The blindsided's Podcast
The blindsided's Podcast
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Episode 11 Taking a life, remembering that life
Elbert Williams was murdered and the white law enforcement in Brownsville, TN covered it up. Now, a dedicated hunter is searching for his grave. When he finds it, perhaps the Williams family will find some peace in knowing that his murderer will be identified and that the name of the murderer will be displayed for all to know.
Feb 27, 2018
48 min
Episode 10 Who said that? Who pard 'em to say it?
If you see a T-shirt or a poster with AFP or Americans for Prosperity on it, read it, but understand that's the Koch alliance trying to convince you to carry their water, for free.
Feb 15, 2018
48 min
Episode 9 You can sue who!? When!? (mistake on drawing date for contes, 14 February - apologies.)
New York state courts are deciding, right now, if djt is gonna be in court for bad mouthing a woman before he made it to the White House. And it turns out, it's up to us to enforce our rights under the constitution. I made a mistake on the drawing date for the contest. it's the 14th of this month - apologies.
Feb 5, 2018
50 min
Episode 8 - No, they don't need Twelve
In Louisiana and Oregon, the prosecutors only need to convince 10 of those 12 jurors to send you to prison. Why? Because a confederate general bought a former slave plantation and a jewish man in Oregon murdered a Wasp and didn't get the chair.
Jan 30, 2018
32 min
Episode 7 - Decision One
The ruling on the Common Cause v Rucho is both powerful and complete. Which ever legal theory might be offered, Judge Wynn's opinion covers it. The North Carolina legislature, the defendants, got a temporary stay on implementation. That stay is not likely to keep them in power come this year's elections.
Jan 23, 2018
45 min
Episode 6 - Why the Face of Freedom is Black
The story of a place where avarice, arrogance, and indifference crushed lives and spirits for over three hundred years. A place where the walls, the stones, the sand itself stand in testament of the savagery of those who believed freedom was a white right.
Jan 15, 2018
14 min
Episode 5 - Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania, League of Women Voters v PA legislators, the day of reckoning is here, now.
A week long trail that lays bare the issue of who elects the elected. The already elected? Or the voters?
Dec 18, 2017
38 min
Episode 4 – Corporations have the same 1st Amendment rights as individual citizens. How?
How did corporations end up with the same 1st Amendment rights as individual citizens? What has that meant for us?
Dec 10, 2017
32 min
Episode 1 Common cause v Rucho, North Carolina citizens take their legislature to court over election law.
Politically partisan gerrymandering is to be challenged in the place where our most intractable controversies land.
Nov 23, 2017
58 min
Episode 3 – The citizens of Pennsylvania are taking their legislature to court. The trial starts December 11, tune in.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices decide this case is so important and time sensitive they want the case heard and adjudicated in time for the 2018 elections.
Nov 23, 2017
22 min
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