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213: Breaching the Mainstream: How the Far Right Infiltrated State Politics (w/ Devin Burghart)
213: Breaching the Mainstream: How the Far Right Infiltrated State Politics (w/ Devin Burghart)
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Devin Burghart, Executive Director of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his group's latest report on the far right's growing membership in state legislatures across the country, what kind of Facebook Groups these legislators engaged with and joined, just how many far right legislators there are and how many in each state, and much more! On the patron half of the show: the Uvalde shooting, plus listener call-ins, comments, and questions. (Episode from the 5/24/22 livestream show.) Read the IREHR report: https://www.irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/. Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Released:
May 31, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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