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The John Fugelsang Podcast

Suffragettes Reborn: Back to the Drawing Board for the Voting Rights Act

The John Fugelsang Podcast

Crossover Media Group

News, Religion & Spirituality, Sexy Liberal, John Fugelsang, Sanity, Arts, Sexy Liberal Podcast Network

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Today - John discusses the Supreme Court ruling that Louisiana unconstitutionally created racially gerrymandered black-majority districts, throwing upcoming elections into limbo and the 1965 Voting Rights Act on life support. Meanwhile in Florida, Ron DeSantis’ redrawn congressional district map was breezily passed through the statehouse. And, in Virginia, the State Supreme Court ruled to continue blocking certifications of the recently passed voting districts there. John also talks about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifying to Congress over the cost of his war in Iran, calling his democratic critics some of America’s biggest adversaries in the conflict. Then, actor and podcast star Bob Cesca returns to comment and joke about recent news and TV shows. Next, John interviews the founder and CEO of the National Democratic Training Committee - Kelly Dietrich and they discuss ways to make a difference and fight the GOP's corruption. Learn more at https://traindems.org. Then finally, legal analyst Dr. Tracy Pearson joins the crew to chat about the gutting of the Voting Rights Act and the newest bogus indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

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keyword plan help. This is the John Fuglesang podcast. Hello and welcome.

1:12.7

I'm so glad we're still here among the living.

1:15.2

This is Tell Me Everything, bringing good trouble to the right wing bubble.

1:18.3

What a day.

1:19.0

I hope you're all right.

1:20.2

I hope you have the smelling salts, a paper bag to breathe into.

1:23.3

It's been a day of malfeasance, double-talking jive, and rank fuckery. And I'm so glad we're together. We are produced by the great Chris Housel. He is our executive producer. He is the bomb. He is the Mac. We are very, very grateful to have him still speaking to us. Not speaking to us on some days as Thea Harper because she's tired of these trifling Gen X fools she must work with, but Theo Harper produces this show out of Brooklyn.

1:44.3

My name's John Fuglesang.

1:46.2

Hello and welcome to my Robert F. Kennedy voice.

1:50.0

A lot to go through.

1:51.6

I don't even know if we're going to have time to talk about the damn war today, but I think Pete Hecksett's going to let us do it.

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