Greg Abbott: We Don’t Need No Education (ft. Rena Honea, Gwenn Burud)
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by cohost Gwenn Burud of Texans Defending Democracy and this week's guest, Alliance AFT President arena Honea. The team discusses the upcoming special session on school vouchers, the dangers vouchers pose to our public school system, and the political happenings of the week.
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Things we talked about:
Here is Greg Abbott’s agenda as Lawmakers return for third special session: https://www.kvue.com/amp/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/texas-lege-third-special-session-agenda-governor-greg-abbott/269-9cca9f2f-d4ac-45be-bb9c-5bc9d02156e8
Say No to Vouchers in Texas: https://riograndeguardian.com/hinojosa-say-no-to-school-vouchers-in-texas/
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins at odds with Fellow Democrats over Vouchers: https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/gilbert-garcia/article/texas-school-vouchers-gervin-hawkins-democrats-18404024.php
Tarrant County Rejects Funding for Girls Inc. Citing its support for LGBT, Abortion rights: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/04/tarrant-county-drops-funding-for-girls-inc-citing-its-support-for-lgbt-abortion-rights/?outputType=amp
Takeaways from the historic ousting of Kevin McCarthy: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203462629/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-matt-gaetz-congress-vote
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