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
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
Panelist discuss U.S., China, and Taiwan There is consensus among policy makers and analysts that the threat of China to the U.S. is the number one concern: not Ukraine; not Gaza. The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. State Department share this belief and this has become a bipartisan concern (not Dem vs GOP).… Read More Texas Tribune Festival: The China Conundrum
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
Recordings of live events for Tribest 2023 Most Texas Tribune Festival panel events are recorded but only a few are posted on YouTube. Here’s a handy collection from the Tribune’s channel.
Parking right up front at Texas Tribune Festival (at AT&T Conference Center at UT Austin). Is the Texas fracking boom over? Chaos is “behind us”, says panelist Fracking: South Texas will never be the same as it was The Tribune Festival The event has spread across the campus, so my first stop was Welsh Hall, where… Read More Texas Tribune Festival 2015
Hurrah! It’s the fabulous Julie Mason, Texan bred, once a proud journalist at the Houston Chronicle, now working with POTUS, and with Sirius XM Radio. Line up: Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, John H. Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire and White House chief of staff, U.S. Sen… Read More Can the Center Hold?
Nancy Pelosi gets a standing welcome from conference attendees. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is interviewed by Abby Livingston, Washington Bureau Chief for the Texas Tribune. America’s place in the world ipsum lorem
Larry Lessig, professor of law at the Harvard School of Law and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, co-founder of Creative Commons, and (briefly), a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Lessig was interviewed by Karen Tumulty, a correspondent for The Washington Post. For context (from Wiki): Larry Lessig described his candidacy as a… Read More Larry Lessig’s 2016 presidential run
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?
Michael Burgess Garnet Coleman Sarah Davis Kyle Janek Charles Schwertner Charles Ornstein (mod.) (Update: This panel was packed and during the open questions section, the audience was extremely energized over the issues, going from laud applause to outright boos to panelists who were opposed to the Affordable Care Act. One audience member added that he was surprised that even… Read More Healthcare: broken promises, broken state, broken healthcare system
Transportation what’s next? Robert Eckels Clay Jenkins Bill Meadows Jonathan Stickland Marc Williams Aman Batheja (mod.) (speakers not seated in order of names listed) I’m not as excited as the panelists about the “existing opportunities” for Texas transportation, as it has been implemented over the last decade. Honestly, with the demographic data in hand, and the… Read More Texas transportation and High-Speed Rail: more of a wish than a plan, but the money is there
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