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Susan Combs shares how her upbringing on a remote West Texas ranch shaped her leadership philosophy and approach to public service, highlighting resilience and optimism as essential qualities for navigating challenges. • Growing up in Brewster County taught self-reliance and community support through experiences with limited water, unreliable electricity, and geographical isolation• As Agriculture Commissioner, transferred school nutrition programs from education to agriculture, prioritizing healthier food options for students• Developed "early bird" habits from ranch life, viewing punctuality as a sign of respect and efficiency • Advocates breaking large tasks into "sprints" to maintain energy and focus• Recommends four principles for government service: know your purpose, find daily joy, focus externally on those you serve, and maintain calm• Practices "no negative cha-cha" philosophy to avoid unproductive negativity• Dedicates retirement to ranch sustainability, water conservation projects, and staying informed about current events• Defines good life as choosing happiness, connecting positively with others, and having beneficial impact on others

Get out your UV lights & swabs--the queens play a game that fuses poems, then guess the poetic DNA samples. Then we spark up a fusion of a different strain!Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Pretty Please.....Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.SHOW NOTES:Watch Jools Lebron get mindful and demure here, divaDon't soak tampons in vodka. Poems we discuss in the episode include:Philip Levine's "Bitterness"Laura Kasischke's "Champagne"Kay Ryan's "Shark's Teeth"Kenneth Koch's "One Train May Hide Another"Annie Finch's "Wild Yeasts"Dorothea Lasky's "Toast to my friend or why Friendship is the best kind of Love"Danusha Laméris's "Bonfire Opera"Marie Ponsot's "Among Women"Tina Chang's "God Country"Campbell McGrath's "Sunset, Route 90, Brewster County, Texas"Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish"W.B. Yeats's "Leda and the Swan"Gerard Manley Hopkins's "The Windhover"Anne Sexton's "Jesus Awake" & "Wanting to Die" Langston Hughes's "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" & "I, Too"Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" And Beyonce's "You Won't Break My Soul [Queens Remix]," in which she sampled Madonna's song "Vogue," returning it to the culture where it rightly belongs.

Welcome to Dark Outdoors, where we shine a light on the often ignored perils in the great outdoors. In this episode, we navigate through increasing encounters with criminal activities, unstable wildlife, and unexpected weather in the wonderful outdoors. This episode dives into a sobering, first-hand account by a father and son duo, who during a deer hunt, encounter what seems to be an organized crime unit in South Texas brush country. This chilling ordeal underscores the unseen threats that lurk within our beloved natural parks, particularly in vicinity of border lines. Focusing on an issue largely ignored by mainstream media, the podcast amplifies the problems faced by landowners, hunters, fishermen, backpackers, and hikers along borderlines. Explicating countless narratives of illegal crossings by individuals linked to criminal syndicates and terror networks, it throws light on the disturbing aspect of the outdoor sphere often in conflict with our peaceful perceptions. We highlight the poignant case of Teresa Hartley as part of our ‘Missing in the wild' segment brought to you b B.A.C Shows. It serves as a stark reminder of the unsolved cases that demand our awareness and collective efforts towards spreading the word, aiming to bring closure to their loved ones. Featuring Sheriff Ronnie Dodson from Brewster County, the episode reveals the tribulations associated with maintaining law and order in a vast, secluded territory. It outlines an increasing trend of property damage, theft, and even human trafficking, superseding drug smuggling in border areas. The sheriff shares insights into how emerging technologies like drones and high-grade optics are being misappropriated by criminal groups, further escalating the uncertainty and risks in these regions. As outdoor enthusiasts navigate the dark outdoors, the podcast offers important advice on how to handle an unexpected encounter with illegal migrants, defensive strategies such as bear sprays, and the significance of readiness, prayer, and self-defense. This episode underlines the importance of being educated, prepared, and equipped to face potential life-threatening scenarios that are rarely discussed but are a grim reality, and urges listeners to stay vigilant while enjoying the allure of the West Texas outdoors. Dark Outdoors is sponsored by Texas Fish & Game.

