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'BradCast' 7/20/2023 (The 2024 Stakes: Democracy v. Autocracy) The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman
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On today's 'BradCast': The choice in the 2024 general election is becoming more simple and stark by the day -- it's a choice between pro-democracy vs. pro-autocracy, in what will be the single most defining issue in American elections for the foreseeable future. In Florida, a federal judge blocked a new Republican state law that tried to prevent pro-democracy groups from registering voters. House Republicans introduced new legislation to make it harder for legal voters to vote and even easier for billionaires to buy elections. Senate Democrats re-introduced two major voting rights bills to make it easier for all legal voters to cast a ballot, regulate dark money in elections, ban partisan gerrymandering, and more -- another clear illustration of a pro-democracy party versus an anti-democracy party. A Republican election official in Michigan has been banned from administering elections after he was charged with crimes related to posing as a fake GOP elector in a plot to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Former Trump officials are publicly touting their preparations for an 'autocratic capture' plan for the next Republican president to decimate the federal government, take over independent federal agencies, and institute full autocracy. Also today: President Biden highlights the extraordinary growth of jobs and manufacturing in the U.S. offshore wind industry. California man hilariously runs a mile in 'Darth Valley'. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'
On today's 'BradCast': The choice in the 2024 general election is becoming more simple and stark by the day -- it's a choice between pro-democracy vs. pro-autocracy, in what will be the single most defining issue in American elections for the foreseeable future. In Florida, a federal judge blocked a new Republican state law that tried to prevent pro-democracy groups from registering voters. House Republicans introduced new legislation to make it harder for legal voters to vote and even easier for billionaires to buy elections. Senate Democrats re-introduced two major voting rights bills to make it easier for all legal voters to cast a ballot, regulate dark money in elections, ban partisan gerrymandering, and more -- another clear illustration of a pro-democracy party versus an anti-democracy party. A Republican election official in Michigan has been banned from administering elections after he was charged with crimes related to posing as a fake GOP elector in a plot to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Former Trump officials are publicly touting their preparations for an 'autocratic capture' plan for the next Republican president to decimate the federal government, take over independent federal agencies, and institute full autocracy. Also today: President Biden highlights the extraordinary growth of jobs and manufacturing in the U.S. offshore wind industry. California man hilariously runs a mile in 'Darth Valley'. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'
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