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Is Biden alienating the progressive wing of the Democratic Party at his own peril? Inside America host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take in this week’s In Short.

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As Joe Biden continues to announce his senior cabinet appointments, leaders of the Democratic Party’s left wing, known as the Progressives, are at risk of being excluded from the incoming administration. After unifying the party and pushing their supporters to vote for Biden in the election, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were expected to get key cabinet positions. Earlier this month, Senator Sanders signaled his desire to serve as Biden’s Labor Secretary, while Senator Warren was reportedly interested in becoming Treasury Secretary.

So, as the President-elect weighs the demands of his party’s progressive base against the challenges of having to govern without a Senate majority, would Biden be committing a fundamental mistake by overlooking progressives?

Guests:

Chuck Rocha

Former Senior Advisor to Bernie Sanders' 2020 Presidential Campaign

Jim Kessler

Former Aide to Senator Chuck Schumer

Stephen Moore

Senior Economic Advisor to Donald Trump 2016 Presidential Campaign

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Is Trump handing Biden a field littered with boobytraps and challenges? Inside America host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take in this week’s In Short.

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The transition process towards a Biden Administration was formally put in motion earlier this week, despite President Trump’s continued refusal to concede. While President-elect Joe Biden unveils his foreign policy and national security team— President Trump has announced major policy decisions, including the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to the United Arab Emirates. His administration is also planning to impose more sanctions on Iran. With the Biden administration set to inherit a series of global challenges, will the next Biden administration be able to turn things around and restore America’s standing around the world?

Guests:

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson- Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

Dr. David Nabarro- Special Envoy of the WHO Director General on COVID-19

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As President Trump continues to dispute election results, his legal team has failed to provide sufficient evidence of widespread voter fraud and suffered a series of defeats in court.

After Joe Biden’s late but decisive electoral college win, with projected victories in Georgia, Arizona and several battleground states Trump won in 2016, the president has accused Democrats of ‘trying to steal’ the election.

While Trump repeated his claims that the election was ‘rigged’ in a series of tweets, thou-sands of his followers gathered in Washington DC in a strong show of support for the President, whose refusal to concede has alarmed Democrats on Capitol Hill. Most Republican law-makers continue to support Trump’s legal claims, with only a few Senators congratulating President-elect Biden, who continues to be denied access to intelligence briefings provided to all presidents-elect.

With nearly all of Trump’s legal challenges have been defeated in court, and the December 8th deadline for resolving all legal disputes fast approaching, some of the president’s allies are suggesting that Republican lawmakers should ignore the popular vote in states won by Biden and hand their electoral college votes to Trump instead. The constitution gives state legislatures the power to determine the ‘manner’ in which electors are appointed to the Electoral College, which is made up of 538 people who will meet on December 14th in each state to formally elect the president. More than 30 states have laws that specify that the winner of the statewide popular vote should be entitled to the state’s presidential electors.

So, can Republican state legislatures pick electors to vote for Trump or is this a far-fetched scenario?

Vernon Jones

Georgia Democratic State Representative

Dawn Keefer

Pennsylvania Republican State Representative

Laurence Tribe

Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard University

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Will President Trump concede? Inside America host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take in this week’s In Short.

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America decided: Biden will be the next President of the United States. But the White House says this election is far from over as President Trump remains defiant, refusing to concede as he prepares for legal warfare.

Guests:

James Clyburn- House Majority Whip, the third-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives (D-South Carolina)

Alberto Gonzales- Former US Attorney General under George W. Bush & Dean at Belmont University College of Law

Martha Zoller- Former Congressional candidate in Georgia & conservative commentator

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#Election Day is over. The votes are in. #Ballots are being counted and results are coming in as we await to find out who will be the next president of the United States of America.

This election, the US set its highest #voter turnout rate in more than a century —with more than 65% of eligible voters participating, according to the U.S. Elections Project. By comparison, 59% voted in the 2016 election. This year, nearly 100 million Americans cast their ballot in early voting, by-mail and in-person —ahead of Election Day.

This is a special edition of Inside America where we discuss the results of the 2020 Presidential election, so far —and what happens next.

Guests:

Rick Gates

Former Deputy Trump Campaign Chairman

Eric Segall

Professor GA State University and author of Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Originalism as Faith

Gary Bledsoe

President of the Texas NAACP

Reed Galen

Co-Founder of the Lincoln Project

Nick Brana

National Coordinator of the Movement for a People's Party

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Over 75 million Americans have already voted, meaning Election Day 'could be a shorter night with less suspense and drama.' But will the nation be able to make peace with itself? Here's Inside America Host Ghida Fakhry's take.

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Election Day is less than a week away and America is a nation on edge. A record-breaking number of voters have already cast their ballot in what is expected to be the highest US voter turnout in more than a century. Some stood in long lines to vote in person despite skyrocketing cases of COVID-19. The majority voted by mail, as many states sought to make early voting more accessible amid the pandemic.

President Trump, who is trailing in the polls behind Joe Biden, has once again raised the specter of rigged elections — if he loses the vote. Election officials are working with state and federal law enforcement to prepare for the potential of voter intimidation and election-day unrest. Democrats and Republicans have deployed their legal teams to challenge or defend changes in voting procedures.

Amid the growing political tensions, what can Americans expect on November 3rd?

Guests:

Mary McCord- Former acting assistant attorney general for national security under both the Obama and Trump administrations & legal director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center

John Malcom- Vice President of the Institute for Constitutional Government and Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank & former deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division

Josh Stein- Attorney General of North Carolina

Domingo Garcia- President of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

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