Episode Details

Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss the effects of the space program in Texas, and its ongoing contribution to the Texas economy.
We also talk about the Texas legislature, and Republicans' discomfort with the slow change to Democrats' gains.
Data centers in Texas are using many resources, and this is not popular, especially rural Texas, while the centers are getting $1Billion in tax breaks annually.
We also discuss textbooks used in public schools in Texas and California, the two states who influence the use of books countrywide.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Harold Meyerson.
We discuss how the Iran war is being framed in religious terms by Hegseth and Trump. The Vatican has been threatened by Pentagon officials, presumably speaking for Trump, too. Hight-ranking officers, including command generals, have been dismissed by Hegseth. Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon. The Straits of Hormuz are still closed to most traffic, and Iran has a "toll" system for those ships who are allowed to pass.  

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Music: "Masters of War" Bob Dylan, 1963