We discuss the president’s meddling in universal mail in ballots, the stakes of the 2026 election, and election integrity in Nevada.

Cisco’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Check your voter registration status
2. VOTE on or before November 3, 2026

Cisco Aguilar serves as Nevada’s Secretary of State as well as the Chair for the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State.

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We discuss the transformation of free market capitalism into a techno-winner-take-all system. Reaganomics and advances in technology have supercharged the market power of corporations and created immense private power. Both of these have increased economic inequality, which causes political inequality and threatens democracy.

Mordecai’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Be supportive of democratic institutions.
2. Be willing to listen to opposing points of views without interference.

Mordecai Kurz is the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University and his most recent book is Private Power and Democracy’s Decline: How to Make Capitalism Support Democracy.

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We discuss how the interlocking web of public relations, think tanks, and university research funding by private actors and corporations have polluted the information ecosphere. Warping the truth is destroying reality and eroding democracy.

Amy’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Be a trusted source of information and get off social media!
2. Be a missionary for good civic action

Amy Westervelt is an award-winning investigative climate journalist and the host of Drilled, a true-crime podcast about climate change. Her new book is Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy.

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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos