{"id":10697,"date":"2014-06-30T17:29:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T00:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10697"},"modified":"2014-06-30T18:01:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T01:01:29","slug":"my-interview-at-oped-news-on-the-death-of-cas-recounts-for-the-rich-bill-and-a-bit-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10697","title":{"rendered":"My Interview at &#8216;OpEd News&#8217; on the Death of CA&#8217;s &#8216;Recounts for the Rich&#8217; Bill (And a Bit More)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradFriedman_KPFK_BradCast_060414_med.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">I was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/1\/BRAD-BLOG-Exposes-CA-Law-R-by-Joan-Brunwasser-Blogging_Brad-Friedman_California_Interviews-140629-789.html\">interviewed over the weekend by OpEd News&#8217; Joan Brunwasser<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10689\">death of the recent &#8216;Recounts for the Rich&#8217; legislation<\/a> that had been sailing through the CA legislature until <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10671\">The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s exclusive expos&eacute;<\/a> detailing exactly what it would mean for citizen election oversight highlighted the dangers of the provision and helped to kill it.<\/p>\n<p>See my thoughts on that, the Dems who were helping to pass the terrible Republican bill, some other recent voting news (both good and bad) for California, and a few other related thoughts (like who I <i>really<\/i> blame for all the Supreme Court disasters of late) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/1\/BRAD-BLOG-Exposes-CA-Law-R-by-Joan-Brunwasser-Blogging_Brad-Friedman_California_Interviews-140629-789.html\"><b>my interview with Joan&#8230;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In related news, I hope you&#8217;ll take a moment this week to read Charles Lewis&#8217; article at Politico, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/06\/chuck-lewis-60-minutes-108415.html#.U7HjPbFBlBo\">&#8220;Why I Left <i>60 Minutes<\/i>&#8220;<\/a>, for yet another helpful reminder of the radical importance of <i>truly<\/i> independent media, and why I so much need your help to survive here to continue all that we do.<\/p>\n<p>My great thanks to those who have already donated of late! 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