This is the June 5, 2026, edition of “The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe” newsletter. Subscribe hereto get it delivered straight to your inbox every Monday through Friday.
Somewhere in Paris, a tennis player ranked 114th in the world is warming up for the final of a Grand Slam she could barely afford to enter. Tonight, the Knicks head into Game 2 of the NBA Finals — their first in 27 years. And in Austin, the city kicks off its World Cup summer with an international friendly between Saudi Arabia and Puerto Rico.
Between games, here’s what else is happening this weekend:
Washington, D.C., kicks off Pride Month in style: the Capital Pride Alliance’s opening weekend is on, with the Audacity Brunch, a Silver Soiree, and a full month ahead. Dress accordingly.
Down in Miami, the annual World Ocean Celebration wraps with a beach cleanup and activation along the city’s waterways. Get some sun. Do some good.
Out west, the Little Literary Fair — the LITLIT, to the locals — is gathering indie publishers up and down the coast for a free weekend of workshops, programming, and the kind of books no algorithm surfaces.
And in Chicago, the world’s largest blues festival takes over Millennium Park for three days — and the incomparable one-man show Gerry Hundt is on every single one of them. Can’t make it in person? Catch it on the radio. Some things were made for analog.
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Please explain, as just a simple country lawyer (LOL) how the Supreme Court can uphold Alabama’s redistricting, which was pushed through, but overturned Virginia’s, which was voted on by the electorate.
—Anonymous
I have long had confidence that even a conservative Supreme Court could do their job and uphold the promise of equal justice under the law. And while the court was uncompromising and strong during Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the election in 2020, many of their rulings over the past year have been ideologically driven and intellectually dishonest.
In no area has their work been more disappointing than the line of cases involving redistricting. The only thing consistent about their approach is that it always slants toward helping Trump and Republican candidates.
There’s a good reason that America’s confidence in the court has reached an all time low.
When you were a teenager – let’s say 15 – what did you want your life to look like by now? What was the plan? What were you considered “most likely to …” in yearbooks?
—Tish D., New York, NY
My goal growing up was to write music and play in a band. I did that while I was in high school, college, law school, Congress, as a lawyer, and as a TV host.
Professionally, one of the few regrets I have is that I didn’t take a few years off, throw equipment in the back of a station wagon, and give a full-time career in music a go.
That said, I’ve been blessed to be able to do the things I have done and have a piano and guitar to play at the end of the day. Politicians, preachers, and some people may let you down, but I’ve found throughout my life that music never does. It’s always there to inspire.
LETTERS FROM OUR READERS
With our four daughters, we traveled far and wide, and what the girls still talk about are the jokes they share or made up, and they still laugh really hard in the retelling, which often is different each time!! It’s well over 50 years that those adventures happened, but still fun. Thanks for the reminder!!! Xxxx 
— Iris N., Beachwood, OH.
I think it is horrifying that no one around Trump reminds him of the job he holds presently. His postings are a constant display of his aptitude to be the leader of the free world.
— Cindi G., Watertown, Mass.
To Mika: I just want to thank you profoundly for your compelling defense of the immigrants in the USA being persecuted by the Trump administration. I have listened before, but your courageous and compassionate words on today’s show broke my heart! You convey the injustice better than anyone. I hope the powerful are listening.
—Anonymous
Long a fan and admirer of your work and your team’s. I was going to ask you why immigrants need to stay so long in these detention centers, but then I realized the answer is as old as time: profit. Private prison corporations benefit from each and every detainee. The longer they are held, the more these companies earn. Allowing men, women, and children to live in squalid conditions on American soil is a shameful disgrace and one of the worst failures of this administration. With hopes for a better, if not a more caring future, a dedicated listener and reader. Thank you.
— Gayle E., Laguna, Calif.
ONE MORE SHOT
A U.S. flag and a sign sit on a barrier outside the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 4, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka today said Newark Police would scale back their operation.
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