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Come one, come all to celebrate the historic 2026 Midterms and dream big for ourselves and the kind of country we want to live in. Join us at today's salon at 4pm ET to celebrate and share what you're hopeful for and how election night went for you in your neck of the woods.

To celebrate and rebuild, join the Matriarchy Rising Book Tour. Find a stop near you here or in the show notes. This Thursday evening, Andrea will be at Titcomb Bookshop in East Sandwhich, MA, then onto Wellfeet, MA, joined by special guests, then onto Baltimore, MD, New Haven, CT, and NYC. More dates to be announced.

Now that we're recovering from the midterms, look out for an email from Andrea soon if you pre-ordered A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women. (Thank you to everyone who did!) You have until November 24 to pre-order your copy and get a signed book plate and thank you gift. Forward your receipt to [email protected] -- thank you to everyone supporting the launch of this book and helping raise an army of women and girls and allies who love us.

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Elie Mystal joins Gaslit Nation to scream with joy and discuss what Democrats must do now to meet the moment. We discuss a leadership challenge to Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, why leadership battles–just like our primaries–are healthy and necessary for democracy, how Democrats must avoid pulling another Merrick Garland while in power, and which fascists we can't wait to see subpoenaed first.

Elie Mystal is The Nation's justice correspondent and a columnist; host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court; and author of the weekly newsletter "Elie v. U.S." He is the author of the New York Times best-sellers Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution and Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America.

This is Part I of our discussion. To listen to Part II, where we get into how to tell which Democrats are controlled opposition, why we need to press Ro Khanna and anyone who tolerated the rise of techbro fascism and now wants to become president, why Gavin Newsom can't be trusted, who to impeach and why, Trump's desperation making Stephen Miller chief-of-staff, and so much more, subscribe to Gaslit Nation on Patreon.com/Gaslit or GaslitNation.Substack – discounted annual memberships are available, and you can give the gift of Gaslit Nation. Get bonus shows, invites to exclusive events, all shows ad free, and more. Thank you to everyone who supports the show–we could not make Gaslit Nation without you.

Pre-order A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women by November 24 and forward your receipt to [email protected]. We'll send you a thank-you gift and a signed book plate to make your first-edition personally inscribed. https://www.andreachalupa.com/unreasonable/

Join the Matriarchy Rising Book Tour!

• Titcomb Bookshop in East Sandwich, MA Nov 12 at 6:30pm with Julie DeLaurier of Rise & Resist

• Wellfleet Preservation Hall in Wellfleet, MA Nov 14 at 4pm with Julie DeLaurier of Rise & Resist and Dr. Crystal Fleming, author of How to Be Less Stupid About Race

• Greedy Reads — Remington in Baltimore,MA Nov 19 at 7pm with Max Weiss of Baltimore Magazine

• Hockessin BookShelf in Hockessin, Delaware Dec 2 at 6:30pm with Olga Lautman of Trump Tyranny Tracker

• Possible Futures in New Haven, CT Dec 4 at 6:30pm with Luciana McClure, feminist artist and eductor

• Sullaluna in NYC Dec 6 with Mona Eltahawy, author, Feminism vs Fascism

• Join the Matriarchy is Rising Book Tour here: https://www.andreachalupa.com/unreasonable/

Don't call it a blue wave. It was a rage wave. Americans are united against oligarchy. The status quo is finished. A new, better America is rising from the ashes. That is why we must fight for real leaders who meet the moment, starting with a meaningful leadership challenge to Hakeem Jeffries and Chuch Schumer. No one can lead us in the Congress who takes AIPAC money, which supports a lawless Israel, aligned with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Russia in a transnational crime syndicate against democracy.

The people have spoken. And we're just getting started.

Trump, Kushner, and Netanyahu's war with Iran began with a shadowy alliance that formed in late 2016, following the US election that turned the world upside down. It was driven by two mysterious bank accounts managed in part by Jared Kushner, with a combined $2 billion–a Middle Eastern autocratic slush fund that essentially served as a bribe to the Trump family to get America–the most powerful military in the world–to unleash war on Iran–an enemy of Netanyahu, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) of the UAE, and murderous millennial Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia. Those are just some of the explosive revelations in investigative journalist Matthew Cole's new must-read book Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East.

