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Background Briefing has a new home at BackgroundBriefing.org.
Please visit and bookmark the new site. You can search show archives here.
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| We begin with today’s overturning of the Republican Pennsylvania voter ID law that analysts claim would have disenfranchised almost a million Democratic voters. Dr Terry Madonna, who directs the Franklin and Marshall College poll and is a pollster for the Philadelphia Daily News joins us to discuss how Republican efforts to suppress the Democratic vote in this key swing state appear to have backfired. |
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Then we speak with the president of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman about an important ruling that struck down a key part of the Dodd-Frank law to regulate speculation on oil and commodity prices. We examine the concerted legal and political campaign by those on Wall Street responsible for ruining the economy, along with their Republican allies, to cripple and kill the Dodd-Frank laws passed in response to the 2008 financial meltdown. |
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Then finally we look into the key power-broker who more than anyone else, is trying to both buy and steal the 2012 election for the Republicans, Karl Rove. Craig Unger, the author of the new book “Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power” joins us to discuss the resurrection of one of the most powerful political operators in American history who is determined to prevent Democrats from voting and re-electing President Obama. |
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