Join the group chat! Send us a text! This week, Brian and Glennis are joined by Ari Berman to talk about his new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It.  Ari lays out how our entire system of government, from its founding, was designed to benefit a select few (white, land-owning men). They also talk about how Donald Trump has exploited that system and the stakes of this year's election. 

Brian and Glennis kick off the episode with an update on how MTG and company are trying to make nice with Speaker Mike John son for their dear leader, DJT's sake. 

They play an IT'S GIVING, pull up their GROUP CHAT, and leave you with a GOOD VIBE!

 
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Minority Rule

The polls are broken. The stakes are unprecedented. And the future of democracy, like it or not,&nbsp; hinges on one thing – VIBES. Vibes Only is here to check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. And while one of the two major parties in the country has overwhelmingly embraced a right-wing movement whose whole vibe is undermining democracy and social progress, it’s clear we need voices that can meet voters where they are and clearly and effectively call that BS out for what it is.

Co-host Brian Derrick has earned a reputation for his ability to break down political news and define the stakes to his sizable and dedicated social media audience. Co-host Glennis Meagher is a digital media savant who has built platforms to encourage millennials and gen z to engage with politics, some for the first time. Even when the news of the week could easily kill the vibe, Brian and Glennis are like those needed friends that have the unique ability to keep it real AND pull us out of a doom spiral.

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News

Politics

Join the group chat! Send us a text! This week we are pleased to be joined by Lisa Graves. Lisa is a legal expert and researcher who has exposed dark money and corruption. She is also the host of COURIER's podcast, Grave Injustice. 

In this episode, we take a look at some of the issues at the heart of Supreme Court cases that we'll be getting decisions on this month.  Those include cases involving abortion, guns, Trump's so-called immunity, and an existential threat experts to our expert-led federal agencies that keep us safe: from the food we eat to the air we breathe and the water we drink, and so much more. 

We hope you enjoy this episode, and make sure to check out Grave Injustice wherever you get your podcasts.  
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It's SCOTUS Decision Season. Here's the Need-to-Know

Join the group chat! Send us a text! No more deliberations The verdict is in. The fallout from the first former president in American history to be a convicted felon continues. The Trump campaign and conservative media like Fox News are in lockstep, suggesting that "they" are coming after "you," and Donald Trump is just standing in the way... absurd. 

We also discuss an eyebrow raising new report from ProPublica about Trump's sweetheart treatment of 9 witnesses in his criminal trials. 

Then we’ll talk about the Right to Contraception Act VOTE that Senator Chuck Schumer is calling today. 

Don't forget to text in your answers to our group chat question: what's something you do, particularly if you're traveling abroad, that's a dead give away that you're an American?  
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Guilty x 34

Join the group chat! Send us a text! No burying obviously newsworthy stories.  NO full-blown freakouts.  Just Vibes. And the vibes this week: We learned this weekend that The Washington Post knew about nod to Stop the Steal at Justice Samuel Alito's house in January of 2021 but decided it...wasn't worth mentioning to the public. A number of media outlets, pundits and Dem strategists have been recently sounding the alarms - POLITICO saying Dems are in "full-blown freakout" mode over Biden's chances in '24. The New York Times wrote an article about the role that  "tuned-out" Trump-curious voters will have on the election. And Dan Pfeiffer wrote in his newsletter, The Message Box, that TikTok is helping elect Donald Trump. Also, in a week that we could see the first criminal conviction of an American president, the New York Times published a story titled "Trump Leans Into an Outlaw Image as His Criminal Trial Concludes"We get into all that before pulling up our group chat, playing an "it's giving" and leaving you with a good vibe. Don't forget to text us with your answer to our group chat question of the week!

CORRECTION: We were actually talking about the Columbia space shuttle disaster and erroneously referred to it as the Challenger. 
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Is It Too Early for a Full-Blown Freakout?

Join the group chat! Send us a text! The courts are broken. The stakes are unprecedented.  And the vibes this week… 

Brian and Glennis discuss the public display of - not just partisanship, but MAGA allegiance - at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's household. ICYMI, it was JUST reported that an upside down flag, a symbol adopted by the "stop the steal" crowd, was raised at Alito's house mere days after the Jan 6 capitol riot. 

They also talk about Trump's unhinged NRA speech where he, ya know, casually floated serving a third term. 

Then they give an update on Trump's New York trial as both the prosecution AND defense have rested their cases and it's now left up to the jury.  
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Minority Rule

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