Words Matter: It Is a Make or Break Moment for America

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Supreme Court is taking away your rights. The ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act isn’t based on sound legal decision-making - it represents strategic moves to reshape the future of our country. How did we let partisan politics overrule constitutional integrity? David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein delve into the ramifications of these rulings, the never-ending destruction of our democracy from the Trump administration, and the potential paths forward. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	9, 12, 10, 28, 2, 23.
0:17.0	This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third
0:24.2	sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other undisclosed locations
0:31.0	across America and around the world.
0:34.2	Hello and welcome to DSR's Words Matter.
0:38.0	It is that time of the week.
0:39.7	I'm David Rothkopf, and I look forward to it because I get to turn to Norm Ornstein,
0:46.1	who is not only the smartest guy in Washington, but kind of a therapist, kind of the most
0:51.7	entertaining person to talk to in Washington, certainly what every one of
0:56.7	us needs at least once a week.
0:59.1	So let me start by asking you a question, Norman.
1:04.0	That is, how do you do it?
1:06.5	You know, as I was listening to you, David, I was thinking everybody should have a therapist
1:10.2	that makes them feel worse after the visit when they came in.
1:14.9	I have very divided feelings right now.
1:20.3	One part, I am exultant in the remarkable victory of the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Denver Nuggets.
1:28.5	That's going to resonate with our one Timberwolves fan.
1:32.3	Yeah, yeah.
1:33.2	Well, we may have a few people from Minnesota listening.
1:35.8	That's true.
1:36.3	And on the other hand, it is just unrelenting horror from not just this administration, but a Supreme Court, and I just keep
1:48.2	repeating, and I've got a piece I'm just working on now over the weekend, when Amy Coney
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