Party Politics

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Party Politics: Life During Wartime Feb 25, 2022

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the potential political fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the spectrum of primary elections in Texas, and the bigger picture of fundraising and spending for political campaigns, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Russia invades Ukraine

TEXAS TOPICS

State primary elections roundup

Fundraising, spending, and the bigger picture

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Party Politics: Tag, You’re Sued! Feb 18, 2022

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the latest in the chronicles of Texas AG Ken Paxton filing lawsuits (and having lawsuits filed against him), the standoff over Ukraine, and voting concerns related to the March primaries, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

To Spend or Not to Spend – Breaking down the budget deal

Russians, Ukraine, and Biden

TEXAS TOPICS

Texas getting a (used) wall

New voter law violates 1^st Amendment

Texas AG sues Facebook parent Meta over facial recognition

Bar complaint filed against Paxton

Party Politics: Bully Pulpit Feb 11, 2022

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the RNC's censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger, the sparring match between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Henry Cuellar, and Texas GOP candidate Shelley Luther's latest hateful remark, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Time to lift Congress' mask mandate?

RNC censures Cheney and Kinsinger

Biden science adviser quits

TEXAS TOPICS

Progressive group works to oust … Democrats?

AOC vs. Cuellar

GOP official sparks bipartisan scorn with 7 shocking, 'hate-filled' proposals

Trans children make Texas GOP candidate Shelley Luther "uncomfortable."

Ken Paxton investigates GoFundMe

Party Politics: Abbott in the Cold Seat Feb 04, 2022

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss President Biden's plan for a new SCOTUS nominee, Kid Rock's potential run for U.S. Congress, the fundraising numbers among Texas republicans, and Gov. Abbott's risky bet on the Texas energy grid, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Electoral Count Act Reforms

SCOTUS Watch

Senator Kid Rock?

TEXAS TOPICS

Trump in Texas

Fundraising roundup: congressional offices; statewide offices

Abbott goes after O’Rourke Fundraising

Who is Baroness Kandy Kaye Horn, the candidate with all those billboards?

DEEP

Temps dropping in Texas! Can the Governor keep his promise?

Party Politics: Justice Breyer Exits Stage Left Jan 28, 2022

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the hot-mic moment between President Biden and Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, the tense situation on the Russia-Ukraine border, Dan Crenshaw's unsolicited send-out of mail-in ballot applications, and Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Biden v. Doocy

Ukraine Situation

TEXAS TOPICS

Voter Registration Deadline!

Rep. Crenshaw caught with hand in the hypocrisy jar

Trump coming to Texas

Abbott and Patrick Pushing to Let AG prosecute voter fraud

Abbott: Parents Bill of Rights

DEEP

Breyer retires, SCOTUS nomination

Party Politics: The Professors Grade Biden’s First Year Jan 21, 2022

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Party Politics is back for 2022! This week, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the war of words between Donald Trump and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's ongoing legal troubles, fundraising numbers in Texas political races, and the successes and failures (mostly failures) of President Biden's first year in office, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Dems take on voting rights (and their own party members)

Trump Organization probed in NY

Trump vs. DeSantis

TEXAS TOPICS

AG Paxton might face Open Records lawsuit

AG Paxton asks TXSCOTUS to dismiss whistleblower case

Fundraising Roundup: Governor, AG Race

AG Miller’s consultant charged with bribery

DEEP

Biden: Year One

Party Politics: 2021, The Year In Review Dec 17, 2021

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina look back on the most important stories of 2021 with special guests Jay Aiyer, first assistant Harris County Attorney and former co-host of Party Politics; Madlin Mekelburg, chief politics reporter for the Austin American Statesman; and Antonio Arellano, civil rights advocate and community organizer.

Party Politics: Dan Crenshaw Is Not a Fan of Performance Art Dec 10, 2021

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the tone-deaf and disturbing Christmas photos tweeted by Reps Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert, Rep. Dan Crenshaw's criticism of the GOP Freedom Caucus, and the DOJ's lawsuit over Texas' congressional district maps, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Congress’ December to-do List

Reps Massie & Boebert Take Aim (literally) at the Holidays

Presidential Commission on SCOTUS Recommendations

Nunes Leaving Congress (no word on his cow)

TEXAS TOPICS

Rep. Crenshaw Calls Out Freedom Caucus

Dowd Out!

Kim Olson Running for TXDP Chair

DEEP

DOJ Sues Texas Over Maps

Party Politics: Abortion vs. SCOTUS Dec 03, 2021

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This week on Party Politics, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the feud between congresswomen Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar that sparked the intra-party spat between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace, the political implications of actor Matthew McConaughey's flirtation with public service, and the restrictive Mississippi abortion law being challenged before the Supreme Court, among other stories.

NATIONAL TOPICS

Boebert v. Omar

Greene v. Mace

December pileup of legislation

TEXAS TOPICS

Another One Bites the Dust: Larry Taylor Not Running

And Another One Gone: Matthew McConaughey

DEEP

MS Abortion Case at SCOTUS