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NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg, NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams and CBS News Legal Analyst Jonathan Turley will help Kalb analyze what is happening now and where this imbroglio could send the nation. This will be the 100th Kalb Report since the series launched in September 1994. It begins at 8 p.m. sharp, and ticket holders should be in their seats by 7:45 p.m. Admission is free but seats are limited. Please reserve tickets online or by stopping by the Club’s front desk.

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As an example of its work, Abrams said In Kentucky the Republican governor purged 175,000 people from the voter rolls, and Fair Fight 2020 was able to help the state party file a lawsuit that allowed all of those purged voters to cast ballots in November. “We make sure state parties are able to actually fight back,” she said. Abrams blames her narrow loss for Georgia governor on widespread voter suppression, and her group filed a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul the state’s election system, claiming that it impaired people’s ability to vote in the gubernatorial election and deprived them of…

An organization created by former Georgina House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams after she narrowly lost an election last year for the governor is currently working in 17 battleground states to “make sure every eligible American who should cast a vote will be able,” Abrams told a Nov. 15 National Press Club Headliners luncheon. Fair Fight 2020 initially began in three states—Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky—where there were governors races this year, as a way to “end voter suppression and ensure fair elections,” she said. The organization hires, pays for, and trains staff for state…

Filmmakers and National Press Club members Gerald Krell and Adam Krell will premiere their latest public television documentary, “Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism--Life and Legacy,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 20, at the Club. The film, which was shot in India, Pakistan and locations throughout the United States, tells the story of Guru Nanak, the founder of the world’s fifth largest religion, and how his legacy influences modern Sikhs in the United States. The trailer can be viewed online. The screening will be preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. Following the screening Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak…

How much of a factor will disinformation be in the 2020 presidential election? In the latest edition of the National Press Club podcast Update-1, Paul Barrett, the deputy director of the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, talks to Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman about the spread of disinformation that already has occurred, the different forms of disinformation and some examples of how it has played out. Barrett also discusses what social media companies have done and still can do to limit the impact of disinformation, and offers some advice to…

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Michael Curley plans to appear at the National Press Club at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Cosgrove Lounge to discuss his new novel, The Calypso Virus. This Book Rap will include a discussion with the author, questions from the audience and then a signing session. It is presented by the Club's Book & Author Group. Attendees are encouraged to buy drinks and dinner from the Reliable Source. Reservations are necessary by emailing Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected]. The Calypso Virus is about a billionaire terrorist – and others – who are targeting the U.S.…