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Will Facebook and other social media companies have a serious impact on the US presidential election? Inside America host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take in this week’s In Short.

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In an unusual move, #Facebook and #Twitter censored a #NewYorkPost story about alleged emails from the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son that suggested he gave a Ukrainian executive the opportunity to meet with Biden.

The alleged emails were said to be obtained by Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney and his former top advisor, Steve Bannon. The Biden campaign said no such meeting took place. Facebook decided to limited access to the story in order to have it fact-checked by a third party and Twitter marked the story as “potentially unsafe”, temporarily locking the accounts of the Trump campaign and the White House press secretary in what the company said was a violation of its rules on publishing hacked materials.

The move triggered an immediate backlash from Republicans and Conservatives, who accuse the social media giants of engaging in censorship and election interference. While Republicans on Capitol Hill accuse Facebook and Twitter of political bias, Democrats criticize them for not being aggressive enough in cracking down on harmful posts, including election misinformation.

The companies whose CEOs will testify before Congress at the end of October rejected accusations of bias, saying they do not enforce their policies on the basis of political ideology.

Guests:

Tim Kendall

CEO​ of Moment and former Director of Monetization​​ for Facebook

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia and The Real Facebook Oversight Board Member

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Could the 2020 US presidential #election be decided by the #SupremeCourt? #InsideAmerica host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take in this week’s In Short.

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Senate confirmation hearings started this week with the Republican majority rushing to confirm the conservative Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died last month. If the 48-year-old Judge is confirmed, the court will transition to a 6-3 conservative majority, which could potentially alter gun rights, abortion access and healthcare for decades to come. But with changes in voting procedures across the country in response to the coronavirus threat and President Trump claiming- without evidence- that mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud, the president has suggested Barrett could also be the tie-breaker in the case of a contested election. Could the 2020 race be decided by the Supreme Court?

Guests:

Charles Wells- Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice who presided over the appeals in Bush v. Gore in 2000

George Allen- Former Governor of Virginia (1994-1998) & U.S Senator (R-VA) (2001-2007)

Lawrence Douglas- James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College & author of “Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Electoral Meltdown in 2020”.

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Could US national security be compromised as President Trump takes steroids known to impact cognitive abilities? Inside America host Ghida Fakhry gives us her take.

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As the global death toll from COVID 19 reached a tragic milestone, with over 1 million deaths worldwide, the US alone recorded more than 205,000 deaths and over 7 million active coronavirus cases. The rising number of deaths and infections brings a renewed sense of urgency for a cure. But also, a growing weariness among Americans that politics rather than science is driving the process for vaccine development and approval. With federal public health officials being openly contradicted and rebuked by President Donald Trump, and the White House accused of interfering in the vaccine process for political gain ahead of the November 3rd election, trust in the safety of a vaccine is waning.

Guests:

Dr. William Haseltine- Chair and President of ACCESS Health International, a nonprofit dedicated to improving global access to healthcare, and a former professor at Harvard Medical School where he founded two research departments on cancer and HIV/AIDS

Dr. Gregory Glenn- President of Research and Development at Novavax, a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company awarded $1.6 billion by the US government to support development and manufacturing of a coronavirus vaccine

Dr. Joycelyn Elders- Former Surgeon General of the United States under President Bill Clinton

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The United States has more #guns in circulation than people — 393 million guns owned by civilians for a population of 331 million. Around 43% of American households have one or more #firearms at home. And Americans alone own about 40% of all civilian-owned guns in the world.

And with more guns, there are more shootings. 2019 saw more mass #shootings across the U.S. than there were days in the year, according to the nonprofit group, Gun Violence Archive; the highest number of mass shootings since that organization started tracking data. By the end of the year, 417 mass shootings were recorded.

With this alarming trend, and with this year’s surge in first-time gun owners in the US — now estimated at 5 million — the debate over gun control and the second amendment, which gives Americans the right to bear arms, has intensified —becoming a key electoral issue.

In this episode, we look at the gun debate in the lead up to the federal election.

Guests:

Joshua Powell

Former NRA Chief of Staff

Sharon Pratt

Former Mayor of the District of Columbia

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With less than 50 days until the November election, US intelligence is warning of an expanded campaign by foreign states to influence the vote. While President Trump continues to downplay US intelligence reports on Russia’s hand in the 2016 election, the White House is now accused of suppressing intelligence reports on Moscow’s alleged interference efforts and directing the Department of Homeland Security to focus attention on alleged Chinese and Iranian efforts to influence the election. Is Beijing a bigger threat to the integrity of the US elections than Moscow — or is the Trump administration politicizing the intelligence to suit its political interests?

And it isn’t just major foreign governments that are accused of trying to meddle in the upcoming presidential and congressional elections in the US, some foreign organizations have also long been suspected of trying to influence the outcome of the vote. Diaspora communities in the US can play an influential role as they rally around political candidates and donate to their campaigns. In 2016, Indian Americans donated over $10 million dollars to democratic candidates, but with President Trump’s strong support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, could nationalist interests in both countries sway Indian diaspora voters in the US?

Guests:

Mark Zaid- Attorney for DHS Whistleblower Brian Murphy

Evelyn Farkas- Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia

Ajay Shah- Executive Vice President of the World Hindu Council of America (Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America)

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A recent study by the PEW Research Center on Americans’ views of US democracy and the political system, published last week, found that a majority —62% of Americans —say that significant changes are needed in the fundamental design and structure of American government to make it work.

Frustrated by the acrimony between Republicans and Democrats, an increasing number of Americans are registering as Independents, rather than democrats or republicans under the current electoral system. This year, for the first time in American history, registered Independents are outnumbering registered Republicans or Democrats. In a Gallop poll published last month, 26% of voters said they considered themselves Republican; 31% said they were Democrats; and 41% identified as Independent.

So could this new data suggest the beginning of the end of, in effect, the two-party system?

Guests:

Nick Brana

National Coordinator with the Movement for a People's Party

Gary Johnson

Former Presidential Nominee for the Libertarian Party

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With less than nine weeks until the election and Donald Trump still trailing in the polls, the President is intensifying his campaign messaging around a central theme: bringing law and order to the country after three people were killed during street clashes in just the past week. His rival, Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, says looting and violence are unacceptable, but claims Trump is stoking violence in American cities. How will Americans respond at the polls come November?

And, as mail-in and early voting become a preferred option for many Americans during the pandemic and, likely, delayed results, as states count the ballots -- will Americans trust the election results? Has Trump succeeded in sowing doubt in the integrity of the election? And can Americans regain trust in their electoral system?

Guests:

Ken Blackwell- Former Mayor of Cincinnati, Former Ohio Secretary of State and a member of the Advisory Board of Trump-Pence 2020​

David Daley- Senior Fellow at FairVote​ and the author of "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy"

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