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November 9, 2016

Texas Standard: November 9, 2016

By: David Brown

What happens now? On the day after an historic vote with the potential to shift national direction, whither the Lone Star State? We’ll explore. From immigration to energy policy, women’s health to guns, the tectonic shift at the federal level will reverberate across Texas. We’ll examine the likely ripple effects. A Trump administration promises to recalibrate our relationship with the rest of the world, beginning with Mexico and the border. How is the demographic majority in Texas talking about what lies ahead? And a single digit republican presidential victory in Texas–did last night’s results affect our political map? All that and much more coming up on the Texas Standard:


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