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a secretive Republican political operative $120,000 annually to work behind the scenes on redistricting</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">6:03</span></div></div></a></li></ol><div class="expand"><div class="expand-toggle"><button class="link link_stretch" data-track-type="view-all-button">Load more</button></div><div class="expand-body"><ol class="tracklist episode-list episode-list-audio tracklist_sibling"><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/76QNIe7AO5q2pzx5cP6n3j"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 9. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Court orders release of more than 200 migrants imprisoned in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security clampdown</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">5:16</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gguU98g7DdC9PSOdNwbsT"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 10. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Legislators in Texas reduce congressional districts that are majority Black or Hispanic, despite people of color fueling population growth</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:55</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Pb7KJ02vNgbiWxQzshNsy"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 11. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Migrants arrested by Texas in border crackdown are being imprisoned for weeks without legal help or formal charges</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:39</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MJ7M0beavHyfIel15YM5s"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 12. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Abortion providers in Texas ask U.S. Supreme Court to fast-track their challenge to state’s near-total abortion ban</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:45</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IvEexTtdpx8uisAFPKFs7"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 13. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Troopers create “steel wall” of patrol vehicles in Del Rio as feds continue to repatriate Haitians</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:05</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3P6UOfiPKae46OHy9d8b4l"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 14. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Texas’ ban on school mask mandates draws federal investigation for possibly violating the rights of students with disabilities</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:03</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iXboIvdBAteRmDahxkjaO"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 15. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Doctor who admitted to violating Texas’ near-total abortion ban sued under new law</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:41</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rBcBY8ydEdypREavyY2lV"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 16. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Texas Republicans have the redistricting tools to preserve their power. The process begins Monday.</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:50</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/560vShzWz8VTodqXI70sEt"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 17. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Delta variant, lax mask policies delay Plano family’s return to school</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">6:55</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VJg0wwiySkuudGIN21qOX"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 18. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Gov. Greg Abbott backpedals on pledge to shut down border crossings and blames Biden administration for confusion</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:40</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TmHAhgod0LYofR0D2mKWl"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 19. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">State of Texas abortion ban prompts push in Congress to pass federal reproductive rights bill, while renewing filibuster feud</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:54</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GO9EARj6r5iwvzsKMmiOq"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 20. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">New report says,Texas foster care children exposed to sexual abuse, given wrong medication and neglected in unlicensed placements</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:00</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ltXgRUK0DYt2jXL18iyWx"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 21. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Gulf Coast prepares for heavy rainfall, flash flooding as Tropical Storm Nicholas batters Texas</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">2:27</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/16fjQqXd7hP0njkDsv27AA"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 22. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">How El Paso has escaped the worst of the COVID-19 delta variant surge</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:52</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xcxZcJkRJlmegXS2kjKQf"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 23. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">President Joe Biden says Texas’ new abortion law “unleashes unconstitutional chaos”</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:01</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1U0g8R8re0mx34YCob5cfi"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 24. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">State of Texas law banning abortion as early as six weeks goes into effect as the U.S. Supreme Court takes no action</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:15</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jozGNdWyiFN6obaF59Sy7"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 25. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Republican bill tightening Texas election laws is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:44</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XIZYSU8I6U8awCftPLW5W"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 26. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Abortion providers appeal to U.S. Supreme Court in last-ditch effort to block new Texas law banning the procedure as early as six weeks</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:33</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZSvdE1HOhvHyABalUcrw9"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 27. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">As the second special session of the Texas Legislature comes to an end, lawmakers are close to passing much of Gov. Greg Abbott’s conservati</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:20</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/71hI8wL6n4wZHjB3jbpEAn"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 28. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Legislators in Texas advance new voting restrictions as Democratic hopes of killing the legislation wane</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:06</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fTmMiL4jwoPomyCmpxT2p"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 29. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Gov. Greg Abbott bans mandates on COVID-19 vaccines regardless of whether they have full FDA approval</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:22</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vjRMfsFFoz4x6zGYHpqEg"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 30. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">House speaker says “absolutely no deals made” to bring back absent Democrats</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">5:01</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Gni77wEk8VRrO7vZVdfxk"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 31. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine opens door for vaccine mandates in Texas</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:50</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/5DaVwzuy3HZt85E2P5vaYc"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 32. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">As Gov. Greg Abbott beefs up border enforcement, some locals want very different kinds of help</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:03</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tfiNXqrusqV7F9NAcXcAY"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 33. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Texas Supreme Court temporarily allows school mask mandates to remain</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:11</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QgPIB76jBgIKU1RbQFwdd"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 34. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Joe Biden takes aim at states blocking mask mandates, setting Gov. Greg Abbott up for a showdown with feds</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:14</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YfMXzoNuA7idOgr9Mjohm"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 35. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">5:06</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JtjtLQEaoYDFNF5i5y0F5"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 36. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Confusion reigns in Texas as legal fight over mask mandates rages between local officials and Gov. Greg Abbott</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:34</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qPGSiHyvwIRfQ8pFmhTtm"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 37. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Siding with Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts mask orders in Dallas and Bexar counties</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:05</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rtCdDGKtvxpvsOekjRy5b"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 38. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">"Tired of putting bodies in body bags,” this Austin ICU nurse scaled back her hours in the hospital</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">8:14</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zXNz5reua344niAQgYtdc"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 39. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">People of color make up 95% of Texas’ population growth, and cities and suburbs are booming, 2020 census shows</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:37</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PVV1WG4ym5xcE6OF8XJza"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 40. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">With the delta variant spreading, Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased 400% in the last month</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:51</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZfPFDqh57nSqbGu30mKnm"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 41. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Dallas County, Bexar County officials fight Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in court</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:49</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pjUsuQB7evGYsbpzGGM90"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 42. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas hospitals to delay nonessential procedures as COVID-19 patients strain capacity</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:23</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TRjFrtfpCwVsT5bSkWBtW"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 43. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Another special session to pass a GOP voting bill started without a quorum. This time it's unclear if Democrats will stay away.</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:02</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cpoP7rq9UxjPV37ecOKX9"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 44. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">"I expect the worst": A Texas parent worries about sending her children back to school in person</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">6:21</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PgvySuYXaWexqRPYUfEiO"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 45. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Gov. Greg Abbott announces special legislative session starting Saturday, covering elections, federal COVID-19 funding, quorum rules</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">5:34</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lYFFFwKKA743OMtnxz8Ac"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 46. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Local mask mandates pop up in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning COVID-19 restrictions</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">3:03</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/62B2Mbw7jWbOx7XfEMzzob"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 47. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">Energy industry showers Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas politicians with campaign cash after they passed power grid bills</span><span class="artists-albums"></span></div></div><div class="tracklist-col duration"><div class="top-align"><span class="total-duration">4:33</span></div></div></a></li><li class="tracklist-row"><a href="/web/20211011065759/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OQyCVjMky9j4vTPx9xC0J"><div class="tracklist-col position-outer"><div class="position top-align"> 48. </div></div><div class="tracklist-col name"><div class="top-align track-name-wrapper"><span class="track-name" dir="auto">COVID-19 is spreading fast among Texas’ unvaccinated. 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