{"id":10707,"date":"2014-07-09T22:44:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T05:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10707"},"modified":"2014-07-10T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T23:22:03","slug":"challenging-the-nations-most-restrictive-voter-suppression-law-and-more-kpfk-bradcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10707","title":{"rendered":"Challenging ‘The Nation’s Most Restrictive Voter Suppression Law’ and More: KPFK ‘BradCast’"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a very<\/i> enlightening conversation with The Nation’s<\/i> Ari Berman<\/a>, straight out of the courtroom in North Carolina, on today’s KPFK<\/a>\/Pacifica Radio<\/a> BradCast<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Ari is in NC covering this week’s hearings in federal court challenging what we’ve described as “the nation’s most restrictive voter suppression law”<\/a>, as enacted by state Republicans just days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act last summer.<\/p>\n

This case — and NC’s law — are really<\/i> amazing. Most importantly, the results of this challenge, and the way the VRA must now be used to fight to protect voters from discriminatory laws, will be very important to similar challenges now pending across the country. In other words, this fight is important to NC, but it’s arguably even more important to the entire nation.<\/p>\n

Next up, we discussed the Rightwing stooge “reporter” Matthew Boyle<\/a>, responsible for the fake 2012 story about a U.S. Senator and Dominican prostitutes, and my run-in with that same fake journalist back in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, Desi Doyen joins us for a few thoughts on Kentucky’s genius climate change denying state Senator Brandon Smith<\/a> and, as usual, for the latest Green News Report<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a listener noted on Facebook<\/a> tonight: “What a heavy duty broadcast today’s was!”, before adding<\/a>: “It. Was. Awesome. And scary.” Well, thanks! And you’re welcome!<\/p>\n

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