It's Officially Bad Decision Season

<p>Live from Capital Turnaround in Washington, D.C., Leah, Kate, and Melissa wade right into the swamp, breaking down the (very weird, very disturbing) sexual harassment claims against Texas’s ex-solicitor general, Judd Stone and holding their noses to read Coach Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion on the National Environmental Policy Act. Then, the hosts welcome special guests Ambassador Norm Eisen and Emily Amick, author of the Substack, <a href="https://emilyinyourphone.substack.com/">Emily in Your Phone</a>, to talk about the avalanche of litigation against the Trump administration and reproductive rights (and wrongs), respectively.</p><p>Hosts’ favorite things:</p><p>Leah: Taylor Swift's <a href="https://www.taylorswift.com/">letter</a> about buying back her art; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/opinion/supreme-court-trump-power.html">Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power?</a>, Kate Shaw (NYT); <a href="https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/153-living-by-the-ipse-dixit?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1174827&amp;post_id=164373852&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=3hisu&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email">Living by the Ipse Dixit</a>, Steve Vladeck (One First); <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-defund-schools-research-republicans/682742/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8DWsF0Ye4dzmUZWM5fDSO2g&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">The New Dark Age</a>, Adam Serwer (The Atlantic); <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/elon-musk-doge-usaid.html">Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death</a>, Michelle Goldberg (NYT)</p><p>Kate: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/opinion/trump-danger-normalization-shock.html">Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era</a>, M. Gessen (NYT), <a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-you-helped-knock-musk-out-of">How YOU Helped Knock Musk Out of DC–&amp; of Politics</a>, Norm Eisen (Substack); <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html">On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama</a>, Kirsten Grind and Meghan Twohey (NYT); Cowboy Carter</p><p>Melissa: Her incredible <a href="https://www.sclarandis.com/">shoes</a> from the show; seeing Cowboy Carter; the newest season of <i>Just Like That;</i> <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/untitled-0672-penguin-publishing-group/22284058?ean=9798217060672&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=2186"><i>Original Sin</i></a> by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson</p><p>Emily: <i>Nine Perfect Strangers</i> (Hulu); <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/everyone-is-lying-to-you-a-thriller-jo-piazza/21886709?ean=9798217046478&amp;next=t"><i>Everyone Is Lying to You</i></a> by Jo Piazza</p><p></p><p>Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! </p><ul>