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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
'BradCast' 1/25/2023: (Guest: Campaign finance expert Brandon Fischer on Heritage Foundation's vote suppression scheme and George Santos scam)
01-25-2023 (53.13 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': Newly-uncovered documents have uncovered the extent of the far-rightwing Heritage Foundation's multi-million dollar effort to suppress voting rights in multiple states after the 2020 election by exploiting bogus claims of 'election fraud'. One of the nation's foremost campaign finance experts, BRENDAN FISCHER, Deputy Executive Director of the investigative watchdog group Documented, discusses how dark money group Heritage Action, Heritage Foundation's political action arm, was caught on video boasting about its $24 million scheme that got new voter suppression bills passed in Iowa and Georgia. Heritage also succeeded in blocking legislation to protect voting rights at the federal level. Fischer explains how dark money groups avoid disclosing their donors, their use of 'model legislation' disguised as coming from 'grassroots' groups, and Heritage Action's plans to expand their anti-democracy efforts to more swing-state legislatures across the country in advance of the 2024 Presidential election. Fischer also offers perspective on new revelations that appear to show huge potential violations of campaign finance laws by newly-elected Republican fabulist, Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
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