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We are going to have a great show. We have two Progressive candidates running in Texas Congressional District 22.
Steve Brown worked in President Bill Clinton’s White House right out of college. He assisted Clinton in the passage of historic child care initiatives for working families including funding for Head Start, Early Learning Opportunities act and more. He is an advocate advocate for affordable health care. He fought funding cuts for Medicaid and CHIP, expanded access to higher education at Texas’ Tier 1 colleges and universities, established the state’s current coordinated stroke care system and helped to grow our region’s passenger rail system. In 2015, He built a successful clean energy development firm that originates utility-scale solar projects and retrofits commercial buildings with solar and energy efficiency improvements.
Sri Preston Kulkarni Sri Preston Kulkarni has been serving his family, community, and the country his entire life, Following college, Sri was commissioned as a Foreign Service Officer by Secretary of State Colin Powell and served his country for 14 years, with overseas tours in Iraq, Israel, Russia, Taiwan, and Jamaica. Sri speaks Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew, and Russian. He has spent his career using his skills and education to find common ground between groups in conflict, such as Arabs and Kurds or Israelis and Palestinians, and standing up for the truth, including combating the Russian government’s online misinformation campaign. Sri worked for Senator Kirstin Gillibrand in 2015.
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Trumpster thinks it’s OK for Trump to swindle his supporters who purchase DJT, Truth Social Stock.
- Steven Rattner debunks Trump’s lies on energy, deficits, and crime with the actual data Biden wins.
- REALLY! Kristen Welker corrects NBC News’ new paid contributor, Fmr. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel’s lies.
- Rich White Man Privilege Prevails. Undemocratic judges reduce Trump’s bond by nearly $300 million.
- Why hasn’t biomass caught on more as a renewable energy source?
- What would a second Trump term in the White House mean for efforts to stave off climate change?
- What’s causing the decline in U.S. wild turkey populations?
- How do different regions of the U.S. compare with regard to vulnerability to climate threats?
- Chuck Todd apologizes to Kristen Welker for NBC’s hire of lying Fmr. RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.
- AOC shuts down Tapper about Trump’s unequal treatment: He’s ‘unethical’ & ‘prone to criminality.
- Fox News was unable to run away from Biden’s record Steven Rattner nails Biden’s economic success.
- AOC exposed Republican witness’ ineptitude and ridiculed Republicans’ attempting to impeach Biden.
- A Tea Party Republican quits Congress because MAGA is too extreme. The Right has gone crazy!
- Rural America will continue to be better served by Democratic policies & candidates.
- How does better broadband access in rural areas help the climate?
- Are spent wind turbine blades an issue for the wind industry?
- Rep Jamie Raskin ‘Drive By diagnoses’ by the ‘skilled ninja hecklers of the Freedom Caucus’ failed.
- George Stephanopoulos destroys Trump-endorsing SC Rep. Nancy Mace with her own words in epic form.
- A Christian Nationalist called a Houston radio show. He got nailed for the misuse of the name.
- Dear EarthTalk: How are researchers using wildlife to track environmental conditions and monitor climate change?
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