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Today, we're going to talk about Democrats failing to create a carve out in the filibuster

for voting rights, but also some bright spots ahead of midterms and what could still turn

things around ahead of November.

I interview Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wickler about Ron Johnson's announcement

to run for a third term, his biggest vulnerability, and what the nation's most important swing

state looks like as we head into midterms.

And the president and CEO of Media Matters, Angelou Caroussohn joins to discuss direct TV

dropping OAN and what it might mean for other far-right outlets.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen and you're listening to No Lie.

This week, the culmination of the Democrats efforts to create a carve out in the filibuster

voting rights ended as expected with cinema and mansion siding with Republicans to keep

the filibuster in place.

Even as voter suppression laws are passing in states across the country with simple

majorities, even as Republican-led state legislatures are reorganizing local elections

boards in Georgia, even as half of all new mail ballot applications are being rejected

in Texas, even as states are being gerrymandered to ensure Republican majorities, even despite

all of this happening right under our noses, still mention it's in a decided that the

real risk here was the division that might come from changing some arbitrary Senate procedural

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