Virigina Hall studied at Radcliffe College and Barnard College (the women's colleges of Harvard and Columbia) and spoke three languages. She served as a consular clerk in Poland and Turkey, where a hunting accident required an amputation below the knee.Noor Inayat Kahn studied child psychology at the Sorbonne and music at the Paris Conservatory. The daughter of Sufi Muslims, she was described as quiet, shy, sensitive, and dreamy.Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress and the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture. She was a school drop out who ascended to international stardom in France and befriended the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso.A studious amputee, a shy artist, and a flamboyant entertainer. Who also happened to be secret agents during World War II and integral to the Resistance movement against the Axis powers. Could these women, who confronted sexism, ableism, racism, who refused to speak under Nazi interrogation and bamboozled German officials while extracting secrets also convince West Texas high school students that history is not about “the dead, old and irrelevant.” It was a mission two teachers chose to accept when they also accepted a $10,000 Fund for Teachers grant.Today we're learning from Renee Parson and Cory Cason, history teachers at Alpine High School in Alpine, Texas, set in the high plateau of the Chihuahuan Desert between the Glass and Davis Mountain Ranges. When not in adjoining classrooms, these women are coaching track and field, sponsoring History Club and supporting students involved in Future Farmers of America and UIL academic contests, among other activities. While the small school environment is rich with opportunities, exposure to the world beyond Brewster County – not so much. Cory and Renee leveraged their interest in female spies to craft a fellowship that researched Virginia Hall, Noor Inayat Khan and Josephine Baker throughout Europe to expand students' mindset of what can be accomplished when ordinary people employ the courage to defy rigid societal norms in the name of humanity and justice.

In July of 1991 26-year-old Don Tate took his 5-year-old daughter Boston on a camping trip to Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. The day after they were supposed to have returned but had not, Boston's mother and Don's ex-wife asked Rangers at the park to issue a request to locate. Don and Boston never came out of Big Bend, not alive. Later that day, Don's brutalized body was found. A few days after that, Boston's burned remains were discovered in her father's van. Investigators scrounged to find evidence and a motive, while park visitors and villagers across the Rio Grande in Mexico spoke of the involvement of drug smugglers. Later that year, in December, a scandal in neighboring Presidio County involving the son of a prominent rancher and a drug warrior sheriff further fueled the talk of traffickers executing Boston and Don.If you have any information about the murders of Boston Michelle and Donald William Tate, please contact the National Park Service Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or submit a tip using their online form: nps.gov/orgs/1563/submit-a-tip.htmIf you're in the market for Girl Scout Cookies, you can help Alice reach her goal by using the following link. Alice says, “thanks for supporting the Girl Scouts!” digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/alice241168?fbclid=IwAR0pOJNsnaxTejVAWjcDXe6kGZifKEwA8wYpbCjQf6i059Muo_Oalire0k0You can support Gone Cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastVisit Gone Cold – Texas True Crime online at GoneCold.comFind us on Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching gonecoldpodcast or go to: linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: The New York Times, Texas Standard, The Big Bend Sentinel, The Odessa American, One Ranger: A Memoir by H. Joaquin Jackson, National Park Service Ranger Morning Reports, and Death in Big Bend by Laurence Parent#JusticeForBostonAndDonTate #BigBend #BrewsterCountyTX #PresidioCountyTX #MarfaTX #Murder #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

