Virginia Map Overturned, Tennessee Carves Up Memphis, and the 22-Foot Gold Trump Statue

Nick breaks down a chaotic week in American politics. Opening on Iran: three US Navy destroyers came under missile, drone, and small-boat attack in the Strait of Hormuz, the US struck Iranian soil for the first time since the ceasefire, the UAE was hit by Iranian missiles, and Saudi Arabia pulled US airspace and airbase access — forcing Trump to abruptly pause "Project Freedom." Meanwhile, an Atlantic report this week revealed Trump is "bored" with the war, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo at the Vatican, where the pope handed him a literal olive branch. Then to the Great Redistricting War: just eight days after SCOTUS gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Republicans carved up Memphis to eliminate Steve Cohen's seat, and the Virginia Supreme Court threw out the voter-approved Democratic redistricting map on procedural grounds — handing Republicans a major net gain heading into the midterms. Plus: Senate Republicans tucked $1 billion in taxpayer funding for Trump's ballroom into the ICE funding bill after Trump promised the ballroom would be privately funded; the Court of International Trade struck down Trump's Section 122 tariffs in his second major tariff loss this year; ABC accused the FCC of violating its First Amendment rights over an investigation into "The View"; Kamala Harris privately told donors the DNC should release its buried 2024 autopsy as she eyes a 2028 run; and the Pentagon released its first tranche of UFO files. We close with the 22-foot gold statue of Trump unveiled at his Doral golf course this week, blessed by an evangelical pastor who insisted "this is not a golden calf."