It’s All Political

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Fifth & Mission Live: Primaries 2020 Feb 06, 2020

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In this episode of the Chronicle's flagship news podcast, Fifth & Mission, Editor in Chief Audrey Cooper, politics writer Joe Garofoli and columnists Heather Knight and Phil Matier talk about Iowa, the upcoming primaries, and local politics at a Chronicle Talks event at Manny's in San Francisco.

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Can Trump Win Again In Battleground States? Feb 04, 2020

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Justin Myers, CEO of For the Future, a progressive, labor-funded super PAC that’s planning to spend $80 million in seven battleground states, talks about lessons from 2016, how impeachment will affect the race and what Midwestern voters really care about.

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The Most Political Super Bowl Ever Jan 29, 2020

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Howard Bryant of ESPN and NPR, author of “Full Dissidence,” talks about how the NFL is duplicitous around police misconduct protests, and the impact of its embrace of the military and law enforcement. | Get unlimited Chronicle access.

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Bill Weld: The GOP Alternative to Trump Jan 21, 2020

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The former Massachusetts governor tells Joe Garofoli he thinks the president should be impeached and will likely vote for a Democrat if he doesn’t win the nomination. Yet he still thinks he has a path to victory.

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Mike Bloomberg on Apologies, Facebook and Biden Jan 18, 2020

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At a campaign stop in Oakland, the former New York City mayor talks to Joe Garofoli about stop-and-frisk, how Facebook should be regulated and why he is a better candidate than Joe Biden.

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Orange County: Still a Political Hotbed Jan 17, 2020

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Democrats shocked the world in 2018 when they flipped four seats in the GOP stronghold as they retook Congress. Can they hold those seats? The chair of the OC Democratic Party, Ada Briceño, tells Joe Garofoli how they'll try.

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Diving Into the Mind of Jerry Brown Jan 13, 2020

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Jerry Brown is a California original, and the KQED's The Political Mind of Jerry Brown captures the state’s only four-term governor in all his glory — and in some of his defeats. KQED’s Scott Shafer and Guy Marzorati join Joe Garofoli to talk about it.

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Can Barbara Lee Stop the War in Iran? Jan 09, 2020

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The Oakland congresswoman talks about what Congress can do to prevent President Trump from going to war with Iran.

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Could This Democrat Win Texas? Dec 30, 2019

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Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez is running for John Cornyn’s Senate seat in Texas. Beto O’Rourke didn’t want to do it. Julian Castro didn’t want to do it. Why does Ramirez stand a better chance? And could any Democrat win statewide in Texas?

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How Trump’s Inner Circle Profited From the Housing Crisis Dec 23, 2019

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Award-winning journalist Aaron Glantz talks about his new book, “Housewreckers,” which explains how Wall Street titans, including President Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, profited off those who lost their homes.

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