but we all can do something.

And the thing we all can do is vote.

So, check your registration right now, to make sure you can do this one thing.

Citing Our Sources

Chelsi Floyd

Chelsi is the Dallas Dem’s Volunteer and Precinct Chair Coordinator. If anyone knows what you need to know, it’s Chelsi!

For more info / contact, go to: Dallas Dems

Chanda Parbhoo

(Taken from the SAAVETX website)

Founder Chanda Parbhoo, a South Asian mother, and longtime community advocate from Dallas, heard that question over and over. After years of volunteering in local schools, advocating for equitable education, and organizing against rising hate crimes, she saw a deeper problem: South Asians were not being counted — and not being courted — in Texas politics.

For more information on Chanda and SAAVETX go here: SAAVETX

What We’re Reading

Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats

ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity

Why Americans Stopped Throwing Dinner Parties

What We’re Watching

Somehow I missed this controversy (and honestly this book) — but now I’m locked in and want to know EVERYTHING!

Hey, why DID the whole country see this ad for Ken Paxton?!

Also, no one has asked her for her opinion. And if you wanna talk about the elephant in the room….why are you, a woman who is trying to get away from this dude, the same man who has embarrassed you all summer (really for years) with his galavants all over the world with his married mistress, doing THIS?!

Just…fascinating.

That’s it for this episode! Thanks for listening and subscribing...and sharing!!!

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Your Moment Of Zen

Election 2026

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