The Tortured Electoral College Department

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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2:40 TEMP CHECK: Sami and V check the nation’s pulse after Taylor Swift’s double album release and the discourse that followed. 10:00 MAIN NEWS: This week, Maine joined The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Under the proposed compact, each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote for president, regardless of how individual states voted in an election. 21:30 DOWN BALLOT GIRLY OF THE WEEK: Goes to the first South American-born immigrant to serve in Congress, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. Mucarsel-Powell is running for the Florida Senate against current senator Rick Scott who has been a long time fixture in Florida politics. 31:00 OUR DOWN BALLOT VILLAIN OF THE WEEK: Goes to Louis DeJoy and his attempt to privatize the USPS through the “Delivering for America” plan which is a roadmap to destroying rural, indigenous communities that are too small to have private shipping offices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.7	the absurdities and oddities of our uniquely American experience.
0:43.6	Today we are bringing you a temp check
0:45.2	on our newest piece of Americana, the Tortured Poets Department,
0:49.0	a breakdown of how some states are making an attempt
0:51.6	to get our president-elected based on the popular vote.
0:54.1	Imagine that.
0:55.1	And how our old friend Louis de Joy is back, still trying to get rid of your mail.
1:00.1	We have not seen such a threat to the mail since Anthony Comstock.
1:04.7	Honestly, I don't think we've seen such a threat to the mail since any email was invented.
1:09.7	I know.
1:10.5	Speaking of email, we got some amazing emails this week week we are going to read one later in our
1:14.6	down ballot segment so stay tuned yes please email us it is my favorite thing that we do
1:19.2	and Sammy we are two days away from American Fever Dream taking Washington, D.C.
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