FORTITUDE

Senator Roland Gutierrez and the gang are back to spill the tea on ICE, including their involvement with the Texas Rangers, the (lack of) training given to ICE agents, and how the state is potentially aiding a federal agency in murdering its constituents.

Plus: Novichok exposure, Remembering "Ladybug" Lindsey Graham, Pre-Remembering "Cocaine" Mitch McConnell, and highwire discussions on ballpark food.

Back at it again, week seven!

RG, Marty, and Jorjo are back from summer stuff and are ready to yap about the most pressing topics of the day:

Vacationing with your teenagersEuropean health care supremacyJoey Buttafuoco, other members of the Italian diasporaDisappearances (the good type)Pardons (the bad type)Lin-Manuel Miranda envyLimping to 250 years of American excellence Big ole bags of cash for Kazakhstan and FIFADemocrats claim ElvisJorjo's intervention/performance improvement plan

Communications consultant and elections analyst Manny Garcia fills in for Senator Roland Gutierrez.

Manny, Marty, and Jorjo talk the NBA Finals-bound San Antonio Spurs, continued rot at the heart of the Texas GOP, a suffering Texas education system, and a RGV-area cop arrested for shooting a migrant in Minnesota.

For more about Manny and Seeker Strategies, visit SeekerStrategies.com

For more about Roland Gutierrez, visit RolandForTexas.com

Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez reflects on the fourth anniversary of the Uvalde massacre, talks about Ken Paxton's corruption, and rebukes the Trump DOJ's $1.776 billion settlement.

Back from a week off, RG and the crew talk the increasing cost of living, Donald Trump's failures on the economy, the busted Beijing summit, liquor store economics, and the continued destruction of the Voting Rights Act.

Senator Roland Gutierrez and the guys are back at it again to talk dwindling healthcare coverage, the continued gutting of the Voting Rights Act, Trump's White House Correspondent's Dinner fiasco, Jimmy Kimmel's joke that rankled Don and Melania, and the iconic Norah O'Donnell interview.

Bonus fun talk about passing kidney stones, Diff'rent Strokes, and Gunsmoke.

Source for NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000010851038/health-insurance-affordability.html

Senator Gutierrez and his trusty staff are back at it again to talk the scourge of data centers, a controversial power line project, and Fiesta in San Antonio.

Illegitimi non carborundum...

The episode that almost didn't happen! SRG and the gang tear apart the fakeness of social media, the Trump economy, and the idiocracy of the AI age.

Bonus fun if you're into cowboy poetry, Marty's impending stardom, the Trump weave, and milk spilled in minivans.

Senator Roland Gutierrez, Marty, and Jorjo pull the wig off Trump's Board of Peace grift and speculate about Trump's Iran demands. Spoiler alert: Trump chickens out but we don't. Stephen Miller and Elon Musk catch some well-deserved strays.

The gang talks about their love for H-E-B, Texas Roadhouse, and 70's sitcoms.

Senator Roland Gutierrez and the gang talk about the latest on the Noems, vouchers, birthright citizenship, and El Mataniño himself, Greg Abbott.

Senator Roland Gutierrez deconstructs the myth of Donald Trump, talks about pain at the gas pump, and takes a moment to remember the late, great Roberto Clemente.

FORTITUDE is a new podcast where Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez takes on the tough issues of the week.

On this episode, Roland teaches Donald Trump some Spanish, explains how farmers are getting the short end of the stick in this economy, and discusses the ill-fated decision to start war with Iran.