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Broadcasting live from the Anderson Civic Center in Anderson, South Carolina, Charlie James hosts The Charlie James Show ahead of the "Salute to Liberty" event. Throughout the hour, he previews upcoming guest appearances by high-profile political figures, including Representative Sheri Biggs, Congressman Ralph Norman, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and potential guest Representative Jim Jordan. James engages with listeners on a range of political topics, including local debates, primary elections, and political endorsements. Callers chime in on candidate qualifications, election rules, and political strategies, while James provides commentary on the South Carolina political landscape and upcoming early voting dates.

Our focus is on the state of Victoria coming up to another State Election scheduled for November 28. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3AW news reporter Stefanie Waclawik told Tony Moclair recently appointed Premier Ben Carroll released a statement following Allan's press conference on Friday morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show begins by discussing the Cardinals walk off 3-2 win last night over the Cubs. Stuart Smith, Investigative Analyst at City Journal and the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss why the Democrat Socialists of America is gaining so much traction among young people. Paul Hall, Fox News Contributor and retired NYPD Inspector, joins the show to discuss Mamdani's new doxing of wealthy landowners for tax purposes. He also offers his take on the arrest of Tony Romo. Hour 2 of The Mark Reardon Show begins with a discussion regarding when it is the best time to eat a banana. Green, brown or in between? Then, we hear Sue's News. It's National Cheesecake Day AND National Chili Dog Day! David Zweig, Investigative Journalist and Author of "An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, The Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions," joins the show to discuss his take on yesterday's Dr. Fauci hearing. Ketchup isn't only for kids... Right? Hour 3 of The Mark Reardon Show begins with Charles Lipson, Professor Emeritus at The University of Chicago, who joins the show to discuss the wars in Iran and Ukraine, and if there is a chance they will merge. Then, Steve Butz, Missouri State Representative seeking the Democrat nomination for he 4th District State Senate seat, joins the show to discuss his campaign and his opponent. we finish the show with the Audio Cut of the Day!

Acknowledgement of Country//News HeadlinesNauru asylum seekers seek urgent action over worsening conditionsQueensland pro-Palestine speech bans face High Court constitutional challengeIndigenous-led baseline data on First Nations languagesHealth workers protest IHRA antisemitism definition H5 bird flu transmission confirmed among South Australian wild birdsDeath in custody of 18-year-old woman in Victoria's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre//In a conversation from Saturday 25th July, Yaraan Couzins Bundle spoke with Leila about the process of grounding back in Djab Wurrung country after visiting Mparntwe desert country the week before to stand in solidarity with Aunty Felicity and the Hayes family, demanding Sacred Arrernte Land Back at the Pine Gap Convergence. Yaraan describes how her old girls - ancestors living through Country - received her return to sacred Country with pride, and unpacks how the decolonial work on her ancestral lands is interwoven with work of liberatory justice for kin across the continent and expanding globally. You will hear waterways, land, animals and sky joining in the conversation along the way.//Rodrigo Acuña is a Spanish teacher, documentary filmmaker, and independent specialist in Latin American affairs. Rodrigo has been writing on Latin American politics for more than 20 years and in 2024 completed his first documentary film, 'Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire". After attending and speaking at the Independent and Peaceful Australian Network's national conference, themed 'Time to Break Free from the US', Rodrigo joined us to talk about key topics addressed at the conference, including AUKUS, the minimal coverage of Latin America in the Australian press, whether Australia's relationship with the US impacts this coverage, and projects he is currently working on. Rodrigo's work, including a bi-montly newsletter he publishes on political updates throughout Latin America, can be found on his website.//Tom Cooper, Chair of the 44FU 150 Inkerman Street Residents Committee, speaks with us about an action planned by residents across at least four of the older persons' high rise public housing buildings slated for demolition by the Victorian Government to bring their concerns to the office of Housing Minister Nick Staikos next Wednesday. Residents aged between 55 and 100 are inviting Minister Staikos to receive their petitions against the planned demolition of their homes, and will be bringing the message directly to the Minister at 1 Spring Street at 1PM on Wednesday the 5th of August.//Chris Christoforou, CEO of VAADA, Victoria Alcohol and Drug Association, joined us to outline what the association would like to see from political parties as we approach state elections. We discussed blowout wait times for current alcohol and drug treatment services, gaps in the Victorian Government's current drug and alcohol strategy, and VAADA's recommended multi-pronged approach to AOD services that prioritises evidence-based policies focusing on service expansion, harm reduction, and decriminalisation.*This conversation touches on drug and alcohol use. If you or anyone you know needs support, contact the national hotline for confidential counselling and referral on 1800 250 015.//Kelly and Dani from the Homeless Persons Union of Victoria joined us to discuss the group's recent publication of a jointly-authored statement alongside some of Victoria's leading health and justice organisations urging the Australian Press Council to adopt ethical guidelines for journalists and commentators reporting on homelessness. The statement was issued following the recent publication of an opinion piece by commentator and former shock-jock Steve Price in the Herald Sun featuring harmful representations of people experiencing homelessness and poor health in Melbourne's CBD. The Homeless Persons Union of Victoria is calling for the Australian Press Council to adopt the Council to Homeless Persons' Media Messaging Guide, which you can read here. If you wish to make your own complaint to the Australian Press Council about derogatory representations of homelessness by commercial mastheads, you can do so here.//

