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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is seeking reelection. Salazar took heat when he went on stage during the Democratic National Convention and blasted Donald Trump for weakening border security.

Timothy Snyder's "On Freedom" draws on the work of philosophers and political dissidents and conversations with contemporary thinkers. Snyder also lays out how American conservatives have gotten freedom wrong. Also how Donald Trump with Project 2025 is a threat to actual freedom in America. Snyder identifies the practices that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish.

Election Day is just weeks away. It won’t be long before we’re able to vote in Texas.But there is something sinister going on with our election, something that journalist Ari Berman says is a five-alarm fire for democracy. He says there is definitely a plot to steal the election.

This week on Texas Matters: Is Attorney General Ken Paxton perverting the facts about the death of baby Nikki and the looming execution of Robert Roberson? In a report to the public about the Roberson case, the AG Office made a number of untrue and debunked statements about the death of Nikki, Roberson and his trial. We get a response from Roberson’s attorney Gretchen Sween.

The documentary tells of the dozens of men and boys who were missing and murdered by Mexican marines during a period of four months in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.

Also: New program could make flood insurance more accessible; Man charged with murder after killing wife, hiding her body; Luminaria grants help local artists

Following the devastating flooding along the Upper Guadalupe basin, two journalists talk about coverage of natural disasters in their parts of the country—from major fires in California to landslides due to extreme weather in the North Carolina. We're joined by Erin Stone, Climate and Environment Reporter for California NPR and Flood and Disaster Reporter Laura Hackett from Blue Ridge Public Radio.

Food banks have already directly felt the impact of federal funding cuts, including the termination of pandemic-era programs that provided $1 billion annually to combat food insecurity. Anti-hunger advocates are particularly concerned about the cuts to SNAP, arguing that for every meal the San Antonio Food Bank distributes, SNAP provides nine. As a result, families will be forced to ration food or lose benefits entirely.

In the United States, Coca-Cola is typically sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. However, Coca-Cola is introducing a new line of its namesake cola in the U.S. that will be sweetened with cane sugar. This new line is not replacing the existing high fructose corn syrup version but rather offered as an additional option. What does science tell us about the health risks of high fructose corn syrup?

Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who operated a vast network of sexual abuse and trafficking of underage girls. He died in jail under suspicious circumstances. Controversy surrounding former President Donald Trump includes his past friendship and social ties with Epstein. Now the Republican-controlled Congress is blocking the release of records in the Epstein investigation.