Kash Crash

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As scandals shake Trump’s cabinet, Harry sits down with Emily Bazelon, Conor Lamb, and Charlie Sykes to discuss the revelations about Kash Patel, a Democratic redistricting win in Virginia, and the administration’s latest retaliations. Along the way, the trio discuss what it will take to revive the rule of law and whether there’s a path away from endless gerrymandering. They close by digging into the jaw-dropping details from Emily’s reporting about how Trump turned DHS into an agency incompetent at real law enforcement but adept at inflicting suffering. Mentioned in this episode: Harry’s Substack on the SPLC indictment: https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/funding-extremism-pleaseEmily’s reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-bazelon#latest Charlie’s Substack: https://charliesykes.substack.com/ Emily's DHS article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/14/magazine/trump-dhs-ice-officers-immigration-deportations.html Emily’s conversation with Harry about her oral history of the DOJ under Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PDKeMe1mXU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3	and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.
1:13.2	I'm Harry Littman.
1:15.0	With Virginians voting to repaint up to four congressional seats blue,
1:20.6	Trump's gerrymandering campaign seems to be ending in at best an embarrassing draw.
1:34.3	Back in Washington, Cash Patel responded to a stunning expose in the Atlantic, with a defamation suit and a chest-thumping press conference categorically denying all the allegations.
1:42.3	Separately, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
1:46.0	trumpeted an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center
1:51.0	ostensibly for funding extremism,
1:54.0	a charge that quickly collapsed on the barest scrutiny.
1:59.0	New reporting is exposing how Trump has transformed the Department of Homeland Security.
2:06.0	The portrait is of an agency short on skill and training and long on cowboy culture.
2:14.0	And just an aside, you might notice we are bringing you this show early this week, having taped Thursday morning.
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