Grant Hermes
@granthermes
AP Award-winning anchor & politics reporter. Host of @mimsnewspod — breaking down what’s really happening in American politics,3x a week.
The Constitution bans poll taxes, in two places. If voter IDs cost money, how are they legal? It’s complicated…and annoying.
@thesteadystate.org is calling on Congress to investigate Trump’s election documents and presidential malevolence to borrow @juliacurlee.bsky.social’s phrase. Full podcast episode of Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes is in the bio
Was the CIA used in Trump’s 2020 election lies? Steve Cash and @juliacurlee.bsky.social from @thesteadystate.org and @lawfaremedia.org on the show this week. 
Election denier and now Civil Rights Division AAG Harmeet Dhillon is the architect of this plan, and just a few years ago she would have called the exact tactics she's undertaking now government overreach. This is when she was head of the Republican National Lawyers Assoc. in 2022 5/
The DOJ is now threatening state and local election officials with criminal investigations if they fail to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls. The DOJ is 0-10 in forcing states to hand over voter rolls. This is an end run around those rulings. 1/
@barbmcquade.bsky.social came on Make It Make Sense this week to talk about her new book The Fix, Trump’s mob tactics, and how we can solve this administration’s corruption. Get the full episode at the link in the bio
Is Albania Jared Kushner an test for Gaza? @eczuleger.bsky.social just published leaked documents about Albania and we talk about the connection. Full conversation at the links in the bio. #politics #explained #albania #gaza #news
The War in Iran is maybe over, maybe not, but what happens next? What happens to the US after we blew through international agreements, US law, alienated our allies, and set an example for our adversaries? @oonahathaway.bsky.social joins me on Make It Make Sense to talk about it all.
“An entire civilization will die tonight” A threat that under Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which the US signed in 1948, would meet the definition of a genocidal act.
The idea that non-citizens are voting in droves or are being encouraged to is demonstrably false. A deep dive on the SAVE America Act in today’s show. Get it wherever you get your podcasts
These questions are worth asking no matter what comes next in Venezuela. New episode of Make It Make Sense is out now!
Introducing a new newsletter from Make It Make Sense! Every week, Things You Forgot From Civics Class will breakdown the civics basics we all forgot or didn’t care about when we learned them. But democracy isn’t boring. Your civics class was. Links in the bio!
A bit of my convo with Paul Starr about his new book about our 75 year devolution into revenge politics and what happens next.
After spending the weekend posting AI images of him as a monarch, Trump reposted this video from a few years ago.
Health. Are tax credits expire Nov. 1. It’s going to hit millions of people and rural hospitals hard, whether you have private insurance or not.
“It was more than a clinical look at the arguments he built or the evidence he uncovered. It was a sermon to process as protection. Not just for the people bringing the cases, but for all of us.” Get this and more by becoming a subscriber today! Links in the bio.
From my other socials today but this video may be one of the most important as we inch closer to a possible armed conflict in Chicago.
A “the beatings will stop when morale improves” sort of approach. New episode out now!
The line that the GOP is putting out there right now is probably false.
A big thanks to @kvanderson.bsky.social for coming on and talking about how we should be talking about our current political moment. Full episode out now!
New from the podcast today. Some thoughts on our current age of fear and political violence. Episode out now wherever you listen/watch your podcasts
Adoptees are getting caught in immigration troubles they never thought they’d be in. Many didn’t even know they could be targets. The full conversation with Greg Luce from @adopteerights.bsky.social is out now! Wherever you get your podcasts. Just search Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
A list of all the President’s hoaxes (almost). Listen to the latest episode of Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes wherever you get your podcasts!
It’s not just the music or Trump, but it was definitely showing last weekend. Listen to my full convo with @mikenellis.bsky.social search Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes wherever you get your podcasts.