With Trump furious at his ex-lawyer Alina Baba essentially selling a pardon for $50 million, and not cutting him in on the deal–a sin in Trump world where you've got to pay to play–Trump must have known about Kushner's $2 billion secret bank accounts from Middle Eastern autocratic leaders who treated Kushner like their unregistered foreign agent in Trump's White House.

In Part I of our discussion with Matthew Cole, we discuss:

• Jared Kushner was in massive debt over his family's vanity purchase of 666 5th Avenue, and therefore a major national security risk, when he managed his father-in-law's campaign for president in 2016 and entered the White House.

• In fact, several core members of the Trump campaign were deeply in debt or on shaky ground financially when they decided to unite forces and win the White House in 2016 with the Kremlin's very illegal help. In power, they all got insanely rich through corruption and lawlessness thanks to financial deals with the most powerful and imperialist autocrats running the Middle East: the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

• How the sex crimes in Jared Kushner's family mirror those of the families that run the UAE and Saudi Arabia, autocratic regimes Kushner would join forces with.

• Why George Nader, a notorious pedophile, was key to the operation of connecting the UAE and Saudi Arabia with Kushner and Trump.

Princes and Thieves unearths the crimes carried out in the shadows during Trump's first term, giving us greater insight in the crimes and corruption carried out in the open today during Trump's second. This discussion, along with Part II running next week, also provides important insights into how to hold Kushner accountable, and how to prevent another Trump regime. This is a book and a conversation you're not going to want to miss.

Gaslit Nation's episode on the midterms is running later this week.

Thank you to everyone who makes Gaslit Nation possible. The oligarchy has chilled the mainstream media into complicit silence. That is why Gaslit Nation exists: to give voice to urgent and important bombshell reports like Princes and Thieves. We are the safe haven for investigations that corporate media and their lawyers are too afraid to reveal. Your support keeps our work going. Show your support with a discounted membership at Patreon.com/Gaslit and GaslitNation.Substack.com, and join our community of listeners, get bonus shows, ad free listening, invites to exclusive events, and more. We could not make this show without our paid listeners, especially in these difficult times.

Show Notes:

Want a plan to bash the patriarchy? Live your most creative life and help build a better world with Andrea's new book, A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women: 20 Steps to Find Your Purpose and Power in a World on Fire: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807202/a-reasonable-guide-for-unreasonable-women-by-andrea-chalupa/

Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East, by Matthew Cole https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Princes-and-Thieves/Matthew-Cole/9781668095324

What you need to know about 666 Fifth Avenue https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-666-fifth-avenue/

"Princes and Thieves" Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the "Secret Plot to Remake Middle East" https://www.democracynow.org/2026/11/2/matthew_cole_jared_kushner_book

Jared Kushner Threatens Legal Action Over Vanity Fair Story Alleging Secret Bank Accounts https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/jared-kushner-vanity-fair-book-legal-threat/

Jared Kushner's Phone Was Hacked. It Exposed an Alleged $2 Billion Foreign Money Web https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/23/jared-kushner-phone-hacked-foreign-money-web-united-arab-emirates-saudi-matthew-cole/

How Kushner Conducted Foreign Policy for Profit https://business-standard.com/book/how-kushner-conducted-foreign-policy-for-profit-126110100856_1.html

Raskin Urges Kushner to Recuse Himself From Negotiations Amid Book's Allegations https://truthout.org/video/raskin-urges-kushner-to-recuse-himself-from-negotiations-amid-books-allegations/

Susan Rice Told House Investigators Why She Unmasked Trump Officials https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/politics/susan-rice-house-investigators-unmasked-trump-officials

Kushners Unload 666 Fifth Ave. to Brookfield in 99-Year Lease https://fortune.com/2018/08/04/kushners-666-fifth-avenue-lease

