Ep 223 — They Started It. We Finished It. (Ft. Joe Dye)
· 1 h 07 min · Episode 223
Episode Ep 223 — They Started It. We Finished It. (Ft. Joe Dye)
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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
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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.\
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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 Church And State" [lawandchaospod.com]
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fifth-circuit-cosplays-as-historians
Rosado v. Bondi [docket via CourtListener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72259284/rosado-v-bondi/
Text of Virginia's Constitutional Amendment
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election/
Existing Virginia Congressional District Map (6-5 Democratic, drawn by independent commission)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_118th_Congress_%282%29.svg
New Virginia Congressional District Map (10-1 Democratic)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_120th_Congress_%282026_Redistricting_Amendment%29.svg
Judge Hurley's injunction issued in Tazewell County, Virginia [text via Meidas Touch News]
https://meidasnews.com/news/virginia-judge-voids-redistricting-amendment-invalidates-all-votes-from-tuesdays-special-election
Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center [via CourtListener]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.90264/gov.uscourts.almd.90264.1.0.pdf
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Links in the notes 10
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084.507945887.1.pdf
- https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fifth-circuit-cosplays-as-historians
- https://www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election/
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_118th_Congress_%282%29.svg
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_120th_Congress_%282026_Redistricting_Amendment%29.svg
- https://meidasnews.com/news/virginia-judge-voids-redistricting-amendment-invalidates-all-votes-from-tuesdays-special-election
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.90264/gov.uscourts.almd.90264.1.0.pdf
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72259284/rosado-v-bondi/
- https://www.lawandchaospod.com/
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