Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
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Mar 25, 2026
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Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.
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Trump is DECIMATING the Constitution | Rep. Jamie Raskin
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Trump's Epstein Cover-Up Is Getting Worse
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Trump Is SEIZING Your Ballots | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Steve Bannon: Trump Is Using ICE as a "Test Run" for Voter Suppression
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Trump Accountability Must Go SCORCHED EARTH | Glenn Kirschner
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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MASSIVE Supreme Court Case Could Throw Out YOUR Vote
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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URGENT: Trump Will Try to Steal the Election | George Conway
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The SAVE America Act: Trump's Scheme to Steal the 2026 Elections
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Trump's Epstein Cover-Up Is Falling Apart | Rep. Robert Garcia
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Republicans Know Trump Will Destroy Democracy — And Don't Care | Tim Miller
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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URGENT: Trump Demands Congress Pass Radical SAVE Act
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Senate Showdown: Democrats' Best Shot vs. GOP's Biggest Election Denier | Gov. Roy Cooper
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Trump's DOJ Flips On Big Law, Then Flips Back in 24 Hours
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Trump’s War with Iran | The Plot To Rig The 2026 Midterms
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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LEAKED: Trump's Executive Order to RIG the 2026 Election
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Trump Lied About His 'Save America Act.' The Truth Is Even Worse.
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Trump’s BLATANT Corruption: He’s Admitting It All
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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GOP’s Voter Suppression Scam EXPOSED | Rep. Dan Goldman
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Republicans PLOTTING to Make It Impossible to Vote | Rep. Greg Landsman
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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URGENT: GOP Passes Bill to Rig the 2026 Elections
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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I Warned You About Trump. Here’s the Plan to Stop Him in 2026.
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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BREAKING: Trump’s Redistricting Plan Just Backfired
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Real Difference Between FBI and ICE Agents (It’s Bad) | Asha Rangappa
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Inside The Plan To Weaponize The Military Against Us | Sen. Jeff Merkley
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The Secret Alliance Fueling Trump
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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SCOTUS Poised To Greenlight GOP Maps | Nick Stephanopoulos
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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This Man Will Go To Jail To Protect Your Vote | Sec. Adrian Fontes
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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J.D. Vance’s Dangerous Attack on Independent Media
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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The Crisis Is Worse Than You Think | Molly Jong-Fast
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The Shadow Docket: Democracy's Silent Killer | Dahlia Lithwick
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Exposing the DOJ's Dangerous Corruption | Mary McCord
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Why Republicans Are Finally Abandoning Trump | David Pakman
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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The Silent Threat To Democracy (And How We Stop It) | Sen. Cory Booker
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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The Resistance Blueprint | Gov. JB Pritzker
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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GOP Strategy Backfires | This Could Save Democracy
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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URGENT Supreme Court Warning | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Election Subversion: The Iceberg Beneath the Surface
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The 3 Populist Ideas We Must Embrace | Faiz Shakir
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Harvard Professor Explains Death of American Democracy | Steven Levitsky
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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The One Threat We MUST Confront To Save America From Itself | Eddie Glaude
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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7 Things Democrats Can Do TODAY To Save Democracy
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Republicans Are Afraid of Trump | Sen. Ruben Gallego
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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George Conway Hints at Congressional Run: ‘Time to Undo Trump’s Damage’
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Republicans Attack Me After HUGE Redistricting Loss In Texas
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Who Will Save Our Democracy? | Brian Tyler Cohen
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Congressman's Fight to Expose Epstein Files | Rep. Robert Garcia
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Why Black Voters Are Still Fighting for Representation | Janai Nelson
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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What Congress's Top Fighter Sees Coming in 2026 | Rep. Jasmine Crockett
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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8 Alarming Ways Trump and Republicans Plan to Undermine 2026 Elections
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Trump's Power Grab: Epstein Files, Redistricting, Intimidation | Rep. Dan Goldman
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Republicans Enabling Authoritarian Takeover of DOJ | Sen. Richard Blumenthal
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Every Gerrymandering Case, Explained
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Are We Overreacting To Authoritarianism??? | Jon Favreau
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Why the House Won't Vote on Epstein Files | Rep. Ro Khanna
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Why Smart People Keep Getting Trump's DOJ Scandal Wrong
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Exposing Trump's 2026 Election Mastermind
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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The "Epstein Shutdown" | Rep. Eric Swalwell
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Is Trump Planning a Military Takeover? | Professor David Noll
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Congressman Exposes Epstein Cover-Up Secrets | Rep. Jake Auchincloss
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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GOP's Dangerous Game with Trump's Corruption | Sen. Chris Murphy
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Inside Trump's Unprecedented Power Grab | Marina Jenkins
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Why "Good Republicans" Don't Exist
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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SCARY: Trump Knows What He's Doing | Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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How Can We Stop Unfair Elections Now? | Rep. Suzan DelBene
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Can We Actually Save America?
