Full Show 5/7/2026: Newell on the Flood Authority, "This is not how a forward-leaning organization governs itself"

On today's show, Newell addresses the recent legislative hearings regarding the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, revealing that the New Orleans levee police chief, Joshua Rondeno, had drafted his own contract without consultation from the agency's board or attorney. Then, Newell has on Laura D’Agostino, Attorney in the Equality & Opportunity Practice Group, Pacific Legal Foundation, to talk about a major discrimination case out of Seattle — the Ninth Circuit hearing arguments after a city employee claimed diversity training crossed the line, including allegations that “white supremacy” language and comments about “a cis white male” created a hostile work environment. Disease ecologist & epidemiologist at Tulane University Lina Moses to talk about how a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship happened and if it could happen with one of the cruise ships that dock in NOLA, John Berlau, CEI Director of Financial Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, explains why mergers are always better than bankruptcies and bailouts, and Colonel Jeff McCausland, CBS military analyst, to discuss the latest on the tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.