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The Playbook Podcast

Nebraska’s strangest race and another new map

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It's primary day in Nebraska, and this might be one of the strangest senate races we’ve seen in a while. Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns also unpack the Republican redistricting wave gaining momentum in South Carolina and Alabama. Plus, Pete Hegseth heads back to Capitol Hill for more tough questions on the war. And Dasha's dog Helly makes a very rambunctious appearance!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on the Playbook podcast, it's Tuesday, which means another primary.

0:09.9

And this week it's the weirdest ones in America.

0:13.2

Another day, another seat, the Republican redistricting rodeo heads to South Carolina.

0:18.1

And it's the war that won't go away.

0:20.7

Pete Higgsath is back on the hill for more questions.

0:23.5

Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

0:25.2

And I'm Dasha Burns, and this is Heli Burns, and it is Tuesday, May 12th.

0:32.9

We promised you yesterday morning that Dasha's famous dog would make a return to the podcast.

0:38.3

And if you're watching this and the visuals, you can see a very unusual looking brown dog has appeared on the screen next to Dash's lovely face.

0:48.0

Dash, what happened to Helium? Why does the dog look like this?

0:51.9

Who is this? Look at his. Okay, look at his eyebrows. Show them your eyebrows, baby. Good boy. Yeah, so...

0:58.4

Who did this to your dog, man? We decided to try for a mobile groomer. Is that a thing? A mobile groomer?

1:05.5

Yeah, it's a man in a van, and my husband gave my dog to a man in a van, and it didn't turn out as expected.

1:13.6

I know the passive-aggressive blaming of the husband there.

1:16.0

Did you note that?

1:17.0

I did. I did. I was familiar.

1:19.4

The dog looks bigger than last time as well.

1:21.9

It's huge compared to last time.

1:23.6

He's such a big boy, but he's so skinny.

1:24.9

And look, he's got these big fluffy ears but has shaved down elsewhere besides his ears, his tail and these Einstein eyebrows he's gone now.

1:35.7

But he's still a really good boy, right?

1:38.1

It makes him look clever, just a little eccentric, like a sort of old English colonel living out in the countryside, who sort of, you know, reads

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