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In the runup to the 2020 US general election, many events have occurred on local, state and federal levels that point to an authoritarian slide for the United States. Jaye discusses some of these events, including the presidential and vice-presidential debates, the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Kentucky grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case, Donald Trump's ban of "critical race theory" in public schools, and the rushed efforts to confirm staunch conservative Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court in advance of the election. Focusing on the example set by the Christian Right, Jaye makes the case for progressives voting for Joe Biden in this election, and warns that on this year's ballot is the fate of this democratic republic. Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Source Material: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/feds-thwart-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5922301002/ https://6abc.com/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-governor-wolverine-watchmen-gov/6867073/ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/wolverine-watchmen-militia-linked-whitmer-kidnap-plot-has-boogaloo-ties https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/04/18/trump-calls-californias-sanctuary-laws-a-ridiculous-crime-infested-breeding-concept/ https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/518031-trumps-good-genes-speech-echoes-racial-eugenics https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/online-vulnerable-experts-find-nearly-three-dozen-u-s-voting-n1112436 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/07/kentucky-ag-seeks-to-ban-breonna-taylor-jurors-from-speaking-publicly/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/520209-kentucky-attorney-general-asks-court-to-block-grand-juror-from https://www.npr.org/2020/09/22/915843471/trump-expands-ban-on-racial-sensitivity-training-to-federal-contractors https://www.history.com/news/mendez-school-segregation-mexican-american https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/25/us/high-court-bans-tax-exemptions-for-schools-with-racial-barriers-excerpts.html https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2708&context=wmlr https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/ruth-bader-ginsburg-rbg-dying-wish.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54312699 https://peopleofpraise.org/about/faq/ https://marriageinchrist.com/faq/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/30/people-of-praise-amy-coney-barrett-website https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/biden-covid-test-trump.html Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ http://jonathanbiegen.com Higher Octane composed by Vans in Japan Land of the RetroOnes composed by RAGE Bring Me Your Sorrows composed by Dan Lebowitz Sun Awakening composed by Futuremono