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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Legal Analysis of the Columbia Protester Deportation Case Mar 12, 2025

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detailed Mahmoud Khalil—a legal permanent resident with a green card and prominent student-activist-turned-negotiator in pro-Palestine demonstrations at Colombia University.

On Today's Show:
Peter Markowitz, professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the founding faculty member and co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, offers legal analysis of the detention.

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Hiding Climate and Other Pollution Data Mar 11, 2025

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President Trump's U.S. Department of Agriculture has purged the agency's website of information related to climate change, extreme weather resilience and sustainable farming practices.

On Today's Show:
Emily Atkin, editor-in-chief of the HEATED newsletter, unpacks the story.

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NPR’s Stephen Fowler Compares DOGE Claims to Actual Receipts Mar 10, 2025

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Elon Musk and DOGE are slashing the size of the federal workforce in what they say will bring big savings to taxpayers.

On Today's Show:
Stephen Fowler, political reporter with NPR's Washington desk, reports on the typos, exaggerations and shoddy math in DOGE's receipts.

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Giridharadas vs. Carville on How Dems Should Respond to Trump Mar 07, 2025

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After 6 weeks of the new Trump administration, different parts of the political left are calling for different postures in opposing it.

On Today's Show:
Anand Giridharadas, journalist, publisher of the newsletter The.Ink, analyst for MSNBC, and the author of The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy (Knopf, 2022), shares his thoughts on the state of American democracy and what protest actions can be taken by those opposed to President Trump's current policies.

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Did Elissa Slotkin Show Other Democrats How To Respond To Trump Last Night? Mar 05, 2025

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After President Donald Trump delivered his address to joint session of Congress, we explore how the Democratic senator from Michigan responded.

On Today's Show:
Kadia Goba, congressional reporter for Semafor, provides her analysis from the chamber, and her reporting on how Democrats have responded to Trump's speech

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Yes RFK Did Just Say The Measles Vaccine Will Protect Your Kids Mar 04, 2025

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With RFK Jr. at the helm of the nation's health policies, we hear some public health analysis on his recent official actions from an expert on infectious diseases.

On Today's Show:
Jessica Malaty Rivera, epidemiologist, science communicator and PhD student at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, talks about the government's response to the ongoing measles outbreaks, why an FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting on planning next year's flu shot was cancelled and what it could mean for next year's flu season.

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Why AP Won't Call It "The Gulf Of America", and Are We “On The Side Of The Bad Guys Now?" Mar 03, 2025

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President Trump is being choosy about which reporters are allowed to cover him as part of the White House press pool.

On Today's Show:
Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about the latest national political news, including the White House's relationship with the media, and the tense negotiations last week with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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Will Boycotts On The Left Move The Needle On The Right? Mar 03, 2025

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People opposed to the Trump administration have organized an economic boycott to demonstrate their opposition.

On Today's Show:
John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and the author of, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism (Crown, 2023), talks about today's planned protest boycotts and other responses by those opposed to the early Trump administration actions.

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The Opinions Jeff Bezos Won’t Publish Anymore Feb 27, 2025

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Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, recently announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section, saying that it would now advocate for “personal liberties and free markets."

On Today's Show:
Paul Farhi, former reporter at The Washington Post, where he reported on the news media for 13 years, explains what the new directive means and walks through the history of opinion editorials and their purpose.

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The House Budget Framework and Your Medicaid Benefits Feb 26, 2025

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What does US economic policy look like at the intersection of Trump's legislative agenda, his tax policy and the budget put forward by congressional Republicans?

On Today's Show:
Jacob Bogage, Congressional economics correspondent at The Washington Post, and Joseph Rosenberg, senior fellow at the Urban Institute / Tax Policy Center, offer their policy analysis of the current US government.

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