Statehouse Shockers
In 2023, this Southern state became the first to pass a law making it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to minors.
What is Alabama?
The 2022 Dobbs decision overturned this landmark case.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This red state tried to ban AP African American Studies in high schools.
What is Florida?
This federal agency proposed AI-labeling requirements for political advertising in 2025.
What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
This New York Rep was expelled in 2023 amid fraud allegations involving a fake volleyball scholarship.
Who is George Santos?
In 2023, this Midwestern state’s Supreme Court flipped to a liberal majority for the first time in decades after a high-profile judicial election
What is Wisconsin?
This justice was at the center of a luxury gifts scandal involving Harlan Crow.
Who is Justice Clarence Thomas?
This Florida law, passed in 2022, restricts discussions of gender identity in early grades.
What is the “Don’t Say Gay” law (Parental Rights in Education Act)?
This platform was bought by a conservative media conglomerate and rebranded as “TruthX.”
What is Twitter (X)?
A staffer for this far-right congresswoman was caught running a burner Twitter account spreading conspiracy memes.
Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene?
The Tennessee legislature expelled two members in 2023 over this issue.
What is gun control protests?
In 2023, the Court struck down Biden’s plan to forgive this kind of debt.
What is student loan debt?
This college faced national backlash for a viral video showing a student protest against “colonizer curriculum.”
What is Stanford University?
“Dark money” flowed through this legal loophole involving donor-advised funds.
What are 501(c)(4) nonprofits?
In 2025, this former New York Representative launched a Super PAC called “Built to Win” targeting pro-Israel politicians
Who is Jamaal Bowman?
This Southern governor vetoed their own party’s anti-trans bill in 2021, citing government overreach.
Who is Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas?
This 2024 decision reshaped the “Chevron deference” doctrine on agency powers.
What is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo?
In 2023, this state considered replacing the word “slavery” with “involuntary relocation” in elementary curriculum guidelines.
What is Texas?
This GOP donor spent over $100 million in 2022, primarily on Senate races.
Who is Ken Griffin?
Known for wearing a boot on his head and promising free ponies for all Americans, this perennial satirical candidate filed for the 2024 presidential race.
Who is Vermin Supreme?
In 2024, this blue state enacted the first “Climate Reparations Tax” on fossil fuel companies.
What is Vermont?
This shadow docket case allowed Texas’ controversial immigration law to take effect temporarily.
What is Texas v. United States (2024)?
In 2025, this state legislature passed a budget provision that effectively undermined tenure and faculty shared governance at its public universities by making faculty governance bodies solely advisory.
What is Indiana?
The FEC fined this 2024 Super PAC for AI-generated robocalls impersonating Biden.
What is the "Vote to Save America" PAC?
This perennial third-party activist once ran under the slogan “Nobody for President,” arguing that “Nobody cares, nobody tells the truth, and nobody will fix the system.”
Who is Wavy Gravy?