About this episode

John Fugelsang discusses the GOP's distancing from Trump, interviews Tennessee State Senator Charlane Oliver, and speaks with journalist Marisa Kabas about immigration issues.

John this time talks about the GOP divorcing themselves from Trump's $1.8 billion Cop-Beater slush fund after a federal judge stopped it dead in it's tracks. And, he talks about the many artists running for the hills saying they want no part of Trump's Great American State Fair political rally. Then, he interviews Tennessee State Senator Charlane Oliver . On May 7th, she disrupted a special session of the Tennessee legislature held to redraw the congressional map in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision. She stood on her desk, unfurled a banner with the text "Jim Crow 2.0" and "Stop the TN Steal", and sang the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing". The State senate speaker blocked Oliver from voting on the map. Next, John speaks with independent journalist Marisa Kabas . She has been one of the journalists thankfully glued to ICE and DHS as it sows chaos and violence at the Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey. And last but not least, comedian Rhonda Hansome jokes with listeners about Trump's crumbling world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: John Fugelsang

Guests: Charlane Oliver, Marisa Kabas

Topics covered

• GOP and Trump
• political rallies
• Tennessee legislature
• immigration issues
• art and politics
• activism

Keywords

• Trump
• GOP
• Charlane Oliver
• Marisa Kabas
• Tennessee legislature
• ICE
• DHS
• activism
• political rally
• Lift Every Voice and Sing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GOP, ICE, DHS

Books & works: Lift Every Voice and Sing

Places: Tennessee, New Jersey

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