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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IMPORTANT - Trump's Worst Nightmare | Rick Wilson
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Can We Fix Our Broken Constitution? | Rep Jamie Raskin
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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This Is Trump's Latest Attack On Free Speech
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Republicans Are Making Voter Registration A Crime | Beto O'Rourke
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Is Justice In America Broken? | Sen. Raphael Warnock
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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URGENT: Trump's Plan To Steal The 2026 Election Revealed
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Stop Pretending Like Trump Is Normal | Brian Tyler Cohen
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Republicans Are Killing Democracy | Heather Cox Richardson
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The Most Important Election In 2025 | Rep. Mikie Sherrill
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Nicolle Wallace Calls Trump A "WEAK" Man
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Trump’s Military Invasion Is Coming | Rep. Jamie Raskin
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Why Is Trump's DOJ ARRESTING Democrats?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Michael Steele Calls White House A “Clown Show”
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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This is Some Serious BS | Rep. LaMonica McIver
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Why Can't Democrats Reach Southern Voters?
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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We’re in the “Messy Middle” of the Fight for Democracy | Skye Perryman
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The Texas GOP Loves Their "Commander-in-Cheat" | Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The DOJ Can “Jump in the Gulf of Maine” | Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Trump's Crazy Voter File Demand | Sec. Shenna Bellows
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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How to Win in a Swing State | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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The Epstein Files: What is Donald Trump Hiding? | California Rep. Robert Garcia
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Does MAGA Think They’ve Gone Too Far? | ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Epstein Files: “MAGA World Isn’t Falling in Line” | Rep. Dan Goldman
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder Doesn’t Recognize the DOJ
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Supreme Court Said What? | Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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"People Are Going to Die Because of This Bill" | Gov. JB Pritzker on Democracy, the GOP's Budget
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The Harm of the Big Ugly Budget Bill, SCOTUS and More | Preet Bahara and Marc Elias
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Why Trump’s Budget Bill is “Worst” in the “Last 100 Years” | Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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BRUTAL: Are Voting Laws Undermining Elections? | Elie Mystal
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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NYC Official Brad Lander Speaks Out on his ICE Arrest: “They Want People To Be Afraid”
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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The Supreme Court's Powered by GOP Lies and Bad Vibes | "Strict Scrutiny" Host Leah Litman
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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“America is Dying” | Rep. Eric Swalwell on Events in California
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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What Democrats Must Do to Win in 2028 | Sen. Claire McCaskill
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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We “Can’t Give Up” on Democracy | Professor Michael Klarman
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Fight for a Pro-Democracy Agenda | Rep. Ritchie Torres
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May 30, 2025 |
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Democrats’ Plan to Stop the SAVE Act, DOGE | Sen. Alex Padilla
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May 23, 2025 |
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Why Trump is the “Most Corrupt” President Ever | Rep. Greg Landsman
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May 20, 2025 |
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This is a “Dangerous Moment” for All of Our Civil Rights | Sen. Chris Van Hollen
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May 16, 2025 |
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Redistricting, the Supreme Court and the Fight for Fair Maps | Marina Jenkins
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May 06, 2025 |
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Sen. Chris Murphy: This is a "Dire" Moment for Democracy
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Don’t Believe That Trump Will Follow Court Orders | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Elon Musk Helped Democrats Win in Wisconsin | Ben Wikler
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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BREAKING: North Carolina Court Says 65k Ballots Can Be Tossed Out | Justice Allison Riggs
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The GOP is Full of "Cowards" and "Crazies" | Sen. Andy Kim
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Trump’s Growing Threats to Judges | Rep. Dan Goldman
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Trump’s Latest Order Will Disenfranchise Millions | Sec. of State Adrian Fontes
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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We're in a Constitutional Crisis | Rep. Robert Garcia
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The Lawyers Surrendering to Trump | George Conway
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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What Every American Can Do To Fight DOGE | Rep. Jamie Raskin
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The United States is in a "Soft Coup" | Joyce Vance
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Republican Explains Why Musk is Trump's Biggest Liability | Sarah Longwell
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Trump is Making Us Less “Safe” | Rep. Eric Swalwell
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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The Lawyers Fighting Trump's Executive Orders | Skye Perryman
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Rep. Dan Goldman Calls Out “Dangerous” Cabinet Nominees, Jack Smith Report
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Trump's “Dangerous” Cabinet Nominees and the Jack Smith Report | Rep. Dan Goldman
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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The GOP Is Trying To Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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The Issue with Democrats and the Media with Jen Rubin
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Rep. Dan Goldman on Jan. 6 Pardons, Trump’s Nominees and Project 2025
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs on Her GOP Opponent's Attempt to Toss 60k Ballots
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Meet Alabama’s New Democratic Congressman Shomari Figures
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Alabama’s New Map Nets Second Democratic Congressman: Meet Rep. Shomari Figures
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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What Happens to Trump’s Criminal Indictments and Convictions Now?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Dissecting the Election and the Role of the Media with Molly Jong-Fast
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Former Judge Michael Luttig’s Warning on Trump, Democracy and Election Day
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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When Will We Know the Next President? Your Top Election Questions Answered with Kerry Washington and Marc Elias
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Will Democrats Win the Senate? With Sen. Brian Schatz
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Former Sen. Al Franken on Recounts, the Election and Ted Cruz
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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George Conway on What’s Wrong with Donald Trump and the GOP
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Rep. Maxwell Frost on How Florida Republicans are Suppressing Young Voters
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal on the Fall of the Supreme Court
