'BradCast 7/11/2022' (A Midsummer's Nightmare: And why we must vote in 2022 to save democracy itself in 2024)

Published: July 12, 2022, 1:28 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 A roundup of newsworthy developments over the past week, including the resignations of prime ministers in Britain and Sri Lanka, and the shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by firearm in a large country with only one gun death last year. Corporate media again ignored excellent new job and unemployment numbers.\\xa0 The Fulton Co., Georgia District Attorney has subpoenaed top Trump supporters Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Lindsey Graham and five others in her criminal investigation into 2020 election subversion. The corrupt, extremist rightwing super-majority on the stolen-and-packed U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit next year that is likely to undermine American electoral democracy as we know it. In 'Moore v. Harper,' North Carolina Republicans are asking the Court to legitimize the fringe, radical legal 'Independent State Legislature' theory that is likely to be deployed to steal the 2024 presidential election. Republicans now promoting the theory assert that state legislatures have sole, unreviewable authority over federal elections, granting GOP-controlled state legislatures the unchecked power to overturn election results, overthrowing the will of the voters to name their own hand-picked slate of electors. Fellow progressive talk radio host Thom Hartmann offers a chilling hypothetical scenario on what is very likely to happen next. Potential solutions to this looming legal coup include alerting the public to the scheme, massive voter turnout in 2022 for state legislature races and Congress, and expanding the Supreme Court. Callers weigh in..."