The crew met sans JD at Pinthouse Pizza for the last episode of 2019...We discuss the Dems vote on impeachment, and the parallels between Trump's scandal and the fall of Speaker Bonnen. It seems everyone has joined the party to flip the Texas House and that includes Beto O'Rourke who hosted a phone bank in his home for Special Election House candidate Dr. Eliz Markowitz. 

Hit us up on Twitter at @LeftinTexaspod or on Facebook and check out the show notes below:

National:

1. Three Texas Democrats were noncommittal on Trump impeachment: Reps. Cuellar, Allred and Fletcher

WASHINGTON – Ten of the 13 Texas Democrats in the House solidly favor impeachment. The other three have yet to make up their minds or declare how they...

1. State of Democratic Primary
2. Trump Spins at Windmills

Texas:

1. Attorney General’s office not setting TPC investigation timeline - Port Arthur News

There is no set timeline for the Texas attorney general’s office to complete their investigation of TPC Group following two Nov. 27 plant explosions i...

1. Industry air emissions in Texas more than doubled last year

Industrial companies in Texas produced more than 135 million pounds of air emissions beyond what regulators expected last year.

1. Plastic bags are killing horses and cows across the state. What's Texas to do?

A year after the Texas Supreme Court dealt a death blow to municipal bans on plastic bags, legislative efforts to revive them have fallen flat, and ra...

1. George P. Bush has led Republicans in condemning racism. Is he the future of the party in Texas?AUSTIN -- As a navy officer who fought in Afghanistan, George P. Bush saw the lengths to which radical Islamic terrorists went to spread their hateful...

2. Beto Focuses on Flipping Texas House

• Kicked off with Tweet on Sunday after Thanksgiving to help Texas Blue Action Dems’ campaign @flipthetexashouse.com
• In Dec, announced a new PAC, Powered by People
• Special Election Runoff in HD 28 (Eliz Markowitz) is a dead heat
• Beto hosting phonebank at his house today (capped at 40 people)
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Local:

1. Dallas is the rudest city in Texas, according to a new survey

1. Everything you need to know about homelessness in Texas

1. Man charged with criminal trespassing dies in Bexar County Jail, unable to pay $40 bond

Misc.

1. Fox Host Brian Kilmeade’s New Book About the Alamo Isn’t Fair and Balanced

2. Mexican congressman climbs U.S. border fence to illustrate that Trump's wall is 'totally absurd'