Democrats are dealt a blow in Virginia.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down a redistricting measure recently passed by voters that would have allowed the legislature to adopt a new congressional map designed to give Virginia Democrats a 10–1 advantage in the U.S. House. In a 4–3 decision, the court found that the process of putting the measure on the ballot violated the state constitution, affirming a county judge’s ruling. The decision will keep the current map — under which Democrats have a 6–5 advantage — in place for the 2026 midterms, though state Democrats said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Tangle. |
| 0:09.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. I'm your host, Isaac Salland, on today's episode. We're going to be talking about the Virginia state Supreme Court's ruling. They threw out a Democratic gerrymander last week. We're |
| 0:40.7 | going to talk about the national implications, the ruling itself, share some views from the left |
| 0:45.0 | and the right, and then of course my take. We've also got a staff concurrence and a staff dissent |
| 0:50.8 | today. So you're going to hear from Ari and Audrey as well. Before we jump in, |
| 0:55.6 | though, I want to give you a quick reminder that on Friday, I did a big kind of mega response piece. |
| 1:03.1 | We got a lot of email, comments, social media attention for my piece on President Donald Trump's |
| 1:09.9 | alleged corruption and self-dealing, |
| 1:12.5 | some of what I've been observing since he came into office. And I tried to address it all |
| 1:17.2 | head on. So I did a huge newsletter and podcast on Friday where I quoted and responded to a lot |
| 1:24.9 | of the feedback that we got. I think it came out pretty good. |
| 1:27.7 | It's an interesting show for sure, |
| 1:29.7 | and I encourage you to go back just a little bit in your episode feed to check it out if you're interested. |
| 1:36.2 | All right, with that, I am going to pass it over to Will Kback, who's hosting the pod today, |
| 1:41.1 | and I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:49.2 | Thank you. the pod today, and I'll be back for my take. Thanks, Isaac. |
| 1:50.7 | All right, let's get into today's quick hits. |
| 1:53.8 | Number one, President Donald Trump rejected Iran's response to a U.S. |
| 1:58.1 | proposal to end the war between the countries, calling it, quote, totally |
| 2:02.3 | unacceptable. Number two, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated its Level |
| 2:08.3 | three response, the agency's lowest level of emergency activation, following the hantavirus |
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