KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Jonathan Topaz, ACLU Voting Rights Project

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! The 8th Circuit Appeals Court has upheld a ruling gutting what remains of the landmark Voting Rights Act, declaring that private organizations like the NAACP have no right to challenge voter suppression laws. JONATHAN TOPAZ of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project explains the challenge to Arkansas' racially-discriminatory voting maps, the 'radical' ruling and what it means for voting rights. Israel and Hamas will extend their pause in hostilities to release more hostages from Gaza. A white male suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont. Original airdate 11-27-2023.

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

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Special coverage of the lively GOP 2024 primary debate with HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo and 'DRIFTGLASS' of 'The Professional Left Podcast' providing analysis, context, history and snark on the raucous event with the four remaining candidates who are not Donald Trump: former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley; FL Gov. Ron DeSantis; former NJ Gov. Chris Christie; and intensely obnoxious business dude and conspiracy theorist Vivek Ramaswamy.

Guest: Randall Eliason, GWU Law

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Former DOJ prosecutor RANDALL D. ELIASON explains how and why judges overseeing Trump's four criminal trials can move expeditiously to resolve their cases before voters head to the polls on Nov. 5, 2024. Prosecutors indict six fake 2020 GOP electors in NV, and reach a settlement with ten fake GOP electors in Wisconsin. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announces he is quitting Congress, eroding the GOP's razor-thin majority. DOJ indicted four Russians on war crimes for torturing an American in Ukraine, while Congressional Republicans block additional military aid for Ukraine.

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! House GOP pushes comical impeachment of Pres. Biden. Sen. Tuberville (R-AL) drops hold on some military promotions. Updates on the 2024 presidential election. AZ Republican election officials indicted on election interference charges. Iowa Republican convicted of election fraud. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Kevin Skoglund, election tech expert, Citizens for Better Elections

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Election technology expert KEVIN SKOGLUND explains the mind-boggling failure of touchscreen voting systems in Northampton, PA last month, that displayed voter selections accurately on screen but printed the opposite selections on the ballot summary, causing chaos on Election Day. Skoglund details how it happened, the disturbing implications for the 2024 election, and what election officials and voters can do to protect accuracy and security in our elections. Also today: a boatload of headlines.

Guest: Marilyn Marks, Coalition for Good Governance

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! A high stakes voting system security trial is set to begin in Georgia, with critical implications for the 2024 election. The lawsuit spawned a landmark cybersecurity report so damning that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advised immediately applying security patches, but GA Sec. of State Raffensperger says he will wait until after the 2024 election. Plaintiff Marilyn Marks explains the latest developments in the lawsuit and the stakes for the state and the nation. New developments in the Fulton Co., GA election theft RICO lawsuit. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.' Original airdate 11-16-2023.

Biden EPA proposes new rules that would require removal of all 9 million lead water pipes in US. Interior Dept. unveils $468 million in new funding for wildfire resilience. OPEC extends oil production cuts into 2024 in attempt to boost oil/gas prices. Biden visits expanding CO wind manufacturer to tout success of clean energy manufacturing and infrastructure jobs boom, criticizing Republicans who voted against it all but are now trying to take credit. NY state court reinstates gag order on Trump. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Anna Bower, Lawfare

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Journalist Anna Bower reports on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's long-awaited criminal investigative report into Team Trump's effort to unlawfully breach, copy, and distribute Georgia's statewide voting system software in Coffee County on Jan. 7, 2021. Bower explains how the agency inexplicably omitted significant, publicly-available evidence, failed to interview key players in the plot to breach voting system security, the refusal of Georgia's top election officials to apply security upgrades, and why it matters to the 2024 Presidential election in the critical battleground state.

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Warning signs for democracy are blinking bright red, in the US and abroad. Ultra-conservative Judge Michael Luttig warns a second term for Trump would be 'catastrophic.' Trump promises domestic deployment of US military under Insurrection Act if elected in 2024. Biden invoked Defense Production Act to boost domestic manufacturing of super-efficient all-electric heat pumps. Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Jonathan Topaz, ACLU Voting Rights Project

PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! The 8th Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling gutting what remains of the landmark Voting Rights Act, declaring that private organizations like the NAACP have no right to challenge voter suppression laws. JONATHAN TOPAZ of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project explains the challenge to Arkansas' racially-discriminatory voting maps, the 'radical' ruling and what it means for voting rights. Israel and Hamas will extend their pause in hostilities to release more hostages from Gaza. A white male suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont.