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The Blue Wave Rolls On Aug 08, 2018

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Republicans should be scared out of their minds. The race is still too close to call in Ohio's 12th District. While the GOP MIGHT hold on to that seat, every Republican around the country should be terrified. This should have been a layup for the GOP and they've spent countless hours and resources just to hold on to the seat. What does that mean for other Republicans? It's not good news.

We talk to Nahal Toosi from Politico, Eugene Scott from Washington Post and Kevin Robillard from HuffPost.

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Paul Manafort Gets Thrown Under the Bus Aug 07, 2018

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The trial of Paul Manafort continues. On Monday, Rick Gates testified against Manafort and admitted to committing crimes with and against Manafort. The case is a must-win for Robert Mueller and it looks like his case is very strong. But remember.... Paul Manafort, the man who ran the Trump campaign, has NOTHING to do with Trump (wink wink)

Big election night tonight. Can Democrats stun the GOP again?

We talk to Rebekah Entralgo from Thinkprogress, Steven Shepard from Politico and Justin Sink from Bloomberg.

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Donald Trump Can't Help Himself. He Continues to Give Mueller a Reason to Investigate Him Aug 06, 2018

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A couple of weird twitter rants from Donald Trump this weekend. He appears to have ADMITTED to colluding with the Russians. He says it was to get opposition research on Hillary Clinton and there's nothing illegal about that. WRONG. You cannot work with another government to sway an American election. He's admitted it! And the Republicans will let him get away with it.

We talk to Larry Cohen from Our Revolution, Igor Volsky from GunsDown and Jen Bendery from HuffPost.

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BONUS: Comedian Lewis Black Aug 04, 2018

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Being funny in the age of Trump is not an easy business. Comedian Lewis Black has raged against politicians on both sides of the aisle for a long time. Producer Peter Ogburn sits down to find out how he can find humor in these dark times.

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The Trump Administration Amps Up The War on Media Aug 03, 2018

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After a series of disturbing events against the media, Donald Trump called the free press the "enemy of the people." When Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about those comments, she did not walk back his attack. What does this mean for the American press moving forward? Guest host Peter Ogburn talks about how bad it could get.

We talk to Sara Fischer from Axios, Addy Baird from Thinkprogress and Matt Fuller from HuffPost.

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Donald Trump Has Already Committed Obstruction of Justice. It's Right In Front of Us. Aug 02, 2018

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Donald Trump went on a tweet tirade on Wednesday morning. He demanded that Jeff Sessions end the Russian investigation, which comes close to, if not crosses the line, of obstruction of justice. Don't worry - Republicans will do NOTHING about it.

Midterms are heating up! We talk some polls and races around the country and also how these new candidates are learning how to run their campaigns.

Kelly Dietrich, founder of the National Democratic Training Committee, Leah Askarinam from Inside Elections and Senior Political Correspondent for Talking Points Memo, Cameron Joseph are all in studio!

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Donald Trump Has Never Shopped For His Own Groceries Aug 01, 2018

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Donald Trump went down to Florida to campaign for Ron DeSantis. In typical fashion, he spent the entire rally rambling about the media, the war on Christmas and said that you have to show an ID to buy a carton of milk. Has he ever shopped for groceries ever? It's clear that he hasn't.

Amazingly, the Trump administration thinks that the richest of the rich need another tax cut. Andrew Schwartz, policy analyst of Economic Policy for the Center for American Progress join us to discuss.

Will Democrats abolish ICE? Alan Pyke from ThinkProgress has some horrible stories about ICE's recent actions.

And Andrew Prokop from Vox gives us an update on Day One from the Paul Manafort trial.

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Trump and Rudy Keep Moving the Goalposts Jul 31, 2018

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First, they said there were no meetings. Then, they said there was no collusion. NOW, they're saying that collusion isn't a crime! They keep changing their narrative of what Trump did and how much trouble he could be in! Now, they're in cleanup mode and embarrassing themselves (again).

Plus, Trump doubles down on a government shutdown just weeks before the midterm elections. No one wants it, but Trump doesn't care.

We talk to CQ Roll Call's John Bennett, Alex Seitz-Wald from NBC News and Zack Beauchamp from Vox.

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Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Economy? Jul 30, 2018

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Donald Trump took a victory lap about good GDP numbers. Does he deserve the credit for that? We look at the numbers and what they mean.

Also, it's Rudy vs Michael Cohen. Both are bad guys, but Cohen could be the key to taking down Trump.

We talk to Stan Collender from TheBudgetGuy.Blog, Anisha Singh from Center for American Progress and Emily Stewart from Vox.

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BONUS: With Midterms Approaching, Democrats Have a New Tool to Crush Them Jul 28, 2018

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CRUSH THE MIDTERMS! That's what progressives hope to do in a few months. If you want to get involved and aren't sure how, CrushTheMidterms.org is a great new way to find resources and outlets where you can devote time/money to help Dems win back the House and Senate. Marisa Kabas is with Crush The Midterms and she tells us all about this exciting new tool!

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