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Texas Standard For August 7, 2020
With under three months until Election Day, the Biden campaign is getting pressure to pull out the stops in Texas to seize a historic moment, we’ll have the latest. And: Face to face with an interface: in an era of zoom meetings, Child Protective Services takes family visits online. Also: Presidential rhetoric reconsidered. The Texan author of “Demagogue for President” makes the case that some of it is genius. Also: Listeners have more questions about COVID-19. Dr. Fred Campbell of UT Health San Antonio has answers. Plus: The week in politics from the Texas Tribune and much more today on the Texas Standard:

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