Guests: Jordan Whicker, Ethan Severin, Cole Travis   The Ultimate Gift is a fictional story about the journey of a young man named Jason Stevens who is the spoiled, rotten grand-nephew of Red Stevens, who leaves a series of “gifts” for Jason to learn, under the guidance and tutelage of his attorney friend Theodore J. Hamilton. Each chapter is a new “gift” that Jason must learn - and, as a young man, you need to learn as well.   The Gift of Work He who loves his work never labors.   The story sends Jason out to Alpine, TX to work on a ranch - in the middle of Big Bend country, down on the Texas border - part of Brewster County, largest county in Texas - nearly 4 million acres of land or over 6,000 square miles (little smaller than the country of Israel)   The work that Jason got to do was dig fence post holes to put up a new fence - for miles and miles and miles… Three of the four of us have used a fence post hole digger and agree - that's REAL work!!! Colossians 3:23 - “do you work heartily as unto the Lord, and not for men”…who do you work for, whose approval do you seek for your work? Matthew 7 - the parable of building your house on the rock - may be harder and take more effort, but doing the job well means that the work will last through the storms of life!   The Gift of Money Jason gets $1500 (the wages he “earned” by working on the ranch), and he's supposed to go out and find 5 people who need the money and give it to them - to see the power of money. He ended up giving away $1800 - he put in $300 of his own money to help others in need. You can't buy happiness with money. Money is a tool that can fix certain problems, pay specific bills, but it won't solve the problems of the heart or bring meaning to life.   The Gift of Friends It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.   “Friend is a word that is thrown around far too easily by people who don't know the meaning of it.”   "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence? true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo & withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." George Washington   “Friendship involves loyalty, commitment, and a process that includes sharing another person's life.”   The necessity of friends - especially for guys - we're not meant to live life in a silo. Sin grows in isolation - surround yourself with good community. If you don't have a friend, start with being a friend. Friends are forged, not found. In addition to good friendships, a man needs the Word of God to complete them - 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent (complete), equipped for every good work.”   T4M guys - just a reminder that Training4Manhood is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) ministry and you can make donations either via Zelle (info@training4manhood.com) or by visiting the Training4Manhood website. Huge thank you to Jared Wood for allowing T4M to use his music in our intro and outro selections.

Where are Ballot Drop Boxes Used, and What States Have Limited Them?Today's LinksArticles: U.S. Vote Foundation - Ballot Drop Boxes are Safe and Easy to Use. Here's How to Find Out If Voting by Drop Box is Available in Your StateNational Conference of State Legislatures - Ballot Drop Box LawsAssociated Press - No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP findsTexas Tribune - How the debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules” became Texas Republican orthodoxyNPR - A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them mostYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Our story yesterday reviewed rules on who can return an absentee or mail ballot.  Today, we're talking about ballot dropboxes, a convenient tool to help citizens vote, but used as a scapegoat for debunked allegations of voter fraud.Election deniers and a discredited film called 2,000 Mules alleged that drop boxes were used to manipulate the 2020 election.   A follow-up by the Associated Press found next to no fraudulent use of drop boxes, but that didn't stop multiple states from eliminating them or severely limiting their use.The U.S. Vote Foundation reports that If you live in CA, CT, HI, IL, KY, MD, ME, NV, VA or VT, drop boxes are in use and have not been removed.  Some states have moved them inside and added 24 hour surveillance.    Other states, including FL, GA, IA TX, IN, & WI have severely changed their policies.  In 2020, Texas limited dropboxes to one per county, ridiculous when you consider that Brewster County, Texas is three times the size of Delaware and larger than the state of Connecticut.   Georgia limited the number of drop boxes to one per 100,000 population, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court banned drop boxes entirely.Mail-in voting states have expanded their drop boxes, including CA, CO, HI, OR, UT and WA.   Check the rules and locations for use of drop boxes by contacting your local election officials.   We have a list of state rules at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

Chris talks with Sandy Price and Monte Mudd from the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce about visiting South Brewster County. A small group of communities in a BIG landscape, Terlingua, Study Butte, Lajitas and Terlingua Ranch offer a unique culture, first-class outdoor activities and vibrant small businesses right at the edges of Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. But be aware – during the busiest seasons (especially Spring Break), the high number of visitors is putting a strain on the infrastructure and services of these little towns, so please do your part to help keep your impact to minimum!

