The Jackpod: Two cheers for the filibuster

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the threat to voting rights posed by the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to vote.

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1:01.3	I'm Dory Shimer, filling in for Megynne Trucker Barty, and this is The Jackpot,
1:06.1	where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings unique clarity to the world we live in now.
1:09.8	Hi, Jack.
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1:13.3	What's the headline today?
1:15.2	Two cheers for the filibuster.
1:17.9	Well, I do know there's some people cheering for it today.
1:21.4	Tell me more.
1:22.8	Well, you know, this anti-democratic instrument of minority rule, it may be all that saves us from the Save Act.
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