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Voting rights continually curtailed by GOP Senators and judges with Republican fealty; Kyrsten Sinema’s political transformation; Plus the female inmates that respond to California’s wildfires

On today’s show:

0:08 – Ari Berman (@AriBerman), senior reporter for Mother Jones and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America joins us to discuss the Freedom to Vote Act which was blocked by Senate Republicans.

0:34 – Sam Brodey (@sambrodey), congressional reporter for the Daily Beast joins us to discuss how Kyrsten Sinema’s political transformation.

 

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1:08 – We spend our second hour with Jaime Lowe (@kicklikeagirl1), frequent contributor to New York Magazine and author of Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California’s Wildfires.