274: The Law of the Chicken of the Sea

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Barb McQuade hosts #SistersInLaw to review the FBI search warrant executed at the Fulton County Elections Operations Center in Georgia, the implications for election integrity, odd things about the case, and how it relates to MAGA conspiracy theories surrounding the integrity of the 2020 election. Then, the #Sisters discuss the civil rights investigation of the Pretti shooting taking place in Minnesota, other recent legal developments concerning ICE, and chilling instances of journalists being targeted in spite of press freedom. They also review a lawsuit against the government by the families of men killed in the recent Venezuelan boat strikes and explain the relevance of the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Jill Wine Banks, Joyce Vance, Kimberly Atkins
0:17.9	Store, and me, Barb McQuaid. Kick off the new year with some hashtag Sisters in Long Gear.
0:23.8	Hoodies and t-shirts are available at politicon.com slash merch.
0:29.0	You can find the link in our show notes.
0:31.4	We also have some exciting news.
0:33.4	Last week, we launched a companion podcast called Sisters Sidebar, where we'll answer questions we couldn't get to on the main show. We'll dive deeper into our opinions on the news, and we'll share more about our legal journeys. It airs on Wednesdays, so you can send in those questions and remember to tune in. Now, today we'll be discussing some topics in the news that DOJ search in Georgia, the latest on ICE in Minnesota,
1:00.7	and the wrongful death lawsuit that's been filed over the Venezuelan boat strikes.
1:05.6	But first, before we get into it, I wanted to chat with my sisters about,
1:09.3	did you guys hear that new song by Bruce Springsteen
1:11.9	about Minneapolis? I think it's called the Streets of Minneapolis. Have you heard that as kind of a
1:16.8	protest song, an anthem, and you know, name checks, Christy Knoam and Stephen Miller. Have you guys
1:26.4	heard it? Of course.
1:28.1	It's fabulous.
1:29.4	Fabulous.
1:30.4	Yeah, it's interesting.
1:31.2	And Joyce, you were mentioning that how important it is to a cause to have an anthem
1:35.8	because it brings attention to an issue and can capture some public attention.
1:43.0	So I think it's great that somebody with the profile of Bruce
1:47.7	Springsteen is bringing attention to this issue. But it got me thinking about other great protest songs.
1:53.7	And I wondered if you guys had a favorite protest song. You know, I'm of an age where I grew up in the 60s, and the protest movement of the 60s
2:04.0	is sort of the soundtrack of my childhood. So I like all of that. I mean, I just have to confess,
2:10.2	I still listen to that music, but blowing in the wind has got to be my all-time favorite,
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