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In this week's show our guest is Aliza Geretz who is a health care advocate. A progressive who is concerned enough to contact her congressmen and representatives. She was present at Ted Cruz’s town hall meeting which involved defunding and replacing the Veterans Affairs Administration with private contractors or providing veterans with the opportunity to use other hospitals or clinics for their healthcare. Aliza is currently a Houston resident, her Representative is John Culberson and her two senators are Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. Cornyn was ranked by National Journal as the fourteenth-most conservative United States Senator in 2013.She wrote a letter to the editor to the following article http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Cruz-VA-reform-bill-would-introduce-health-care-11275267.php?cmpid=email-mobileThe entire tone of the article feels like a PR piece for Cruz. Cruz claims he held a town hall, which Jeremy repeats without question. More like town small — somehow I snagged one of the 64 seats.Questions from constituents? Not really. Cruz took a handful of questions which were hand-picked by the moderator: an employee of the Koch brothers.Jeremy’s point that Cruz had “hardly any interruptions” left out the fact that anyone who spoke up or held signs was immediately asked to leave by staffers and security lining the room.I was most bothered by Jeremy’s statement that “a few critics in Houston did infiltrate the hotel ballroom.” Infiltrate? The half of the room with hard questions for Cruz had every right to be there, even if the event was inadequate and tightly controlled.Finally, I counted a lot more than “200 people” at O’Rourke’s open event that same day. Maybe that’s the difference between a Senator who is in the pocket of wealthy donors like the Kochs, and a grassroots candidate who will work for the people of Texas.https://www.click2houston.com/news/sen-ted-cruz-speaks-with-cva-at-town-hall-meeting-in-houstonMystic-Skeptic Radio produces programs such as Uncensored & Raiders of the Unknown. Some of the ongoing series are: Jesus The Israelite, Anti-Semitism Rising & Paul's Legacy (all available on our YouTube channels). In the past 8 years we have featured academics (Amy Jill Levine) , presidential candidates( Howie Hawkins), Commentators (Jay Michaelson) , Advocates (Vanessa Guillen), Scholars(John Dominic Crossan) and Holistic Healers (Rosemary Gladstar). We have taken deep dives on the topics of human trafficking, ancient civilizations, demonology and the occult, social movements, controversial topics and many of the current affairs affecting our society. Join us as as we explore the mystic-skeptic mind space…