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Jennifer Briney · 349 episodes with transcripts

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Spoken has transcripts of 349 Congressional Dish episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from September 30, 2026.

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Democracy by Mail - CD346

September 30, 2026

Jennifer Briney (0:00)

President Trump's administration has been on a mission to collect voter information from states, and states have refused to comply.

The Trump administration specifically tried to bully 30 states and the District of Columbia by suing them into handing over their voter roll information. And out of the 25 cases that have already concluded, President Trump has lost every single one. And so a new US. Postal Service rule that tells those very states…

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