EPISODE 14: Gun nuts - now even McNuttier | Beto's '18 campaign manager Jody Casey on parenting & politics | Pink spandex v. InfoWars

Grab your popcorn, 'cuz this week's episode is full of drama. We get into the soap opera of Texas gun extremists vs. "mainstream" Republicans, plus we hear about how Tony Tinderholt wants to kill women (and missed his calling for the WWF), Ashley dance-battles InfoWars in a pink spandex leotard, and Beto's former campaign manager Jody Casey joins us to talk about parenthood and politics. And so much more!

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THIS WEEK’S GUEST:

Jody Casey, campaign manager for Beto's 2018 Senate race.

https://twitter.com/jodyforbeto

SH*T TO DO:

Tell your State Senators to stand up to the assault on voting rights and vote NO on Senate Bill 9.

Senate Bill 9 makes voting more difficult and creates barriers for Texans by criminalizing voter mistakes in the voter registration process. It puts at risk and creates voter intimidation especially among disabled Texans, eldery voters and communities of color.

Your signature on this Progress Texas/Common Cause petition automatically creates an email for Texas Senators, telling them to vote NO on Senate Bill 9. Take action now!

http://act.progresstexas.org/sign/No-SB-9/?source=Email-04-08&t=8&akid=6186.188497.6GuyR0&fbclid=IwAR2zSGvF5645JllQSGRj7s58PE5tWjjVXQbU_AVyovfFOs36QlG6DwKsajM

Or Text "SB9" to 97779 and Texas Rising will connect you with your state senator. Tell them to vote NO on SB9.

https://tfn.org/who-is-texas-rising/

Or Resistbot! https://resist.bot/

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LINKS WE MENTIONED:

Katie Bouman and the black hole:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/katie-bouman-hardly-knew-what-a-black-hole-was-her-algorithm-helped-us-see-one

Texas Gun Sense: https://www.txgunsense.org/

Permitless Carry bill dead in Texas legislature:

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/05/texas-constitutional-carry-dead-Jonathan-stickland/

Weird Bonnen v McNutt face-off:

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/10/texas-speaker-dennis-bonnen-gun-rights-activist-come-face-face/

Texas GOP unwilling to stand up to the NRA:

https://www.texasobserver.org/with-accidental-gun-deaths-on-the-rise-some-texas-lawmakers-wont-even-support-a-gun-safety-public-awareness-campaign/

The DCCC is coming to Texas because Texas Dems proved we can win:

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/09/dccc-texas-democrats-2020-office-austin/

She the People:

https://www.shethepeople.org/

First ever presidential candidate forum focused on women of color:

https://www.shethepeople.org/savethedate

The six districts DCCC is targeting for 2020 (that Republicans won by fewer than five points in 2018) and the democrats who have announced runs in the primary:

TX-10: Mike Siegel, Pritesh Gandhi

TX-21: Potentially Wendy Davis (!)

TX-22: Sri Kulkarni - (Becky’s bedtime video: https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/texas-candidate-sri-kulkarni-is-campaigning-in-13-languages)

TX-23: Gina Ortiz Jones, please run again

TX-24: Jan McDowell, Kim Olson

TX-31: MJ Hegar, please, PLEASE, run again

House Bill 896 - Women can be put to death for having an abortion:

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB896

8 Authors and Co-Authors of HB896: Tony Tinderholt District 94, Mike Lang District 60, Valoree Swanson District 150, Kyle Biedermann District 73, Briscoe Cain District 128, Mayes Middleton District 23, Phil Stephenson District 85, Jonathan Stickland District 92

You can look them up here: https://house.texas.gov/members/

El Salvador has convicted 17 women for having miscarriages:

https://womenintheworld.com/2016/07/17/el-salvador-has-convicted-17-women-for-having-miscarriages-under-strict-abortion-laws/

Hundreds of Rwandan women imprisoned under abortion law receive presidential pardon:

https://womenintheworld.com/2019/04/08/hundreds-of-rwandan-women-imprisoned-under-abortion-law-receive-presidential-pardon/

Texas Senate passes “Born Alive” bill:

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-senate-passes-born-alive-abortion-bill/269-f25180a8-2350-41d2-b046-739f157f8aea

Ashley in spandex vs. InfoWars: https://www.facebook.com/RouserTX/videos/364462040836366/

“Mind Your Own Business” by Delta 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a38HYryTiUA

Work Out with Erica Nix

http://workoutwithericanix.com/