Oh The Hypocrisy
6/6/20261 hr 12 min
Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss John Bolton’s plea deal, compare it to the Petraeus case, explore its Biden-era origins, and contrast Bolton’s cooperation with Trump’s obstruction. Then, the #Sisters dissect Trump’s controversial cabinet picks, particularly the unqualified loyalist Bill Pulte as acting DNI and Todd Blanche for AG, despite his handling of the Epstein files, the slush fund, and other red flags in his confirmation. They also analyze the SCOTUS shadow docket reversal in Alabama’s Milligan case and the Calais ruling, warning of an open season on racial and political gerrymandering nationwide.
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First 90 secondsJoyce Vance· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to Hashtag Sisters-in-Law with Barb McQuade, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, and me, Joyce Vance. Jill will be back next week. We are already missing her. We've got so much going on this week. We'll be talking about John Bolton's guilty plea. We will be talking about Donald Trump's nominations of both Bill Pulte to be the DNI and Todd Blanche to be the AG. It's sort of hard to know which one is worse. A- and then finally, we'll talk about the ongoing fallout from the Supreme Court's decision in Clay, and what you need to know about an Alabama case that many people think is the death knell of the Voting Rights Act. So lots of hardcore, serious stuff at the intersection of law and politics this week. But before we get there, I have a summer question for y'all. I have become sort of obsessed in the last week with making a hot fudge sundae every night after dinner. [laughs] And I've been sort of liberal in my interpretation of hot fudge, because last night I had a caramel sundae- Mm ... with mascarpone ice cream, a local ice cream that I got at the grocery store here.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr· Host1:17
Ace.
Joyce Vance· Host1:18
I mean, it has been really, really fun. So what I need to know, what are your favorite ice cream flavors, y'all? Kim, I, I know you're an ice cream girl, aren't you?
Kimberly Atkins Stohr· Host1:28
Well, I have