Jul 26 2019 75 mins 7
Air Date: 7/26/2019 Today we take a look at the fight for free and fair elections in which voters choose their representatives rather than the politicians getting to select their voters to keep themselves in power indefinitely regardless of the will of the people. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 EPISODE SPONSORS: Babbel.com | Blinkist.com/BEST | Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content!) SHOW NOTES Ch. 0: Thoughts to take with you on how to find your place in progressive activism and stop feeling overwhelmed Ch. 1: Ready, set, gerrymander - Amicus - Air Date 6-28-19 A round table round-up of the 2018 Supreme Court term with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, Professor Pam Karlan of Stanford and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School. Analysis of the gerrymandering cases Ch. 2: Ari Berman GOP Docs Prove Census Citizenship Question Is About Preserving White Political Power - Democracy Now - Air Date 6-3-19 We get an update from Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, whose new piece is “Architect of GOP Gerrymandering Was Behind Trump’s Census Citizenship Question.” Ch. 3: Dave Daley on Gerrymandering - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 7-3-19 Dave Daley, author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count, joins Larry Lessig this week to talk about the past, present, and future of gerrymandering. They discuss the nefarious mechanisms and effects of drawing district lines for maximal partisan advantage Ch. 4: Those Who Draw the Lines…Have the Power - The Takeaway - Air Date 4-4-19 “Slay the Dragon,” chronicles the challenges to congressional maps in several states that have been accused of partisan gerrymandering. In Michigan, voters approved a ballot measure in 2018 to take map-drawing power out of the hands of the legislature Ch. 5: Mark Joseph Stern on the nonsense of the SCOTUS gerrymandering ruling - The BradCast w Brad Friedman - Air Date 6-30-19 Mark Joseph Stern explains the Court’s 5 -4 partisan split ruling allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts to continue, which he calls a "crushing defeat for voting rights" and a "fiasco for democracy." Ch. 6: Fight Gerrymandering on the State Level via @CommonCause @IndivisibleTeam @BrennanCenter - Best of the Left Activism Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment. Ch. 7: Ari Berman on The Contentious Right To Vote - Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig - Air Date 7-17-19 Voting rights have always been contentious in America, and our era is no different. Larry Lessig digs deeply into the past and present of voting in America with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. VOICEMAILS Ch. 8: Forcing the Northern narrative onto the back foot - Will from New Jersey Ch. 9: Our economic message is stronger when it is inclusive - James from Sacramento, CA FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on putting racists on the back foot TAKE ACTION! Join a Common Cause state-level campaign See how your state does redistricting with Brennan Center's "50 State Guide to Redistricting" Start your own local campaign with Common Cause's "Redistricting Activist Handbook" Learn more with Indivisible's Gerrymandering Resource EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE How Did Citizen-Led Redistricting Initiatives Fare in the Mid-terms?(Pacific Standard Magazine) States poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering(AP News) The Supreme Court's Message: Win or Go Home(The Atlantic) States spend big on make-or-break 2020 census(Roll Call) Researched and Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr Around Plastic Card Tables - Desert OrchardChrome and Wax - Ray CatcherThe Back Lot - Sunday at SlimsTar and Spackle - PlasterGusty Hol [...]
