{"podcast":{"title":"THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent","slug":"the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496","podcast_index_feed_id":6772496,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dailyblast2024","website_url":"https://newrepublic.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b94c6786-bc82-11ee-9ef8-27c6fd1e8dd7/image/d8e43b6e3c1b3537ce23c2a9c505e158.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The New Republic","episode_count":598,"summary":"Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:20:15.517680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Is About to Unleash","slug":"trump-has-no-clue-what-his-supreme-court-is-about-to-unleash","published_at":"2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/trump-has-no-clue-what-his-supreme-court-is-about-to-unleash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4908611631.mp3?updated=1777937151","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4908611631.mp3?updated=1777937151","summary":"Last week, the Supreme Court gutted protections against racial gerrymandering, and Donald Trump is already urging Republicans to capitalize on it. We recently wrote that Trump has no idea what this will unleash, and that’s the topic of today’s episode. Indeed, Trump unleashed a Truth Social rant on Monday urging GOP state legislatures to maximize the gerrymandering, insisting this would net an additional 20 congressional seats in the midterms. In short, Trump didn’t bother concealing that this corrupt scheme is only about holding power amid cratering public support—which absolutely requires Democrats to respond. We talked to Max Flugrath of the voting rights group Fair Fight Action. We discuss how Democrats can undertake retaliatory redistrictings of their own, what the roadmap ahead for this looks like, and why it’s absolutely possible for Democrats to neutralize the GOP advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Last week, the Supreme Court gutted protections against racial gerrymandering, and Donald Trump is already urging Republicans to capitalize on it. We rece…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1265,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/episodes/trump-has-no-clue-what-his-supreme-court-is-about-to-unleash/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-6772496/trump-has-no-clue-what-his-supreme-court-is-about-to-unleash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}