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Researching the Midterms

In this episode we will discuss what the midterms are and how you can research the candidates on the ballot.

What are the midterms?

https://www.usa.gov/midterm-state-and-local-elections

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/the-2022-midterm-elections-what-the-historical-data-suggest

Why are they important?
Read more: Abortion Rights

What is on the ballot?

Are you registered to vote?

Why each race matters?
Each race effects your life one way or another

How to research the candidates?
Check out the candidates websites, their endorsements, how much money they have raised and who donated to them. Research how they voted on certain bills and what legislation they have filed.

You can check out who is endorsed by which groups under these organizations:

Teacher Groups:
Texas AFT
Association of Texas Professional Educators

Union Groups:
Texas AFL/CIO

Gun Safety Groups
Moms Demand Action

Pro-Choice/Pro-Body Autonomy Groups
Emily’s List
Annie’s List
Planned Parenthood
Naral

League of Women Voters

Do you want term limits?

Who is funding the candidates?

Follow the money
Open Secrets

Further your knowledge:
Read: Midterm Economics
Watch: Primary Colors
Wear: Your Voice Matters

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni.

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Interview: Robin Fulford Discusses her Texas Congressional Battle Against Dan Crenshaw

In this episode, we learn what motivated Robin Fulford to get Politically Fit.

What steps she took to become an organizer and how that path changed along the way.

Her steps to become a Precinct Chair. To level up and create the Democratic Club of the Woodlands, to now running for Texas Congressional District 2 against Dan Crenshaw.

Join us as we discuss her difficult journey not only as a woman, but as a Democratic candidate in Texas.

Hosted by Former Texas State Representative Gina Calanni.

Find Robin here:
Fulford for Congress
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Further Your Knowledge:
Read: She Will Rise
Watch: Long Shot
Wear: Robin Gear

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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

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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, 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

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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

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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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Researching the Midterms

Interview: Robin Fulford Discusses her Texas Congressional Battle Against Dan Crenshaw

Interview: How to Come Out as a Democrat in Texas

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

Let’s Pray About It or Not Really

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

Slow Ride Into Politics