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𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 (𝐒𝐮𝐧 - 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬) 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐈𝐧, 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, or here on Podomatic.ADM is 90-second radio report and podcast heard on the Pacifica Radio and PRX networks which keeps you informed on key democracy issues in the U.S. We cover voting rights, redistricting & gerrymandering, money-in-politics, political corruption, voting research & polling, democracy reforms such as ranked choice voting and open primaries, and the groups taking action on these issues. Visit us at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org, on Facebook, Instagram, or follow us on Bluesky @democracyminute. We are heard daily on select PRX and Pacifica Radio Network stations from Alaska to Maine.Click on the ADM Logo on the episode, or in other players, the Play ⏯️ button. You can also ask your smart speaker to "Play the American Democracy Minute." Are you a radio station? Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Rad

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  Episode #1132

  Episode 1132: Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth Announces Use of Military Cyber Command Assets Against Foreign Election Interference, Backstopping Gutted CISA

  Sep 30, 20262 minS2026

  The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Oct. 1, 2026 Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth Announces Use of Military Cyber Command Assets Against Foreign Election Interference, Backstopping Gutted CISA The Department of Defense has released a September 22nd memo from Secretary Pete Hegseth, directing the U.S. Cyber Command to combat foreign interference in the November election. Such protections were formerly conducted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, gutted by the administration in 2025. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Today’s Links Articles & Resources U.S. Department of Defense - Countering Foreign Threats to 2026 Elections Fed Agent – Iran Conflict Raises Cybersecurity Concerns as DHS Shutdown, CISA Turmoil Continue Reveal - Russia Targeted Past US Elections. Will It Meddle in the Midterms? U.S. Department of Justice - (2024) Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - (July) Trump’s July 16th Election Security Speech Appears to Have Elements of Activist-Proposed National Emergency Order Which Surfaced in March American Democracy Minute - (March) Meeting of 2020 Trump Election Operatives Considers 2026 Litigation Strategies and Declaring a National Emergency to Interfere with the Midterms American Democracy Minute - (March) Since 2018, CISA Helped States Harden Elections From Foreign Interference by Iran and Others. In 2025 Its Workforce & Funding was Cut. Groups Taking Action: Center for Internet Security , IssueOne/Don’t Mess With US.org Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org #News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #DOD #CISA #Cybersecurity #2026Midterms

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  Episode #1131

  Episode 1131: California Updates: County Sheriff Must Return the Ballots He Seized; County Registrar Under Scrutiny After Alleging Primary Ballot Stuffing

  Sep 29, 20262 minS2026

  The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 30, 2026 California Updates: County Sheriff Must Return the Ballots He Seized; County Registrar Under Scrutiny After Alleging Primary Ballot Stuffing We have updates from California today, where Riverside County’s sheriff was ordered to return over 650,000 2025 ballots he seized earlier this year, and state and federal officials are investigating after Shasta County’s chief election officer and known election skeptic made allegations of ballot stuffing because the paper didn’t ‘feel right’. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Today’s Links Articles & Resources California Supreme Court - CLARISSA CERVANTES et al., Petitioners, v. CHAD BIANCO, as Sheriff, etc., et al., Respondents; RIVERSIDE COUNTY CITIZENS et al., CalMatters - California sheriff broke election law by seizing ballots, state Supreme Court rules Shasta Scout - Federal court subpoenas Shasta elections official, instructs him to bring voted ballots to Sacramento Shasta Scout - Shasta supervisors censure election official Clint Curtis, citing misconduct against staff Shasta County, CA - Shasta County Welcomes State and Federal Election Investigators and Encourages a Review of the County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Office Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - Tarrant County, TX Commissioners Close 92 Polling Places; Convicted CO County Clerk Tina Peters Withdraws from Shasta County, CA Job Offer American Democracy Minute - (2025) Five Years After the 2020 Election, More Election Denier Turmoil in Shasta County, CA American Democracy Minute - (2023) Shasta County, CA Votes to Hand Count Ballots for its 111,000 Voters. Now They Have to Pay for It. Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #ShastaCounty #RiversideCounty #California #ChadBianco

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  Episode #1130

  Episode 1130: The U.S. Supreme Court Again Blocks Third Attempt to Restore Missouri’s Gerrymandered 2025 Map for the Midterm. Now It’s Up to the Voters.

