“The Democratic National Couch-vention.”
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🗓️ 17 August 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The Postal Service warns states that mail-in ballots might not be counted in time, Democrats plan an emergency hearing with the Postmaster General, and the first all-virtual Democratic National Convention begins with speakers ranging from John Kasich to AOC. Then voting rights attorney Marc Elias talks to Jon Favreau about his legal fight against Donald Trump’s efforts to sabotage the election.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome to Potsay America, I'm John Favreira. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm John Loveett, I'm Tommy Detour. |
| 0:24.1 | On today's pod, I talked to voting rights attorney Mark Elias, |
| 0:26.6 | the man who's leading the legal fight against Donald Trump's |
| 0:28.9 | effort to sabotage the election. |
| 0:30.8 | Before that, we'll talk about the latest |
| 0:32.6 | in the Republican War on the Post Office, |
| 0:34.8 | how Democrats are fighting back, |
| 0:36.5 | and what the party hopes to achieve |
| 0:37.9 | at this week's national convention. |
| 0:40.5 | But first, love it. |
| 0:41.8 | Happy birthday. |
| 0:42.7 | Oh, thank you. |
| 0:44.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.7 | Happy birthday. |
| 0:45.8 | I'm very excited. |
| 0:47.1 | Can we insert some music here? |
| 0:49.6 | Let's terrific. |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah, let's do that. |
| 0:51.7 | Wonderful. |
| 0:52.5 | Uh. |
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