It’s a date: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis ended months of speculation Thursday by calling the gubernatorial recall election for Sept. 14.

Should another Democrat be added to the ballot?

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By 6-3, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona voting restrictions that a lower court had said discriminated against minority voters. Both supporters and detractors of the decision said that it would probably strengthen the hand of state legislatures that say tighter voting laws are necessary to combat election fraud and that it would make it more difficult for challengers to eliminate laws they contend fall most heavily on minority voters.

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The Supreme Court has upheld voting restrictions in Arizona. ABC News Legal Correspondent Royal Oakes joins the show to discuss what that means. Plus, a look into Justice Breyer: will he retire? And Trump's Chief Financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, surrended to authorities. What's next? 

+  ABC News Correspondent, Andy Field, guests the show to provide an update on the Florida collapse.

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Vice President of Legal Affairs for the Pacific Legal Foundation, Jim Burling, joins the show to discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court announced that courts must hear a case challenging a San Francisco ordinance forcing land owners to provide lifetime leases to tenants.

White House Correspondent Michael Cohen guests the show to share how Trump's indictment is coming soon.  

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Trump organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was arraigned on multiple criminal charges

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Author of Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon, Mia Bloom, joins the show to discuss the psychological and cultural elements that made QAnon so popular are extremely difficult to counter. 

+ What the Franklin: Bobby Bonilla Day.

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This hour Pat talks with Keith Thompson, a long time KGO listener and author of the book Angels and Aliens: UFO's and the Mythic Imagination Paperback – April 13, 1993. https://www.amazon.com/Angels-Aliens-UFOs-Mythic-Imagination/dp/0449908372

Bill Whitaker reports on the regular sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, that have spurred a report due to Congress next month.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-16/

 

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Pat welcomed Mark Olalde, a journalist who covers the environment for The Desert Sun.  He has previously reported on extractive industries, agriculture and water in several countries for the Center for Public Integrity, High Country News, The Arizona Republic and others. He also writes the Climate Point newsletter.

https://www.desertsun.com/in-depth/news/environment/2021/06/25/oil-bankruptcies-leave-environment-cleanup-california-taxpayers/4977647001/

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Pat welcomes frequent guest David Katz, Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California to help explain charges in the first criminal case resulting from a probe into former President Donald Trump’s business affairs. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg-surrenders-to-authorities-11625138416

 

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