How the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was dismantled.
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5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. This episode was produced by Alli Rodgers. Leon Neyfakh provides editorial support. Our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations. Transcriptions of each episode are available at fivefourpod.com 2026-01-27 09:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new year and a lot has happened since our last mailbag episode, so send us any questions you have about, well, anything at all. The winter storm, the bruises on Trump's hands, the ICE occupation of Minneapolis, what we did for the holidays.
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2026-01-26 03:43:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe history of why we needed (and still need) the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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2026-01-20 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Court Haters of America (that should be our PAC name),
YOU’RE INVITED! we will be having a zoom event with Archenemy subscribers (that’s $10/month patrons!) to kick off the new year right THIS SUNDAY, January 18, at 9 PM eastern.
Join us for a lovely chat on 2026 resolutions, What The Hell Is Going On Right Now In America And Everywhere (another PAC name), and the pics and vids we’ve seen already this year that warm our hearts. See Exhibit A, above.
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2026-01-15 01:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! We wanted to give you a heads up that we will be back next week with the first of a 2-part miniseries on the Voting Rights Act. We are extremely excited to share it with you, a wide lens view of the the struggle for equality and emancipatory politics against the forces of reaction in this country, from the Civil War up until today.
We also will be hosting an Archenemies Zoom in the next week where will discuss current events around the country, the Trump loyalists in the appe...
2026-01-12 18:40:24 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://immigrationequality.org/
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A movie about a dipshit who prays his way to the Supreme Court. It’s worse than you imagine.
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2025-12-16 09:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTrans erasure. Anti-intellectualism. Culture war. Moral panic. These are a few of the Supreme Court’s favorite things!
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Hey folks! We’ve been getting requests for the most straightforward merch ever for a while now, and on this gorgeous Black Friday, our trademarked (not actually) logline is now available — t-shirts, hoodies, hats, socks, whatever you want. It’s on sale at a discount from now until Monday at our merch store.
All the old merch — including the two decidedly NOT straightforward designs we launched early this ye...
2025-11-28 20:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostThese days, three degrees of separation from a drug dealer is all it takes to get you drone struck by the U.S. government in Venezuela. And look, maybe these extrajudicial killings aren’t exactly legal, but the bigger problem for all you sissy justice lovers out there is that this administration doesn’t care about the law.
Thank you to our wonderful subscribers who, unfortunately, are at least three degrees of separation from a drug dealer. Watch out....
2025-11-25 09:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post** An earlier version of this episode incorrectly referred to the asylum officers who conduct credible fear interviews as border patrol agents. **
If the government is acting all authoritarian-y, detaining you in violation of your rights, there’s a basic assumption in the Constitution that you can use “The Great Writ” of habeas corpus to challenge that unlawful behavior. But Samuel Alito would like to remind you what happens when you ASS U ME. Something something immigra...
You've heard about all the Supreme Court cases about how immigration law is different, about how ICE's powers are different, about how the Trump administration can do whatever it wants…on this episode, Rhiannon talks to Leqaa Kordia's lawyers about what all this means for a Palestinian woman in ICE detention right now. The good news is: our liberation is interconnected, and we can fight the good fight.
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Sign the Free Leqaa Peti...
2025-11-11 09:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Supreme Court tramples upon your most sacred right: the right to complain about your co-workers.
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You know things are really bad when federal judges–historically an extremely reticent group–are sounding the alarm about the chaos and confusion the Supreme Court is reaping these days. Never fear, Amy Coney Barrett is here to remind all of us that everything is fine, because the shadow docket is not a big deal, originalism is fun and interesting, and she's a real human mother.
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2025-10-28 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI think we can all agree that the Constitution guarantees every individual certain unalienable rights–oh wait, sorry, getting a call. Right. Sorry. Okay. Yea. Got it. Hey, so I think we can all agree that immigration law is different from other laws, and the Constitution doesn’t really apply there.
