{"id":12115,"date":"2017-04-21T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T00:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12115"},"modified":"2017-04-21T17:51:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T00:51:14","slug":"ga-blocks-new-voter-registrations-in-advance-of-us-house-run-off-election-bradblog-4212017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12115","title":{"rendered":"GA Blocks New Voter Registrations in Advance of U.S. House Run-off Election: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 4\/21\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ImAGeorgiaVoter_042117.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, more Republican efforts to keep (certain) voters from voting in several states where demographics are quickly moving against them, and they&#8217;re beginning to get <i>very<\/i> worried, for good reason, in advance of 2018 &#8212; but even ahead of the important U.S. House special election run-off election set for June in Georgia! [<i>Audio link to show is posted below.<\/i>]\n<p>Among the many stories covered on today&#8217;s news-packed show&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Republicans&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12096\">stolen<\/a> U.S. Supreme Court helped Arkansas <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/a84f3b7ee33c4ab783c56bf9107fe9d4\">kill a man<\/a> on Thursday night;<\/li>\n<li>Trump sold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/04\/19\/trumps-inaugural-committee-raised-a-record-106-7-million--heres-who-donated.html\">millions<\/a> of dollars of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/pressroom\/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=10255\">access<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2017\/04\/19\/20827\/donald-trump-inauguration-bankrolled-corporate-giants\">corporate giants<\/a> during his inauguration in January;<\/li>\n<li>Nevada&#8217;s Republican Sec. of State <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/nevada-secretary-state-says-shes-confirmed-noncitizens-cast-ballots\">invents<\/a> a &#8220;non-citizen&#8221; voting <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/muckraker\/nevada-voter-fraud-mystery-barbara-cegavske\">scare<\/a> in the state;<\/li>\n<li>Georgia&#8217;s GOP Sec. of State is sued for <a href=\"http:\/\/m.huffpost.com\/us\/entry\/us_58f90c7ce4b06b9cb91505f8\">blocking new voter registrations<\/a> in violation of federal law, in advance of June&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12112\">high-profile<\/a> U.S. House special election run-off in GA-06;<\/li>\n<li>Yet another federal court finds that Republican legislators in Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/texas-legislature\/2017\/04\/20\/federal-court-rules-texas-house-map-drawn-intentionally-dilute-minority-votes\"><i>intentionally<\/i> discriminated<\/a> against Hispanic voters when drawing up statehouse districts. (The 4th finding by a federal court of <i>intentional<\/i> racial discrimination by the TX GOP in the past two months, making the state <i>more than eligible<\/i> for special oversight under the Voting Rights Act!)<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Ted Cruz (and other Republicans) may find themselves in <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/329445-poll-shows-cruz-losing-to-texas-dem-castro\">big trouble<\/a> in 2018;<\/li>\n<li>Britain goes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2017-04-21\/britain-could-see-its-first-full-day-without-coal\">coal free<\/a> for the first time since the industrial age;<\/li>\n<li>Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> as <i>Saudi Arabia<\/i> invests $50 billion in renewable energy and scientists prepare to march for science;<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Treasure Dept. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/fffb793732a144c58a47ae67bf0fd3a5\">rejects<\/a> ExxonMobil&#8217;s request to lift sanctions against Russia so that the company can drill for oil in the Arctic&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_NVFraudScare_GA06RegSuit_TXDiscrimination_042117.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_NVFraudScare_GA06RegSuit_TXDiscrimination_042117.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, more Republican efforts to keep (certain) voters from voting in several states where demographics are quickly moving against them, and they&#8217;re beginning to get very worried, for good reason, in advance of 2018 &#8212; but even ahead of the important U.S. House special election run-off election set for June in Georgia! 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