On today’s BradCast, more Republican efforts to keep (certain) voters from voting in several states where demographics are quickly moving against them, and they’re beginning to get very worried, for good reason, in advance of 2018 — but even ahead of the important U.S. House special election run-off election set for June in Georgia! [Audio link to show is posted below.]
Among the many stories covered on today’s news-packed show…
- The Republicans’ stolen U.S. Supreme Court helped Arkansas kill a man on Thursday night;
- Trump sold millions of dollars of access to corporate giants during his inauguration in January;
- Nevada’s Republican Sec. of State invents a “non-citizen” voting scare in the state;
- Georgia’s GOP Sec. of State is sued for blocking new voter registrations in violation of federal law, in advance of June’s high-profile U.S. House special election run-off in GA-06;
- Yet another federal court finds that Republican legislators in Texas intentionally discriminated against Hispanic voters when drawing up statehouse districts. (The 4th finding by a federal court of intentional racial discrimination by the TX GOP in the past two months, making the state more than eligible for special oversight under the Voting Rights Act!)
- Sen. Ted Cruz (and other Republicans) may find themselves in big trouble in 2018;
- Britain goes coal free for the first time since the industrial age;
- Desi Doyen joins us for the latest Green News Report as Saudi Arabia invests $50 billion in renewable energy and scientists prepare to march for science;
- U.S. Treasure Dept. rejects ExxonMobil’s request to lift sanctions against Russia so that the company can drill for oil in the Arctic…
Enjoy!…
The BradCast
with Brad Friedman
4/21/2017
GA Blocks New Voter Registrations in Advance of U.S. House Run-off Election: ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2017 | Also: Federal court finds TX intentionally discriminated (AGAIN!); NV Sec. of State invents non-citizen voting scare; Trump sold millions in access for inauguration; Stolen SCOTUS helps AR kill a man; Much more... · · · · · GA Blocks New Voter Registrations in Advance of U.S. House Run-off Election: ‘BradCast’ 4/21/2017 | Also: Federal court finds TX intentionally discriminated (AGAIN!); NV Sec. of State invents non-citizen voting scare; Trump sold millions in access for inauguration; Stolen SCOTUS helps AR kill a man; Much more...
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