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How local politics influence national policy decisions

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.7527 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – Local politics shape national outcomes, from redistricting battles to foreign policy decisions that affect gas prices, inflation, and family budgets. Voters are urged to engage in primaries, challenge gerrymandering, volunteer locally, and hold representatives accountable, because civic action now protects communities, freedoms, and future generations across every town and state...

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0:00.0

It's 6 Eastern, 3 o'clock Pacific, from coast to coast and around the world.

0:09.0

The Democratic brand right now has about the appeal with the American voter as the crackle barrel rebrand has.

0:15.6

From America Out Loud Talk Radio, it's time for Truth Be Told with Booker Scott. President Donald Trump is in China

0:23.5

to meet with Xi. Meanwhile, the negotiation in Iran is going nowhere. And there were some

0:29.7

fireworks on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. I'm Booker. This is The Truth Be Told. Thank you so much for

0:36.4

joining us tonight and every night. Or if you found us later on a podcast, thank you very much for doing that. It's great to have you. Before I get into the meet of this first segment, I want to talk about gerrymandering real quick because there had been some developments with that. We know that Texas changed their maps.

0:55.2

Florida did.

0:56.1

Tennessee followed.

0:57.5

Louisiana and Alabama are coming.

0:59.9

The Supreme Court made a decision this week that Alabama could go forward with their gerrymandering attempt there in the southern state.

1:08.4

Now, to the east of there in South Carolina, they have decided on their own

1:13.1

that they will not. South Carolina was another one of those states that said they were going to

1:17.8

gerrymander to pick up another Republican seat, but they have now decided in their own

1:23.0

assembly, General Assembly, that they will not do that. They're not going to take that vote.

1:27.8

So it's unfortunate for Republicans there, but the Democrats get a little win out of South

1:33.6

Carolina.

1:34.1

That was one seat.

1:35.4

In total, I believe the net is going to be somewhere between seven and ten Republican

1:41.1

pickups from the gerrymandar, but don't forget that it is a net because California,

1:46.2

Illinois, those states had already gerrymandered in the last year in between the census. Typically,

1:52.8

this was done every 10 years. Now they're just going to do it depending on who has power in

1:58.7

the state house. Another reason for you to get out and vote

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