Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law on Monday, and broke a Republican gerrymander that has shaped the state’s politics for years. That means Democrats are pretty much set to gain seats in the state Assembly and state Senate this November. John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, explains what Wisconsin’s win means for the state and the nation.
Alexei Navalny, the head of Russia’s political opposition, died last Friday while serving over 30 years in an Arctic Penal Colony. That means that with less than a month before the country’s next presidential election, the party opposing Vladimir Putin’s regime has lost its most visible leader. It’s not clear how Navalny died, but his widow Yulia accused Putin himself of killing her husband.
And in headlines: Donald Trump is selling $400 sneakers while facing a $450 million fine in his New York fraud trial, the U.N’s highest court started hearing arguments on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories, and the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are “children.”
Show Notes:
The Deepening Crisis in Gaza
The Fact of the Matter
The View From Tel Aviv
Not Some Distant Tragedy
Israel Declares War on Hamas
SCOTUS Is Back! Term Preview from Strict Scrutiny
Putting Alabama On The Map
Reading Is Fundamental, Honey
Kevin Knows I'm Miserable Now
Introducing Laphonza Butler
Shutdown, Swerved
Shut Up Or Shut Down
A Time For Chaos
Capitalism, Explained
Pickets Down
Bob's Discount Bribery Scandal
Make Way For A New Murdoch
Going After Garland
Some Assembly Required
Bye Bye, Bail
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