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Rep. Dan Goldman on Project 2025, Fixing the Supreme Court and GOP Extremism
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Meet the Republicans Voting Against Trump with Sarah Longwell
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The Fight to Protect the 2024 Election with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Republicans Are Making It Harder to Vote and Easier to Cheat
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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How Voter ID Laws Keep Millions of People From Voting with Lauren Kunis
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Why State Legislatures are Key for Election Certification and Democracy with Daniel Squadron
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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⚡️LIGHTNING ROUND: The Election Lawsuits You Should Watch in August
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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The Solution to Our Democracy Problems is Local with Joe Kennedy
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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How We Fix The Corrupted Supreme Court with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Fighting Texas’ Voter Suppression with Beto O’Rourke
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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How We Fix New York’s Terrible Voting Laws with State Sen. Zellnor Myrie
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Can the Justice System Handle Trump? with Joyce Vance
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Is the Media Failing to Protect Democracy? with Dan Pfeiffer
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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How the Right-Wing Suppresses the Will of Voters with Ari Berman
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May 17, 2024 |
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Major Absentee Voting Case Headed to Wisconsin Supreme Court
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May 10, 2024 |
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Trump's Absolute Immunity Claims are Going to SCOTUS with Harry Litman
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Trump, Project 2025, the Supreme Court and the Election with Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Surviving Impeachment, Threats and Another Election with Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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The GOP's Pursuit of Gerrymandered Power with Attorney General Eric Holder
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Trump Is More Than a 4-Year Problem with Molly Jong-Fast
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Fighting for Democracy in North Carolina with State Rep. Robert Reives
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Why Republicans Want Your Voter Info
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The Republican War on Mail-In Voting
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Republicans Attack Fair Election Rules in Arizona
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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The Connection Between Abortion and Voting Rights with Renee Bracey Sherman
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Abortion is More Popular Than Your Favorite Politician with Renee Bracey Sherman
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Michigan Republicans Are Not Okay with State Sen. Jeremy Moss
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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The Threat of a Second Trump Presidency with Rep. Jamie Raskin
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Why You'll See Trump on the Ballot
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Republicans Want Your Ballot Rejected for Minor Mistakes
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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The Supreme Court Will Determine Trump's Future
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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How Felony Disenfranchisement Harms 56,000 North Carolinians
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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We Need Supreme Court Reform with Rakim Brooks
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Could Trump Be Kicked off the Ballot?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The GOP is Full of Cowards and Liars with Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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The 8th Circuit’s Attack on the Voting Rights Act
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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What Election Day 2023 Says About Election Day 2024
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Q+A with Marc Elias
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Labor, Democracy and Building Power for All
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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A Looming Threat to the 2024 Elections
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Will Key States Have Fair Maps in 2024?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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The Fight for Democracy Includes Abortion Rights with Skye Perryman
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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On the Ground in North Carolina with Anderson Clayton
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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The Not-So-Supreme Supreme Court with Rakim Brooks
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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The Wisconsin GOP Is Out of Control with State Rep. Greta Neubauer
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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How Thousands of Mississippians Could Get Their Right to Vote Back
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Where Does the U.S. Supreme Court Go From Here?
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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2023 Election Bills: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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What the Supreme Court’s Allen v. Milligan Decision Means for Democracy
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Ohio Republicans’ War on Democracy
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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We Need a Pro-Democracy Government: A Conversation With Congressman Mondaire Jones
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May 19, 2023 |
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Is Voter Registration Outdated? Feat. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey
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May 12, 2023 |
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How the Supreme Court Could Rule in Moore v. Harper and Allen v. Milligan
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May 05, 2023 |
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Republicans Don’t Want Students to Vote
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Red States Are Targeting Blue Cities
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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What Pennsylvania Tells Us About Our Democracy Feat. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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What’s at Stake in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Feat. Ben Wikler
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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The Right Wing’s Latest Legal Theory
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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56,000 Voters’ Rights Are at Stake in North Carolina Feat. Daryl Atkinson
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Mississippi’s Ongoing Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters Feat. Arekia Bennett-Scott
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Blue States Can Do Better
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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What’s Next on SCOTUS’ Docket?
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Intimidating Voters Is Not Peachy
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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North Carolina Republicans Want a Redo
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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The Judiciary Needs Reform feat. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Lies, Legislatures and Litigation
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Ohio's New Voter Suppression Law
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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New Year, New Maps
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Republicans in Arizona Are Not Okay
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023
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Dec 16, 2022 |