House Democrats Investigate Mysterious Qatar-Linked Cash Infusion That Bailed Out Kushner Building https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/house-democrats-investigate-mysterious-qatar-linked-cash-infusion-bailed

Mueller Probe Witness Gets 10-Year Sentence on Child Porn, Abuse Charges https://news.yahoo.com/mueller-probe-witness-gets-10-180948775.html

Mueller Witness Pleads Guilty in Illegal Scheme to Funnel UAE Money to Hillary Clinton's 2016 Campaign https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=1532055

Lukoil's Foreign Asset Sale Becomes Part of U.S.–Russia Talks on Ending Ukraine War, NYT Reports https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/05/lukoil-s-foreign-asset-sale-becomes-part-of-u-s-russia-talks-on-ending-ukraine-war-nyt-reports

U.S. Peace Negotiations With Russia Could Now Involve Multi-Billion Dollar Lukoil Deal, NYT Reports https://kyivindependent.com/u-s-peace-negotiations-with-russia-could-now-involve-multi-billion-dollar-lukoil-deal-nyt-reports/

US and Israel Strike Iran https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260228/us-and-israel-strike-iran

Jared Kushner Threatens Legal Action Over Vanity Fair Story Alleging Secret Bank Accounts https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/jared-kushner-vanity-fair-book-legal-threat/

A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/julio-herrera-pardon-alina-habba.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Raskin targets Kushner over alleged foreign money ties The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is already staking out jurisdiction over Jared Kushner investigations if Democrats take back the House. https://www.ms.now/news/raskin-kushner-alleged-foreign-money-ties

The choice is simple, Michigan. If you don't vote for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Rhodes Scholar, a public servant on the frontlines of healthcare for Michiganders, then you're voting for Jared Kushner's lawless oligarchy, where everyone is in danger. Kushner and his autocrat buddies in Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Russia want to turn American into an autocracy where might makes right, journalists and activists are routinely killed, every day is a fight for survival. Abdul will fight for the U.S. Constitution. So join Gaslit Nation in fighting for Abdul. Take some time to make some calls to Michigan voters, some of the famously nicest voters in the Union. Here are the details of how to join from anywhere: https://go.abdulforsenate.com/virtual-phone-bank

Reminder: There's no salon today so that you, our dear listeners, can help get out the vote, and remind 10 friends and family members to make their plan to vote. Let's leave it all out on the field to hold these lawless criminals accountable, while we still can.

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Trump has his personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, whom he met through longtime Kremlin operative Paul Manafort, investigating Democrats in Alaska for two Dan Sullivans being on a rank choice voter ballot, where the duplicated name doesn't make much of a difference. What is the real reason? Gaslit Nation's bonus show takes you into the five alarm fire of Putin trying to entrench a hostile takeover in Alaska.

How? The same way Russia has always held extortion-power leverage over its neighbors: energy dependence. This is a Gaslit Nation you don't want to miss. And if you know anyone in Alaska, share this episode with them.

How did the Kremlin's big energy venture in Alaska make it this far? The answer lies in their close allies, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a regime that helped get Jared Kushner out of debt in 2016 and onto the path of becoming a Russian-style oligarch. This week's Gaslit Nation bonus show dives deeper into Kushner, the UAE, and their friends in the Kremlin, and their plot for us here at home.

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Show Notes:

Volunteer for Dr. Annie Andrew's Senate Campaign in South Carolina: https://drannieandrews.com/get-involved/

I Talked to Tom, the Viral 'Jonestown' Trump Rally Guy https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/tom-hoyle-jonestown-trump-rally-fox-news-viral-clip

Company Linked to Darline Graham's Husband Was Sanctioned for Arming Russia Against Ukraine https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/darline-graham-lindsey-husband-russia-ukraine-sanctions

Darline Graham's Husband Linked to Sanctioned Firm Aiding Russia's War https://www.rawstory.com/darline-graham-2678160855/

New NYT/Siena Poll Shows SC Senate Race Tied as Andrews, Graham Deadlocked at 48% https://abcnews4.com/news/local/new-nytsiena-poll-shows-sc-senate-race-tied-as-andrews-graham-deadlocked-at-48

