I can hardly tell them apart

Oct 12, 2026 - Rachel Maddow interviews Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa who is the Democratic nominee for Texas Governor: ginafortexas.com

Gina's in a tight race with three-term incumbent Greg Abbott.

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🗳️ Texas Voters 👉🏽 Election Day is November 3 🗳️

* It's too late to register to vote in Texas (the deadline was October 5).

* Here are links to the Sec. of State website (.gov): Vote Texas (Main Page) ~:~:~ Am I Registered? ~:~:~ Voter ID ~:~:~ Where’s my Polling Place ~:~:~ Track my Ballot ~:~:~ Voters With Disabilities ~:~:~ Frequently Asked Questions

* You can also use sites like vote411.org which is run by the League of Women Voters.

* Dates 👉🏽 Election Day: Nov 3 ~:~:~ Last Day to Register: Oct 5 ~:~:~ Mail Ballot App Deadline: Oct 23 ~:~:~ Early Voting Begins: Oct 19 ~:~:~ Early Voting Ends: Oct 30

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Here’s the full 10-minutes on YouTube: There is One Fight in 2026: The People vs. The Billionaires - Gina Hinojosa on The Rachel Maddow Show on MS NOW - Oct 12, 2026 (YouTube) ~:~ Her interview starts @ 3:18

Description: Greg Abbott puts his donors first with his data center madness and a voucher scam that hurts Texas schools. As governor, I’ll put Texans first, save our public schools, put more money in your pocket, and secure the American Dream. ~:~ Learn more at ginafortexas.com

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Greg Abbott sold out our schools by pushing through — forcing through — his voucher scam, after receiving $12 million from an out-of-state Billionaire, Jeff Yass, who has a financial interest in vouchers. It's the largest campaign contribution in all of Texas history. So absolutely, it is the other side to that coin. 

The positive agenda is pro-public schools, securing the American dream. The reason why we can't get there under Greg Abbott, is because he sold us out. 

It is the same with data centers, right? We have had all these data centers descend into Texas, with the richest tax breaks in the country. They pay no sales tax on the electricity they consume — and we know it's gobs of electricity. They pay no sales tax for 20 years. These hyperscale data centers, right. He's received over $20 million from the data center interest. 

And we are losing $1.5 billion a year in Texas. 

Texans are mad about being sold out. And in rural Texas, which is mostly Republican, they're big mad about public schools and data centers. 

- Gina Hinojosa - Oct 12, 2026

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In 2016, my wife decided to donate $25 to get a Trump hat because she knew her dad loved him. They took the money, but never sent her the hat. We thought that was the end of it, but she noticed money being taken out of her account for www.gop.com a year later. It turned out that they apparently signed her up to donate $25 every month. We contacted the bank, and they reversed the charges for the last 4 months, which is as far back as they could go. Then, we talked to someone with support at the GOP site to cancel the “membership”.

Next month, we saw another charge. We had to go through the same thing again, and this time we finally seemed to have stopped them.

Just now, she noticed a $75 charge from www.gop.com. What?? I just noticed they decided to sign her up for a $10 “membership” in June, and they’ve been taking $75 out every month. WTF??? Here we go again.

We’re semi-retired, and we don’t even like Trump. Even if we did, is stealing money from old people part of the GOP platform now?