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With a growing population, political influence often follows. So why aren’t Texas lawmakers paying much attention to this group? The Jasons find out why in this episode of Y’all-itics.

GUEST: Albert Shen, AAAFund National Chair

2.7 million Texans in the dark. Why can’t the energy state deliver reliable electricity? And will anyone be held accountable for the apparent lack of preplanning by Centerpoint Energy. What KHOU’s veteran investigative reporter Jeremy Rogalski found has only exacerbated the problems for Centerpoint. Jeremy joins the Jasons to discuss.

Guest
Jeremy Rogalski / KHOU News Investigative Reporter

Jeremy Rogalski interview with CenterPoint Director of Communications Alyssia Oshodi (7:42)
Interview with Investigative Reporter Jeremy Rogalski (16:13)

Texas Democrats are clashing over whether President Biden should remain in the race for the White House. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett says Democrats are scared of their own shadow and have embarked on a terrible strategy, Congressman Lloyd Doggett argues that Biden must drop out and state Rep. Ron Reynolds wants to remove “Vice” from Vice President Kamala Harris’ title.

Guests
Congressman Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas

State Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City

It was the first time a sitting President has ever debated a former President. And now that the first Biden/Trump showdown is in the books, did either candidate move the needle with voters, especially those who don’t like either candidate? In this special release, our Y’all-itics panel of political experts discusses what the candidates did right, and what they got wrong.



Guests
Jessica Huseman, Votebeat Editorial Director
Berna Dean Steptoe, WFAA Political Producer
Michael McCardel, WFAA Political Coordinating Producer

Elliston Berry was only 14 when a classmate created fake pornographic images of her that quickly spread on social media. But the courageous teen hasn’t just shared her story, she’s also inspired the TAKE IT DOWN Act, bipartisan national legislation that would protect victims of real and deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery. In this episode of Y’all-itics, Elliston and her mother discuss the difficult odyssey they’ve endured over the past eight months. And we sat down with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz to discuss his legislation after his first ever field hearing held at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

Guests
Elliston Berry, Deepfake Victim
Anna McAdams, Elliston’s Mother
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas

Think you know what happened in the Uvalde massacre? The public hasn’t seen a sliver of the evidence. Now, more than two years later, a Texas attorney walks us through the legal fight to get DPS to finally reveal what a Texas court has ordered it to release.

GUEST: Laura Lee Prather, Attorney | Haynes Boone