Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Politics has never been more chaotic, and most podcasts just add to the noise. Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes cuts through it.
Grant is an AP Award-winning journalist with over a decade of on-the-ground reporting on the biggest political stories, scandals, and elections in America. Twice a week, he takes the stories dominating the headlines and breaks them down in plain English — no jargon, no spin, no shouting.
If you care about what’s happening in this country but you’re exhausted by how it’s being covered, this is the show for you. Real reporting. Clear explanations. Actual context.
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Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Forget Gerrymandering, The Supreme Court Legalized Gerrymaxxing w/ Dave Daley
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It's like Looksmaxxing but for gerrymandering. GERRYMAXXING
The Supreme Court just finished what John Roberts started 45 years ago, gutting the Voting Rights Act. And the political earthquake it's about to cause will be felt in every state, in every race, all the way down to your school board.
In this episode, Grant sits down with Dave Daley, author and senior fellow at FairVote, to break down the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, what it actually means for Black and Brown voters, and why this could lead to the largest reduction in minority representation in Congress since Reconstruction.
They cover:
- What the Voting Rights Act actually required and what Justice Alito just replaced it with
- Why the new "intent" standard is nearly impossible to meet
- The "Gerrymaxxing" wave that's about to sweep the nation.
- Why competitive elections could drop to single digits out of 435 congressional seats by 2028
- What real fixes exist, and whether any of them are politically possible
- What you can do right now
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