Democrats in Striking Distance: New CNN Polls in Four States Highlight Party's Path to Senate Majority https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/29/politics/cnn-polls-michigan-maine-texas-kansas-senate-races-midterms-vis

Latest Polls in 2026 Midterms https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/10/29/latest-polls-in-2026-midterms-democrats-lead-in-texas-maine-michigan-kansas-new-hampshire/

Former CEO: Russian Firm Backed Alaska Gas Venture https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/former-ceo-russian-firm-backed-184339250.html

Russia Secretly Financed Alaska Gas Project https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/24/8059533/

Whistleblower CEO Quits Over Hidden Russian Cash Behind Gas Deal in Trump Peace Talks https://www.rawstory.com/russia-alaska-gas/

Witkoff Faces Backlash for Calling Putin a "Humanitarian" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-witkoff-putin-humanitarian-backlash/

Trump Signs Order Waiving Graham Act Sanctions on Russia https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-signs-order-waiving-graham-act-sanctions-russia/story?id=137341529

Trump Waives Graham Act Sanctions on Russia Before They Take Effect https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-waives-graham-act-sanctions-on-russia/33878335.html

Initial Shipment of Russian Diesel Heads to the US After Trump-Putin Deal https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/10/23/initial-shipment-of-russian-diesel-heads-to-the-us-after-trump-putin-deal/

Trump's Russian Diesel Is a Legal Hot Potato With a Five-Year Fuse https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trumps-Russian-Diesel-Is-a-Legal-Hot-Potato-With-a-Five-Year-Fuse.html

A Requiem for Ukraine, and America https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/a-requiem-for-ukraine-and-america/

Musk Accuses Ukraine of Violating Starlink's Terms of Service Following Dispute Over Coverage https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/europe/starlink-musk-violation-accusations-intl

Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

How do we take our democracy back from the oligarchs and build a livable future? When we're up against all the money in the world, what is our leverage? And what does an economy based on human dignity look like? Economist Isabella Weber joins Gaslit Nation to discuss the urgent answers in her new book, Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy.

Weber grew up in Nuremberg, Germany, an ancient city--important for the Holy Roman Empire--which is why the Nazis chose it to launch the Third Reich, with their racist Nuremberg Laws and fascist pageantry rallies. Witnessing the scars of that nightmare, she studied the history of how business elites empower fascism to crush workers and keep them in line. History repeats today with American oligarchs and high-powered law firms cozying up to Trump as his goon squad, ICE, disappears people off the street, and to concentration camps, and his regime weaponizes the government against dissidents and elections.

We discuss the oligarchs' revolt of threatening to leave states that dare to force them to pay their fair share in taxes, how FDR won the war against wannabe oligarchs as a national security urgency of protecting democracy, the chilling legacy of Joe McCarthy's Red Scare, how to confront the weaponization of greed used by Russian oligarchs to hijack democracies, and much more. To listen to our full discussion, grab your discounted annual membership at Patreon.com/Gaslit or GaslitNation.Substack.com – thank you to everyone who supports our independent journalism during these difficult times. It means a lot.

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Show Notes:

Anti-Fascist Economics, by Isabella Weber https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804175/anti-fascist-economics-by-isabella-weber/

Isabella Weber on Anti-Fascist Economics: https://www.isabellaweber.com/anti-fascist-economics

Germany's Far-Right Achieves an Electoral Breakthrough in Key State Election https://www.wunc.org/2026-09-06/germanys-far-right-achieves-an-electoral-breakthrough-in-key-state-election

Sheinbaum, Business Sector Agree to Lower Basic Food Prices https://mexiconewsdaily.com/?p=409456

Oil Companies Made $200 Billion in Profits in 2022. Here's How https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/03/03/oil-companies-made-200-billion-in-profits-in-2022.html

Address at Madison Square Garden, October 31, 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-1

Political Aspects of Full Employment, by Michał Kalecki https://mronline.org/2010/05/22/political-aspects-of-full-employment/

