Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act

About this episode

The episode discusses the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the implications for voting rights and immigration law.

The gang discuss the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, confusion over who shot a Secret Service agent, the politics of the alleged shooter, and the conspiracy theories about the attack. Also, news of the Supreme Court's undermining of the Voting Rights Act, and a 2nd Circuit Court ruling against ICE mandatory detention. Sources: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28083136/allen.pdf   https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/29/congress/section-702-passes-house-00899071 https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/atf-launches-new-era-reform https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/business/media/david-ellison-trump-cbs-news.html https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp846668401o https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#fae0af84-bd4a-4a4d-86d0-cb7166ef4691 https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more…

Topics covered

• assassination attempt
• politics
• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• assassination
• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• ICE
• conspiracy theories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House Correspondents' Dinner, Supreme Court, ICE

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