Protect our Vote

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The right to vote in America is under attack. The Republicans, and the dark moneyed powers who fund them, have made a calculated decision to rig the elections in their favor to regain and retain power. Between redistricting, partisan gerrymandering, voter suppression laws and criminal intimidation Republicans have decided to abandon the fundamental right to a free and fair election and if the Democrats don’t do something about it while they can, we could easily lose the country forever to this coup enabling, autocratic leaning, increasingly criminal group of self dealers, and our country deserves better. Please rate and subscribe so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward! Thank you to today’s sponsors! Blinkist: http://www.blinkist.com/politicsgirl Athletic Greens: http://www.athleticgreens.com/politicsgirl Follow me on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK and watch my Rants on TIKTOK Social Links here! https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Sources for today’s pod: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-republican-president-mail-in-voting-lindsey-graham-warns-2020-11 https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act-introduced-senate-brennan-center https://apnews.com/article/legislature-voting-rights-ted-cruz-legislation-elections-6270306f67108ac16f4ee7b45a8afdb3 https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-october-2021 https://www.chron.com/politics/article/Texas-law-mail-in-voting-jail-time-16735808.php https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-adam-jentleson-transcript.html https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-isn-t-a-partisan-issue-it-s-about-patriotism-129750597781 https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/2021/12/21/lincoln-county-attempts-eliminate-six-polling-places/8970073002/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/republicans-are-erasing-decades-of-voting-rights-gains-before-our-eyes/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/democrats-just-introduced-a-new-voting-rights-bill-its-going-nowhere-if-they-dont-reform-the-filibuster/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/biden-filibuster-voting-rights-corruption-manchin-sinema-1224269/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michigan-united-states-elections-electoral-college-6a24cc9771ec02b0fd6564f0833de7b9 https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56364271-trumpocracy-the-corruption-of-the-american-republic https://www.democracydocket.com https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/voter-suppression-civil-rights-leaders-joe-biden-2022 https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/01/texas-voting-bill-greg-abbott/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/eight-years-ago-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act-widespread-voter-suppression-resulted/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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