This week we discuss a new NYT/Siena College poll stating voters believe American democracy is in peril but are apathetic about the danger, a reminder on midterm election reporting along with the expected lawsuits and court actions. And finally, yesterday the Biden administration officially launched the application for its federal student loan forgiveness program.

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This week we discuss President Biden’s mass pardon of thousands of cannabis offenders, midterm races and unusual campaign voices, and looking beyond November 8th to what's shaping up to be Congress’ busiest and most intense lame duck session since the bipartisan “fiscal cliff” deal inked 10 years ago.

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This week we discuss the final stretch in the midterm elections, growing concerns around poll workers, a rare bipartisan agreement about election reforms in Michigan, The Supreme Court returns, a much more!

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This week we discuss ongoing divisive electoral battles and larger congressional division. We also touch on Senator Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, defending the filibuster, Jury selection beginning in the trial of members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia who were charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and hoe the Montana Supreme Court blocked two new laws – one that would eliminate Election Day registration, and another that would make the state’s voter ID law much more strict.

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This week we discuss Patagonia's decision to donate their company's future to a trust which will earmark the company’s roughly $100 million in annual revenue for climate action and environmental preservation. We also touch on the outlook of the Midterms, more signs of attack on our democracy and fundamental societal agreements, a resurgence in book banning, and an update about state voting rights.

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This week we discuss accountability for insurrectionists as"Cowboys for Trump" founder Couy Griffin has been removed from his Otero county commissioner role and banned from public office because of his role on Jan 6 by a New Mexico Judge. We also touch on the final primaries of the season in Delaware, New Hampshire & Rhode Island, absentee voting kicking off for the general election, how State Supreme courts to determine the future of our democracy, and much more.

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This week we discuss the resurgence in support for labor unions in America, the implications of the Alaska Special Election as Mary Peltola wins with with the help of rank choice voting, republican redistricting, the Massachusetts primary, and more!

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This week we discuss a momentum shift for 2022 elections as Republican hard-dollar candidates and party fundraising lag and Biden poll numbers show a small but appreciable increase. We also touch on the increase electricity prices, Arizona Fair Elections initiative being knocked off the ballot, the state takeover of Fulton County elections, and how California is close to enacting election worker protections and dropboxes on college campuses.

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This week we discuss money in politics as a conservative nonprofit received $1.6B gift, primaries and Voting rights in the states, state voting rights and court decisions, and more!

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This week we discuss the primaries in Alaska & Wyoming, unsettling global dynamics after a delegation of US lawmakers visits Taiwan, more drama unfolding in Trumpland in the aftermath of the FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate, and more!

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