The Austin Daily Drop
A quick and lively summary of the most important and interesting stuff happening in Austin right now, drawn from our city's most trusted and reliable sources and hosted by veteran Austin broadcaster Chris Mosser. Updated each weekday morning!
Episodes
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY that Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas will appear on this feed! If you've enjoyed it, please find its permanent home on the Progress Texas Podcasts feed on the platform of your choice.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The "Death Star" law, designed for state pre-emption of a wide range of local ordinances in Texas cities and set to take effect tomorrow, has bee...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas for a couple more days! As of Friday, it will be available only on the main Progress Texas Podcasts feed - if you haven't yet, please take a moment now to find that feed and subscribe!
A whistleblower report accuses intelligence officers with Operation Lone Star of conducting illegal spying operations: https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-national-guard-whatsapp-spy...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas, but for just a few more days! As of Friday, it can be found on the Progress Texas Podcasts feed - please take a moment to locate and subscribe there.
Governor Greg Abbott makes highly arguable statements about Texas' "sovereignty" in a national op-ed: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/texas-gov-abbott-we-will-take-biden-to-supreme-court-to-protect-border/
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas - which will only be posted to the Austin Daily Drop feed for a few more days, wrapping up on Thursday 8/31. If you're enjoying it, and haven't yet subscribed to the main Progress Texas feed - now's the time to do that!
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A new law will provide very narrow exceptions allowing doctors to provide abortio...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas for the rest of the month! Please head to the Progress Texas Podcasts feed on your chosen pod platform, and subscribe - that will be the Daily Dispatch's permanent home as of September.
ERCOT and the Texas power grid narrowly avoided rolling blackouts last night - what's in store for this hot weekend? https://www.tpr.org/environment/2023-08-24/strong-possibility...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas for the rest of August - beyond that, the Progress Texas Podcasts feed will be its permanent home. Please go there and subscribe!
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A Trump-appointed judge in Victoria will hear arguments over the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program, starting today: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-i...
We continue through August hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas! The Progress Texas Podcasts feed will be its permanent home, so if you're enjoying, take a moment and subscribe there.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas journalists seeking access to an encrypted e-mail account owned by Attorney General Ken Paxton are denied by his office, claiming "attorney-client privilege":...
We're continuing to host Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas through the month of August! If you're enjoying it, please subscribe to the Progress Texas Podcasts feed on the platform of your choice - that will be its permanent home.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The Biden administration and the government of Mexico face off against Texas in federal court today over Governor Abbott's bu...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas through the month of August! If you're liking it, please subscribe to the Progress Texas Podcasts feed on your favorite platform, which will be its permanent home.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A Second Amendment group is waging a legal battle to allow the sale of a gun modification device that enables machine gun-style rapid fire: http...
Through August, we're hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas! If you like it, please find the Progress Texas podcast feed on the platform of your choice, and subscribe there.
Stories we're following this Friday morning at Progress Texas:
Parts of SB-1, the 2021 GOP voter suppression bill, have been struck down by a federal judge: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-strikes-down-portions-of-...
We continue hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas through the rest of August! If you're liking it, please subscribe to the Progress Texas podcast feed, which will be its permanent home.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas House impeachment managers respond to Paxton attempts to dismiss with more tawdry details: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/16/ken-paxton-impeachment-evidence-sen...
We're hosting Chris' new daily podcast for Progress Texas for the rest of August! If you're liking it and would like to keep getting it beyond September 1, please take a moment and
A closer look at the Planned Parenthood lawsuit shows that an anonymous whistleblower working with Ken Paxton stands to take home 20% of any judgement: https://www.forbes.com/sites/darreonnadavis/2023/08/15/what-to-know-about-texas-lawsuit-...
We're continuing to host Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas! If you like it, please take a moment and subscribe to the Progress Texas podcast feed on this platform, which will be its permanent home.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas launches a lawsuit designed to destroy Planned Parenthood: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-planned-parenthood-repay-millions-dollars-102273480
We continue hosting Chris' new pod project for Progress Texas, for awhile longer - if you like it, please take a moment and subscribe to the Progress Texas podcast feed on your favorite platform.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
As a migrant child dies on a Greg Abbott bus to Chicago, California Governor Gavin Newsom calls our Governor's care for human life "absolutely appalling": https...
We continue hosting Chris Mosser's new pod project for Progress Texas! If you like it, please take a moment and subscribe on the Progress Texas podcast feed on the platform of your choice.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Operation Lone Star claims Noah's Ark as their excuse to place deadly barriers in the Rio Grande: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/border-buoys-noahs-ark-1...
We're hosting Chris' new podcast for Progress Texas on the Austin Daily Drop feed for the first few weeks. If you like it, please seek out the Progress Texas podcast feed on the provider of your choice and subscribe. Have a great Thursday!
Stories we're following today at Progress Texas:
The McCombs Business School at UT Austin has been hosting a radical white supremacist scholar: https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/...
Chris has a new podcast for Progress Texas, which is being published here as an introduction for the first few weeks. If you like it, please take a moment and subscribe on the main Progress Texas podcast feed on the platform of your choice. Hope you like it!
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Orange river buoys deployed by Governor Abbott and Operation Lone Star are modified with razor-sharp circular saw bl...
Chris has a new podcast, and we think fans of the Austin Daily Drop will like it! We will be publishing the new Progress Texas Daily Dispatch on the Austin Daily Drop feed for the first few weeks. If you like it, please look for the Progress Texas podcast feed on your favorite platform and subscribe!
Stories we covered on our FIRST Progress Texas Daily Dispatch:
Gerrymandering trial starts in packed Galveston courtroom: https://www...
Program Update! Stick around for a NEW podcast from Chris Mosser, the creator of the Austin Daily Drop, produced in partnership with Progress Texas, our state's leading progressive media non-profit organization.
The new Progress Texas Daily Dispatch will be a daily podcast summary of the major news stories from across the Lone Star State that Texans of progressive political leanings will find interesting. Similarly to the Aust...
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