Robert Downen from the Texas Tribune joins me once again to discuss the massive rightward political shift in Texas, white nationalists, the secessionist movement, and the billionaires who pay for it.Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texashttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/ Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniershttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worthhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ Live from the Republic of TexasNick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Libertyhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland resigns from hardline conservative House Freedom Caucushttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/06/jonathan-stickland-resigns-texas-house-freedom-caucus/Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than everhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/Texas, California Separatists Attend Kremlin-Funded Conferencehttps://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-california-separatists-attend-pro-kremlin-conference/story?id=42395066Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report sayshttps://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/17/texas-secession-russia-disinformation-2016-social-media-new-knowledge/Alexander Ionov case: US charges Russian with interfering in US politicshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe