and claw. yes, i m talking about america s number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn t been firing fading tv stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, welcome. later in this broadcast, we ll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i m talking about america s number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn t been firing fading tv stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for his pals, the idle rich. more on that coming up. but first, a threat to democracy even more dangerous than the donald. across the country one state legislature after another has been making it harder for certain people to vote, especially by requiring them to show a govern
apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, welcome. later in this broadcast, we ll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i m talking about america s number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn t been firing fading tv stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for his pals, the idle rich. more on that coming up. but first, a threat to democracy even more dangerous than the donald. across the country one state legislature after another has been making it harder for certain people to vote, especially by requiring them to show a government-issued photo id before they can cast their ballot. ask what s going on, and they solemnly respond, we re just trying to prevent voter fraud. a
last week, for example, in pennsylvania s state capital, harrisburg, a thousand people gathered to protest a new photo id law that could disenfranchise one in ten voters. including as much as 18 percent of the voters in philadelphia even though state officials have said they have no reason to believe that fraud has occurred in the past or will in the future. no one s following the issue more keenly than the brennan center for justice at new york university law school. its new report, the challenge of obtaining voter identification, finds that new voter id rules already are in place in nine states, some of them swing states with more than 57 million eligible voters who could determine which candidates get 127 electoral votes, nearly half the 270 needed to win the white house. keesha gaskins is the co-author of that report. she s a long-time organizer, lobbyist, trial attorney, and senior counsel in the brennan center s democracy program. michael waldman has been the pres
stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, welcome. later in this broadcast, we ll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i m talking about america s number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn t been firing fading tv stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for his pals, the idle rich. more on that coming up. but first, a threat to democracy even more dangerous than the donald. across the country one state legislature after another has been making it harder for certain people to vote, especially by requiring them to show a government-issued photo id before they can cast their ballot. ask what s going on, and they solemnly respond, we re just trying to
stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, welcome. later in this broadcast, we ll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i m talking about america s number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn t been firing fading tv stars on the celebrity apprentice or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for his pals, the idle rich. more on that coming up. but first, a threat to democracy even more dangerous than the donald. across the country one state legislature after another has been making it harder for certain people to vote, especially by requiring them to show a government-issued photo id before they can cast their ballot. ask what s going on, and they solemnly respond, we re just trying to