Episode 132 - Texas is the Reason w/Robert Downen
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Robert Downen from the Texas Tribune joins me once again to discuss the massive rightward political shift in Texas, white nationalists, the secessionist movement, and the billionaires who pay for it.
Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/
Live from the Republic of Texas
Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/
Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland resigns from hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/06/jonathan-stickland-resigns-texas-house-freedom-caucus/
Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/
Texas, California Separatists Attend Kremlin-Funded Conference
https://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-california-separatists-attend-pro-kremlin-conference/story?id=42395066
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/17/texas-secession-russia-disinformation-2016-social-media-new-knowledge/
Alexander Ionov case: US charges Russian with interfering in US politics
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884
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