{"podcast":{"title":"Good News for Lefties | Daily News for Democracy","slug":"good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","podcast_index_feed_id":6982465,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6256627/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://GoodNewsForLefties.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/672afcb4f39d17cf54d4be4a2915a13e.jpg","author":"Two Squared Media Productions, LLC","episode_count":876,"summary":"Positive, progressive news for democracy daily! Democrats, Leftists, liberals, and democratic socialists welcome. A respite from troubling headlines in difficult times. Sure, read the bad news, but then listen to us! Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:22:27.318827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465"},"episode":{"title":"PM News: Alabama's Gerrymander Blocked and Maine's Transgender Rights Win","slug":"pm-news-alabama-s-gerrymander-blocked-and-maine-s-transgender-rights-win","published_at":"2026-05-26T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-alabama-s-gerrymander-blocked-and-maine-s-transgender-rights-win","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pm-news-alabama-s-gerrymander-blocked-and-maine-s-transgender-rights-win--72173232","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72173232/good_news_for_lefties_pm_052626_mixdown_1.mp3","summary":"A federal district court has blocked Alabama from using its controversial 2023 congressional map, and In Maine, a proposed ballot initiative aimed at limiting transgender students' access to facilities aligning with their gender identity has been halted. Court blocks Alabama racial gerrymander from being used in 2026 elections - Democracy Docket Secretary of State invalidates anti-trans ballot question due to improper signature gathering | News From The States Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","meta_description":"A federal district court has blocked Alabama from using its controversial 2023 congressional map, and In Maine, a proposed ballot initiative aimed at limi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/episodes/pm-news-alabama-s-gerrymander-blocked-and-maine-s-transgender-rights-win/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-alabama-s-gerrymander-blocked-and-maine-s-transgender-rights-win.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}