You'd be hard pressed to name an individual Texan who has provided more inspiration, guts and drive to the progressive side of Texas politics over the last two decades than El Paso's Beto O'Rourke, whose grassroots voter activation operation Powered By People has just emerged victorious from a legal scrape with Ken Paxton, stronger than ever as the crucial midterm election year approaches. We talked about the recent highs and lows of the Democrats, and what they mean for the future when coupled with the determination we're ALL bringing to the table in 2026.

Beto is appearing Thursday 11/13 at the University of Houston: https://www.mobilize.us/poweredxpeople/event/869430/
Friday afternoon at UTSA (voter reg)Friday night in San Antonio for a free public rally: https://www.mobilize.us/poweredxpeople/event/869985/
And Saturday at 4:30 in Austin at TribFest: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/05/tribfest-speakers-curry-lonsdale-orourke-phang-spellings/

Learn more about Powered By People and see their upcoming schedule of events at https://poweredxpeople.org/.

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