Original Air Date: 8/16/2022
Today, we take a look at the strategies underway to systematically dismantle democracy in the United States including installing Big-Lie™ believers in elected and poll-working positions, preventing state-level Supreme Courts from holding GOP-dominated state legislators to the state constitutions, and wiping out tens of thousands of career civil servants from the federal government to be replaced by right-wing extremists.
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Ch. 1: Republicans Caught Planning MASSIVE Voter Fraud - David Pakman Show - Air Date 6-2-22
Republicans are caught planning massive voter fraud in a mindblowing new report from Politico
Ch. 2: Republican plans to use political operatives as poll workers alarm voting rights activists - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 6-1-22
Now, reporting by POLITICO details GOP efforts on the local level to challenge and potentially overturn elections. Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine and the author of "Cheap Speech" joins William Brangham to discuss.
Ch. 3: Inside Trump's Stealth Purge Plan with the Congressman Leading the Fight Against It - Beyond Politics - Air Date 7-28-22
Trump’s top allies are prepping a plan to purge the federal government. They want to remove thousands of key decision-makers and replace them with MAGA loyalists, all through an Executive Order called "Schedule F."
Ch. 4: 2024 Republican Hopefuls Support Trump Allies' Plan To Purge Government Workers - Ring of Fire - Air Date 8-4-22
Many of the possible 2024 Republican contenders have told Axios that they support the plan being put together by Trump's allies to purge career government workers and replace them with their own loyalists.
Ch. 5: Fake Electors, Real Crimes and Much More - The Bradcast - Air Date 7-26-22
Explaining the plan to election 2020 election deniers into positions of power to influence the 2024 election.
Ch. 6: Dark Money Is Fueling Election Deniers In Secretary Of State Races - The Ring of Fire - Air Date 8-6-22
Across the country, dark money is pouring into Secretary of State races to promote election-denying candidates. This money is mostly untraceable, thanks to our absurd campaign finance laws.
Ch. 7: Judicial Coup SCOTUS Gerrymandering Case May Let GOP State Legislatures Control Federal Elections - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-6-22
Carolyn Shapiro says a ruling in favor of North Carolina Republicans would be "extremely problematic from the perspective of democracy" and "could cause enormous chaos."
Ch. 8: The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend U.S. Elections - All In w/ Chris Hayes - Air Date 7-5-22
"I always counsel against assuming that any one court decision is going to dramatically change the landscape. But this case is different," says Marc Elias on the Supreme Court taking up a case on state legislatures' authority over elections.
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Ch. 9: Fake Electors, Real Crimes and Much More Part 2 - The Bradcast - Air Date 7-26-22
Previously undisclosed emails between top associates and aides of Donald Trump expose how they coordinated their plot to present 'fake' electors in seven states to steal the 2020 election from the American people.
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Description: A voter crouches by a folding table, his head is obscured by the white voter privacy box decorated with an American flag on each side. Other tables and privacy boxes can be seen in the large building foyer. Glass entrance doors can be seen in the distance.
Credit: “Election Day 2020” by Phil Roeder, Flickr | License: CC by 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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#1563 Putting Our Kids to Work for Corporate Profits
#TBT #1080 Corporate media’s fight for legitimacy in the age of Trump (Throwback)
#1560 Immigration Crisis: Biden vs. Trump, Undocumented Workers, Anti-Immigrant Hate, Migrant Abuse, and the Economic Fallout of Florida's New Law
#1559 Company Towns are a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
#TBT #1133 Understanding Authoritarianism (Throwback)
Bonus Edition #270 I'd Like to Phone a Friend
#1558 States of Hate, Right-Wing Legislatures Go Full-Tilt While the Courageous Fight Back
#1557 Tactics and Counter-Tactics of the Struggle for Labor Rights
#1556 Oil Wealth and Oligarchy, Over 100 Years of Polishing Unredeemable Reputations
#1555 The Kids Are Not Alright (Boys, Girls, Culture and Social Media)
Bonus Sample #269 Tell Good Stories and Jokes
#1554 Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit
#1553 The Nuremberg Trials of J.K. Rowling: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in the Bizarro World
#1484 Elon Musk is Not Your Savior and He Is Actually Awful (Repost)
Bonus Sample #268 Making Corrections
#1480 The Cyberwar Did Not Begin with Cyber Pearl Harbor (Repost)
#1552 Invasion of Iraq, 20 years later
#1476 The Disinformation War We Are Not Fighting (Repost)
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