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Hi, I'm Molly JongFast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discussed the top political headlines with some of today's best minds.

We're on vacation, but that doesn't mean we don't have a great show for you today.

The Nerd Reich newsletter and New Republic contributor, Gil Duren, stops by to talk about why some Silicon Valley leaders are advocating an anti-democracy agenda.

But first we have next-gen executive director, Ariana Jones, about how we get young voters out to vote for Dems.

Welcome to fast politics, Ariana.

Thanks so much for having me.

So explain to us what you do and what your organization does.

I'm the executive director here at NextGen America, which is an organization that works primarily on college campuses. So we combine year-round

organizing with issue education, voter registration, and get out the vote efforts. I'm really focused

on building trust and participation over time and not just parachuting in at election season.

So what does that mean exactly?

Forming student clubs on campuses, making sure that we're having conversations about the issues long-term,

not just right when it matters and we are asking them to show up at the polls,

and ensuring we're connecting the dots to their everyday lives.

Give us some of the clubs that your organization starts, like what they are, what they're called, et cetera.

It's primarily like an organizing tool.

Like we provide the students with the opportunity to learn organizing tactics and skills,

leadership skills, and then we ask them to go out and have conversations with their, you know,

fellow students and discuss just the things that are affecting them and connecting the dots and making sure that

they get registered to vote, obviously, and that they know, you know, what dates to show up.

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