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 Trump's not-so-veiled threat. He issued on Sunday to ABC News when asked by

Jonathan Carl whether he thinks there's any way he could lose the election. Quote,

yeah, I guess, you know, I guess you could lose, can lose, I mean, what happens, right? But I think I have a

pretty substantial lead. But you could say, yeah, yeah, you could lose, but bad things could happen.

You know, things happen. But it's going to be interesting. Joining us to assess the portent of post-election violence stoke by Trump is Jared Holt,

a senior research analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue,

where he researches hate and extremist movements in the United States

and their relationship to the Internet.

He specializes in alt-right and so-called new right media,

in addition to the larger culture and influence of right-wing social media.

Then we'll look into a pernicious operation underway to empower partisan GOP vigilantes

to challenge and purge voter roles without voters knowing

and having little recourse to restore their

rights. Joining us is Greg Pallist, a journalist who previously worked as a government consultant

and an investigator for labor unions. The author of the New York Times and international bestsellers

the best democracy money can buy, and armed Madhouse.

He is the recipient of the George Orwell Carriage and Journalism Prize for his BBC television

documentary Bush Family Fortunes. His latest film is Vigilante's Inc., America's New Vote

Suppression Hitman, produced by Martin Sheen and narrated by Rosario Dawson,

and Leonardo DiCaprio just released the film for free streaming at Save Your Vote.org.

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