The fearless Akela Lacy dissects our nation's government and political systems on this week's episode of Max Out Time. The Intercept reporter, who covers Capitol Hill and a wide variety of cultural and social topics, explains state and local level elections, Congressional legislation and who the most prominent lawmakers are. For more updates like these, follow @akela_lacy on Twitter. Please visit www.theintercept.com to become a member and support its courageous, quality reporting. This episode was previously recorded on Thursday, August 29, 2019. -AJ II