Democracy Demolition Derby

Democracy Demolition Derby

From Talking Feds by Harry Litman

May 4, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Harry discusses the implications of a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting with guests David Gura, Juliette Kayyem, and Tara Setmayer.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s seismic redistricting decision, Harry talks with David Gura, Juliette Kayyem, and Tara Setmayer to take stock of the ruling’s impact, the aftershocks of the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack, and Jerome Powell’s stand against Trump. How will the Callais ruling reshape the political map and Black representation in the South? Will Powell’s successor prove a Trump lapdog? And what are the political and policy ramifications of the latest episode of political violence? Mentioned in this episode: David's reporting: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWxIJr64omw/david-gura Juliette's analysis: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/juliette-kayyem/ Tara's Substack: https://tarasetmayer.substack.com/ Juliette's piece about the WHCD attack: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/safety-security-whcd-prevention/686969/ Atlantic piece on the rise of so-called normie extremists: https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/cole-allen-whcd-trump-extremism/686993/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Harry Litman

Guests: David Gura, Juliette Kayyem, Tara Setmayer

Topics covered

  • Supreme Court redistricting
  • political violence
  • Black representation
  • White House Correspondents' Dinner
  • Jerome Powell
  • Trump
  • political ramifications

Keywords

  • redistricting
  • politics
  • Supreme Court
  • Jerome Powell
  • Trump
  • political violence
  • Black representation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Substack

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