Ep 223 — They Started It. We Finished It. (Ft. Joe Dye)

About this episode

The episode discusses a defamation lawsuit against The Blaze, a controversial legal decision by the Fifth Circuit, and features an interview with Joe Dye about a significant electoral map change in Virginia.

Capitol police officer Shauni Kerkhoff has sued Glenn Beck’s outfit The Blaze for defamation after they said she “kinda walked like a criminal” – and she’s brought out the big guns. The Trump administration funneled another $1.25 million in taxpayer dollars to campaign stooge Carter Page. The Fifth Circuit hit us with another terrible decision , this one permitting states to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments. We wrote about it on the blog, and it’s even worse than you imagine. And  And In the main show, we have an extended interview with electoral maps expert Joe Dye over the Virginia Constitutional Amendment that passed on Tuesday and will replace Virginia’s existing Congressional districts (that are 6 Democratic and 5 Republican) with a new map that is 10-1 Democratic. For now, a Republican judge in Tazewell County has enjoined the amendment .\ SUBSCRIBER BONUS: We discuss the Trump administration’s bogus indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Kerkhoff v. Blaze Media, LLC [docket via CourtListener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/ “Fifth Circuit Cosplays As Historians So It Can Burn Down The Wall Between…

People in this episode

Host: Liz Dye

Guest: Joe Dye

Topics covered

• defamation
• electoral maps
• Virginia Constitutional Amendment
• public schools
• Trump administration
• legal decisions

Keywords

• defamation
• Capitol police
• Virginia Constitutional Amendment
• Fifth Circuit
• Trump administration
• Carter Page
• Joe Dye
• electoral maps
• Southern Poverty Law Center

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Glenn Beck’s outfit The Blaze, Southern Poverty Law Center, Virginia, Fifth Circuit, Tazewell County

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