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817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show

817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show

The End of Republican Majority, FWISD Takeover, and The State of Local Media

Sep 14, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 10 segments

**SHORT STORY 1: Republicans are scared**…

**SHORT STORY 1: Republicans are scared** - Empty seats, socialism and Trump dominate the Republican midterm convention - How the Dallas GOP convention speakers addressed their Christian base - US appeals court rejects Trump mail-in ballot restrictions as Supreme Court considers rule - Tarrant County mentioned in Talarico’s interview with Jimmy Kimmel - Related: Tim O’Hare hosts Gov. Abbott as group of protestors condemn voter suppression **SHORT STORY 2: FWISD** - FWISD put cameras in classrooms at struggling schools. Why? - ‘That’s on us’: FWISD managers apologize for speech therapist shortage following cuts - FWISD changes course, says donors, district split $188,000 Dickies convocation cost - OpenAI partners with FWISD on ChatGPT for teachers. Questions remain - Fort Worth ISD’s uneven enrollment prompts shuffling of teachers to balance class sizes / Fort Worth ISD will reassign staff to address imbalance at schools across district - Fort Worth school district removes parent from community listening session - Fort Worth ISD faces staffing shakeups, curriculum questions. Here’s what to know - Fort Worth ISD partners with OpenAI to provide teachers with expanded ChatGPT - ‘Us vs. them’: Parents confront FWISD superintendent, leaders over growing trust gap - Students, parents voice concerns over AI use in Fort Worth ISD schools - Wearable panic buttons coming to staff in Fort Worth school district - Tax rate remains level as FWISD expects bigger shortfall amid frozen appraisals - How to get involved: - FORT (Families Organizing Resisting Takeover) - FWISD 4 All hotline (817) 814 - 1920 - 817 Gather **SHORT STORY 3: The state of local media** - McClatchy laid off 30% of its unionized workers; here’s how local coverage will suffer - Tarrant leaders’ election cut saves dollars. Does it cost GOP votes? | Opinion - To our readers: A message about AI, journalism and the Fort Worth Report’s mission **WINS:** - TAD voted to do reappraisals in 2027. (They also voted for a freeze in 2028, but if we get the slate of TAD candidates elected, they can undo that). - Community market celebrates 4 years of sustaining, supporting east Fort Worth - Fort Worth breaks ground on $1.76M Smiley Park in southeast’s Ash Crescent area - Food truck yard with seven dining options opens off East Berry Street - Historic Bedford school building to become community arts space, events venue - Opal Lee event was a success **LOSSES:** - ICE is terrorizing Tarrant County - bit.ly/donatemutualista - Fort Worth girl’s death highlights guns as leading killer of Tarrant kids - Fort Worth drivers had hundreds of accidents at these top spots. Here’s where - COVID case prevalence very high in Texas - ‘The Excel of the 21st century’: Why Tarrant County universities are turning to AI degrees - Once teeming with birdlife, this Fort Worth migration stop has dried up **ACTIONS:** - Lights out: How Fort Worth residents can help protect migrating birds this fall - North Texas homeless shelter issues urgent plea after fire destroys storage facility - September 15 - La Linea Rosa grand opening - September 16 - CDFW’s Transit Mixer - September 15 - October 15 - Latin American cultures show off pride at these Tarrant County heritage month events - September 15 - Tarrant County & Fort Worth City Council Budget Vote - September 19 - Fall Gallery Night - September 20 - 817 Gather at 3pm - October 5 - last day to register to vote - October 7 - Michelle Obama is speaking in Fort Worth Join the 817 Gather Discord, donate to the 817 Gather, and follow us on Instagram & TikTok.

**SHORT STORY 1: Republicans are scared**…

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Speakers: EJ CarrionHostAnn ZadehHostWesley KirkHost

Top entities: Fort Worth×68 Texas×34 Artificial intelligence×16 Tarrant County×36 Dallas×14

Show signals: SuitabilitySensitiveBiasLeftAudience≈22k followers

Republican Convention and Fort Worth Protests0:38 – 8:27

0:38

But I guess the first one, short story one, what's your take on the Republicans being a little scared and having the first ever midterm convention right here in DFW?

0:47

Right here in DFW, but not in Fort Worth.

0:50

So that was one of the articles was touching on before it came, why were they going to Dallas instead of Fort Worth, which sometimes Republicans tend to come here 'cause they consider us their red city.

1:00

I wonder if it had anything to do with Ken Paxton and Collin County.

1:03

I don't know if, like, you know, there's more of a relationship there.

1:06

I don't know.

1:06

They said something about it being the media market.

1:08

Yeah.

1:09

It more accessible in Dallas.

1:10

Totally.

1:10

It's a big media market.

1:11

And the article ended with, you know, even though Fort Worth is one of the bigger cities that people don't really identify, but then it equated Landman to Dallas, which all the Landman stuff has been filmed in Fort Worth, so that's kind of annoying.

Wesley KirkHost

1:26

I'm offended on multiple fronts.

1:27

[laughs]

1:28

[laughs] Well-

1:29

Not that we wanted them to come and have it here [laughs]

Wesley KirkHost

1:31

Yeah, for sure.

1:32

Well, I mean, that would've been cool, though.

Wesley KirkHost

1:34

Yeah.

1:34

I mean, that, that would've been so cool 'cause-

Wesley KirkHost

1:35

I wonder if the protest would've been bigger because-

1:37

It would have

Wesley KirkHost

1:37

... like, we've been galvanized for this exact cause, like.

1:40

Yeah, yeah.

1:41

I, I, I think.

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Republican Convention and Fort Worth Protests0:38 – 8:27

0:38

But I guess the first one, short story one, what's your take on the Republicans being a little scared and having the first ever midterm convention right here in DFW?

0:47

Right here in DFW, but not in Fort Worth.

0:50

So that was one of the articles was touching on before it came, why were they going to Dallas instead of Fort Worth, which sometimes Republicans tend to come here 'cause they consider us their red city.

1:00

I wonder if it had anything to do with Ken Paxton and Collin County.

1:03

I don't know if, like, you know, there's more of a relationship there.

1:06

I don't know.

1:06

They said something about it being the media market.

1:08

Yeah.

1:09

It more accessible in Dallas.

1:10

Totally.

1:10

It's a big media market.

1:11

And the article ended with, you know, even though Fort Worth is one of the bigger cities that people don't really identify, but then it equated Landman to Dallas, which all the Landman stuff has been filmed in Fort Worth, so that's kind of annoying.

Wesley KirkHost

1:26

I'm offended on multiple fronts.

1:27

[laughs]

1:28

[laughs] Well-

1:29

Not that we wanted them to come and have it here [laughs]

Wesley KirkHost

1:31

Yeah, for sure.

1:32

Well, I mean, that would've been cool, though.

Wesley KirkHost

1:34

Yeah.

1:34

I mean, that, that would've been so cool 'cause-

Wesley KirkHost

1:35

I wonder if the protest would've been bigger because-

1:37

It would have

Wesley KirkHost

1:37

... like, we've been galvanized for this exact cause, like.

1:40

Yeah, yeah.

1:41

I, I, I think.

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