Speaking with Mark Levy, NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane mapped out her path to success. She detailed how she plans to protect votes from drifting to One Nation, and shared her ultimate strategy to defeat Chris Minns in the upcoming state election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This episode, we discuss Queensland becoming the first and only state in Australia's history to abolish its upper house. We also talk about the New States Movements for the first time, the Empire Settlement Scheme, 2 State Elections, and the 1922 Federal Election which sees the arrival of the Bruce-Page government.

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This Day in Legal History: The Fourteenth Amendment Is RatifiedOn July 9, 1868, South Carolina and Louisiana became the final two states needed to push the Fourteenth Amendment over the three-quarters threshold, and with their votes the amendment was ratified into the Constitution. It is, by almost any measure, the most consequential of the Reconstruction amendments and arguably the most important addition to the Constitution since the Bill of Rights.The amendment was written to answer the central question left open by the Civil War and the abolition of slavery: what did freedom actually mean, and who was entitled to it? Its first section does an enormous amount of work in a single sentence. It establishes birthright citizenship—declaring that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of both the nation and their state. It then forbids any state from abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens, from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, and from denying any person the equal protection of the laws. Those three clauses—privileges or immunities, due process, and equal protection—became the constitutional text on which vast stretches of modern American law are built.The historical purpose was direct. The framers of the amendment, led in the House by John Bingham, wanted to overrule Dred Scott, which had held that Black Americans could not be citizens, and to constitutionalize the civil rights protections Congress had already tried to enact by statute—putting them beyond the reach of any future hostile Congress or Southern legislature. They understood that emancipation without citizenship and equal protection would be a hollow victory, and they wrote a guarantee that applied against the states, not just the federal government.The significance of July 9, 1868 is hard to overstate, because so much of what we argue about today runs directly through this text. The Equal Protection Clause is the basis of Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation, of Loving v. Virginia striking down bans on interracial marriage, and of Obergefell recognizing marriage equality. The Due Process Clause became the vehicle for incorporating most of the Bill of Rights against the states, so that free speech, free exercise, and protections for the criminally accused bind state governments too. And the Citizenship Clause is the reason that birthright citizenship is a constitutional guarantee rather than a policy preference—as the Supreme Court reaffirmed just this past term. When you hear debates about who counts as a citizen, what process the government owes a person before it takes something from them, or whether a law treats people equally, you are hearing an argument about the amendment ratified on this date.A federal judge in Florida has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to keep giving four Republican-led states—Florida, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio—access to a federal database those states use to check whether registered voters are citizens. The order, from U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II in Pensacola, lets the states continue using the system while the underlying legal fight plays out.The database is called SAVE—Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements—a federal system historically used to verify immigration status for benefits. After a revamp last year, it became far more powerful for election purposes: users could search many records at once, and it exposed individuals' Social Security numbers. Several Republican-led states began comparing their voter rolls against SAVE and canceling the registrations of people the database flagged as noncitizens. The problem is what happens when the database is wrong or out of date—people who are in fact citizens can get flagged and purged.That risk is exactly why this ruling sits in tension with another one. Just weeks earlier, on June 22, a different federal judge in Washington, D.C., restricted broader use of the database, warning that relying on it could result in eligible voters being wrongly stripped from the rolls. So you now have two federal courts pointing in different directions—one worried about wrongful purges and limiting the database's use, and one ordering DHS to keep the spigot open for these four states. When trial courts split like this, the disagreement typically has to be resolved higher up, and it means the rules can differ depending on which state and which courtroom you're standing in.The significance is that this is a live fight over the machinery of voter-roll maintenance heading into a midterm election year. There's a genuine and legitimate interest in keeping noncitizens off the voter rolls—but there's an