#1648 Power Grabs, Elections Optional: The threat of minority rule through election denialism
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 186 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 8/13/2024
Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at an all-time high right now. That's both fortuitous and crucial to the upcoming election. By the very nature of Trumpism, this election will be the most flagrantly contested in history with far more Trump loyalists in place ready to throw wrenches in the works wherever they can. Nothing short of overwhelming victory for the Harris/Waltz ticket is necessary to stave off constitutional crisis.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: How Trump (Allegedly) Tried to Steal the Election - LegalEagle - Air Date 8-12-23
KP 4: Why Millions Won't Be Able To Vote In 2024? - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-8-24
KP 5: In The Hands Of The Voters with Marc Elias - Justice by Design - Air Date 8-2-24
KP 6: Resisting Minority Rule - Brennan Center for Justice - Air Date 5-30-24
(52:11) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the importance of happy warriors
DEEPER DIVES
(54:53) SECTION A - THE MECHANICS OF MINORITY RULE
(1:22:28) SECTION B - THE PROPONENTS OF MINORITY RULE
(1:44:21) SECTION C - THE HISTORY OF MINORITY RULE
(2:01:34) SECTION D - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
(2:38:53) SECTION E - ACTIVISM
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at basically an all-time high right now that is both |
| 0:15.5 | fortuitous and crucial to the upcoming election. By the very nature of Trumpism this |
| 0:21.8 | election will be the most flagrantly contested in |
| 0:24.9 | history with far more Trump loyalist in place than in 2020 who are ready to |
| 0:31.3 | throw wrenches in the works wherever they can. |
| 0:34.0 | Nothing short of overwhelming victory for the Harris-Waltz ticket |
| 0:38.0 | is necessary to stave off a constitutional crisis. |
| 0:42.0 | Sources providing are top takes in under an hour today |
| 0:45.1 | include The Rachel Maddo Show, Legal Eagle, Democracy Now, the Tom Hartman |
| 0:50.5 | program, Justice by Design, and the Brennan Center for Justice. |
| 0:55.0 | Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more on five topics. |
| 1:01.0 | Section A, the Mechanics of Minority Rule, Section B, the Proponents of Minority Rule, |
| 1:07.4 | Section C, the History of Minority Rule, Section D, a Global Perspective, and Section E, Activism. |
| 1:17.0 | You probably heard this weekend that Donald Trump told an audience on Friday night |
| 1:26.1 | that if they vote for him this November, if he's voted back into office this November, |
| 1:30.9 | they will never have to vote again. |
| 1:34.8 | He told an audience on Friday to, quote, |
| 1:36.7 | get out and vote just this time. |
| 1:39.3 | He said, after this time, quote, |
| 1:40.9 | you won't have to do it anymore. |
| 1:42.7 | You won't have to vote anymore. |
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