Talking Feds: Kamala for the Prosecution Podcast panelists: Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, visits with attendees after the podcast “Talking Feds”. Also pictured are these panelists: Katie Phang of MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show”; Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota; and Harry Litman, host of the “Talking Feds” podcast and Senior Legal Columnist for… Read More Texas Tribune Festival: Talking Feds Podcast
Sarah Longwell and David Simis: Who the Voters Really Are Sarah Longwell, Bulwark pubisher. tells #Tribfest24 who are currently the big influencers pushing Trump with 2024 voters: “Fox News? C’mon! Fox News is doing Gods Work compared to these online rightwing influencers!” Her remark was said to make a comparison to the damage being caused by so-called… Read More Texas Tribune Festival: More panels and events
George Conways explains it all (to Sarah Longwell) podcast This panel, which was recorded and is part of their podcast, was packed with energetic attendees who showed enthusiasm for this event with shouts, woots, cheers, and much applause. George Conway is a contributor to The Atlantic and is also President and Executive Director of @PsychoPAC24,… Read More Texas Tribune Festival: George Conway and Sarah Longwell
John Arnold and Arnold Ventures John Arnold describes Arnold Ventures’ giving process as having less layers and bureaucracy. He advises “giving while living” versus setting up legacy gifts. Arnold is also negative on Donor Advised Funds (DAF) methods of philanthropy. He further states that philanthropists should consider “giving without regard to political affiliation.” As for… Read More Texas Tribune Festival 2024: Evan Smith interviews philanthropist John Arnold
Memories of the White House by LBJ’s daughter Luci Baines Johnson and Katy Rogers discussed first ladies and traded stories. Luci Baines Johnson is the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson and has lived a life of public service. White House correspondent Katie Rogers has worked at The New York Times since 2014. Rogers has… Read More Texas Tribune Festival 2024: Luci Baines Johnson
Disclaimer This post is transcribed from my handwritten notes from a live interview that took place at the Texas Tribune Festival 2024 in Austin Texas. Any errors or inaccuracies are solely mine. Retired Judge J. Michael Luttig speaks slowly, with care and with great deliberation. I used italics or bold italics to show places where… Read More J. Micheal Luttig: “The Constitution prevailed. Those in charge of it failed.”
Uvalde Roland Gutierrez is carrying a lot of pain. He will not share too much of what he saw in Uvalde with the parents who lost their children on May 24, 2022, when a teenager with an assault weapon entered Robb Elementary School and murdered 19 fourth-graders and two of their teachers. Gutierrez will not… Read More “IT’S JUST SICK.” Roland Gutierrez, determined to stop Texas GOP brutality and corruption
James Carville is beloved in Austin This interview can be heard in full at the Honesty Podcast. What follows are a few snippets from James Carville, shared with a most enthusiastic audience in Austin, Texas. He’d been waltzing around downtown Austin, recognizable in his New Orleans Mardi Gras color scheme of gold, purple, and green–and… Read More Love, war, and politics: Carville never holds back
Ted Cruz under fire at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival. Lots of suits here but the boo’s, so far, at earlier events, were from conservatives. Cruz goes one-on-one with Washington Post chief correspondent Dan Balz. Ted Cruz chooses racism at the Texas Tribune Festival when he calls undocumented workers and their families “illegals” and suggests… Read More Cruzin’ off the rails with Ted Cruz
Can the Center Hold? To be (in the center) or not to be? Thus is the question today discussed with Evan Smith (Tribfest) with those listed above. Quotable quotes: The system is dominated by money. We don’t have any idea where we are headed. Republicans are talking nonsensical garbage. Hutchinson – redistributing and gerrymandering. The primary… Read More Left of center: is there a Texas political “center” and how’s it doing?
Newosity: future report 