Abortion, Beto, campaign, Courtrooms, Dobbs v. Jackson, educate, Elected Officials, fit, GOP, Governor Abbott, Independence, learn, My Body, My Choice, politics, Pomp and Circumstance, pray, Roe v. Wade, School, SCOTUS, Texas

Interview: How to Come Out as a Democrat in Texas

Yay! It’s our first interview! With politico operative Christopher Busby, a former Houston Young Republican President and former Log Cabin President.

Christopher is a current medical student and provides his insight on politics, how things have changed over the last several decades in Texas and why.

We will discuss what being a politico means, how he got into politics, why he left the Republican party and why so many others are as leaving the Republican Party as well.

Finally, why we should stay in our own lane when we are voting in the primary election and why you should vote for who you want as the candidate, not necessarily who you think will win.

Let’s dive in!

President Reagan vs. President Bush

President Reagan on Abortion

National Democrats Investing in GOP Campaigns

Further Your Knowledge:

Read: The Sociopath Next Door

Watch: The Hunt

Wear: Driving

Abortion, Adoption, campaign, Courtrooms, Dating Apps, Dobbs v. Jackson, Elected Officials, Healthcare, Independence, learn, My Body, My Choice, political coin, politics, pray, Pregnancy, religion, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, Sexual Assault, Texas

Show Me Your Papers! I Can’t – I was Adopted in Texas

I am adopted. As an adult, I am unable to get a copy of my original birth certificate in Texas, because of politics.

Everything in your life is affected by politics. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the history of adoption records in the state of Texas and the nation. I will provide a little behind the scenes of being adopted, carrying this legislation, and how bills are assigned to certain committees. And most importantly, we will talk about political coin.

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Links on the topics:

Texas HB 2725

Texas HB 1386

CDC Hospital Delivery Statistics

DNA Testing Roadblocks for Adoption

Adoption Birth Mothers

Further your knowledge:

Read: The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

Watch: Instant Family

Wear: Adoption Heart

campaign, Courtrooms, Credit Cards, educate, Elected Officials, fit, GOP, Independence, learn, money, politics, pray, religion, SCOTUS, Texas

Money, Money, Money, Campaign Finance Money: How Does it Work?

Let’s discuss money.

Campaign money.

How do you raise it?

The difference between Democratic campaign fundraising vs Republican campaign fundraising.

What is the money for?

Why do you need it?

Who are the big political donors in Texas?

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Links on the topics:

How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state’s far-right shift

George Soros

Human Rights Watch

Welcome to Texas, Cradle of American Theocracy

Meet Farris Wilks, Kingmaker of The Texas GOP

The Guardians Who Slumbereth, Not

The Power Issue: Tim Dunn is Pushing Texas Republicans into the Power of God

Two Texas Billionaires Pushing State to the Far Right Contributed About Two-Thirds of the Funding for Ted Cruz’s 2016 Super PACS, Reports CNN

Raise Your Hand Texas

Texas far-right conservatives spent millions to oust House GOP leaders, to little avail

Texas Ethics Commission

FEC Campaign Rules

Further your knowledge:

Read: Dark Money

Watch: Miss Sloane

Wear: Keep it Safe

Abortion, Courtrooms, Dating Apps, Dobbs v. Jackson, Elected Officials, Healthcare, My Body, My Choice, politics, Pregnancy, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, Sexual Assault, Texas

Health, Wealth, Guns, and Bodies: Let’s Run the Numbers

Let’s talk about your health and how it is tied to your wealth. How? With the overturning of Roe v. Wade via the ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson, our healthcare prices are going to go up.

Guns, let’s discuss the famous “Come and Take It” and how it equates to reproductive rights.

We will marinate about dating apps and what your life could look like in nine months.

Finally, we will give an additional exercise to help you get fit in your political journey!

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Notes:

Ronny Jackson

The story behind Texas “Come and Take It”

Rape Statistics

Sexual Assault Crimes in Texas

Governor Abbott is Going to “eliminate rape”

Statistics on Reported Rapes to Convicted Rapes in Texas

Fund Texas Choice

Pro Choice America

AVOW

Texas Abortion Access Network

Abortion Funds

Further your education:

Read: Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

Watch: What the Health

Wear: Come and Take It

Abortion, Ballgame, Courtrooms, Dobbs v. Jackson, educate, Elected Officials, Healthcare, Independence, My Body, My Choice, politics, Pregnancy, religion, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, Texas

Flashback to the Good Old Days of Serving Up Abortions, IVF Treatments, and Pregnancy Stories at the Ballgame

Let’s serve up reproductive rights at the ballgame and discuss the levels of “pro-life” and “freedom” within the Texas Legislature.

The beginning of this podcast is recorded after the overturning of Roe v. Wade with the ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.

The second part of this podcast is about a conversation I had with an IVF doctor at the ballgame about reproductive rights.

