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Episode: Weekly Roundup: The Antebellum South
Description: Brad and Dan begin by discussing the slate of new laws in Texas:
Abortion: The six-week abortion ban that includes a 10k bounty for anyone involved.
Handheld Killing Machines: The new permitless carry law.
Voting: making absentee voting harder, preventing 24-hour voting in Harris County, demanding driver licenses for mail-in votes, etc.
School Curricula: Laws creating an "1836 Project," outlaw discussing current events and systemic racism, and prohibit credit for civic engagement.
The conclusion: Texas is trying to go back to the 1850s (the Antebellum period) and be the vanguard of the New Antebellum period (the time before...