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MeidasTouch · 6 July 2026 · 1h 3m · 4 Egleze moments

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Host Anthony Davis interviews Professors Yael Bromberg and Cornell William Brooks on the 250th anniversary of America's founding, where they argue the nation has reached a constitutional crossroads requiring a second founding led by young voters. Brooks, a civil rights attorney and former NAACP president, reveals that Texas banned student IDs for voting while accepting concealed carry permits immediately after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, exemplifying what he calls generational voter suppression. Bromberg, a voting rights attorney who represents Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, discloses that the mayor was arrested on false pretenses while investigating detention center conditions and is now being federally prosecuted along with Congresswoman Lamonica McGuiver. Both professors cite polling showing Trump's approval has collapsed to 34% with 61% disapproval despite his election victory. Bromberg describes the surreal atmosphere in Washington DC where elementary school children discuss classmates displaced by federal employee firings, with children referring to "King Trump." The conversation covers the first American Pope's rebuke of Trump's immigration policies during 250th anniversary speeches, comparing current conditions to the authoritarianism America originally rebelled against. Brooks and Bromberg advocate for constitutional reforms including Supreme Court expansion, Electoral College abolition, universal voting, campaign finance reform, and expanded youth voting rights. They argue these measures, though labeled radical, represent normal democratic practices in other nations and echo previous American reform efforts during Reconstruction. The professors emphasize that 70% of Americans support overturning Citizens United and that broad coalitions from farmers to urban residents are fighting special interests, suggesting the political moment transcends party loyalty and requires reimagining democratic institutions for the next 250 years.

What are the key points?

Cornell William Brooks reveals Texas banned student IDs for voting while accepting concealed carry permits after Shelby v. Holder gutted the Voting Rights Act, suppressing youth voters.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and federally prosecuted for investigating detention center conditions in his own city after being invited onto the property, according to his attorney Yael Bromberg.
Trump's approval rating has collapsed to 34-35% with 61% disapproval in recent polls, the highest disapproval of any modern president despite his election victory.
Elementary school children in Washington DC are discussing classmates whose families were displaced by federal employee terminations and refer to "King Trump" on playgrounds.
The first American Pope used his inaugural major speech to rebuke Trump's immigration policies by praising America's history of welcoming migrants during 250th anniversary commemorations.
Bromberg and Brooks call for constitutional reforms including Supreme Court expansion, Electoral College abolition, universal voting, and campaign finance reform to prevent future authoritarian takeovers.
Seventy percent of Americans across the political spectrum support overturning Citizens United and removing money from politics, with grassroots movements from farmers to urban residents fighting special interests.

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Politics Crime & Justice Faith & Spirituality

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Texas Allowed Concealed Carry IDs to Vote But Banned Student IDs After Shelby Decision

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They outlawed the use of student IDs to vote as opposed to the IDs you use to carry a concealed weapon. So in other words, an ID which allows you to carry a book of Shakespeare, book of engineering, book of English across a college campus deemed to be civically insufficient to vote, as opposed to an ID which allows you to carry a concealed weapon.

Cornell William Brooks reveals that Texas implemented voter ID restrictions immediately after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby v. Holder, accepting concealed carry permits for voting but rejecting student IDs. Those eligible for concealed carry permits were 21 and older, effectively suppressing youth voters despite the 26th Amendment guaranteeing voting rights at 18. Brooks argues this is part of a broader pattern of generational voter suppression targeting young people.

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Trump Approval Drops to 34 Percent in Recent Polling Despite Election Victory

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There was a recent Pew poll that found that only 34% of Americans support President Trump. A second poll found 35% and similar 61% disapproval rates. I think that this is pretty unprecedented for where we are as a nation.

Professor Bromberg cites multiple polls showing Trump's approval has plummeted to 34-35% with 61% disapproval, representing the highest disapproval ratings of any modern president. Brooks notes this demonstrates Americans did not vote for the hijacking of democracy, ICE raids on citizens, or the level of graft currently on display, despite Trump winning the election with 77 million votes.

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American Pope Uses First Major Speech to Rebuke Trump Immigration Policy

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The first American Pope has used his first major speech to praise the history of welcoming migrants, urging Americans to live up to the ideals put forward in the Declaration of Independence. And this is his latest rebuke to Donald Trump. He said the word America has become a byword for freedom across the world because of the way the country welcomed migrants.

The first American Pope delivered a major rebuke to Trump's immigration policies by praising America's history of welcoming migrants and connecting it to the Declaration of Independence during 250th anniversary commemorations. Professor Brooks interprets this as the Pope treating American founding documents as sacred text and speaking over Trump's head to call the nation back to its better angels, similar to how Martin Luther King used constitutional documents.

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested on False Pretenses While Investigating Detention Conditions

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Mayor Ras Baraka tried to investigate the conditions of Delaney Hall Detention Center and was essentially lured into an arrest on false pretenses and then maliciously prosecuted for a crime of trespass in his own city when he was invited onto the property, leading to the continued prosecution in federal court, not only of him in asserting his civil rights violations, but of Congresswoman Lamonica McGuiver.

Professor Bromberg, who represents Mayor Baraka, reveals he was arrested and maliciously prosecuted for trespass while attempting to investigate conditions at a detention center in his own jurisdiction after being invited onto the property. The federal prosecution extends to Congresswoman McGuiver, who attempted to protect an 80-year-old cancer survivor congresswoman from the militarized response. Bromberg characterizes this as part of a broader agenda to implement white preference in immigration policy.

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