Candidates Benjamin Barrientes, Oscar Cobos and Mimi Smith explain what qualifies them for the highest elected office in Brewster County. Early voting starts Monday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hearmeoutalpine.substack.com

Candidates Greg Henington, Monty Kimball and Ryan Skelton explain what qualifies them for the highest elected office in Brewster County. Early voting starts Feb. 14. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hearmeoutalpine.substack.com

Shawn was hired by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department in 2004 as a wildlife biologist for Pecos and Terrell counites, and in 2008, transferred to Brewster County. He was promoted to be the Mule Deer and Pronghorn Program Leader in 2009. Prior to his career with TPWD, Shawn was a research technician for the National Park Service at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, working with big game species such as elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and bison. He received his bachelor's degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management from Texas Tech University and his master's degree in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University–San Marcos.

To run for county offices and higher, you have to first “file” for election. We explain what that means, and tell you who has filed to run as of today in Brewster County. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hearmeoutalpine.substack.com

The Texas State Senate Redistricting Committee has published a first draft of its map following the 2020 Census, and Brewster County is likely to end up aligned with El Paso to the west instead of San Antonio to the east. Dr. Jimmy Case, professor of political science at SRSU, joins the discussion. Get on the email list at hearmeoutalpine.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hearmeoutalpine.substack.com

Before his 15 minutes of fame - he's the lawyer who was stuck on a cat face filter during a Zoom legal proceeding - Rod Ponton was a district attorney in Brewster County, Texas. In a less cute and cuddly story, we learn about his year-long efforts to bring down the law and the DEA on a former lover.