Mark Zuckerberg Makes Deal With Meta to Help Him Pay California Billionaire Tax, If It Passes https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2026/10/22/mark-zuckerberg-makes-deal-with-meta-to-help-him-pay-california-billionaire-tax-if-it-passes0

Meta Apologizes After Suspending "No Kings" Instagram Account https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/10/19/meta-apologizes-after-suspending-no-kings-instagram-account

Trump's DOJ Investigating Suspiciously Well-Timed Trades https://thedailybeast.com/trumps-doj-investigating-suspiciously-well-timed-trades/

Mysterious Trading Patterns Follow Trump Into War https://axios.com/2026/03/25/trump-iran-oil-insider-trading

The Rise of End Times Fascism, by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Article 1 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html

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We're opening today's Gaslit Nation Salon at 4pm ET with a sneak peak at Matthew Cole's damning new book on Dutch intelligence hacking Jared Kushner and discovery that the corruption is so much worse than even we thought. Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East is explosive. Kushner and the whole Kremlin Klown Kar used illegal means to come to power and stay in power--they should be in prison.

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Welcome to the future! It's a lot like today: looting sprees at the top–by hedge funds; looting sprees by protesters in the streets. It will take all of us in a popular uprising, led by real leaders, like AOC, not self-serving politicians like Ro Khanna, to get us out of this. Gaslit Nation is here to help you stay grounded in this week's bonus show looking at why you can't trust Ro, the Paris protests, Trump's lifeline to Putin's failing invasion of Ukraine, and more.

But first, congratulations to Jared Kushner for finally becoming just another Russian oligarch with an Israeli passport. There's hope for other nepo-baby trust fund kids whose parents had to buy their way into the ivy league. More on that in our news round-up – there is just so much news we had to share what we couldn't cover in the bonus instead in the show notes.

Here is your World War III news round-up:

• Vanity Fair published an excerpt of investigative journalist Matthew Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East. Kushner and a lawyer at the DOJ both responded by threatening legal action, which they will never do, because that would lead to discovery–revealing even more dirty secrets. What's not a secret, as Cole's book confirms once again, Kushner, with his no-longer-secret bank accounts, is dangerously corrupt: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Princes-and-Thieves/Matthew-Cole/9781668095324

• Matthew Cole's damning book into Jared Kushner's illegal Middle East cash machine confirms once again that Kushner is illegally operating as an unregistered foreign agent and must be prosecuted: https://newrepublic.com/post/216985/jared-kushner-phone-hack-middle-east-dictators

• Prosecute Jared Kushner: "'It's not complicated,' the Kushner acquaintance told me. 'All the Middle Eastern countries invest in Jared's fund, and they suck his dick, so they can get political favors from the Trump Administration.'" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/jared-kushners-dollar-diplomacy

• Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system https://kyivindependent.com/amid-starlink-crisis-finnish-tech-giants-announce-plan-to-help-ukraine-build-its-own-sovereign-satellite-system/

• Ukraine Evidence Hub documents war crimes: https://ukraine-evidence.org/?src=x

• A message from Prairieland Defendant Elizabeth Soto from Johnson County, where her state case is currently pending. https://x.com/DFWSupCommittee/status/2112967468453069153

• The US Military's Notorious 'Heat Ray' Is Headed for the Border https://www.laserwars.net/p/military-heat-ray-souther-border-mexico

• Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts https://www.laserwars.net/p/military-heat-ray-souther-border-mexico

• Kremlin darling Anna Paulina Luna's Husband Owns 10 Percent of Drone Startup That Got $37 Million in Pentagon Deals https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/anna-paulina-luna-husband-andrew-gamberzky-nokturnal-ai-oksi-drone-startup-pentagon-contracts/

• Former CIA official with Top Secret clearance admits to $194 million fraud, including 298 gold bars and four luxury South Florida properties https://fortune.com/2026/10/06/cia-official-top-secret-clearance-gold-bars-194-million-fraud/?utm_campaign=social_share

• Italy Is Looking Into Whether Russian Agents Helped Fuel Riots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-21/italy-is-looking-into-whether-russian-agents-helped-fuel-riots

• Trump DOJ's Fraud Snitch Scheme Instantly Backfires https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dojs-fraud-snitch-scheme-instantly-backfires

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Voting rights legend David Walbert joins Gaslit Nation to discuss the long history of bloodless coups in America. His new book, Stealing Elections, American Style, opens in 1876, when Louisiana threw out enough votes to steal the White House for Rutherford B. Hayes, the white supremacist who, as president, stopped Reconstruction.

