Texas Gov. Greg Abbott came to Temple, Texas on Friday to deliver a full-throated endorsement for Hillary Hickland, who is challenging long-time incumbent Hugh Shine in the Texas House, District 55. Abbott and Shine may see eye to eye on most things – but not school choice. Abbott has promised to endorse primary opponents of the 21 House members who voted against school choice – Abbott’s top priority in a just-failed special session. Here is the governor’s speech, in its entirety, followed by Hickland’s response.

Are Americans being fed a line of bull? And on a regular basis? For example, is ex-cop Derek Chauvin really guilty of murder? And why would he be placed in prison general population where he could be (and was) stabbed? What do we really know about January 6? And the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan? What are they keeping from us about Jeffrey Epstein and the list of people he associated with? Is climate change real, or just a way to enrich people like Al Gore? And in Texas, would school choice really take away money from public schools? Lynn Woolley (Planet Logic) and Lou Ann Anderson (Political Pursuits) discuss the ways we’re being kept in the dark.

In Washington, the fight over the next GOP House Speaker arose from the $33b national debt, and the cowardice of continuing resolutions and “omnibus” bills that kick the debt can down the road. In Austin the Republican bickering is over school choice and how some Republican lawmakers are subservient to local school superintendents. Planet Logic’s Lynn Woolley is joined by Political Pursuits’ Lou Ann Anderson to take a deep dive into Republican intra-party squabbling.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto was in Texas last week. Jim Cardle and I sat down with him in the studios of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin. The main subject was war in Ukraine, but we also talked about Joe Biden at the United Nations, immigration and refugee issues, and Donald Trump. This program was recorded on September 19, 2023.

Trump has been booked and mug-shot by a local DA who, herself, is an election denier. Is this an attack on free speech and the American Way? Political Pursuits' Lou Ann Anderson and Planet Logic's Lynn Woolley discuss this and many other aspects of the current ascent of tyranny into the American system. This episode is not particlarly optimisic. It is, however, truthful. And it's time to face the truth. We have this election cycle, and perhaps one more to fix it. We have a Republic -- if we can keep it.

The Deep State is thinking, "we got him now!" But is it really former President Trump who's indicted? Or is it the millions of people in America who see him as the only way to drain the Swamp? And, oh, how that Swamp needs draining! Some think the Swamp decides who can run for president and even who can win. If that's so, it explains how a frail, mindless puppet got into office, and perhaps who is the puppeteer! Join Lynn Woolley and Lou Ann Anderson for a deep dive into the inner workings of Washington and what it means to Trump, Biden, and the future of Our Republic.

‘Tis the season! No, not that one. This one is dangerous. It’s the season of impeachment and how it will end is anyone’s guess. Political Pursuits’ Lou Ann Anderson and Planet Logic’s Lynn Woolley discuss Trump’s impeachment history and how it relates to today’s potential impeachments of Joe Biden, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and even Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Hungary’s outgoing Minister of Justice visits with Cardle & Woolley, stands up for Conservative Values in the European Union: Judit Varga knows it’s not easy being a conservative occupant of a high office in a country that shares a border with Ukraine. She’s often been attacked for her conservatism and for her support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Jim and I sat down with her in the plush studios of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin.

How did Joe Biden get 81,000,000 votes? Isn't that the question we all want to ask? Lynn is joined by Lou Ann Anderson of Political Pursuits the Podcast to discuss all things Biden. That means, of course, Joe's mental state, his felonious son Hunter, who's pulling Biden's strings, what's the deal with Ukraine, and when will Joe resign from the presidency. Will Trump take on Kamala or Gavin Newsom, and what about RFKjr? Lynn and Lou Ann provide the best analysis of where both parties stand as Joe faces impeachment, and the 2024 campaign heats up.

John Wayne was a staunch conservative whose views were as repudiated by the political elites of his own day as they would be today. On Wayne's 116th birthday, Lou Ann Anderson of Political Pursuits and Lynn Woolley of Planet Logic take a close look at The Duke's stand on the issues and imagine what he would be saying now, were he still with us. Our source material comes from a May 1971 interview with Playboy in which Wayne did not mince words. You'll be astonished to discover how much of what he said then still is relevant in today's supercharged political environment. Here's what John Wayne would say...