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The Record of Harm: MAGA, the Oligarchs, and Black Freedom in the 2026 Midterms
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Words are cheap in October. Records are evidence.
In this episode, host Aya Fubara Eneli goes to the record of Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott and the MAGA movement, and follows the money behind them: Elon Musk’s $158 million, the West Texas oil billionaires, and the voucher megadonors. Then she examines what this agenda means for Black people and for working-class, low-income and disenfranchised communities across 11 issues:
Jobs and the cost of living
Health care, Medicaid expansion and rural hospital closures
Food security and housing
Voting rights and racial gerrymandering
Public schools and vouchers
Public safety and policing
Black immigrants
Federal jobs and civil rights
Data centers
Women dying under the abortion ban
Prisons for profit
Freedom is not a party. Study the record, ask hard questions, and know who’s paying for the candidates on your ballot.
Early voting in Texas is underway. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Find your polling place and ballot at VoteTexas.gov.
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