  Sep 28, 20262 minS2026

  The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 29, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court Again Blocks Third Attempt to Restore Missouri’s Gerrymandered 2025 Map for the Midterm. Now It’s Up to the Voters. For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a gerrymandered Missouri congressional map from being used in the 2026 general election. The September 25th decision ends, at least until after the midterms, state-sponsored GOP efforts to eliminate a long-held Democratic seat in Kansas City. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Today’s Links Articles & Resources U.S. Supreme Court - PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS, ET AL. v. ROBERT ONDER, ET AL. SCOTUSblog - For the third time, Supreme Court declines to allow Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans Missouri Independent - US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map BallotPedia - Missouri Proposition A, Congressional Map Referendum (2026) People Not Politicians MO - FAQs on Proposition A Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - Missouri Supreme Court Rules Pro-Voter Redistricting Ballot Measure Must Be Added to the Ballot; Secretary of State Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court American Democracy Minute - Missouri SOS Still Apparently Scheming to Derail November Ballot Initiative to Overturn New Gerrymandered Congressional Map Splitting Kansas City Groups Taking Action: People Not Politicians MO Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #PeopleNotPoliticiansMO #USSupremeCourt #Missouri #CongressionalMap #RacialGerrymandering #KansasCity

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  Episode #1129

  Episode 1129: U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Through the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit

  Sep 27, 20262 minS2026

  The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 28, 2026 U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Through the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit There’s been a decision in a U.S. Supreme Court voting rights & data privacy case we’ve been following. Sept. 25th, the high court’s majority allowed Social Security data to be used in the Trump administration’s SAVE database, over the strenuous objection of pro-voter and civil rights groups and several states. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Today’s Links Articles & Resources U.S. Supreme Court - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY SCOTUSBlog - Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to use modified voter verification database Nevada Indpendent - 185 noncitizen voters flagged by Trump admin in Nevada are likely citizens, state says The statement from election officials comes after the Trump administration first claimed up to 16,000 noncitizens could be registered to vote in Nevada. Legal Defense Fund - LDF Strongly Condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Restore Trump Administration’s SAVE Database https://www.naacpldf.org/news/ldf-strongly-condemns-the-u-s-supreme-courts-decision-to-restore-trump-administrations-save-database/ Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - Federal District Court Rules Use of Social Security and Other Federal Data for SAVE Database Violates Multiple Federal Privacy Statutes American Democracy Minute - Class Action Suit by Voters Claims Personal Data Shared to the Trump Administration’s SAVE Database Violates the Privacy Act of 1974 Groups Taking Action: League of Women Voters US , Electronic Privacy Information Center Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #LWV #SAVEDatabase #USSupremeCourt #TrumpExecutiveOrder #NoncitizenVoting #FreedomtoVote

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  Episode #1128

  Episode 1128: Maine Senator Susan Collins Embroiled in ‘Pay-to-Play’ Allegations, After ProPublica Investigation Exposes a Shelved DOJ Investigation

  Sep 24, 20262 minS2026

  The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 25, 2026 Maine Senator Susan Collins Embroiled in ‘Pay-to-Play’ Allegations, After ProPublica Investigation Exposes a Shelved DOJ Investigation Nonprofit investigative news outlet ProPublica is reporting a previously unknown 2024 FBI investigation involving a super PAC associated with U.S. Senator Susan Collins, and possibly Collins herself. The ‘pay-to-play’ allegations involve a federal contractor and donor to the Collins’ PAC. Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Today’s Links Articles & Resources ProPublica - The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way WMTW - Sen. Susan Collins' staff denies corruption allegations made in ProPublica report New York Times - (Paywall) F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins Maine Morning Star - ProPublica debunks Susan Collins’ claims about FBI anti-corruption probe U.S. Department of Justice - Former Hawaii CEO Sentenced to 87 Months Imprisonment on Covid-Relief Fraud and Bank Fraud NBC News - Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say Related ADM Reports: American Democracy Minute - What Corruption? Trump Pardons Former KY State Senator for Campaign Finance Fraud, and May Be Preparing to Dismantle DOJ Public Integrity Section Register or Check Your Voter Registration: U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State Please follow us on Facebook , Instagram , and Bluesky Social , and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms. #News #Democracy #DemocracyNews #SenSusanCollins #Maine #PoliticalCorruption #ProPublica

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