Court in the Act

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman break down a series of national and global collapses in this Weekender edition of the Muckrake Podcast. They analyze the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision regarding Louisiana's voting maps, arguing that the ruling effectively dismantles the Voting Rights Act and signals a return to an era of disenfranchisement. The conversation shifts to the intensifying energy crisis and the indefinite stalemate in Iran. With the UAE withdrawing from OPEC and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund feeling the squeeze, the duo discusses the fracturing of the petrodollar and the potential for regional conflict. They also take aim at the Democratic Party's recent policy shifts under Hakeem Jeffries, questioning the focus on building data centers for AI while regular Americans face rising energy bills and job insecurity. To wrap things up, the guys find refuge in cinema and comedy. They discuss the brilliance of the Coen brothers, the nuanced acting of Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis, and why Fargo remains a perfect lens for viewing the pitfalls of capitalism. Support Independent Media: Become a patron at Patreon.com/muckrakepodcast to help keep the show editorially independent.

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0:00.0	Yeah, that was a good one. Hey, everybody. Welcome to a feel good everything is going well.
0:08.1	Weekender edition of the Muck Wrecked podcast. Jared J.J. Sexton here with my friend, my co-conspirator,
0:13.6	my confidant, Nick, Nick, there's no way to even, like, convey how good all the news is today. Jared, I know there's an old expression. You can't win them all. You can't win them all. You can't win any of them. That's how this is working right now. That's what it feels like, yes, we're in that mode. I want the other timeline. I feel like it had been fractured at some point and wrong here.
0:37.6	And there's another version of this life that's going very well for everybody.
0:41.5	Well, I, you know, before we get going, I was saying this the other day. I was talking to
0:46.7	Daniel Moody. And, you know, a lot of this stuff is very dire and very awful. But the optimist
0:52.2	in me, the revolutionary in me, I am happy that like the worst
0:57.0	is coming to bear so that we can see what things are and then possibly move beyond the
1:02.7	collapse. So I am hopeful. We're talking about some, you know, some shit today, but I am hopeful.
1:08.5	I maintain that. I want our audience to maintain that.
1:11.1	Like everything we're going to talk about today, take it in, get angry about it, and use it.
1:17.4	That's what we're talking about today.
1:18.9	Yeah.
1:19.1	I mean, just, just want you to picture, you know, law enforcement spending 10 months researching
1:23.3	seashells or investing seashells and think about how well that's working.
1:28.5	Best of luck to friend of the pod, James Comey.
1:32.0	Best of luck in all of your endeavors.
1:33.5	I think he should be getting a presidential medal of freedom from Donald Trump?
1:37.1	I mean, seriously. Before we move forward, everybody, head over to patreon.com slash muckreg
1:43.1	podcast. Become a patron. Listen to the entire weekender. You're listening to every preview. And we need your help. We are independent media. We have no corporate backing. We are the only reason that we're able to talk about the shit that we talk about is because we are editorially independent. And that is because you help us. Patreon.com slash McCrack podcast.
2:02.3	Nick, we got a little segment of court watching.
2:05.5	You got to watch those courts.
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