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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The National Archives has turned over documents to the House Jan. 6 Committee investigating the Capitol Insurrection and Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election. One of those documents includes a stunning, never-issued draft Executive Order directing the Defense Department to seize the nation's voting machines and appoint a Special Counsel to investigate baseless, evidence-free claims of hacking or manipulation - - a gambit for keeping the loser Trump in office. The draft is peppered with lies and factual errors, and also includes false assertions from a legitimate, long-standing federal lawsuit challenging Georgia's use of new, unverifiable computerized voting systems - - a case we have covered in-depth. Dr. Philip Stark of UC-Berkeley tells the 'BradCast' that while GA's voting systems have documented vulnerabilities, 'there is (so far) no evidence that they were exploited in 2020 -- contrary to the claims in the draft EO.' The draft reveals just how close we came to an actual military coup ordered by Trump, and underscores how election security experts have warned for years that opaque electronic voting systems that prevent public oversight, even if they work perfectly, create an opportunity for cretins and liars like Team Trump to falsely claim they did not. HAROLD MEYERSON, longtime progressive columnist at The American Prospect, discusses how (and if) Joe Biden and Democrats can retrench, get their transformative Build Back Better agenda back on course despite obstructionists Lord Manchin and Lady Sinema, and save American democracy in the bargain. Plus: Shell Oil carbon capture and storage facility emits more greenhouse gasses than it captures.