Episode 132 - Texas is the Reason w/Robert Downen

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.

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texas

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/ 

Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/

Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worth

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ 

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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

Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says

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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