Choosin' Texas with Bobby Pulido
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Choosin' Texas with Bobby Pulido

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 27, 20261 hr 1 min

Live from the Texas Tribune Festival, Jon, Tommy, Lovett, and Dan discuss the dream of a blue Texas and how the campaigns there are doing, from James Talarico's debate challenge to Ken Paxton, to Gina Hinojosa's momentum in the governor's race, to Donald Trump's decision to stay away entirely. Then they discuss Trump's special welcome — and ballroom tour — for Chinese President Xi Jinping and an assorted cast of tech oligarchs, and the Republican Party's growing frustration with their underperformance in typically purple states like North Carolina and Georgia. Then, award-winning Tejano artist Bobby Pulido, the Democr...

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Let's party! Now we are at the Welcome to Pla-T-Save America. I'm Jon Favreau.

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I'm Jon Levin. I'm Tommy Vitor. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. We're excited to be here at Trip Fest.

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We're going to get into all the big races across the country and here in Texas. Bobby Polito is here. He'll be coming out soon. And before we get to the news, if you guys are free tomorrow and you want to help elect

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