Episode Details

From gold statues and renamed airports to his face on passports and currency, Donald Trump is systematically replacing American symbols with his own image. Meanwhile, the Virginia Supreme Court just threw out the votes of millions of Virginians who approved a redistricting referendum, and Republicans are gerrymandering aggressively across the country to lock in power before the midterms.

The Breakdown:
Two gold statues of Trump have been installed and blessed by a pastor who calls him divinely chosen
Trump drove his motorcade through the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and picked a new color for it
His face now appears on limited-edition passports, national park passes, and commemorative coins
His signature is being placed on circulating U.S. currency for the first time in American history
The Palm Beach airport was renamed after Trump, and his family trademarked the name and airport code to profit from it
Three-story banners of his face hang from federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
George Washington refused to put his face on the first American coins because that is what monarchies do
The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved redistricting referendum in a 4-3 ruling over a procedural technicality
Republicans are using courts and redistricting to gain as many as 14 House seats across multiple states
The fight to take back Congress in November has never been more urgent

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