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2025-10-21 08:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOn this episode of Popular Cradle, (Rhiannon’s other podcast!), she interviews Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE for more than 100 days earlier this year. You can find Popular Cradle wherever you listen to podcasts.
2025-10-18 14:28:51 +0000 UTC View PostFeels like we should be able to collectively wrestle with the problems of a system by which 14 million people will die in the next five years because one man can decide to withhold a bunch of money that Congress said needed to be spent, but unfortunately, because of the law, and what the law says, no one can sue about it. Good luck with figuring this one out.
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2025-10-14 08:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostDo you ever feel…like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? That’s understandable because battles over free speech and the First Amendment are raging right now, whether on the internet, on TV, in the workplace, or in the streets. But baby, you’re a firework. And the Trump administration can’t take that from you.
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2025-10-07 08:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostYou are getting very sleepy…you are getting very sleepy…HEY! Wake up. It may look like the slate of cases for this Supreme Court term doesn’t have many fundamental constitutional rights hanging in the balance, but don’t be lulled into thinking any of this is low stakes. Voting rights, trans people in sports, the death penalty—they’re still on that legal fascism grind, down to every little gear and lever.
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2025-09-23 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostPapers, please. The hallmark of fascist states of eras past and your favorite movie about authoritarianism is now also the official policy of the United States, with the Supreme Court’s blessing. But don’t worry, you (probably) won’t be stopped, unless you kinda look Hispanic or shop at Home Depot! I feel safer already.
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2025-09-16 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostKudos to everyone who is starting law school in this economy and during an authoritarian regime. In this annual episode, Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael share their wisdom on how to survive law school.
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It's okay to be scared. It's hard not to succumb to the nihilism of the second Trump administration. But that is precisely what he and his administration want you to do. Please don't fall for it. Instead, own your power, make them fear you, and for God's sake, STEP YOUR PUSSY UP!
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2025-09-02 08:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostFederal law says that Medicaid recipients have the right to choose their healthcare provider. One problem, though–what if a Medicaid recipient chooses to go to Planned Parenthood to get healthcare? In that case, federal law doesn’t really say what it means. Federal law is silly like that sometimes!
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2025-08-26 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBut first: you need to ask them! We are doing a mailbag episode, please send any questions you have to fivefourpod@gmail.com if you want them answered, or post them in the replies here if you don't want them answered. Thanks!
2025-08-24 16:01:17 +0000 UTC View PostLast week's subscriber-only episode on Trump's efforts to blur the line between the military, ICE, and other law enforcement hit a nerve — and arrived on the eve of Trump taking federal control of the Washington D.C. police department and unleashing the National Guard and FBI on the city's streets. So we've decided to UNLOCK this episode for all 5-4 listeners.
If you want more episodes like it — that is, not just case episodes but ambitious, zoomed-out looks at major issues like qu...
2025-08-12 18:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostDon't be sad, little Johnny, Trump just took the Department of Education to live on a big farm with so much space to run around and play in, and all the treats the Department of Education could ever dream of. The Department of Education will miss you, too, Johnny, but we promise she's so much happier now.
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2025-08-12 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCalifornia has become a testing ground for Trump's police state ambitions. In Los Angeles and across the country, he’s merging the military and the police into one entity with its guns aimed inward.
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“Experts Question the Legality of Deploying Nation...
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2025-07-29 08:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBecause the conservatives on the Supreme Court are lowkey homophobic, they have made it easier for parents of kids in public schools to opt out of topics that make them uncomfortable. LGBTQ books, no thank you— evolution, not for my kids.
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2025-07-22 08:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon subscribers!
Leon here. We are pleased to be sharing with you a line of ALL NEW MERCH, now available at our online store. There are, strictly speaking, three new designs, though one of them comes in six variations.
Two of them, which we’re calling METEORIC FALL and A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, respectively, depict future scenarios conjured by Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael in a moment of unusual optimism.
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