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June 11 is a day of historical significance for the fight for racial and voting justice in America. In 1963, it was George Wallace, JFK, and Medgar Evers. Today, we can contribute to the fight to vote. 

We have now entered the 2021 Summer of Democracy. It's going to be INTENSE. Three forces are going to collide: a push for voting rights legislation in Congress, the cult of Trump and his public return, and the deep injustices in race and voting in America. This episode lays out the road ahead by looking to 1964's Freedom Summer. 

Last night in Texas, the Democrats in the state House blocked a horrible, truly horrible that would restrict the freedom to vote. The bill was as bad as ones in the 1910s, 1920s. Our work contributed to this outcome, and we must continue in strength.

The Mississippi State Supreme Court has just issued a decision that paralyzes, and thus sinks, democracy in the state. And the US Supreme Court takes up a Mississippi law banning abortions. Why Mississippi is the canary in the coal mine for democracy in America.

Common Power held our first in-person event yesterday, on John Lewis Action Day. It felt great. We lost the hero John Lewis in 2020, but we carry his spirit and strength with us. 

The Republican Party is split into two sides: one that tells the truth about the 2020 election, and one that lies. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, of THE Cheneys, is about to pay a political price for telling the truth. 

Today is the 100-day mark for the Biden and Harris administration. Last night Prez Biden spoke to Congress and the nation. This podcast takes stock of the fight to vote 100 days into the new Presidency. Let's go! 

Politics and actually all of life unfolds with predictability and certain probabilities, but never ever with certainty. A State Senate vote yesterday in Arizona shows us this in stark relief, and exemplifies why we fight for the right to vote. 

We arrive on Day 5 of the baseball road trip to the town that is home t the two most powerful women in American political history!

It's Day 4 of the 2021 Baseball Road Trip, and David is in California. It's a state that has been REDDDDD, and a state that is now BLUEEEE. Every step of the way has been a mix of good and bad. It's the same everywhere in America today.