How do we stop today's MAGA coup, which – given January 6 – is hardly bloodless? How can we "vote harder" and "vote blue, no matter who" when our vote is suppressed? Walbert, who won Rogers v. Lodge at the Supreme Court in 1982 – protecting the votes of marginalized communities – and has fought Georgia's rigged maps for five decades, shares tactics and insights for us today to overcome the new Jim Crow.

If you don't exercise your rights, you lose them. So vote early, make sure five people in your life have a plan to vote, and talk to your neighbors, especially those who skip the Midterms. Then haunt Elon Musk's nightmares with us at our Halloween phone bank with Indivisible October 28 for Angie Nixon, Florida's next US Senator. Fight for Angie like Angie will fight for us! RSVP here and in the show notes.

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Burn down the patriarchy, build something new. Pre-order Andrea's new book, A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women, out November 24 (new date!), and forward your receipt to [email protected] for a thank-you gift and a signed book plate.

Show Notes

Want a plan to bash the patriarchy? Live your most creative life and help build a better world with Andrea's new book, A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women: 20 Steps to Find Your Purpose and Power in a World on Fire: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807202/a-reasonable-guide-for-unreasonable-women-by-andrea-chalupa/

Join the Gaslit Nation x Indivisible phonebank! https://indivisible.org/events/indivisible-and-gaslit-nation-halloween-phone-bank-party/

Stealing Elections, American Style, by David F. Walbert: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/stealing-elections-american-style-9798216391999/

David F. Walbert: https://davidfwalbert.com/

Gaslit Nation x Indivisible Halloween Phone Bank for Angie Nixon, October 28: https://indivisible.org/events/indivisible-and-gaslit-nation-halloween-phone-bank-party/

The Vote That Made the President, by David Dudley Field (1877) on the Louisiana returning board: https://gutenberg.org/files/30231/old/30231-h/30231-h.htm

2026 United States Senate Elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections

FBI Raids Fulton County Office for Records Tied to 2020 Election: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/01/28/fbi-executes-search-warrant-fulton-county-main-election-office/

Supreme Court of Georgia Strikes Down Four State Election Rules: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/06/10/supreme-court-georgia-strikes-down-four-state-election-rules/

The Supreme Court's Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts's 50-Year Crusade: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jon-roberts-callais-v-louisiana-supreme-court-voting-rights/

The Supreme Court's Callais Decision Sets New Framework for Racial Gerrymandering: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-supreme-courts-callais-decision-sets-new-framework-for-racial-gerrymandering

Were Three of the Sitting Supreme Court Justices Involved in the Bush v. Gore Legal Disputes? : https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/were-three-of-the-sitting-supreme-court-justices-involved-in-the-bush-v-gore-legal-disputes

Naked City: Bush's Own Texas Recount Law: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/naked-city-11707297/

When the Votes Were Recounted in Florida, Who Won?: https://www.factcheck.org/?p=19621

Reagan Judge Slams Trump While Calling for Defense of Rights https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/reagan-judge-blasts-trump-while-calling-for-defense-of-rights

Law Firm Targeted by Trump Could Have Been 'Destroyed,' Chairman Says: https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2025/03/23/law-firm-targeted-by-trump-could-have-been-destroyed-chairman-says-in-explaining-deal-with-trump/

We Don't Know Who Will Win the House. That's Because the Maps Are Rigged: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/we-dont-know-who-will-win-house-thats-because-maps-are-rigged

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins: https://rmwfilm.org/films/raise-hell-the-life-and-times-of-molly-ivins/