#873 The other new Jim Crow (Voting rights) (Repost)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 10 October 2017
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Summary
Air Date: 11/04/2014
For information on the current effort to reform the electoral college that I discuss at the top of the show, visit: EqualVotes.us
Today we take a look at the ways the Republican Party has been working to suppress voter turnout to benefit their electoral chances while claiming to be stopping voter fraud which basically doesn't exist
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Voting Laws Keeping Americans From The Polls - @ajplus - Air Date: 10-27-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: You're The Best (Theme From The Karate Kid) [Originally Performed by Joe Esposito] - You're The Best
Ch. 4: Act 2: 'Free' Voter IDs Cost $8 to $25. Freedom! - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 10-31-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Repeal the Poll Tax - A Thousand Miles Away
Ch. 6: Act 3: In Person Voter Fraud Very Rare And Still Is - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 9-19-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Mess Is Mine - Dream Your Life Away
Ch. 8: Act 4: Voting suppression through the courts - BradCast (@TheBradBlog) - Air Date: 10-29-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: 1901 - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Ch. 10: Act 5: They're not even trying to hide their true motives anymore - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date: 10-25-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Cheat - The Clash
Ch. 12: Act 6: Republican Voter Suppression Since 1980 - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 03-22-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: There You Go Again - Sunshine to Rain
Ch. 14: Act 7: Please Don't Vote - A Message From The Republican Party - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-27-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Battle Hymn of the Republic - Turkey In the Straw and Other Country Fiddle Hits
Ch. 16: Act 8: The Fight — and the Right — to Vote - @billmoyersHQ - Air Date: 10-24-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: I'm Free - 20 Golden Greats
Ch. 18: Act 9: Voting Rights Amendment Act via @civilrightsorg - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 19: Song 9: Time for Action - Time for Action - the Very Best Of
Ch. 20: Act 10: Excerpt: LBJ's Voting Rights Speech "The American Promise" - @LBJLibrary - Air Date: 03-15-1965
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to another regularly scheduled rerun. I just finished recording today's |
| 0:08.7 | bonus content with Amanda and I think it's definitely something to be checked out. We |
| 0:14.0 | had just a couple of updates from past episodes and then we had some very interesting conversations |
| 0:20.2 | about the difference in 2016 versus 2017 and how that feels. Being very clear to distinguish |
| 0:29.4 | and point out that 2017 is obviously actually worse. But I sort of had some feelings recently |
| 0:38.1 | that even though 2017 is worse, that it might not feel as bad as 2016, 2016 famously felt |
| 0:48.6 | terrible and everyone was ready for it to be done. So we discussed that a bit and we also |
| 0:53.7 | discussed one of my favorite outlets for it's not news and analysis. It's science and understanding, |
| 1:03.1 | really. It's called the Greater Good Science Center and I want to mention that here we go |
| 1:08.7 | into a lot more detail in the bonus episode. But I want to mention it here because I encourage |
| 1:13.4 | everyone to read this. It's like it's the uplifting kind of, well, I don't know. I don't know. It's not |
| 1:22.7 | uplifting necessarily, but I gain some degree of calm and solace from understanding why things |
| 1:30.8 | are happening, you know, being in a bad situation and not understanding how we got here. I think |
| 1:36.5 | it's worse than being in a bad situation and at least understanding how we got here because |
| 1:41.0 | it gives you just a sliver of understanding of how maybe we can get out of it or maybe not. |
| 1:47.0 | But anyway, it's not a great pitch, but I think you should check out the Greater Good Science Center. |
| 1:53.3 | They just have a blog and post lots of interesting things. So we had a long detailed discussion about |
| 2:00.3 | one of their recent posts about understanding how power causes people to act more like sociopaths, |
| 2:09.5 | which is quite relevant in today's politics, but it's actually relevant in, you know, |
| 2:15.6 | any days politics. So that's the members only bonus. If you are a member, make sure you get access |
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