Can Democrats Pack the Supreme Court? Plus the Iran War, DHS Shutdown, and No Kings Protests

xxxxxxxxxxxHost Radell Lewis breaks down the biggest stories shaping America right now on the Purple Political Breakdown. This week: the U.S. Iran war enters its fourth week with ceasefire negotiations stalled over the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear threats, and rising gas prices. The DHS partial shutdown has pushed TSA call out rates past 11% nationally, with airports in Houston, Atlanta, and Baltimore hit hardest. Is Supreme Court reform finally on the table? Radell dives deep into court packing, term limits, and ethics codes, explaining why the Constitution never set the number of justices at nine and what Democrats could actually do about it. Plus: the No Kings protests draw millions across all 50 states, Pentagon leadership under Pete Hegseth removes Black and female officers from promotion lists, new data shows American immigration outperforms Europe by nearly every measure, AI anxiety is surging among voters, and the explosion of prediction market gambling is letting people bet on wars, deportations, and famine. Radell closes with good news the media is not covering, including AI powered smart glasses for dementia patients, a breakthrough diabetes implant from MIT, NASA's moon base plan, and nuclear fusion rocket engines. Political solutions without political bias. New episodes every Saturday on the Alive Podcast Network.

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