Episode 44: Wouldn’t You Like To Be a Pepper, Too?

David Pepper | Penguin Random House

Episode 44: Wouldn’t You Like To Be a Pepper, Too?

Guest:

David Pepper

- author; activist; former Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party

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Progress and backlash: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/white-backlash-nothing-new/611914/

Dems state-level collapse: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/10/14211994/obama-democrats-downballot

Exploitation of minoritarian institutions: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-journal/in-print-2/volume-22-1-winter-2024/the-crisis-of-minority-rule-in-american-democracy/

Dr. Oz’s awful abortion answer: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/politics/oz-abortion-debate-pennsylvania-senate/index.html

Republicans project REDMAP: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/ratfcked-the-influence-of-redistricting

Indiana the OG of voter ID laws: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-disappointed-supreme-courts-voter-id-decision

Shelby v. Holder 2013: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/shelby-county-v-holder

Swiss cheese model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model

Article IV Section 4: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-4/section-4/

Alabama seat flips after IVF ruling: https://apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af

“Motor Voter” Act: https://www.justice.gov/crt/about-national-voter-registration-act

Biden admin using VA to register voters: https://www.npr.org/2024/06/30/nx-s1-5005001/biden-voter-registration-executive-order

Democracy winning streak: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/24/2248335/-The-Greatest-Story-Never-Told-The-Democratic-Winning-Streak

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