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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Trump’s White Flag on COVID Oct 26, 2020

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It's the final countdown to election day, just 8 days away, and the Trump administration has signaled that it's done trying to contain the pandemic. The election, the pandemic, and today's Senate vote on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's pick for the Supreme Court.

On Today's Show:
Amber Phillips, reporter for The Washington Post's The Fix, discusses the latest in politics, polls, COVID and SCOTUS, and takes your calls.

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Donna Brazile On Al Gore’s Post-Election Storm And Ours Oct 23, 2020

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Possible parallels between post-election 2020 and the uncertainty caused by Florida's recount in 2000? Plus, how Trump's racism actively hurts people of color.

On Today's Show:
Donna Brazile, Fox New analyst, former Democratic National Committee chair and author of Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House (Hachette, 2017), offers analysis of last night's debate between Pres. Trump and his Democratic challenger, former vice president Joe Biden. Plus her lessons from the contested 2000 election.

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Sen. Murphy On Ideas To Expand The Supreme Court Oct 22, 2020

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Democrats boycotted a Senate Judiciary Committee vote to move Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS nomination for a full floor vote. So how are Democrats thinking about the future of the court?

On Today's Show:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D CT), member of the Foreign Relations committee and author of the forthcoming The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy (Random House, 2020), talks about the latest federal response to the public health and economic crisis, plus election security and the status of the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination.

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New Debate Rules, Old Republican Divides Oct 20, 2020

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New rules mean that at Thursday's presidential debate, there won't be as much interrupting as the first one. So what should we expect?

On Today's Show:
Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker, CNN global affairs analyst and co-author, with Peter Baker, of The Man Who Ran Washington: the Life and Times of Jim Baker III (Doubleday, 2020), talks about the latest national political news.

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Trump Goes Negative On Affirmative Action Oct 19, 2020

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Trump's Justice Department is fighting in court to end affirmative action in college admissions. So what's behind the argument that this policy meant to address racial bias is, in fact, racist?

On Today's Show:
Erwin Chemerinsky, professor and dean of Berkeley Law, and the author of several books, including We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century (Picador Macmillan, 2018) and Jami Floyd, senior editor for race & justice at WNYC, talk about affirmative action as an issue in the presidential race - where Joe Biden stands on it as the Trump administration sues Yale over its use of race in admissions. Plus, Chemerinsky weighs in on affirmative action in his state, California, where it is currently banned but is on the ballot for voters this year as Prop 16 asks whether it should be allowed again.

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Whose 'Law And Order' Is It Anyway? Oct 16, 2020

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The two candidates have different ideas of what law and order means. In terms of handling protests, police reform, white supremacy & white collar crime, where do Trump and Biden stand?

On Today's Show:
Inimai Chettiar, federal legislative and policy director for the Justice Action Network, and Jeffrey Butts, professor and director of the Research and Evaluation Center at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, discuss the Trump administration's "law and order" policies and rhetoric as they relate to the 2020 presidential election.

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How To Tell Voter Suppression From Standard Election Chaos Oct 15, 2020

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It's a pretty atypical election year, which means that things won't look like they usually do when you cast your ballot. But how can we spot voter suppression this pandemic election?

On Today's Show:
With voting underway around the country, Franita Tolson, law professor at USC specializing in election law, talks about some of the early challenges, from long lines to too few or unauthorized drop-boxes.

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Meet Amy Coney Barrett, And Her Senate Questioners Oct 14, 2020

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With Election Day less than a month away, the Senate began hearings into Trump's nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. On the line: Roe v. Wade, LGBTQ+ rights, the Affordable Care Act, and more.

On Today's Show:
Amanda Becker, Washington correspondent for The 19th, talks about the latest national political news, as Washington's eyes are trained on the Amy Coney Barrett hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Defund, Divest, Abolish, Reform: Untangling The Many Ways to Fix Policing Oct 13, 2020

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There's no shortage of voices clamoring to be heard on the issue of policing. So what needs to be done? How much reform is the right amount?

On Today's Show:
Paul Butler, professor at Georgetown Law and the author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men (The New Press, 2017), and Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, talk about how the candidates are addressing movements to defund, reform or support the police - and where their policies fall along that spectrum.

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How To Honor Indigenous Peoples Day and Italian Heritage Too Oct 12, 2020

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In a pluralistic society, can we honor people from our history who some consider a hero, and others consider a genocidal monster?

On Today's Show:
The Mellon Foundation plans to re-imagine monuments over the next five years, to highlight underrepresented groups or stories and re-think current monuments and memorials. On the day many now celebrate as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Elizabeth Alexander — poet, educator, memoirist, scholar and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — talks about the group's plans and what they hope to achieve.

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