Episode 1071: Updates on FBI Raid in Ohio and New Surge in Fulton County, GA, Still Chasing the Specter of Widespread Voting and Registration Fraud

Episode 1071: Updates on FBI Raid in Ohio and New Surge in Fulton County, GA, Still Chasing the Specter of Widespread Voting and Registration Fraud

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 8, 2026 Updates on FBI Raid in Ohio and New Surge in Fulton County, GA, Still Chasing the Specter of Widespread Voting and Registration Fraud The FBI is reportedly throwing more agents and more overtime at its investigation of Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 election. After another FBI raid in Ohio, a funder of the voter registration nonprofit reports its records have also been subpoenaed. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [https://americandemocracyminute.org] Today’s Links Articles & Resources: MS NOW - FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say [https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-directing-hundreds-of-analysts-to-dig-into-subjects-of-ga-election-probe-sources-say] Georgia Recorder - FBI redirects hundreds of analysts to examine Fulton County’s 2020 election records [https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/fbi-redirects-hundreds-of-analysts-to-examine-fulton-countys-2020-election-records/] Votebeat - FBI probe of Ohio voting rights group expands to include an affiliated national advocacy network [https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/06/17/fbi-probe-into-ohio-organizing-collective-expands-nationally-america-votes/] Nonprofit Vote - Nonprofit VOTE Releases Statement on Recent Investigation Involving Ohio Nonprofit Organization [https://www.nonprofitvote.org/nonprofit-vote-response-to-ooc-raid-resources/] Ohio Capital Journal - A week after the FBI searched an Ohio voting-rights group, questions remain [https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/a-week-after-the-fbi-searched-an-ohio-voting-rights-group-questions-remain/] Brennan Center for Justice - Politicizing the FBI to Intimidate Voters [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/politicizing-fbi-intimidate-voters] Ohio Organizing Collaborative - OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE OPEN LETTER [https://www.ohorganizing.org/open-letter]  Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - FBI Raids Ohio Group Promoting Voter Registration, Seeking Purported 2020 Fraud. Staff & Volunteers Questioned, Phones and Computers Seized. [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/06/14/fbi-raids-ohio-group-promoting-voter-registration-seeking-2020-evidence-staff-volunteers-questioned-phones-and-computers-seized/] American Democracy Minute - FBI Raids Fulton County, GA Election Office, Seizing Ballots and Documents in Apparent Pursuit of 2020 Presidential Election Fraud [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/01/29/fbi-raids-fulton-county-ga-election-office-seizing-ballots-and-documents-in-apparent-pursuit-of-2020-presidential-election-fraud/] Groups Taking Action: Hands Off Ohio [https://www.handsoffohio.org/], Legal Defense Fund [https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-strongly-condemns-raid-of-ohio-voting-rights-organization-intended-to-spread-fear-and-chaos-ahead-of-midterm-elections/], Issue One [https://issueone.org/press/new-fbi-raids-in-ohio-raise-alarm-over-broader-pattern-of-election-interference/], All Voting is Local [https://allvotingislocal.org/press-releases/all-voting-is-local-responds-to-the-fbi-office-raid-of-the-ohio-organizing-collaborative/]  #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #HandsOffOhio #FBIRaid #FultonCounty #Georgia #Ohio

Episode 1070: With the SAVE America Act Stalling in Congress, Look for Renewed Efforts to Pass Similar Restrictions in State Legislatures

