Margaret Cho on Heated Rivalry, Spencer Pratt & MAGA's Celebrity Pipeline PLUS Delaney Hall, Love Island & Graham Platner's Sexts
The Moment LIVE! Politics & Culture, ExplainedShow Notes
Delaney Hall detainees are on a hunger strike — and Meredith Lynch and Rebecca Sananès on why 60,000 people are currently detained by ICE, why showing up to your hearing and still getting arrested is the point, and why it's good that Delaney Hall is close enough to an airport that people can actually show up.
Then: Graham Platner has a sexting scandal and a Reddit history, and Rebecca thinks he still beats Susan Collins.
Then Margaret Cho, comedian, actor, musician, one of Rolling Stone's 50 best standup comics of all time, on Spencer Pratt being Trump 2016 all over again, why people are blaming Karen Bass because they want to blame a woman of color, MAGA's celebrity pipeline from Reagan to Amber Rose, why she turned down Heated Rivalry because of Trump and has been hosting watch parties ever since, purity politics getting us into this mess, whether we peaked with Obama, and what she wants to see for Pride and the LA primary.
Plus: Love Island USA is back and Widow’s Bay on Apple TV+ is a must watch.
Topics: Margaret Cho, Spencer Pratt LA mayor primary, Karen Bass LA mayor, Delaney Hall hunger strike ICE protests, Graham Platner sexting scandal Maine Senate, Love Island USA season 7, Heated Rivalry Apple TV+, MAGA celebrity pipeline, purity politics, Widows Bay Apple TV+, Pride 2026
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