About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on gerrymandering and its implications for the Voting Rights Act, alongside commentary on the Iran War and the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions.

Today's Headlines: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to gut Louisiana's congressional map on racial gerrymandering grounds, but the real headline is what the decision does to the 1965 Voting Rights Act — essentially making it easier for Republican-controlled legislatures to draw racially discriminatory districts going forward. Republican states wasted exactly zero time responding: Louisiana is already redrawing its map, Florida is moving forward with DeSantis's new 24-to-4 Republican-favoring map, and Mississippi's governor had apparently pre-scheduled a special legislative session to start 21 days after the ruling dropped, which tells you everything about how surprised he was by it. Meanwhile, Virginia's Supreme Court blocked the redistricting map that Virginia voters literally just approved, because apparently voting for something doesn't mean it happens anymore. On the Iran front, Pete Hegseth testified before the House Armed Services Committee, insisted the $25 billion war is being won, and blamed congressional Democrats for being the real obstacle to opening the Strait of Hormuz — the same strait his boss declared open weeks ago. He also declined to explain why he fired a bunch of…

People in this episode

Guest: Pete Hegseth

Topics covered

• Voting Rights
• Gerrymandering
• Iran War
• Supreme Court Decisions
• Political Commentary

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• gerrymandering
• Pete Hegseth
• Iran War
• Federal Reserve
• politics
• Supreme Court

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, House Armed Services Committee, Federal Reserve

Places: Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Virginia

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