Damage Control at the White House to Prevent Trump’s Sellout of Ukraine to Putin
We begin with the damage control underway at the White House today as European leaders and President Zelensky try to prevent the total sellout of Ukraine following Trump’s craven gift of caving in and siding with the murderous Make Russia Great Again imperialist in Alaska after threatening severe consequences if Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire which is now off the table. Joining us is Charles Kupchan, who was director for European Affairs on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. He is now a professor of International Affairs in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and spent the last 3 years of the Obama administration as Special Assistant to President Obama for National Security. He is the author of Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order, and How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace, and his latest, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World.
Trump Wants to Get Rid of Mail-in Ballots and Undo the Constitution’s Bedrock of States Controlling Elections
Then with Trump taking Putin’s advice to get rid of mail-in ballots, we examine the dangers posed by Trump’s Executive Order to take over elections from the states which is an attempt to overturn a foundational fact in the Constitution that states run elections. Joining us is Richard Hasen, Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and is co-author of a leading casebook on election law. He served as founding co-editor of the quarterly peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal, and is the author of a number of books including The Voting Wars, Plutocrats United, The Justice of Contradictions, and Election Meltdown. His latest book is A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.
Trump’s Burgeoning War Chest to Buy the Next Election Just as Musk Bought the Last
Then finally we speak with Jeff Hauser, Executive Director of the Revolving Door Project in Washington D.C. who works to increase scrutiny on executive branch appointments and ensure that political appointees are focused on serving the public interest, rather than personal professional advancement. We will investigate the burgeoning war chest Trump is accruing to buy the next election following Elon Musk’s avalanche of campaign money that bought the last election for Trump and the Republicans.
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