Organizing in "No Chance Alamance" County This week on the show I'm speaking with three folks engaged in organizing in the rural Alamance County, North Carolina, and it's capital of Graham. All three work with the 501c4 political non-profit, DownhomeNC which in Alamance has been working on a range of engagements including running local candidates for office, doing get-out-the-vote work, sparking conversations with rural residents of the county, running a bail fund and working on bail reform, rent relief and operating food distribution. Dreama Caldwell, one of our guests, ran on a platform of bail reform to be the first Black woman elected to the County Commission, though she was not elected, is a mother, and as an Abolitionist has been working to abolish cash bail and change the condition for people of Color and poor folks as relates to the Alamance courts and jail. Sugalema is an organizer, a mom, and the daughter of undocumented parents from Mexico who's been living in Alamance for the last decade. Gwen is a mother from a white, working class background who has also worked to support Alamance organizers through Downhome on a number of campaigns. You can learn more about the organization at DownhomeNC.org and their various social media pages. As a side note, the folks who produce The Final Straw do not endorse electoralism as a strategy for lasting change or community power. We are anarchists. There are plenty of places you can go to find anarchist critiques of engaging in electoral politics, sometimes with anarchists or anti-authoritarians advocating limited engagement in elections but usually calling for abstention. Even though DownhomeNC is not an anarchist organization, we do feel like the experiences of Sugalema, Dreama and Gwen are important to share because they talk about the work of changing minds and building relationships in the rural south where an autonomous left or anarchist movement doesn't exist… like most of the world. They are intelligent and impassioned women doing hard work to grow community resistance and engagement. Abolition also includes the complicated work of decreasing the harm caused by systems of oppression like the police, courts, borders, white supremacy and capitalism while simultaneously building discourse against those institutions that impose harm. We really hope that listeners will get a lot from this conversation. Announcements Eric King updates Anarchist and antifascist prisoner Eric King caught covid at FCI Englewood, alongside over a hundred other prisoners, thanks to the ineptitude of his captors at the BOP who have been moving staff between Englewood and FCI Florence where an outbreak had been ongoing. His trial for defending himself from an attack by a prison officer has been pushed back to April of 2021. In good news, his mail ban appears temprorarily lifted and his website hosts his book list again. He's been able to receive letters, magazines and books for the first time in years. Check out the update at SupportEricKing.org and send Eric some love. To hear our interview with Eric from last year, visit our website. Xinachtli Parole Support     "Xinachtli," as. many of you know, means literally in English, "Seed," or, as Comrade "X" likes to phrase, it from a prisoner's perspective, "Germinating Seed" and s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez, is a Chicano/Mexicano-Anarchist Communist and Anti-Imperialist Internationally-recognized Political Prisoner, has suffered long enough from a (50-year) bogus Aggravated Assault conviction rife with racist civil rights abuse and judicial misconduct.       The contrived & trumped-up Aggravated Robbery charge brought by Sheriff McDaniel without the authority of a warrant, was thrown out later at trial, but through prosecutorial chicanery, allowed the assault charge to stick being a paroled felon.         The so-called Aggravated-Assault charge, which should've amounted to a 'misdemeanor,' occurred with his near-term pregnant wife nearby in their own front yard, as he, showing no demonstrative violent aggressive behavior, correctly disarmed the Sheriff as he drew his service revolver in anger as "Xinachtli" challenged his authority to attempt an arrest in a situation that could've proved lethal for all three, mother, baby, and most surely "Xinachtli" himself. The local authorities hated him and his family and his labor organizing in Brewster County, Alpine, Texas.         Many of you already are familiar with this abuse of authority yarn, but, does bear repeating, as he is still held captive for this injustice in 'STG' (Security Threat Group) status, studying law and assisting other prisoners with their appeals, while continuously sharing, and germinating his revolutionary thoughts and ideals in cocoon-like solitary confinement, at the repressive TDCJ-CID James V. Allred Unit, 'Supermax' Gulag, in Iowa Park, Texas, marooned in the North Texas' Red River Valley. Texas prisons are now one of the nation's COVID-19 virus' 'hotspots,' and the courts are refusing to intervene, WHILE PRISONER DEAD BODIES PILE UP IN LOCAL MORGUES. "XINACHTLI" is an elderly person, with his life in danger.        Presently, "Xinachtli" is preparing for his (1st) upcoming 'Parole Review Hearing,' on July 18, 2021. We are in need of help with a groundswell of support from the Prison Abolitionists, Human Rights, Indigenous, and Prison Activist Movement communities. TBPP suggests that FEW, clear & concise letters are preferred, to place in his case-file for review; lazy eyes is a disguise with TBPP Parole Panels. So, let's blast 'em with a barrage of letters to help us ensure that his 'Review' is an impartially-heard (Hearing?) by traditionally 'parole-stingy' Texas Board of Pardons & Parole Commissioners; and is a successful one.         Try to include in the letter, that"Xinachtli," though, he has tested 'COVID-19 - negative,' and in recent months received a 'flu shot,' he has hypertension that's medicated, and is ostensibly cured of Hep-C, he nonetheless will be 69 years old next May 12th, 2021; so the Corona Virus danger rages on!           Also include, a solid confirmation that there's a solid support system waiting, available opportunities of employment, residence, and transportation, as well as psychological/coping support and a period of adjustment, are all important - he's been in a solitary 'time-capsule, the worldwide 'spider' web has exploded on the social scene since his conviction in June of 1997.         Please address all your Letters of Support for "Xinachtli" with his registered name, ALVARO LUNA HERNANDEZ, and prison number, TDCJ-CID#00255735  You can mail the letters to his lawyer: Allen D. Place Attorneys at Law 109 S. 7th Street Gatesville, TX, 76528 To hear Xinachtli telling his story in his own voice, check out our website.

In a rare, destination face-to-face recording, Michael and Jeremy travel to Texas for the release of Amontillado's Best. Only available in the remote Texas desert, this fine cask-aged ale is sure to please. ABV 6.66%, IBU 66.6, only $6.66 for a 22.2 oz bomber! Join our hosts as they travel to Brewster County to pick up this rarity!Beer in this episode: Steel Reserve Alloy Series Spiked Blue RazzCheers!

