(2013/10/27) Vote the bums out if they'll let you (Voter suppression)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 October 2013
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #768
Vote the bums out if they'll let you
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Voter ID Laws Abound After Court's Decision - CounterSpin - Air Date 7-19-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Shot reverse shot - Jack Johnson
Ch. 4: Act 2: Republican Admits Voter ID Laws Helped Romney: That's The Point - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-18-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Salvation - The Cranberries
Ch. 6: Act 3: The People the GOP Doesn't Want to Vote - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 08-14-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: The youth - MGMT
Ch. 8: Act 4: The "Unseemly Rush" to Disenfranchise - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 8-13-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Ch. 10: Act 5: Gary May on The Long Assault on Our Voting Rights Part 1 - Moyers And Company - Air Date 7-12-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Little pieces - Gomez
Ch. 12: Act 6: In Rural N.C., New Voter ID Law Awakens Some Old Fears - NPR - Air Date: 8-17-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Empty - The Cranberries
Ch. 14: Act 7: Gary May on The Long Assault on Our Voting Rights Part 2 - Moyers And Company - Air Date 7-12-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Comets - Fanfarlo
Ch. 16: Act 8: Qualities in Short Supply in Republican Party - The Progressive Magazine - Air Date: 8-23-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Common sense - Justin Mcroberts
Ch. 18: Act 9: NC Voter Suppression Bill Ruins Real Democracy - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-27-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: The real meaning of sex - Ally from Iowa
Ch. 20: The need for action around trans kids - Erin from Philadelphia
Ch. 21: Voting with our dollars and actions - Chris from Colorado Springs
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final comments on boycotting Ender's Game, activism through everyday actions and the racial component of voter suppression
Activism mentioned in voicemails and final comments:
www.TransAdvocate.com
www.SkipEndersGame.com
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, where details visit |
| 0:06.6 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfLeft podcast with Cups today from CounterSpin, |
| 0:12.7 | the Majority Report, the Tom Hartman program, the Progressive Magazine, Moyers & Company, |
| 0:17.1 | NPR, and the Young Turks. |
| 0:19.2 | And a quick thought that one doesn't have to be a racist to be okay with motor expression, |
| 0:23.7 | but it sure helps. |
| 0:30.0 | After the recent Supreme Court voting rights decision, statewide voter ID laws are back up for discussion. |
| 0:35.9 | So, too, unfortunately, is the media habit of presenting legitimate claims that the law's |
| 0:41.6 | suppressed voter turnout alongside claims that the laws stop voter fraud, a problem that doesn't |
| 0:49.0 | actually exist. |
| 0:50.7 | Here's how an associated press story about the court hearings over Pennsylvania's ID law put it, |
| 0:56.4 | quote, critics derided the law as a cynical GOP effort to discourage young adults, minorities, |
| 1:02.8 | the elderly, the poor, and the disabled from going to the polls. |
| 1:07.8 | Republican said most Pennsylvanians have driver's licenses to use as photo IDs and claim that |
| 1:14.0 | the law would discourage voter fraud, close quote. |
| 1:17.7 | One side says X, the other says Y. |
| 1:20.9 | It would be responsible and entirely accurate to point out that the problem of fraud has |
| 1:25.0 | never been documented. |
| 1:27.2 | Journalists are supposed to tell us when a source is not telling the truth, but these |
| 1:31.5 | days that scene is taking sides and frowned upon by professionals who make better stenographers |
| 1:37.3 | than journalists. |
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