Episode

Death of the Voting Rights Act; The Coming Oil Shock w/ Rory Johnston, Ari Berman

May 6, 2026

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On today’s program:

As Donald Trump’s war in Iran sinks deeper into a quagmire, Jesse Watters struggles to frame it in a way that reassures his audience before their 7 o’clock bedtime.

Marco Rubio says the goal of the war on Iran is to get back to the way things were before the war in Iran.

Rory Johnston, oil market researcher and founder of Commodity Context, joins the program for a conversation about oil shock and the ramifications of the war in Iran.

Ari Berman, national voting correspondent at Mother Jones, joins the show to discuss the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act.

Sam calls Kathy Hochul‘s office live on air to demand she agree to Zohran Mamdani‘s proposal to raise taxes 2% on the ultra-rich. You should also call Hochul at 518-474-8390. 

In the Fun Half:

Matt Taibbi has lost his defamation suit.

K-file posts unearthed footage of Graham Platner in 2002 showing him getting kicked out of a George W. Bush rally in 2002 for screaming “don’t attack Iraq”.

The Pod Save America guys suggest that DNC chair Ken Martin had hired a personal friend to do the 2024 autopsy and that he did such a horrible job that it couldn’t be released – thus the cover up.

Joe Rogan and billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya discusses taxes, and it goes exactly how you would expect.

All that and more.

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