My solution to the gun violence problem. (It's not what you think.) CORRECTION: In this episode, I claim that the population density of Cook County, Illinois is 9,000 people per square mile. This is incorrect. It's about 5,500 per square mile. My claim that Brewster County's population density is 1.3 people per square mile was closer. It's actually 1.5. Transcript (by speechpad.com): Hi. This is Jaime Escuder. Welcome to another episode of None Sense. Let's talk about guns. You know, I don't really wanna talk about guns, but guns seems to be a particular problem in my country in that we have these endless horrible mass shootings that keep happening over and over again. And I think maybe we ought to talk about why. (I know that the gun debate is not something that's at all new but I think it's important. And I haven't really waited on it and so I'm gonna do that.) I'm gonna do that by starting off with a surprise. And this is the surprise, I'm a very liberal ... well, this is not the surprise ... I'm a very liberal person. Super liberal. I think that ... I mean, if I could wave my magic wand, I would legalize virtually every victimless crime, so prostitution, drug use, whatever. I think we live in a far too criminalized society. America is an over-criminalized, "overruled," I like to say, country. And I'm very liberal in that way and I think that people should just be allowed to do stuff so long as there's not a victim. And when I talk like that, people naturally assume that I'm a Democrat, which is true. And, of course, every Democrat is a big proponent of gun control, right? Well, not me. I'm actually not a big gun control guy and this is very surprising to people who, after they get to know me a while when they learn this about me, it's a shock to them and it's somewhat disappointing to them. So I wanna explain why, and then maybe because, yes, I'm a Democrat but I'm not a big gun control Democrat, those of you who are skeptical of what I'm about to say might be a little bit more willing to listen. So, I'm not a gun control guy, number one, because I like freedom. I think people should be allowed to do stuff. And I think one of those things is if you wanna be a gun collector or own guns, I can understand why you would wanna do that. Guns are actually pretty amazing machines if you think about it. They don't require batteries or electricity, they just kind of harness the laws of physics and chemistry to function and that's a rare thing. And I'm not a gun owner, I'm not a gun nut, but I can see, you know, it's a rare thing, it's a rare instrument that sort of functions merely out of alignment with the laws of nature. And a gun does and that's kind of amazing and so I could see how, for historical reasons and just kind of neat mechanical reasons, why people might wanna own guns. And more importantly, even if couldn't see that, I just think people should be allowed to be free in a free country and so one of the things you should be allowed to do is have guns. The other thing is I'm not at all blind to the fact that guns have their uses. The police in these types of situations ... there was just a mass shooting, like, I think I may have mentioned, in Las Vegas. I think the last count was 58 people dead ... in these kinds of situations, so Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech etc., the police always get there too late. Now, that's not to blame the police, there's no way they could know it ahead of time but it's gonna take them some minutes to get there. And if, in that time, the only person with a gun in a room full of people is the guy who's killing people, that's how you get to numbers like 58 people or whatever the number was at the Pulse Nightclub, dozens of people killed. So there's a value I recognize to having guns in places where this is gonna happen. And then the 3rd thing is, gun control is ... even the very concept of gun control is completely ignorant of the fact that it absolutely will not w...

FFRF protested Rev. Franklin Graham’s “Decision America” rally in Wisconsin this week. We hear FFRF staff members Alyssa Schaeffer, Lauryn Seering, and Calli Miller interviewed by the press during that event. After hearing Roy Zimmerman’s poignant song, “To The Victims Of This Tragedy,” bemoaning the ineffectiveness of prayer and moments of silence after tragedies like the shooting in Orlando, we talk with Jesse Castillo and Kevin Price, the two brave plaintiffs who helped FFRF successfully sue Brewster County, Texas, over Christian crosses on police vehicles. [Photo by Ingrid Laas]

This week we protest the Iowa Governor’s proclamation to read the bible. We speak with FFRF attorney Sam Grover about our lawsuit successfully removing Christian crosses from Brewster County, Texas, police vehicles. After hearing the witty and brilliant Julia Sweeney on CNN talking about the Reason Rally, we interview Marie Schaub, the courageous plaintiff in an FFRF lawsuit challenging the Ten Commandments monument in her daughter’s Pennsylvania high school.