This is a life-changing election. This will determine what America is going to look like for a long, long time.

This is the most important election in the history of our country.

Welcome to PodTap America, I'm John Favre. I'm Dan Fifer.

Later in the pod, I'll talk with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about how the Senate Democrats will handle the Supreme Court nomination fight.

We'll also cover Donald Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, the latest issues around mail-in voting, and why Republicans are now running ads that appeal to supporters of the dangerous QAnon conspiracy.

Another bright and cheery day here at PodTap America, Dan.

Democracy is healthy and thriving.

We do want to start with some good news about what you all accomplished on National Voter Registration Day.

You helped contact over 1.2 million young people who were either unregistered or needed to update their registration, and you helped raise over $1 million for registered a vote, which has sent over 360,000 registration forms and other materials to people who aren't yet registered in key battleground states.

Just incredible work. Keep it up. Registration deadlines start coming next weekend. You can check yours on VotesaveAmerica.com. I believe we had 40,000,000 people who used the two-line Votesave America on National Registration Day to either update their registration or verify it, so that's very exciting.

Quick programming note. With friends like these is back with a new season about good intentions, or on-a-mary cocks will dig into what makes us want to do good and what doing good does to our brains.

The first episode is out tomorrow, so make sure to check it out and subscribe to with friends like these wherever you get your podcasts.

Finally, before we get started with the rest of today's news, our colleagues over at what a day did an outstanding job this morning covering Wednesday's announcement that no officers will be charged directly in the death of Brianna Taylor,

who was killed by Louisville police officers earlier this year in a botched drug raid on her home. A grand jury instead indicted just one of the officers connected to the case with Wonton endangerment for firing shots that went through Taylor's apartment into a neighboring home.

What a day spoke with Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker about the case this morning, and here is a clip.

It's another example of how justice fails us, and the reality is that justice has been failing us for generations.

And so as hurtful as this moment is and a lot of different ways, especially for the family that miss Palm, and they're dealing with a lot of trauma.

And this is really just another devastating chapter and was going to be a lifetime of pain and distress for them.

And in the midst of all that, I feel very heavy sense of resolve that this is why we fight. This is why we leave this is why we show up in.

I feel our community as a whole is.

It's a horrific and infuriating outcome, but it's you know, Charles Booker was excellent in that interview. So really encourage everyone to listen to the interview and for more on the Brianna Taylor case, check out the rest of today's what a day.

And be sure to subscribe to the show. It is outstanding. Always a key and getting in our fantastic.

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