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Executive Disorder: California Elections, SCOTUS Approves GOP Map, Greg Bovino Update

The gang discuss Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral campaign, a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting in Alabama, and changes to OMB funding. Sources: https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20 [https://x.com/atrupar/status/2061537793843532054?s=20]  https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374 [https://x.com/Tomhennessey69/status/2061343239794299374] https://remigrationsummit.com/ [https://remigrationsummit.com/]  https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/ [https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/]  https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/ [https://www.breizh-info.com/2026/05/28/260619/gregory-bovino-lhomme-qui-a-pilote-les-operations-trump-contre-limmigration-illegale-parle-a-leurope-interview/]  https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20 [https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2061550046571528666?s=20]  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20 [https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257?s=20]  https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call [https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call]  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iran-may-used-chinese-missile-shoot-us-fighter-jet-sources-say-rcna347555]  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/dont-confuse-and-159583359]  https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24 [https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mndeoj7qnk24]  https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf [https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/]  https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/ [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5905542-donald-trump-bill-pulte-odni-democratic-reaction/] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf] https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ [https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change [https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5844678/trump-science-funding-omb-budget-office-rule-change] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej3572] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553 [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9553] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-omb-rule-is-bigger-than] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed [https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance] https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth [https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-slam-hhs-report-gender-affirming-care-youth] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/05/29/omb-proposes-rules-establishing-political] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism

Dana El Kurd speaks to Negar Razavi, a political anthropologist at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. Dana and Negar discuss conditions in Iran today, the impact the war has had on the regime and on regional dynamics, and how the “experts” in DC are implicated in this disaster. Sources: Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/ [https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/] Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history [https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history]   Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/ [https://negarsrazavi.com/]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy

Garrison and Sophie talk about the long awaited DNC 2024 election autopsy, its many factual errors, contradictory analysis, and the glaring omissions from Palestine to inflation and Biden’s age.  Sources: https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf [https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf]  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story]  https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028 [https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028] https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How to Potluck Your Way to a Union

Mia talks with Morgan and Rene of Muji Workers United about their struggle for a union and how ordinary people out-organized their bosses.https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited [https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited]https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/ [https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them

James is joined by Molly to talk about bears, and the campaign to remove them from the Endangered Species Act.  Sources: https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm [https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm] https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/ [https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/]  https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20 [https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20]  https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf [https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf]  https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/ [https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/]  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm]  https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/ [https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/]  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261982557_Efficacy_of_Firearms_for_Bear_Deterrence_in_Alaska]  https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf [https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf]  https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska [https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2026-05-07/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska]  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/ [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/]  https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A [https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A]  https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/ [https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.