A new lawsuit taken up by the US Supreme Court next year could legitimize the fringe 'independent state legislature' theory, which would give GOP-controlled state legislatures the power to overturn the will of the voters to steal the 2024 Presidential election. Potential solutions for stopping the slow-rolling coup include massive voter turnout in 2022. Also today: major developments in Britain, Japan, and Sri Lanka. Georgia district attorney subpoenas top Trump cronies in criminal probe into 2020 election subversion. Callers weigh in on all of the above...

Guest: John Amato, Crooks & Liars; Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Encore: original airdate 6/28/2022. Lots of bombshells on Day 6 of the House January 6 Committee hearings. Former top Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to Trump's fits of rage at key moments as the plot failed; how Trump and his top aides knew violence was likely on Jan. 6 but took no action to stop it; Trump knew his supporters were armed when he urged them to storm the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power; top Trump insiders sought pardons for their roles in the failed coup attempt, and more. The J6 Committee also teased evidence of witness tampering to come. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON from Salon and JOHN AMATO of Crooks and Liars offer insight and analysis on the remarkable hearing.

Guest: Lisa Graves, former DOJ official; Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Encore: Original airdate 6/23/2022. Day 5 of the House Jan. 6 Committee's public hearings detailed another pillar of Trump's multi-pronged scheme to steal the 2020 election from the American people: his failed attempt to decapitate Justice Department leadership and install a low-level apparatchik to do his bidding. Three former top DOJ officials revealed how narrowly the nation averted an unprecedented constitutional crisis. The J6 Committee revealed that 6 GOP congressman sought pardons for their part in the coup attempt. Columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon, and LISA GRAVES, former U.S. Deputy Asst. Attorney General and Deputy Chief for the US Court system, now current Exec. Director of True North Research, offer deep insight and analysis into the day's proceedings. Also: Rightwing SCOTUS overturned states' rights to regulate firearms, and undercut Miranda rights.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

Encore: original airdate 6/21/2022. Special coverage of Day 4 of the bipartisan House January 6 Committee hearings investigating the Jan. 6 Insurrection and Trump's multiple failed efforts to steal the 2020 election and overthrow the government. Progressive commentators Heather 'Digby' Parton of Salon and 'Driftglass' of the Professional Left Podcast offer insight and analysis of the day's proceedings, as the committee presented in detail the facts of how loser Trump was central to the coup plot. Gripping testimony from four witnesses debunked Team Trump's relentless election lies and detailed the high personal cost of being publicly targeted by Trump, his henchmen and his mob., among several disturbing revelations...

Guest: Randall D. Eliason, GW University Law; Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Encore: Original airdate 6-16-2022. Special coverage of Day 3 of the bipartisan House January 6 Committee investigating the Trump-incited Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection and Trump's attempts to steal the 2020 Election, with former Asst. U.S. Attorney, George Washington University law professor, RANDALL D. ELIASON, and HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon. Today's hearing focused on Trump's corrupt efforts to pressure former VP Mike Pence to steal the 2020 Election for him, featuring testimony from top White House officials, conservative former Judge Michael Luttig, previously unseen video, and shocking new revelations, including confirmation that Trump knew that Pence didn't have the authority to invalidate the election and doing so would be illegal and unconstitutional. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Warning: Next year, the corrupt, rightwing US Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit intended to legitimize the fringe legal theory known as the Independent State Legislature doctrine, a phony, made-up concept that declares state legislatures have sole authority over election administration, unchecked by state courts, governors, or state constitutions, with absolute power to overturn the voters' will and substitute their own slate of electors in presidential elections. Corrupt Ginni Thomas (wife of Justice Clarence Thomas) refuses to testify to House J6 Commitee. CA lawmakers reject unsecurable internet voting. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate

In a 6-3 decision, the Republicans' radical rightwing Supreme Court super-majority stripped the EPA of authority to regulate climate-warming emissions from power plants and act on the climate crisis, which could also curtail other federal agencies' actions. Slate's Supreme Court expert Mark Joseph Stern delves into the details of the ruling and its implications, other shocking rulings handed down by the rightwing Court in just the last few days, options for court reform, and an ominous case next term that could spell the end of American democracy.

Noteworthy results from critical midterm primary elections in IL, CO, OK, UT, NY , MS, SC, and NE, that include 2020 election deniers, wildly corrupt former Trump officials, and radical rightwing extremists. Some results indicate voters' rising rage over the rightwing US Supreme Court striking down women's constitutional rights to reproductive choice indicate that 'conventional wisdom' over the upcoming 2022 midterm elections may be premature during these decidedly un-conventional times. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon; John Amato, Crooks and Liars

Lots of bombshells on Day 6 of the House January 6 Committee hearings. Former top Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to Trump's fits of rage at key moments as the plot failed; how Trump and his top aides knew violence was likely on Jan. 6 but took no action to stop it; Trump knew his supporters were armed when he urged them to storm the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power; top Trump insiders sought pardons for their roles in the failed coup attempt, and more. The J6 Committee also teased evidence of witness tampering to come. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON from Salon and JOHN AMATO of Crooks and Liars offer insight and analysis on the remarkable hearing.

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Russian missile strike on Ukrainian shopping center kills scores of civilians. House J6 Committee schedules surprise hearing on Tuesday with newly-obtained evidence. Rightwing US Supreme Court majority rules that White Christian coach cannot be fired for holding prayer circles on 50-yard line of public school football field (but a Black man kneeling on the field to protest racial injustice can be fired), and terminated women's constitutional right to privacy and bodily autonomy. Poll finds public's approval of SCOTUS has hit all-time low. How should the nation respond? Callers weigh in...