equally real risk that a blunt, error-prone matching process disenfranchises actual citizens who then have to fight to get back on. This ruling tilts toward giving states the verification tool; the D.C. ruling tilts toward protecting against wrongful removals. Watch the appellate courts, because the boundary between list maintenance and unlawful voter purging is about to get drawn more sharply.US judge orders four states be given access to citizenship data for voter checks | ReutersIn a closely related development, the Justice Department has sent letters to all fifty states warning that state and local election officials could face criminal prosecution if they allow noncitizens to remain on their voter rolls. The letters, from Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Department's Civil Rights Division, give officials just five days to respond with a plan to comply. The federal government does have statutes on the books aimed at protecting the integrity of elections and barring noncitizens from voting, and the letters invoke several of them. But the ordinary way these laws work is that you prosecute a person who actually votes illegally, or who knowingly facilitates fraud. What's unusual here is the target: the letters put state and local election administrators—the people who maintain the rolls—on notice that they personally could be charged. That reframes routine election administration as potential criminal exposure for the officials doing it.Think about the position this puts an election official in. Maintaining accurate voter rolls is genuinely hard—people move, die, naturalize, and occasionally register in error—and every state already has processes for it. Now imagine being told by the U.S. Department of Justice that if the federal government later decides your rolls were inadequate, you could be a criminal defendant, and you have five days to send in a compliance plan. Even if few or no prosecutions ever materialize, the threat itself is designed to change behavior—to push officials toward more aggressive purging out of fear of personal liability. Critics call that coercion; the Department frames it as enforcement.The significance is about federal pressure on the decentralized American election system. Elections in this country are run by states and localities, deliberately, so that no single national authority controls the vote. Democratic officials in states like Michigan pushed back hard, noting they've already taken extensive steps to ensure only eligible voters can vote. The letters, arriving alongside the SAVE database fight, are part of a coordinated push ahead of the midterms, and they raise a serious question about the line between legitimate federal enforcement of election laws and using the threat of prosecution to lean on the officials who administer them.US Justice Department tells state officials they could be prosecuted over noncitizen voting | ReutersAnd in a very different kind of case, a former Olympic canoe racer, David Hearn, pleaded not guilty in D.C. Superior Court to a felony charge of deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn, who is 67 and competed in three Summer Olympics, entered his plea through an attorney at his first court appearance, and his lawyers have described the prosecution as an abuse of power built on what they call a “concocted narrative.”The Reflecting Pool sits on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument and had just undergone a roughly $16 million renovation. Hearn has said he was stopped by National Guard troops and U.S. Park Police and detained for about five hours after pausing at the pool during a 64-mile bike ride in June. He was later indicted on a single felony count of property destruction. The top federal prosecutor for D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, said six other people were arrested on misdemeanor charges connected to damage at the same site.The legal question worth watching is the gap between the charge and the conduct. Property-destruction law generally requires proof that the defendant intentionally caused the damage, and a felony charge usually turns on the dollar value of that damage. Hearn's defense is essentially that the government has manufactured intent and seriousness out of an innocent encounter—that a man pausing on a bike ride has been turned into a felony defendant. The judge apparently agreed there was little flight or danger risk: Hearn was released without court supervision pending an August 5 status hearing, which tells you something about how the court currently views the threat he poses.The significance here is less about one damaged pool and more about the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. Deciding whom to charge, and whether to charge a felony versus a misdemeanor versus nothing at all, is one of the most powerful and least reviewable choices in the legal system. When critics call a prosecution politically motivated or an abuse of power, they're pointing at that discretion. Whether this case is a legitimate property-crime prosecution (it isn't) or an overreach (it is) is exactly what the coming proceedings will test—and it's a useful reminder that the same charging power that holds genuine wrongdoers accountable can also be aimed in ways that raise real fairness concerns.Former US Olympian pleads not guilty in Reflecting Pool vandalism case | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

