Hey! It's Happy Hour time, and we're joined by our friend Emily Eby of the Texas Civil Rights Project! As we continue through the grueling process of the Lege, Diana and Wesley share the story of the nutso parliamentary gymnastics of Briscoe Cain on voter suppression bills on Thursday. Emily describes the danger of empowering poll watchers - clearly a GOP intimidation ploy, especially if combined with the permitless carrying of handguns. We also share our tips for overcoming the fear of public speaking, at a moment when it's so important for ALL Texans to courageously speak up on the dirty deeds being done at the Capitol on voting rights, abortion rights, redistricting and more.

Why is Briscoe Cain the worst? https://progresstexas.org/blog/republican-briscoe-cain-over-his-head

DOJ being asked to step in to monitor TX Elections Cmte: https://www.kxan.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2021/04/SB7_DOJ.pdf