Episodes
Donald Trump races to fill out his cabinet and promises to put a Florida man investigated for sex trafficking at the head of the Justice Department. Plus, the president-elect picks a former Democrat friendly to Putin, friendly to Assad, and foe to Hillary Clinton to oversee America’s spies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/14/24
Published 11/14/24
Trump picks a Fox News morning show anchor to run the military. Plus, Trump picks a familiar face to be his man in Tel Aviv whose past comments complicate an already complicated Middle East jigsaw puzzle. Also, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy get Trump’s trust to run a new government agency charged with laying off potentially millions of federal workers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/13/24
Donald Trump is expected to tap Florida’s senior senator to be America’s next top diplomat. The picks are starting to come in for Trump’s transition and Donald Trump is drafting hardliners to run his second term. Plus, Democrats try to trace how they wound up in the political wilderness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/12/24
Donald Trump holds a leader to leader call with Ukraine’s president while passing the phone to Elon Musk. Plus, Nancy Pelosi points the blame at Joe Biden and his stubborn streak for denying Democrats a chance to choose their future. Also, a new column tries to demystify the election and explain the anxiety in the electorate that Democrats missed.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/09/24
The president-elect flips through a rolodex to fill his cabinet and finds his gatekeeper. Plus, the candidate, the campaign, the incumbent, and the manosphere. Democrats grapple with a landslide loss and where to point the finger. Also, Democrats consider if they have a blindspot about who voters are and what they believe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/08/24
The race for the White House and Donald Trump is getting an astounding second act in American politics, raising urgent questions of if its for better or worse. After the paradigm shattering victory, both parties are assessing the historic consequences for the American people and American democracy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/07/24
All across the United States, from Arizona to Pennsylvania, Michigan to Georgia, and battlegrounds in between, the final hours are underway in one of the closest and most consequential presidential races ever. CNN can project Donald Trump will win the states of Montana and Utah. Nevada is too close to call. We dive into key races and the state of the election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/06/24
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris give their closing statements. The Democrat tries to close with a positive message while the Republican mixes a familiar cocktail of anger and grievance. Plus, the candidates chart a course for neutral zone territory. Also, an Election Day warning on far-right plotting to create chaos and confusion as America goes to the ballot box.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/05/24
In the final days before the election, MAGA’s rhetoric, from hateful to violent, has Democrats believing words could tilt the election. Plus, win, lose, or draw, how Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to cry and lie fraud. Also, did Kamala Harris make a mistake by allowing her rival to become the first candidate to visit the nation’s largest Arab American city?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/02/24
Kamala Harris tells voters Donald Trump doesn’t respect women. Plus, the Wall Street Journal says the next president will inherit an economy in the black as The Economist warms Donald Trump will put America back in the red. Also, LeBron James endorses Harris with a video that marries the worst of Trump’s rhetoric with the worst of American hate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/01/24
Kamala Harris says Joe Biden got it wrong as Donald Trump tries to grab hold of a new narrative. Plus, new CNN polls show slim Harris leads in must-win states and a tie in the commonwealth that may tilt the election. Also, Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’ll vote to terminate Donald Trump’s un-American campaign.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/31/24
With one week to go, Kamala Harris delivers a closing message centered on democracy from the very place where Donald Trump inspired an attack that nearly ended the American experiment. Plus, a former rival of Trump rips the Trump campaign’s blatant misogyny. Also, President Biden drops a gaffe from the sidelines to haunt the Harris message.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/30/24
From the Madison Square Garden stage, MAGA mainlines xenophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, and racism at a glitzy spectacle riddled with dark rhetoric. Plus, Jeff Bezos explains why and when his paper decided to get out of the endorsement business and how his decision could buy back trust with the public.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/29/24
Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, and Bruce Springsteen plead to voters to close the door on a second Trump term. Plus, are Donald Trump and Kamala Harris getting graded on two different rubrics? Our panel analyzes the race with 12 days left until Election Day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/25/24
The definition of a fascist. Donald Trump’s former chief of staff goes on the record and on tape to say his former boss cannot win again. Plus, Eminem and Barack Obama tell voters to follow them and get Kamala Harris in the White House. Also, Rudy Giuliani gets hit with an order to turn over his most valuable possessions to Georgia election workers he defamed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/23/24
Kamala Harris tries to keep the “blue wall” blue while Donald Trump turns his swing state focus to North Carolina. Plus, Trump obsesses over the size of something other than the size of his crowd. Also, Republican Liz Cheney gives permission to conservative anti-abortion voters to stray outside of party lines and vote for the Democrat.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/22/24
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris share the swing state spotlight as Harris sharpens her attacks and Trump turns to testosterone. Plus, Barack Obama is on the campaign trail a week after lighting the match on a national conversation about Black men and their votes. Also, Elon Musk offers cash to voters while peddling fiction on the campaign trail.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/19/24
President Trump made an address at the annual Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, a charity event which historically has given presidential candidates a chance to do comedy amidst contentious campaigns. Plus, Kamala Harris said the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar gives Israel and Gaza a fresh chance to end the war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/18/24
Kamala Harris heads to Fox News for a telling sit down. Plus, Donald Trump says he was just repeating what others have told him about Haitian migrants while the nominee dances around a big question on deportations. Also, after an actor publicly criticized Barack Obama’s lecture to Black men, the former president gives him a ring. Hear what happens next.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/17/24
A town hall gives Donald Trump a stage to close the gender gap and he defends naming names on who is an enemy from within. Plus, Kamala Harris highlights contrast after contrast in a new interview meant to win Black men to her side. Also, Trump says to forget the numbers on the economy when confronted with cold, hard math.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/16/24
Donald Trump makes a totalitarian threat to use military force to punish political opponents. Plus, Kamala Harris gambles that a conservative audience wants to hear what she has to say and agrees to her first Fox News interview.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/15/24
Donald Trump confuses Colorado as one of his former generals brands the GOP nominee a fascist to his core. Plus, JD Vance gets multiple chances and dodges the question of who won the 2020 election. Also, does Barack Obama have a point or did he just insult the voters he’s trying to convince to vote for Kamala Harris?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/12/24
Democrats fret political gravity is pulling Kamala Harris back down to earth. Plus, Barack Obama hits the trail and plays the hits as the campaign calendar races towards Election Day. Also, a blunt message from Biden to Trump about life or death lies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/11/24
Hurricane Milton has dropped about 16 inches of rain on St. Petersburg, representing a more than a 1-in-1000 year rainfall for the area. Meanwhile, there are “multiple fatalities” in St. Lucie County, Florida, from a tornado outbreak earlier in the day, CNN affiliate WPTV reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 10/10/24