Where Are the REAL Allies? | Angela Rye SoloPod

<p><strong>With the Voting Rights Act in tatters, will corporate America reaffirm their commitment to our right to vote? The Congressional Black Caucus thinks they might&hellip;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Our second guest, Congressman Jonathan Jackson of Illinois&rsquo; 1st district, is calling on Costco, Microsoft, John Deere, Apple, Ford, McDonalds, and others to do more.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Our first guest is Maryam Jazini Dorcheh, Senior Director of Litigation for Common Cause, and one of the lead attorneys challenging Trump&rsquo;s $1.7 billion slush fund.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Trump is setting up a $1.7 billion fund to compensate &ldquo;victims&rdquo; of President Biden&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;lawfare,&rdquo; including folks convicted of crimes related to January 6th. Some Republicans have spoken out against the fund, which faces legal challenges.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>LINKS:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The CBC&rsquo;s Open Letter to Business: </strong><a href="https://cbc.house.gov/uploadedfiles/congressional_black_caucus__corporate_america_voting_rights_accountability_letter.pdf">https://cbc.house.gov/uploadedfiles/congressional_black_caucus__corporate_america_voting_rights_accountability_letter.pdf</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Learn more about Common Cause: </strong><a href="https://www.commoncause.org/about-us/"><strong>https://www.commoncause.org/about-us/</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>More on Trump&rsquo;s Slush Fund:</strong> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/g-s1-125268/justice-department-trump-anti-weaponization-fund-pause">https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/g-s1-125268/justice-department-trump-anti-weaponization-fund-pause</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Read the 2021 &ldquo;Business for Voting Rights&rdquo; Letter to Congress: </strong><a href="https://www.businessforvotingrights.com/letter-to-congress"><strong>https://www.businessforvotingrights.com/letter-to-congress</strong></a></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Want to ask Angela a question? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to participate in the chat.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Welcome home y&rsquo;all!&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&mdash;---------</strong></p> <p><strong>We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nativelandpod/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nativelandpod"><strong>X/Twitter</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555252803861"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://nativelandpod.com"><strong>NativeLandPod.com</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NativeLandPod"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Smith is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks&nbsp; to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br /><strong>Theme music created by</strong><a href="https://www.daniellaurent.com/"><strong> </strong><strong>Daniel Laurent</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>