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 7, 2026 With the SAVE America Act Stalling in Congress, Look for Renewed Efforts to Pass Similar Restrictions in State Legislatures With the SAVE America Act now stalled in Congress and unlikely to pass, more GOP-dominated state legislatures may take up SAVE Act-like restrictive proof of citizenship and narrower voter ID options.  Some have already passed similar provisions. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [https://americandemocracyminute.org] Today’s Links Articles & Resources: Voting Rights Lab - 2026 Legislative Session in Review [https://votingrightslab.org/report/2026-legislative-session-in-review/] Center for American Progress - The SAVE Act May Be Stalled in Congress, But State Versions Are Being Advanced All Across the Country [https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-may-be-stalled-in-congress-but-state-versions-are-being-advanced-all-across-the-country/]Brennan Center for Justice - States Already Enacting Harmful SAVE Act Policies, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/states-already-enacting-harmful-save-act-policies-requiring-proof]  Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - Florida Legislature Passes State Version of the SAVE America Act. Its Proof of Citizenship & Voter ID Rules May Disenfranchise Thousands. [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/03/17/florida-legislature-passes-state-version-of-the-save-america-act-its-proof-of-citizenship-voter-id-rules-may-disenfranchise-thousands/] American Democracy Minute - (2025) Restrictive Voting Laws Passed in 20 States in 2025. Proof of Citizenship, Limits on Mail-In Voting and Narrower Voter ID Rules Dominated. [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/12/23/restrictive-voting-laws-passed-in-20-states-in-2025-proof-of-citizenship-limits-on-mail-in-voting-and-narrower-voter-id-rules-dominated/] Groups Taking Action: League of Women Voters FL [https://www.instagram.com/p/DV7bvvDDgoC/?img_index=2], ACLU UT, [https://www.acluutah.org/legislation/hb209-voting-amendments/] Legal Defense Fund [https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-condemns-passage-of-mississippi-elections-bill-that-would-disenfranchise-millions/] Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State [https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state] Please follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/americandemocracyminute/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/americandemocracyminute/], and Bluesky Social [https://bsky.app/profile/democracyminute.bsky.social], and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [http://www.americandemocracyminute.org/] Subscribe for FREE [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/about-the-american-democracy-minute-radio-report-podcast/subscribe-to-the-american-democracy-minute-podcast/] at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VoterID #ProofofCitizenship #VoterSuppression  #Disenfranchised #SAVEAmericaAct

Episode 1069: Time & Trouble Bringing the ‘SAVE America Act’ to a Merciful End in the U.S. House & Senate, Derailing the President’s Top Priority

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 6, 2026 Time & Trouble Bringing the ‘SAVE America Act’ to a Merciful End in the U.S. House & Senate, Derailing the President’s Top Priority The passage of the SAVE America Act appears to be nearing a merciful end in the U.S. House and Senate.  Both have now rebuffed the President’s demand to attach the restrictive voting bill to critical bipartisan housing, national security and defense appropriations bills. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [https://americandemocracyminute.org] Today’s Links Articles & Resources: The Hill - House conservatives block rule advancing NDAA, stalling key bills [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5947441-save-america-act-stalled/] The Hill - Thune says Senate will move FISA bill without SAVE America Act, rebuffing Trump [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5925177-thune-fisa-save-act/] The Hill - Tillis: SAVE America Act is ‘dead’ as time has run out to implement new voting rules [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5951419-thom-tillis-senate-gop-save-america-act-fate/] Politico - The GOP’s dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/02/save-america-act-mail-voting-00985315] Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - As Threatened, Trump Holds Up Passage of Long-Awaited Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demanding the Senate Pass the Restrictive SAVE America Act [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/06/25/as-threatened-trump-holds-up-passage-of-long-awaited-bipartisan-housing-bill-demanding-the-senate-pass-the-restrictive-save-america-act/] American Democracy Minute - President Trump Ties Ending the Partial Government Shutdown to Passage of the SAVE America Act. The Draconian Voting Bill Still Doesn’t Have the Votes. [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/03/25/president-trump-ties-ending-the-partial-government-shutdown-to-passage-of-the-save-america-act-the-draconian-voting-bill-still-doesnt-have-the-votes/] Groups Taking Action: League of Women Voters US [https://www.lwv.org/blog/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-trick], Common Cause [https://www.commoncause.org/work/the-save-act/], Legal Defense Fund [https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/save-act-saves-no-one-voter-suppression-bill-explained/] Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State [https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state] Please follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/americandemocracyminute/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/americandemocracyminute/], and Bluesky Social [https://bsky.app/profile/democracyminute.bsky.social], and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [http://www.americandemocracyminute.org/] Subscribe for FREE [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/about-the-american-democracy-minute-radio-report-podcast/subscribe-to-the-american-democracy-minute-podcast/] at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #SAVEAmericaAct #SAVEAct #MailInVoting #ProofofCitizenship #VoterSuppression #USSenate #USHouse