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Lincoln and Mark talk about 3 City Charter Commission Petitions; Election Cycle Change, City Council Term Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Voting. A review of voter turnout from past elections a review of several other cities that have adopted City Election Cycles that match Federal and State Election schedules

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If last episode cracked open the lid on South Australian politics, this one peers inside the engine. Steve Davis reunites with international relations analyst David Olney, and is joined by long-time Adelaide Show political commentator Robert Godden for a compact but chewy conversation about why our democratic system reliably produces a certain kind of politician, and what, if anything, citizens can actually do about it. The SA Drink of the Week does not feature in this episode. The Musical Pilgrimage closes the episode with something deeply personal: Steve’s original song, Goodnight Don, a Brechtian cabaret-styled tribute to Don Dunstan that names Steele Hall as an unlikely hero of South Australian progress; a fitting coda to an episode about leaders who felt compelled, rather than merely ambitious, to change the world. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We’re here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It’s an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we’ll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store – The Adelaide Show Shop. We’d greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here’s our index of all episode in one concisepage. Running Sheet: The Adelaide Show Spin Detector 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:00:00 SA Drink Of The Week There is no SA Drink Of The Week this week. 00:02:00 David Olney and Steve Davis David Olney’s opening thesis sets the frame: stop blaming the individual politician and look at the system that produced them. Political parties absorb people at eighteen. By their mid-thirties, the successful ones know the rules, know who to listen to, and know how to sell the message. Whatever they were before they entered that pipeline is largely beside the point. Party discipline does the rest. Robert Godden comes at it from economics, or more precisely from the widespread misunderstanding of it. Almost every political party fails to grasp that incentivisation and punishment change behaviour, which is why the same voters who accept cigarette taxes as behaviour-modification tools will simultaneously insist that everything else they disapprove of should be dealt with outside the law. Godden’s observation that he would personally outlaw religion and instant coffee, while conceding not everyone shares his distress about either, is the episode’s warmest moment in a conversation that doesn’t have many warm ones. The thread tying both arguments together is shame. For hundreds of years, Godden argues, the one reliable corrective available to citizens was the ability to shame politicians into doing the right thing. That rulebook got torn up in 2016. Steve says “because of Trump.” Godden confirms it. Two words and the subject is closed. After Godden departs, the conversation turns to what collective action actually looks like when the system is this good at absorbing or deflecting pressure. Steve raises Possum Park as an example of the government’s capacity to flood the zone, announcing Gather Round to push the other issue off the front page. Olney draws on Ted Robert Gurr’s theory of relative deprivation: collective action only rebuilds when enough people believe both that things should be better and that they are in fact getting worse. We are only just entering that zone. The grassroots energy Steve is seeing is not wishful thinking; it is the early stage of the only mechanism that has ever produced real political change. Barbara Pocock closes the argument. She is Olney’s model of the kind of leader collective action eventually produces: not someone who wanted to rule the world, but someone who looked at the state of things and felt she could no longer sit and do nothing. The contrast with the party-machine pathway, Malinauskas entering politics through the party room before he ever held a seat, Ashton Hurn as Marshall’s comms manager before pre-selection, is left to speak for itself. The Spin Detector Steve has built a tool, available on The Adelaide Show website, inspired by Ed Coper’s Angertainment and a good deal of additional thinking. You paste in a social media post and its comments. You choose whether you want a draft reply or simply an analysis of what rhetorical move is being played. The tool’s one job is to identify the mechanism, name it, and give you the option to respond or simply move on better informed. The worked example is a meme circulating from a One Nation-adjacent account: Gina Rinehart above, Albanese below, the implicit message being that her money is hers to spend and his is yours to waste. Pasted into the Spin Detector, the tool surfaces what the meme papers over. Rinehart’s wealth comes from royalties on sovereign natural resources. As Olney notes immediately, that makes her money our money, and we have a system that allows her to keep taking it. The same voters this meme targets often also support taxing international gas companies on the same principle. The meme cannot survive both positions, but that inconvenience is the point of the meme. Olney’s observation about pace is the practical underpinning: every second between seeing something and reacting is a second in which the emotional charge dissipates and clearer thinking becomes possible. The Spin Detector is a structured pause. Steve calls it a mini David in a bottle. Olney asks only that nobody shake it. Steve is open about the fact that hosting logistics are still being worked out, and that if the tool proves useful, a conversation with Ed Coper about something larger may follow. The following resources were mentioned during the episode. Books Angertainment by Ed KoperThe Spin Detector 00:31:38 Musical Pilgrimage In the Musical Pilgrimage this week we listen to Goodnight Don by Steve Davis & The Virutalosos. The closing conversation touches on what Don Dunstan would make of a Labor government in 2025, and on the historical context Steve uncovered while writing the song: that neoliberalism had not yet fully gripped the Labor party during Dunstan’s era, that shift arriving more in John Bannon’s time, and that Steele Hall, Dunstan’s political opponent, played a genuine role in making the reform era possible by supporting electoral changes that cost him politically but were simply the right thing to do. Goodnight Don is Steve’s original composition, performed by Steve Davis and The Virtualosos, written for a cabaret performer to take on and bring to life. It gives Steele Hall his own verse, which feels right in the context of an episode about the rarity of politicians who act from obligation rather than calculation. Steve writes all lyrics by hand. The Virtualosos bring them to life. PS The image for this episode was taken as part of the SA Electoral Commission's campaign to urge people to vote in the 2026 State Election.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.NewsreportsDiscussion about the recent resignation of the British Labor prime minister Keir Starmer and his overall legacy.Presenters discuss the extension of the NDIS Bill inquiry and why cuts to the NDIS must be opposed.Discussion of the victory of Mamdani-backed candidates deal blow to pro-Israel camp in US.Interviews and DiscussionsSue Bolton, Merri-bek councillor and Socialist Alliance candidate for the upcoming State Election campaign joins the program to discuss the rising support for One Nation and how we can fight back. Additionally Bolton also spoke about the upcoming anti-racism rally being planned in Broadmeadows on Saturday July 25. You can listen to the individual interview here.Izzy, school teacher, AEU member and part of Fight the Crisis discusses Labor's recent enterprise agreement offer to school teachers and education support stuff and why members overwhemingly voted to reject the offer. You can listen to the individual interview here.

