Rigged Maps, Money, a Military in Chaos & an American Who Got Out

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Dave Johnson discussing various political issues and news from both the US and UK.

It's a long, busy show today! We opened with old friend and longtime progressive writer Dave Johnson, now living as an American expat in a tiny village outside Cambridge, England. He talks NHS, the UK's surging Green Party, the lessons Labour's collapse holds for US Democrats, and what it's like watching America from across the Atlantic — where literally everyone hates Trump. Then it's wall-to-wall news: Hegseth's two-day Congressional testimony (day one: a disaster; day two: damage control, sort of), the Supreme Court finishing off the Voting Rights Act and the redistricting scramble that followed, gas prices at record highs, Trump's approval ratings at record lows, the Comey seashell "threat," DOGE handing voter data to outside political groups, a Fox News contributor nominated as Surgeon General, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good getting reassigned instead of prosecuted, and — to end on a weird note — an Indian medical student who made a fortune scamming MAGA men with a fake AI conservative influencer. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Sandler

Guest: Dave Johnson

Topics covered

• politics
• elections
• international perspective
• US news
• voting rights
• healthcare
• scams

Keywords

• voting rights
• redistricting
• Trump
• Green Party
• NHS
• political scams
• Congressional testimony
• gas prices
• approval ratings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS, Green Party, Labour, Fox News

Products: DOGE

Places: United States, England

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