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On this special Thanksgiving episode of Party Politics, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus take a look at where Texas and the country is one year after Donald Trump was nominated President of the United States. They delve into: ECONOMICS - looking at a NAFTA rewrite, tax reform and massive regulatory changes. FOREIGN POLICY - withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, America first and som...

On this episode of Party Politics, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus deconstruct what this week’s political news means for you, starting with President Trump speaking out on Russia's President Vladimir Putin's alleged election meddling. The latest GOP Tax Bill takes another swipe at the Affordable Care Act by trying to remove the individual mandate. A global roundup looking at a coup in Z...

On this weeks’ episode of Party Politics: Texas Edition, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus walk through the politics of Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces he will seek re-election and unveils a new veterans plan. U.S. Representative Gene Green announces he's off to greener pastures and won't be seeking re-election opening up his Congressional District 29. Superintendents with Harvey-aff...

A new Federal Reserve chair being nominated by President Trump. His name is Jerome H. Powell. Jay and Brandon get into who he is and whether he's up to the task. Former Bush Presidents speak out against President Trump. Former Democratic National Committee vice-chair Donna Brazil releases a book where she dishes the dirt in the DNC last year when Hillary Clinton was running for President. And fina...

Gun control after the shooting in Sutherland Springs last weekend. A death penalty case turns into life in prison for an intellectually disabled inmate. A long list of Texas legislators accused of varying types of sexual harassment is released. What happened with all of those amendments Jay and Brandon talked about last week? Then, the guys get into how the 2018 election cycle is starting to shape...

On this episode of Party Politics, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus deconstruct what this week's political news means for you. Looking at the New York terrorist attack, Trump declaring war on Opioids, the new tax plan from Congress, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly talking about the Civil War and President Trump takes on director Michael Moore about his one man stage show. And final...

On this weeks' episode of Party Politics: Texas Edition, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus get into the politics of the Houston Astros winning the World Series, okay it's not really politics, but this doesn't happen every day you know! U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is nuts… for pecans; Texas Governor Greg Abbott on a the Confederate plaque at the Texas State Capitol; Harvey aid package looked for...

A huge bombshell was dropped this week when Texas House Speaker Joe Straus decided not to seek re-election. Jay and Brandon unpack the impact of this to the state of Texas.

Jay and Brandon get their heads around what the future of the Republican party may look like now that Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) and Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) are not seeking re-election.

On this weeks' national episode, Brandon and Jay get into what's really happening with the Iran nuclear deal, if there is indeed anything happening with the Iran nuclear deal.

This week's episode is a must listen. Brandon Rottinghaus gets called out by U.S. Senate candidate Beto O' Rourke and Jay Aiyer breaks some news! Oh and they talk about challengers to Ted Cruz's Senate seat.

Jay and Brandon get into the weeds of what Congress might achieve this year, especially as President Trump has been fighting with some of those in the Republican party.

Jay and Brandon talk Texas politics, including the potential trouble Attorney General Ken Paxton seems to be getting himself into.

Jay and Brandon get into the horror of what happened in Las Vegas this week and the complicated politics of gun control.

Could Harvey bring about a flood plan for the state of Texas? Jay and Brandon discuss the possibilities.

The profs break down what the inside baseball of someone new running for the job of Texas House Speaker means to you.

The profs discuss whether tax reform may actually make it to the table now healthcare reform is off the menu.

The profs talk about Joaquin Castro passing on the Texas governor race! Will any Democrat actually run? What are they thinking?

The profs talk about a bunch of stuff, including, Manafort's wire tapping under subpoena; the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill; corporate Bachelor—Amazon edition, which city will get the rose; Spicey rocks the Emmys; Hillary speaks and the Presidents' global vision after his talk to the United Nations.

The profs talk about the Supreme Court's blocking of the rule against Texas redistricting, Ted Cruz tweets, floods, and tax hikes. Oh my!

The profs talk about a possible Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) deal.

The profs talk about Tropical Storm Harvey recovery, including funding from Congress and next steps by city and county government to prevent major flooding from happening again.

The profs talk about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Will Congress, under President Trump vote for something that didn't pass under President Obama or President Bush?

Tropical Storm Harvey devastated Houston this week. Brandon and Jay talk about what happened to them and Houston after being under water. The storm sounds you'll hear in this episode are actually from the rain that saturated and flooded Houston last Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Phew! This week, amiright? Hurricane Harvey, Confederate monuments at UT, Six Flags flags...we try to cover it all.