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b"Republicans have reportedly won Tuesday's special election for a vacant U.S. House seat in deep 'red' Kansas, but it wasn't easy for them. The progressive Democratic candidate was able to secure a 20 point swing in KS-04 from Donald Trump's landslide victory in the district just months ago. But should national Democrats have done more to support their candidate in what had previously been regarded as an 'unwinnable' seat for Dems? And can the results be seen an encouraging bellwether for next week's special election for the U.S. House in Georgia, in another Republican (if less so) district? In the meantime, the GOP continues their efforts to keep Democratic-leaning voters from being able to vote at all. In Iowa, as internal emails from his own deputy reveal, the GOP Sec. of State recently cited misleading 'voter fraud' evidence to push for new voting restrictions. But, in Texas, a federal court this week, for the second time, has found the state's Photo ID voting restriction to have been purposely discriminatory against racial minorities. Will Texas finally be forced to kill their racially discriminatory voting law entirely? And, of more note, now that intentional discrimination has been found yet again, will the federal courts force Texas to obtain federal approval before implementing any new voting laws, as per Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act? Attorney Ernest A. Canning, who has been covering the Texas case and others related for years at BradBlog.com, joins us to discuss this week's 'huge' ruling from the U.S. District Court and what it portends for the future from both the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the (now stolen) U.S. Supreme Court. Finally, Desi Doyen joins us with the latest 'Green News Report' with some more disturbing news about the EPA, but some good news on California's historic drought..."