Episode 1068: Throwing Off Despotism: For Independence Day, a Portion on the Declaration of Independence

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 3, 2026 Throwing Off Despotism:  For Independence Day, a Portion on the Declaration of Independence For July 4th, while we can't read the entire Declaration of Independence in 90 seconds, we read a portion which includes the passage: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government."  Happy Independence Day. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [https://americandemocracyminute.org] Today’s Links Articles & Resources: National Archives - Declaration of Independence: A Transcription [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript] National Archives - The Declaration of Independence: A History [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-history] American Constitution Center - Constitutional Voices: African Americans’ early responses to the Declaration of Independence [https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitutional-voices-african-americans-early-responses-to-the-declaration-of-independence] Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - The Declaration of Independence and Women’s Rights [https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/journals/declaration-independence-and-womens-rights]  Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - Thomas Jefferson Gets the Credit for the Declaration, but the ‘Independence’ Part Came from Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776 [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/07/03/thomas-jefferson-gets-the-credit-for-the-declaration-but-the-independence-part-came-from-richard-henry-lee-on-june-7-1776/] Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State [https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state] Please follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/americandemocracyminute/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/americandemocracyminute/], and Bluesky Social [https://bsky.app/profile/democracyminute.bsky.social], and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [http://www.americandemocracyminute.org/] Subscribe for FREE [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/about-the-american-democracy-minute-radio-report-podcast/subscribe-to-the-american-democracy-minute-podcast/] at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport [https://audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&] and PRX [https://exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute] #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #DeclarationofIndependence #July4th #UnalienableRights #Depotism

Episode 1067: U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Unleashes Political Party Coordinated Campaign Money – And Likely More Big Donor Influence

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 2, 2026 U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Unleashes Political Party Coordinated Campaign Money – And Likely More Big Donor Influence In the tradition of Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, allowing political parties to spend unlimited funds on behalf of a  federal candidate. It could unleash even more campaign money and more big donor influence. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [https://americandemocracyminute.org] Today’s Links Articles & Resources: U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Republican Senate Campaign Committee v. FEC [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-621_h315.pdf] Federal Election Commission - Supreme Court issues opinion in National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. [https://www.fec.gov/updates/supreme-court-issues-opinion-in-national-republican-senatorial-committee-et-al-v-fec-et-al/] SCOTUSblog - Justices strike down campaign finance law [https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/] Covington & Burling Law Firm - Supreme Court Decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission Empowers Political Parties, Calls Other Restrictions into Question [https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2026/06/supreme-court-decision-in-national-republican-senatorial-committee-v-federal-election-commission-empowers-political-parties-calls-other-restrictions-into-question] End Citizens United - ECU Blasts SCOTUS for Siding With Billionaires and Special Interests Over Voters in NRSC v. FEC [https://www.endcitizensunited.org/news/ecu-blasts-scotus-for-siding-with-billionaires-and-special-interests-over-voters-in-nrsc-v-fec] Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - (2025)  U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Coordinated Campaign Finance Limits for Political Parties.  It Could Unleash Another Torrent of Election Cash. [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/12/10/u-s-supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-coordinated-campaign-finance-limits-for-political-parties-it-could-unleash-a-torrent-of-election-cash/] Groups Taking Action: Issue One [https://issueone.org/press/supreme-court-opens-new-avenue-for-big-money-to-buy-favor-with-candidates/], Public Citizen [https://www.citizen.org/litigation/national-republican-senatorial-committee-v-fec/], Campaign Legal Center/League of Women Voters/Common Cause [https://campaignlegal.org/press-releases/supreme-court-strikes-down-key-campaign-finance-provision-turning-political-parties] Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org [http://www.americandemocracyminute.org/]  Subscribe for FREE [https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/about-the-american-democracy-minute-radio-report-podcast/subscribe-to-the-american-democracy-minute-podcast/] at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #BigMoney #MoneyinPolitics #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DNC #RNC