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(6) Timothy Ryback explains that by early 1933, the Nazi Party faces financial ruin, owing an estimated 90 million marks, and continues to lose ground in state elections. To exploit this weakness, Chancellor Kurt von Schleicherattempts to split the NSDAP by negotiating secretly with Gregor Strasser. Schleicher hopes to peel away the party's moderate faction to form a working majority without Hitler. Strasser, believing he is saving the movement rather than betraying Hitler, considers a role as Vice Chancellor. Despite mounting debt and electoral setbacks, Hitler maintains a belligerent front, eventually declaring a minor vote in Lippe as a revival of party fortunes.1940

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India's 2026 state elections reveal about the future of the world's largest democracy. Why did the incumbent government BJP make major gains in some states while struggling in others? Do competitive elections still mean democracy is entirely healthy? And why have places like Tamil Nadu and Kerala remained resistant to Hindu nationalist politics? This episode analyses one of the most important democratic stories in the world right now — and asks what state elections might tell us about India's democracy more broadly. Gilles Verniers, Centre for South Asia at Stanford University. Gilles Verniers' work on Indian politics and elections hereYamini Aiyar, Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University. Yamini Aiyar's recent writing on democracy and electoral administration in India here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India's 2026 state elections reveal about the future of the world's largest democracy. Why did the incumbent government BJP make major gains in some states while struggling in others? Do competitive elections still mean democracy is entirely healthy? And why have places like Tamil Nadu and Kerala remained resistant to Hindu nationalist politics? This episode analyses one of the most important democratic stories in the world right now — and asks what state elections might tell us about India's democracy more broadly. Gilles Verniers, Centre for South Asia at Stanford University. Gilles Verniers' work on Indian politics and elections hereYamini Aiyar, Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University. Yamini Aiyar's recent writing on democracy and electoral administration in India here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India's 2026 state elections reveal about the future of the world's largest democracy. Why did the incumbent government BJP make major gains in some states while struggling in others? Do competitive elections still mean democracy is entirely healthy? And why have places like Tamil Nadu and Kerala remained resistant to Hindu nationalist politics? This episode analyses one of the most important democratic stories in the world right now — and asks what state elections might tell us about India's democracy more broadly. Gilles Verniers, Centre for South Asia at Stanford University. Gilles Verniers' work on Indian politics and elections hereYamini Aiyar, Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University. Yamini Aiyar's recent writing on democracy and electoral administration in India here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India's 2026 state elections reveal about the future of the world's largest democracy. Why did the incumbent government BJP make major gains in some states while struggling in others? Do competitive elections still mean democracy is entirely healthy? And why have places like Tamil Nadu and Kerala remained resistant to Hindu nationalist politics? This episode analyses one of the most important democratic stories in the world right now — and asks what state elections might tell us about India's democracy more broadly. Gilles Verniers, Centre for South Asia at Stanford University. Gilles Verniers' work on Indian politics and elections hereYamini Aiyar, Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University. Yamini Aiyar's recent writing on democracy and electoral administration in India here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Federal Labor and Liberal leaders visit Victoria ahead of its state election; three dead in a car crash in Sydney; more tributes for Jai Arrow after his diagnosis with MND.

