The Big Truth vs. The Big Lie with Major Garrett
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of “The Big Lie,”is the new book by Major Garret, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News. His co-author is David Becker, the Executive Director and Founder of the nonpartisan, non-profit Center for Election Innovation & Research, working with election officials of both parties, all around the country, to ensure accessible, secure elections for all eligible voters.
Their new book outlines the threat to American democracy by election deniers. And explain why 70% of the country thinks Democracy is on the line in this year’s midterms.
You can buy the book here.
Today Bill highlights the election for senate in Georgia between Herschel Walker and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. It’s close and Warnock could use your help. You can join the fight to save Democracy at WarnockForGeorgia.com
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| 0:00.0 | Searching for a romantic summer getaway. Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new Audible original |
| 0:05.2 | from Lily Chew. The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth |
| 0:10.2 | Lily Chew title. This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale, |
| 0:15.5 | set in Toronto's wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada, rich girl Summer follows the story of Valerie, |
| 0:22.1 | a down-on-her-luck event planner posing as a socialite's long-lost daughter, while piecing |
| 0:26.5 | together the secrets surrounding a mysterious family and falling deeper and deeper in love with the |
| 0:31.7 | impossibly hard to read and infuriatingly handsome family assistant, Nico. Caught between pretending to belong |
| 0:38.2 | and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, |
| 0:41.3 | Valerie learns her summer is about to get far more complicated |
| 0:44.0 | than she ever planned. |
| 0:45.8 | She's in over her head and head over heels. |
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| 0:53.3 | Music on Audible. Go to Audible.com slash rich girl summer. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello, good friends. Good to see you again and welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:12.4 | You know, it's about time. It's about time. Somebody came up with an answer to how to respond to the big lie. And you know what I'm talking about? The compounded big lie spread by Donald Trump, |
| 1:19.2 | that the 2020 election was stolen from him, that voter brought is rampant in the United States, |
| 1:25.0 | that voting machines are easily corrupted, and that in fact |
| 1:28.5 | every election is fraudulent, except, of course, those elections that Trump or MAGA Republicans |
| 1:35.4 | win. That's the big lie. But now comes the big truth. In a new book by the same name, |
| 1:42.5 | The Big Truth, by Chief CBS News Washington correspondent Major Garrett |
| 1:47.4 | and elections expert David Becker. |
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