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b"If you think the way the Republican Party has rigged and stolen the U.S. Supreme Court is appalling, just wait until you see what they're trying to do of late at few of the state Supreme Courts!\\xa0 On today's show: Donald Trump has accepted the word of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia that he has no knowledge of the disappearance -- and, likely, murder -- of Washington Post journalist, Saudi citizen and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Early voting in the 2018 midterm elections has begun in Georgia and it did not go well, underscoring serious concerns about the state's unsecure, wildly hackable paperless voting systems. The Republican Party appears to now be a wholly owned subsidiary of Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Slate's legal reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN explains the insanity of several attempted coups in state Supreme Courts -- with good news from the Florida state Supreme Court, and a looming constitutional crisis in West Virginia after a decision by that state's Supreme Court, regarding their state Supreme Court.\\xa0 This story has more jaw-dropping twists and turns than can be described here \\u2013 and if it sounds nuts, it's because it is. Stern also explains the wildly hypocritical decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week to let stand a new voter suppression law enacted by North Dakota Republicans that is likely to disenfranchise thousands of Native American voters in the November midterms, and also threatens to undermine incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp chances for re-election, thus assuring Republicans retain their U.S. Senate majority.\\xa0 Yes, Supreme Courts -- at the state or federal level -- matter! Finally, Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report,' on the long road to recovery from Hurricane Michael even as the bought-and-sold Republican Party -- from Marco Rubio in Florida to Donald Trump -- continue to deny the deadly and costly impacts of climate change on behalf of their fossil-fueled corporate owners..."