ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Evangelical Pastor Brooks Potteiger, a close spiritual advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, agreed with a podcast host wish for Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate James Talarico, "that God kills him": https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/pete-hegseths-pastor-wants-james-talarico-to-die/
...Talarico's calm, very Christian response was gold: https://x.com/jamestalarico/status/2036647988182036730?s=20
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has assembled a new "Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty", staffed mostly by Republicans known for pushing their religious views in their legislating - and, El Paso Democrat Cesar Blanco: https://kvia.com/news/2026/03/23/senator-cesar-blanco-chosen-for-select-committee-on-religious-liberty/
...Patrick has also spitefully excluded freshly-elected State Senator Taylor Rehmet from any committee assignments for 2027: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article315160066.html
Ted Cruz is scheming to offer to fund DHS excluding ICE to entice Democrats to cave on that funding - hoping they'll forget that ICE is funded outside that vote: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas-take/article/ted-cruz-offer-end-shutdown-comes-big-catch-22094706.php
Republican Congressman Chip Roy is caught on video admitting that his SAVE America Act will indeed make voting more difficult for married women who have changed their names: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/chip-roy-save-america-act-voting-barriers/
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