#1656 How Far He Will Go: Election lies, intimidation, interference, insurrection

Air Date: 9-17-2024

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It's not just the threat of the electoral college handing the presidency to the loser of the popular vote, nor the specter of a repeat of a January 6th-like event hanging over the election - there's also copious lies and disinformation including a new and improved nazi-to-Republican-talking-point-pipeline, and fresh new intimidation and voter suppression tactic experiments underway in the laboratories of democracy. 

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Ignore your lying eyes: Republicans attempt to overwrite living memory to rewrite history - Alex Wagner Tonight - Air Date 8-14-24

KP 2: Trump Admits He Lost 2020 Election?!? - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-5-24

KP 3: How Pro-Trump Election Officials Could Refuse To Certify The 2024 Election - Democracy Docket - Air Date 8-15-24

KP 4: What Does “Election Interference” Even Mean Anymore? - The Political Scene Podcast - Air Date 9-4-24

KP 5: Subvert the Election, But Make It Legal - Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Air Dat 9-7-24

KP 6: ‘Intimidation’: MAGA Texas AG orders raids on homes of Latino Democrats - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 8-29-24

KP 7: Republicans caught in BOMBSHELL lie - Brian Tyler Cohen - Air Date 9-9-24

KP 8: This is also ominous foreboding for what these people will do in office - Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 9-13-24


(49:26) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On what puts democracies at risk

Article: Democracy Needs the Loser


DEEPER DIVES

(1:01:09) SECTION A: INTIMIDATION

A1: Meet the county official debunking & dismantling Elon Musk's election lies - AYMAN - Air Date 9-9-24

A2: Confederate Voter Intimidation 2.0: The GOP's Dark Strategy for Winning - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-27-24


(1:15:27) SECTION B: INTERFERENCE

B1: Elon Musk is Trying to Rig the Election - Ethan is online - Air Date 9-6-24

B2: Missouri Supreme Court SURPRISES US ALL, Keeps Abortion Rights on the Ballot in November! - Brittany Page - Air Date 9-10-24

B3: They Are Already Stealing the Election - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 8-19-24

B4: Texas Attorney General Paxton Sues To Block Voter Registration Efforts - Democracy Docket - Air Date 9-11-24

B5: RNC Targets Swing States in New Lawsuits - Democracy Docket - Air Date 9-9-24


(1:54:14) SECTION C: LIES

C1: WATCH: Actual Nazi Who Started Racist Haitian Rumors - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 9-12-24

C2: From Russia With Money; Cheney endorses Harris; GOP voter purge in NC - The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman - Air Date 9-5-24


(2:08:49) SECTION D: ELECTION INTEGRITY

D1: How the National Popular Vote Could Change Presidential Elections Part 1 - Democracy Works - Air Date 9-2-24

D2: The Georgia Election Laboratory - What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Air Date 8-26-24

D3: How the National Popular Vote Could Change Presidential Elections Part 2 - Democracy Works - Air Date 9-2-24


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Description: Photo of a woman holding a sign above her head that says “Voting Rights are Human Rights”. She is wearing a bucket hat that says “Good Trouble.”

Credit: “210828 - voting rights-6” by Johnny Silvercloud | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

 

 

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