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this brief travel-day episode of The Wright Report, Bryan shares major political fallout from Indiana's state Senate races, where Republican primary voters sent a loud message to GOP leaders: fight back in the redistricting wars or get replaced. He explains how five of President Trump's seven endorsed candidates won, replacing Republican officials who refused to aggressively redraw congressional maps and allowed Democrats to hold House seats in otherwise deep-red territory. Bryan says the results signal that GOP voters across the country want stronger action at both the state and federal level as the battle over House control intensifies heading into the midterms. He also previews Secretary of State Marco Rubio's upcoming trip to Italy to meet with Pope Leo as tensions continue over immigration and the war with Iran, and delivers a surprising update from the Middle East: the White House says the offensive phase of the Iran conflict is over, while President Trump has suddenly paused Project Freedom and eased pressure in the Strait of Hormuz to give peace negotiations more room. Bryan signals strong disagreement with that move, arguing Iran only responds to strength and warning against allowing Tehran to control one of the world's most critical waterways. Plus, Bryan highlights encouraging economic news for the White House, with factory orders and hiring both rising more than expected despite ongoing pressure from fuel prices, and shares an update on his America 250th anniversary Oregon film project, now heading into editing with teaser videos coming soon.   "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32     Keywords: Indiana GOP primary redistricting fight 2026 Trump endorsements House seats, Republican gerrymandering strategy state senate elections Indiana, Marco Rubio Pope Leo meeting immigration Iran conflict Vatican, Trump pauses Project Freedom Strait of Hormuz peace talks Iran 2026, Iran ceasefire negotiations offensive phase over White House update, US factory orders rise March 2026 hiring growth Trump economy, gas prices inflation approval ratings economic outlook, America 250th anniversary Oregon documentary Bryan Dean Wright, Bryan Dean Wright podcast, The Wright Report

Is Indiana's Primary Retribution For Redistricting? And Should The President Get Involved In State Elections? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Former Labor Premier, Steve Bracks, joined Jacqui Felgate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Victorian Electoral Commission will introduce low-sensory voting at this year's state election, in a move to make elections more accessible to neurodivergent voters. - Magpapakilala ang Victorian Electoral Commission ng low-sensory voting sa state election ngayong taon, isang hakbang para gawing mas accessible ang halalan para sa mga botanteng neurodivergent.

PREVIEW FOR LATER. (3)HEADLINE: Federal Oversight and the SAVE Act GUEST: Richard Epstein SUMMARY: Professor Richard Epstein discusses the SAVE Act and the complexities of federal oversight in state elections. He examines historical legal battles, allegations of 2020 election irregularities, and the challenges of ensuring non-politicized voting processes.,, (4)1924 SCOTUS 

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The U.S. Senate is debating the SAVE Act. But half of the act is unconstitutional. Congress can adjust the time, place, and manner of elections, but only for the U.S. House and Senate. The SAVE Act claims to tell the states someone must be a citizen of the US to register to vote, even though each of the fifty states already has that requirement...

