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It’s the start of the actual election year — and a new chapter in the campaign.

Voting in early states is less than two weeks away. But, amid the crunchtime campaigning, another story line is unfolding.

Two states are saying that Donald Trump can’t be on the ballot … at all.

Officials in Colorado and Maine are basing this on a clause of the...

Citing the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled "President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President" due to his role in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But, there's still a chance he'll be allowed on the ballot following appeals, and a potential ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. We examine the ruling,...

In Colorado, the first of two trials is underway in the death of Elijah McClain.
On a late summer night in 2019, McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, was stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado as he was walking home. McClain was put in a chokehold and injected with a high dose of ketamine. He died several days later in the hospital.
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Some state Republican parties are struggling. In Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota, the parties' organizations have suffered heavy election losses. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Susan Davis and Colorado Public Radio reporter Bente Birkeland.

This episode: Fox News' baseless claims about Dominion Voting Systems. Susan Davis, David Folkenflik, and Bente Birkeland are on the show.

A billion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the broadcaster is tied to the outlet's full-throated embrace of former president Donald Trump's election lies and conspiracy theories — deceptions that forced one former Dominion executive into hiding.
This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, media correspondent David Folkenflik, and Colorado Public Radio reporter Bente Birkeland.
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This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, voting reporter Miles Parks, and Colorado Public Radio reporter Bente Birkeland. The effort has further taxed local election officials, who have fielded worried calls from voters who believed that canvassers were affiliated with the government.

With Roe V. Wade on shaky ground, Republican-led states are already passing laws to ban or heavily restrict abortion. Democratic state legislatures are taking steps to guarantee the right to end a pregnancy.

In this hour, challenges that reveal one's truest self. The insatiable needs of an electronic pet, being forced to face one's fears, and the dogged pursuit of one's dreams. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Meg Bowles

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8-year-old Sara Jonsson realizes...

Get to work! The Democrats are now the anti-work party. In this episode, I use the wisdom of Thomas Sowell to destroy destructive liberal arguments about the dignity of work. I also address the real reasons behind the crime wave in liberal cities. News Picks: Welfare doesn’t work, here’s the evidence. George Soros is back. Why companies aren’t listing jobs in Colorado. Does ivermectin...