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Harvey Kronberg on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Quorum Report owner and editor Harvey Kronberg will preview the fall election season and handicap the most interesting races on today’s episode of TEXAS POLITICS TODAY.  The show airs every week from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. CDT on KOOP, Austin’s community radio station.  KOOP broadcasts at 91.7 FM in Austin and also streams live over […]

Bill Bishop on “The Daily Show” Tonight (Updated)

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Bill Bishop, the author of “The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart,” will be Jon Stewart’s guest on the “The Daily Show” tonight.  Bill was a guest on Texas Politics Today back in May of this year. 
“The Daily Show” airs at 10:00 p.m. CDT on the Comedy Channel. 
UPDATE:  Watch […]

Great Minds Think Alike

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

On the Texas Politics Today episode on Wednesday, July 16, we joined Markos Moulitsas, founder and chief author of Daily Kos, in a wide-ranging discussion of how the blogosphere emerged as an important force in progressive politics and how they are affecting national, state and local politics in this election year. One of the points […]

M-O-N-E-Y, The Mother’s Milk of Politics

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Political campaigns are battles of personality and ideas, yes, but they are also big business.  In just the primary season alone, all the candidates raised over a billion dollars.  Barack Obama led the pack by far, having raised over $339 million and spent over $267 million.  Although the levels are smaller when it comes to statewide and […]

David K’s Thoughts On Yesterday’s Interview

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Texas Politics Today’s Deece Eckstein and David Kobierowski interviewed Markos Moulitsas, Founder Daily Kos today.
The interview was broadcast live at 2:30pm, Wed., July 16th, 2008 on 91.7FM KOOP, Austin’s Community Radio Station.
It was an honor to have Markos join us in-studio at KOOP Radio today.
Early in the interview, Markos commented “I started Daily Kos as […]

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY Grabs Media Spotlight

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

This week’s episode of TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, which aired yesterday with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas as our guest, was terrific.  Markos turned out to be a smart and engaging interview, in one of the few interviews he’ll give while in Austin this week.  His presence on the show garnered lots of local media attention. 
Austin American-Statesman […]

TPT: Markos Moulitsas on the Netroots Nation

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Join Markos Moulitsas Zúniga on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY for a lively discussion of Internet activism and the 2008 elections.  TEXAS POLITICS TODAY airs from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. CDT every Wednesday on KOOP, Austin’s community radio station.  KOOP is located at 91.7 on the FM dial and also streams live over the Internet at www.koop.org. 
Markos Moulitsas is the founder and […]

This Week: Independence, 2008

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

We used to celebrate Independence Day in the United States.  It was held on July 4, and it commemorated the day on which the Declaration of Independence was approved in Philadelphia in 1776.  It was a day to consider the blessings of liberty, to recall the struggle for independence that is our heritage even today, and to […]

TPT “Feet On The Street” Tonight At SoCo

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

The TEXAS POLITICS TODAY team will be down on South Congress Avenue tonight, meandering around the First Thursday happening and asking people what the Fourth of July means to them — all in anticipation of our Super Duper Independence show next Wednesday, July 9.  TEXAS POLITICS TODAY airs every Wednesday from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. CDT […]

The Declaration of Independence

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

On the TEXAS POLITICS TODAY episode today, we played a recitation of the Declaration of Independence by a distinguished group of American actors. The recitation was off a video made by Declare Yourself and Constitution Live and executive produced by the incomparable Norman Lear.
Since we have trouble posting videos to this site, I’ve posted the […]

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