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Michigan guts a voter ID law; are Iowans deserting Donald Trump? a weekend event preview; warning signs that your wife is addicted to true crime podcasts. Click to hear hour two of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Friday, November 11, 2022.

One of the things Jeff loves about the radio show is that he never knows what topic will set the listeners on fire. A caller suggests that the legislature protect drunk people sleeping in their cars - rather than driving home - from being arrested. The phone and the text line went crazy.

Depending on where this goes tonight, were just looking at early results right now, that might be one of the big stories that really emerges from this moment, where were seeing groups that have been courted by democrats for more than a generation, who are now making a choice that is not based on the box that they have been told they belong in, who they should vote for, but they are, you know, interested in the same things that all-americans are interested in, because theyre americans. >> exactly...

Networks. television, radio, online. there is well serviced, the bbc�*s language services, and someone has to co—ordinate the information and talk not only to them but also to the correspondences in each of the battleground states tonight. let me introduce you to the ringmaster, the maestro, who is going to put it all together. tell us how you do it. this is the desk from we call the results. — this is the desk from we call the results, the key races, the projections for those races in coo...

Is -- >> do not break the law. do not attack or intimidate people trying to vote. >> in any way, shape, or form. >> not at all. also dont intimidate our poll watchers because we have that right now, too, where our poll watchers are not allowed to meaningfully observe. that is an important part of our democracy that both sides democrat and republican should be able to meaningfully observe so we can go out and say listen, we saw it. it went well. >> you are trying to recruit poll watchers. >> we h...

Could continue in an aggressive way. as the top republican in this country right now, your message is -- >> do not break the law. do not attack or intimidate people trying to vote. >> in any way, shape or form. >> i dont think that should be done at all. also, dont intimidate our poll watchers. were having that right now, too. we have it where poll watchers are not being able to meaningfully observe. both sides, democratic and republicans, should be able to observe so we can say we saw it and it...

This is what weve come to in america. these guys call themselves patriots, really? this guy standing over there, hes got his face covered and hes armed. whats that tell you? they dont want you to vote. >> the justice department says the allegations, quote, raise serious concerns of voter intimidation, unquote, and likely violate the federal voting rights act. central, of course, to this is the lie-filled propaganda film "2,000 mules" weve told you about, a film, propaganda, claiming with zero ev...

Listeners how that propaganda film fulls of lies and nonsense inspired this ballot watching movement. >> really what inspired me was the idea of "2,000 mules." i just threw it out on truth social one day. i said, were supposed to be their boss, but theyre stealing it. lets get out there, maybe two, three hours, ten people at a time, and just stand around them. keep those mules from wanting to come up to the boxes. and it was just a simple thought and it just took off. >> a simple thought is accu...

So its no more important and no less important than everything else. its given me a good perspective. on that note, there are two bits where i probably laughed out loud — i hope you didnt expect more, or have i laughed enough? — and ill tell you the two bits so you can share the stories with our listeners. phoning up the automated phone line in great 0rmond street to get through to the ward that your son was on. mm—hmm. yes. so, the oncology wards at great 0rmond street are understandably ...

That guy telling you that paul pelosi couldnt be gay, not that it is a bad thing. because nancy is hot, smoking hot. who wouldnt watch that? violent crime is surging all over the country, not just right wingers who care, the key part of the democratic base thinks that crime is a top issue heading to midterms because theyre human beings. most people hate crime actually except npr listeners. thats next.