#1477 The Plot Against America
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 19 March 2022
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Today we take a look at the details of the planned coup that had its culmination in the form of a violent insurrection at the US Capitol Building on January 6th, 2021 as well as the ongoing efforts to undermine and dismantle the structures of our election system.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: January 6th Planning Was WAY More Detailed Than We Thought - The Majority Report - Air Date 2-5-22
In some ways, the attack on the Capitol looked haphazard but the answer is far scarier. There was much more planning by the group involved.
National columnist Will Bunch says there is growing evidence that links Trump and his inner circle to the Capitol attack.
Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times; David Wilson.
Former Pentagon adviser Ryan Goodman says former President Trump could have used the Insurrection Act to hold onto power onJanuary 6, 2021.
Rep. Pete Aguilar, member of the January 6th Committee
It took decades to build our system of non-partisan, professional election administration, but the entire system is now under persistent attack by Trump's MAGA Mob.
Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times
Ch. 8: Trump Facing CRIMINAL Charges Per Trump Riot Committee - David Pakman Show - Air Date 3-3-22
The January 6 Trump riot committee has released a list of possible criminal charges committed by former President Donald Trump.
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Expert fears partisan actors may replace election workers who quit over threats (PBS News Hour)
1 in 5 local election officials say they're likely to quit before 2024 (NPR)
Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting (Washington Post)
One in five U.S. election workers may quit amid threats, politics (Reuters)
Local election officials are exhausted, under threat and thinking about quitting (Politico)
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Description: Black and white photo from a rally. A hand holds up a sign that says "Remember Jan. 6th, Senators. Protect Our Democracy Now".
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning best of left podcast in which we shall take |
| 0:07.1 | a look at the details of the planned coup that had its culmination in the form of a violent |
| 0:12.2 | insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, as well as the ongoing efforts |
| 0:18.4 | to undermine and dismantle the structures of our election system. |
| 0:23.0 | Clips today are from the majority report, Democracy Now, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Bradcast, |
| 0:29.3 | David Pakman Show, and with additional members only clips from The Rachel Maddo Show and The |
| 0:34.8 | Bradcast. |
| 0:36.3 | There's like only a couple of degrees of separation from these guys from the White House. |
| 0:47.4 | The Roger Stone was with the Uth Keepers on the morning of January 6th. |
| 0:51.2 | We all know Roger Stone is Donald Trump's big buddy. |
| 0:54.5 | He's involved in the Willard Hotel stuff, you know, with Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani |
| 0:59.0 | and all this stuff. |
| 1:00.0 | So, I mean, it always seems so weird because when you're talking about Donald Trump and his |
| 1:03.9 | machinations, it's such a clown show that you think, you know, how bad could it have |
| 1:10.4 | been? |
| 1:11.4 | But here we're dealing with something I think that's pretty serious in a way that I don't |
| 1:15.8 | know that we've thought about it before. |
| 1:19.3 | This was a militia group, essentially. |
| 1:22.3 | These guys are ex-military and ex-cops. |
| 1:25.4 | And there's actually, they say about 10% of the members are current military and cops. |
| 1:31.0 | These are people who are trained, right? |
| 1:32.4 | I mean, obviously they're trained in violent, you know, kinetic activity as they call it. |
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