Every ten years, the census hands politicians a fresh box of crayons—and somehow the “art project” always ends up looking like a crime scene. Despite the next census not due until 2030, the redistricting free-for-all is already underway: Trump pushing Republican states to redraw early, Democrats striking back, and the whole country caught in a cartographic cage match.

This week, Geoff Gerling returns to help Ty and Jay tackle everyone’s favorite “sexy” political scandal: gerrymandering. The gang breaks down what’s happening, why it’s happening, and how those squiggly lines on a map quietly decide who holds power.

 

0:00:00 - Intro (Dropping out of news and social media, Jay's in extreme Halloween mode, the left is beating the right at something, sports betting revisited)

0:18:20 - Sounds of the Week:

• Jimmy Kimmel Fired-Was it Right & Should the FCC have Gotten Involved
• Trump, Hegseth address rare gathering of U.S. military leaders from around the world

0:44:28 - Gerrymandering

 

Songs:

• "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis
• "My Song" by Jerry Cantrell
• "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" by Primus

 

Notes:

• GWAR gets viral pushback for fake killing Elon Musk and Trump onstage (0:04:46)
• The movie Ty is talking about is Victor Crowley, also known as Hatchet IV (0:06:37) 
• Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us (0:09:30)
• Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports (0:11:15)
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure (0:20:04)
• GOP Playbook: Democrat Edition w/ Tim Miller & David Faris | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (0:23:35)
• The U.S. economy performs better under Democratic presidents (0:27:35)
• Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance (0:34:33)
• Supreme Court lets Fed Governor Lisa Cook keep job pending January oral argument (0:35:50)
• Missouri State Supreme Court Rules Against Redistricting Decision (0:52:24)
• New lawsuit argues Missouri violated constitution by splitting up Kansas City in redrawn map (0:53:18)
• NAACP argues Missouri governor lacked authority for special session (0:54:39)
• Missouri lawmakers pass gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits (1:07:12)
• As few as 5% of voters could defeat initiative petitions under Missouri GOP legislation (1:08:00)
• People Not Politicians (1:09:40)
• Missouri abortion ban ballot language rejected a second time for being 'insufficient and unfair' (1:14:45)
• Rucho v. Common Cause (1:15:20)