Hour 2 connects the dots between political manipulation, indoctrination, and everyday economic pain. Casey starts with the brewing gerrymandering scandal in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional map is under fire for possible racial discrimination. A Ninth Circuit dissent by Judge Kenneth Lee warns that Democrats literally used racial criteria to redraw maps for partisan advantage, a move that could end up before the Supreme Court and threaten the entire Voting Rights Act framework. The case highlights how the left’s obsession with “equity” routinely crosses into unconstitutional territory.

The show then turns local to Indiana, where Libs of TikTok revealed that the principal of Carmel High School collaborated with a student organizer to stage a school‑day walkout protesting ICE—even granting pre‑arranged absences for participating students. Casey digs into why public educators feel empowered to coordinate political activism during class hours while silencing opposing views.

Finally, listeners get a look at their own wallets as NIPSCO addresses spiking natural‑gas and delivery costs, explaining why bill payments are skyrocketing across northern Indiana. The utility cites rising infrastructure and distribution charges, but Casey questions whether Hoosier families are now paying for green‑energy policy failures handed down from Washington.

From California’s race‑based redistricting debacle to Indiana’s tax‑funded activism and the pressures of record utility prices, Hour 2 shows how progressive policy failures are hitting both democracy and the dollar.