Reparations have been at the forefront of discussions surrounding social justice prior to the very inception of the concept in the American political dictionary – the treatment of African Americans prior to the Civil War remains the one of the greatest strains in American History, next to that of the treatment and eradication of the Native Americans. Have we done enough to rectify these wrongs? What more can we do?
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Show Notes
No show notes this evening.
From the page of the grassroots campaign leading cause to enact The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact – “The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Explanation It has been enacted into law in 15 jurisdictions with 189 electoral votes (CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NM, NY, RI, VT, WA). Map showing status in states. The bill will take effect when enacted by states with 81 more electoral votes. The bill has passed one house in 8 additional states with 72 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, NC, NV, OK, OR), including a 40–16 vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona House and a 28–18 in Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate, and been approved unanimously by committee votes in two additional Republican-controlled states with 26 electoral votes (GA, MO).”
link -https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ | media – https://twitter.com/NPVgrassroots
Show Notes
Please note comments are welcome! As well, I am going to be phasing out the usual outro for the podcast and in place for now there will simply be the piece that plays in in the intro.
Piece Used in the Background – Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Polov.
02:30 – Please see the above links for more information regarding the NPV Grassroots campaign.
03:30 – Secretary Clinton & the Popular Vote (1), and President Trump and his slim margin of victory through the electoral college. (2)
(2) https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/swing-state-margins/?noredirect=on
04:00 – Disproportionate Time Spent in Swing States
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/campaign-events-2016
04:40 – Lower voter turnout tied to the Electoral College
05:40 – Smaller States have greater power and leverage within our political system
08:51 – Why we may need a Constitutional Convention.
http://bostonreview.net/us/richard-kreitner-sanford-levinson-federalist
11:00 Constitutional Interpretation, Originalism and the such
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169489
14:00 Why we are so divided, and why we cant agree on basic FACTS.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/making-up-is-hard-to-do/501146/
16:15 – Why Americans are to the left of center, or Liberal
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/why-america-is-moving-left/419112/
19:06 – Why Democrat’s, Progressives have bold ideas for the country.
