'BradCast' 5/27/2022 (Guest: Howie Klein of 'Down With Tyranny' on midterm primaries)

Published: May 28, 2022, 2:29 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 A federal appeals court has found that the Amnesty Act of 1872 does not give amnesty to all future insurrectionists beyond Confederate soldiers in the Civil War, overturning a Trump-appointed judge's ruling. The\\xa0 decision is important to ongoing challenges to the eligibility of Republicans who participated the January 6 Capitol Insurrection, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and Donald Trump, under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which bars insurrectionists from holding federal office. In California, a terrible bill that would allow wildly unsecure Internet voting (SB 1480) has passed the Senate, and heads to the Assembly - - voters can help stop the bill by going to Scrutineers.org/California. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers disqualified 5 of 10 Republican primary candidates for governor after finding they collectively turned in 68,000 fraudulent petition signatures to get on the ballot. All are 2020 election deniers who falsely claimed the 2020 election was fraudulent. In Oregon, AP unofficially declared progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner won the Democratic primary over conservative incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader. A federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss the New York Attorney General's probe into bank, insurance and tax fraud by Trump and his company. HOWIE KLEIN, the great progressive House candidate expert, longtime proprietor of the 'Down With Tyranny' blog, and co-founder of BlueAmericaPAC, delivers lively analysis on primary victories (and losses) for progressive Democrats so far in the 2022 midterm election cycle, and a preview of important races coming up in seven states in the Super Tuesday primary on June 7."