The SAVE America Act and SB175 are both designed to ensure noncitizens (who are not allowed to vote in U.S. elections) do not cast ballots. But how might they affect South Dakota voters during the upcoming primary?

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The U.S. Senate is debating the SAVE Act. But half of the act is unconstitutional. Congress can adjust the time, place, and manner of elections, but only for the U.S. House and Senate. The SAVE Act claims to tell the states someone must be a citizen of the US to register to vote, even though each of the fifty states already has that requirement...

South Australians head to the polls on Saturday, 21 March, to elect the state's 56th Parliament, with the latest YouGov poll pointing to a strong result for Labor. The survey suggests Labor could achieve its highest-ever two-party preferred vote in South Australia, while the Liberal Party is tracking toward a historically poor outcome. Meanwhile, Pauline Hanson's One Nation is polling at 22 per cent, signalling a significant presence in the vote. SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson spoke with One Nation candidate and former Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi.

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Republicans Kill Efforts To Protect Tennessee's Unborn Children, Secure State Elections & Defluoridate Drinking Water… Conservatives Try To Prevent Government Overreach In Future Emergencies & Limit Commercial, Private Driver's Licenses To English Speakers.If you value truth in Tennessee, step up now and support The Tennessee Conservative!   Go here to donate

Five state elections will be held in Germany in 2026. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) enters this “super election year” in a strong position: it is the largest opposition party …

The state election in Baden-Württemberg kicked off the German “super election year” with a surprisingly close result. Contrary to many forecasts, the Greens with leading candidate Cem Özdemir were able to overtake the CDU after a strong campaign final and narrowly secure the election. While the AfD was able to make significant gains and is positioning itself as the strongest opposition force, traditional parties such as the SPD and the FDP continue to lose support. - Die Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg hat den Auftakt zum deutschen „Superwahljahr“ mit einem überraschend knappen Ergebnis geliefert. Entgegen vieler Prognosen konnten die Grünen mit Spitzenkandidat Cem Özdemir nach einem starken Wahlkampf-Endspurt die CDU noch überholen und knapp den Wahlsieg sichern. Während die AfD deutlich zulegen konnte und sich als stärkste Oppositionskraft positioniert, verlieren traditionelle Parteien wie SPD und FDP weiter an Bedeutung.

What happens when the federal government refuses to acknowledge the Constitution? When state election officials asked a simple civics question about who actually has the authority to run our elections, they were met with a "stunned silence" from federal authorities. Michael Steele pulls back the curtain on a growing tension between state sovereignty and federal interference that could redefine how you vote this November.Catch Michael Steele on The Weeknight Mondays - Fridays at 7pm EST on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknightFollow Michael on X: https://x.com/MichaelSteeleFollow Michael on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsteele.bsky.socialFollow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairman_steele/Follow Michael on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chairman_steeleListen to The Michael Steele Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-steele-podcast/id1412905534Watch The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9uNqPiKYw5eU5YkS_mMsr6oIf you enjoyed this, share it with a friend!

A Utah lawmaker is proposing to create a Secretary of State for Utah, which would essentially strip the lieutenant governor of her duty to oversee the state's elections. State Representative Lisa Shepherd joins the show to discuss this legislation.

Inside the Proposal to Restrict Polygraph Use for SA Victims Should college students be able to opt out of class assignments due to religious beliefs? Authorities Release Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Investigation Mike Lee’s Election Bill Stalls in the Senate How to Stay Connected in Marriage When Life Is Busy ...and more!

For a long time, many conservatives have lamented the inability to bring election integrity to blue states governed by politicians that clearly don't want it. We're still a long way from getting it, but the first major hurdle to achieving a potentially massive victory was just achieved.

Ten secretaries of state are demanding answers from the Trump administration. Earlier this month, they wrote a letter to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security with concerns about how voter information they were asked to submit would be used. Arizona's Secretary of State Adrian Fontes talks about the letter and the implications for midterms. Then, a religious nonprofit and several Catholic clergy are suing the Trump administration for blocking them from ministering to people at an ICE detention center near Chicago. Father David Inczauskis tells us more. And, a record number of Indigenous people from around the world took part in COP30. Indigenous Climate Action's Rosalyn Boucha explains what the talks accomplished and whether indigenous concerns were addressed.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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