American - Politician | September 26, 1972 -
I don't know how old I was when I first started going to shows, maybe 14 or 15, but very quickly, I discovered Dischord Records in D.C. and loved all the music on that catalog. I was a big Rites of Spring fan, Minor Threat, of course.
Beto O'Rourke
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One overlooked great 1980s rock n' roll band, maybe punk rock - they were on SST Records, same label as Black Flag - is this band called the Leaving Trains.
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I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.
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I was born in '72, and my dad was county judge of El Paso from '82 to '86. He was just as independent as he could be, and had an amazing joy in life and in being with people, which, from my perspective as a kid, was that he was always going to do the right thing, and damn the consequences - political or otherwise.
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The bottom line is that I'm very, very proud of my mom.
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There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.
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I don't know that my colleagues in Congress really care about what happens here in El Paso and in Juarez. They care what happens in their home district.
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