Turning the Reflecting Pool Into a Swamp

Turning the Reflecting Pool Into a Swamp

Back at it again, week seven! RG, Marty, and Jorjo are back from summer stuff and are ready to yap about the most pressing topics of the day: * Vacationing with your teenagers * European health care supremacy * Joey Buttafuoco, other members of the Italian diaspora * Disappearances (the good type) * Pardons (the bad type) * Lin-Manuel Miranda envy * Limping to 250 years of American excellence * Big ole bags of cash for Kazakhstan and FIFA * Democrats claim Elvis * Jorjo's intervention/performance improvement plan

Spurs in the Finals, A New Democratic Hope (feat. Manny Garcia)

Communications consultant and elections analyst Manny Garcia fills in for Senator Roland Gutierrez. Manny, Marty, and Jorjo talk the NBA Finals-bound San Antonio Spurs, continued rot at the heart of the Texas GOP, a suffering Texas education system, and a RGV-area cop arrested for shooting a migrant in Minnesota. For more about Manny and Seeker Strategies, visit SeekerStrategies.com [http://SeekerStrategies.com] For more about Roland Gutierrez, visit RolandForTexas.com [http://RolandForTexas.com]

Corruption in the GOP, Injustice in Uvalde

Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez reflects on the fourth anniversary of the Uvalde massacre, talks about Ken Paxton's corruption, and rebukes the Trump DOJ's $1.776 billion settlement.

Gone Off the Deep End

Back from a week off, RG and the crew talk the increasing cost of living, Donald Trump's failures on the economy, the busted Beijing summit, liquor store economics, and the continued destruction of the Voting Rights Act.

Trump's Ballroom Blitz

Senator Roland Gutierrez and the guys are back at it again to talk dwindling healthcare coverage, the continued gutting of the Voting Rights Act, Trump's White House Correspondent's Dinner fiasco, Jimmy Kimmel's joke that rankled Don and Melania, and the iconic Norah O'Donnell interview. Bonus fun talk about passing kidney stones, Diff'rent Strokes, and Gunsmoke. Source for NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000010851038/health-insurance-affordability.html [https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000010851038/health-insurance-affordability.html]