Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with further secret recordings by Lauren Windsor and her associate,

Alyssa Mara Mara, this time capturing Roger Stone at Mar-a-Lago,

bragging about plans to steal the 2024 election for Trump.

We'll discuss the apocalyptic mindset on the Maga Right, which extends to the Supreme Court, with Alito on a previous secret tape recording, making it clear there can be no compromise

with the ungodly. Joining us is Paul Waldman, a journalist and opinion writer and a former

columnist at the Washington Post,

whose books include Being Right is Not Enough,

what progressives must learn from conservative success,

the press effect, politicians, journalists, and the stories that shape the political world,

and most recently White Rural Rage, the Threat to American Democracy. We'll discuss his article at NBC News, why the new Justice Alito recording is so unsettling. Then we'll explore further

Roger Stone's plan to steal the election and discuss how it can be done, given the many

vulnerabilities to our easily-gamed electoral system

with relics like the Electoral College and even the recent Electoral Count Act of 2022,

making it possible for state legislatures to require electors to cast votes based on the legislature's direction.

Joining us is Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership

at Harvard Law School, host of the podcast Another Way, founder of Equalcitizens.us, and co-founder

of the Creative Commons. He clerked for Justice Anten and Scalia on the United States Supreme Court

and has received numerous awards

and was named one of Scientific Americans' top 50 visionaries. He's the author of Republic Lost,

how money corrupts our Congress and a plan to stop it. One way forward, the outsider's guide to

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