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

You can check out all these strikes and balls below:

Dobbs v. Jackson

Roe v. Wade

IVF treatment can continue under Texas’ current abortion law, experts say

1978: First Human Born Through IVF

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

How Much Does IVF Cost?

Texas sues Biden admin for requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas GOP group warns that Sidley partners could be prosecuted if the firm pays abortions travel costs

Attorneys say resurrection of 1925 abortion law is a rollback of civil liberties

Foster Care Litigation

Report: More children abused or revictimized after entering Texas foster care

Judge to Texas’ foster care system: ‘You don’t know where the children are’

Further your knowledge:

Read: It Starts with and Egg

Watch: The Business of Being Born

Wear: Bans Off My Body

Abortion, Courtrooms, Elected Officials, fit, politics, pray, religion, Roe v. Wade, School, SCOTUS, Texas

Let’s Pray About It or Not Really

In this episode, we are discussing the recent Supreme Court rulings that completely ignored the separation of church and state.

We will talk about why these rulings are so important and what we can do about them.

Here is a list of the rulings we will discuss:

Carson v. Makin

Dobbs v. Jackson

Roe v. Wade

SCOTUS Justices ‘Prayed With’ Her-Then Cited Her Bosses to End Roe

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Further your knowledge:

Read it: An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know

Watch it: Wag the Dog

Wear it: Build this Wall

Abortion, Courtrooms, Credit Cards, Dobbs v. Jackson, educate, Elected Officials, Healthcare, Independence, learn, music, My Body, My Choice, politics, Pregnancy, Roe v. Wade, Texas

Women Do You Like Having: Credit Cards, Birth Control, Access to Courtrooms, Running, Pregnancy Security in the Workplace: Oh How the Tides Have Changed

Oh How the Tides Have Changed

This episode is to highlight the many “rights” women fought for and won- less than 50 years ago. Yet, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we need to be on high alert. All rights are at risk and we cannot put our heads in the sand.

It is imperative to take action now. To be loud. To voice your concern.

If we do not have autonomy over our own body, then what do we have?

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Further Your Knowledge:

Storytime: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Showtime: RBG

Listen: Destiny’s Child #1s

Wear: When Injustice Becomes Law

Dangle: Dissent

Beto, educate, Elected Officials, fit, Governor Abbott, learn, music, politics, Pomp and Circumstance, Texas

Choose Your Own Outcome of Pomp and Circumstance: Governor Abbott or Beto?

Have you ever seen a bunch of elected officials at a press conference and wondered what the point was of their speech?

Have you questioned if the speech had a purpose or if it was just for show?

Todays’ episode is for you! We are going to dive into the behind the scenes of Pomp and Circumstance.

Are you into politics or does politics make you want to swipe left? Now, is the time to change your frame of mind. Let’s reinvest in our outlook and create a healthy relationship with politics.

What does that mean?

It means getting to understand the mechanics of politics and how it affects every aspect of your life. From the moment you wake up in the morning, until the moment you lie your head down to go to sleep politics has been a part of your day, whether you knew it or not.

Politics shows up every day without fail. It’s time to empower yourself. Refuse to be a passerby of politics.

Listen along and let’s figure out a way to learn about how politics affects your life and what you can do to ensure your voice is heard.

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni

Further your knowledge:

Read and enjoy: Othello

Book suggestion: The World’s Great Speeches

Movie suggestion: The King’s Speech

Song of the Week: Pomp and Circumstance

educate, fit, learn, music, politics

Slow Ride Into Politics

Welcome to Politically Fit! Our first episode is called Slow Ride into Politics, where we will help get you warmed up to become Politically Fit. Whether you are a political passerby or a political policy wonk, we hope you will join us on this journey!

Politics affects every aspect of your life. Whether it’s the pothole you encounter on the way to work, the extra surcharge on your electricity bill, or your right to pass out water to people in the line to vote.

Politics is all around you. Every day. This podcast will help you to be politically fit, provide some behind-the-scenes secrets of what happens behind the doors of power, and how you can make your voice heard whether you are in the room or not.

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni.

Further your knowledge:

Book suggestion for this week: What You Should Know About Politics …But Don’t

Movie suggestion for this week: Long Shot

Song selection: Slow Ride

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Interview: How to Come Out as a Democrat in Texas

Show Me Your Papers! I Can’t – I was Adopted in Texas

Money, Money, Money, Campaign Finance Money: How Does it Work?

Health, Wealth, Guns, and Bodies: Let’s Run the Numbers

Flashback to the Good Old Days of Serving Up Abortions, IVF Treatments, and Pregnancy Stories at the Ballgame

Let’s Pray About It or Not Really

Women Do You Like Having: Credit Cards, Birth Control, Access to Courtrooms, Running, Pregnancy Security in the Workplace: Oh How the Tides Have Changed

Choose Your Own Outcome of Pomp and Circumstance: Governor Abbott or Beto?

Slow Ride Into Politics