The spector of questionable "electoral integrity" or "election integrity" is nothing more than a typical authoritarian tactic to undermine confidence in free and fair elections. We won't let it succeed.
Former Navy SEAL and VFRL President Dr. Dan Barkhuff and Iraq veteran Jason Belcher are joined by Steve Kornacki, MSNBC host, political correspondent, and author who discusses the implications of the shift in American politics from all politics being local to every election being national.
"When the wounds of a terroristic dictatorship are still relatively fresh --General Francisco Franco's regime started with a 1936 military coup and ended in 1975, thirty-six years later--any defeat of the far right is doubly important," writes Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
Our friend Trygve Olson joins us to discuss a landmark new study -- one of the largest surveys in American political history, tracking extremism and polarization. How did we get here?
Systematically skipping outreach to infrequent voters ultimately rewards the intense voter suppression and purging that has removed many of those voters from the rolls to begin with.
Rick is joined Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Trygve Olson to discuss the road to 2024, the Republican party, its autocratic tendencies, and who holds power in the party and why.
