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"Midnight in Washington" with Adam Schiff Oct 26, 2021

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California Congressman Adam Schiff was the Lead Impeachment Manager in Trump's first impeachment trial and is on the Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection His new book, Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost our Democracy and Still Could, starts with the January 6th insurrection but is more focused on the Republican lawmakers and Administration officials who failed to stand up to Trump.

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"There Are Not the Votes." The Reporters' Roundtable Oct 22 Oct 22, 2021

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Bannon in Contempt of Congress. Biden Reveals Cuts to Build Back Better. Still No Voting Rights Legislation. Supply Chain Problems. Trump's "Truth." With Seung Min Kim, White House Reporter for The Washington Post, Jeff Dufour, Editor in chief at National Journal and Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer at The Hill.

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"Republicans...Should Vote for Democrats." with Republican Christine Todd Whitman Oct 19, 2021

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Christine Todd Whitman was the Republican Governor of New Jersey. And Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for President George W. Bush. Now she is trying to save the Republican Party from within. In a New York Times Op-ed, she advocates Republicans voting for centrist Democrats and Democrats voting for centrist Republicans. You can find our more about her organization here: RenewAmericaMovement.com.

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"Mired in Trump Muck." The Reporters' Roundtable- Oct 15 Oct 15, 2021

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Trump vs. GOP. Bannon to Jail? Virginia Governors Race. Legislating the Curriculum. Gloom for Dems? With Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor at Politico, Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent at 19th News and Philip Bump, National Correspondent for The Washington Post.

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The Supreme Court Term with NBC News' Pete Williams Oct 12, 2021

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Abortion. Guns. Church vs. State. This is likely to be a Supreme Court term for the ages. With three Trump-appointed Justices. Pete Williams has been covering the Court and the Justice Department for NBC News for over 28 years. He breaks down the cases, the Justices and the politics of the Court.

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What Divides the Democrats. The Reporters' Roundtable Oct 8 Oct 08, 2021

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Senate Coup Report. Trump Running? Biden Approval Tanks. Democrats Must Compromise. Facebook Under Fire. With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at the Wall Street Journal and Political analyst for CNN, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY and Jennifer Haberkorn, Congressional Reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

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Patriotic Philanthropy with Billionaire and Public Citizen David Rubenstein Oct 05, 2021

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Young David Rubenstein was an Democratic aide in the Senate and in Carter's White House. After that he started a hugely successful private equity firm. Now he is a major philanthropist with a special emphasis on public good in Washington DC. His third book is The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream. He's one of the rare liberal billionaires.

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"A Week of Tumult." The Reporters' Roundtable Sept 30 Sep 30, 2021

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Two Big Bills in Doubt. GOP Playing Politics with the Debt Ceiling. General Milley Fights Back and a new Tell-all Trump Book. With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, Niall Stanage, White House Columnist at The Hill, Igor Bobic, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost and Lauren Egan, White House Reporter at NBC News.

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Our Democracy in Peril-Part 3 "DEFCON 5." Sep 28, 2021

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Voter suppression is serious but one of the leading election law experts in the country says "Election Subversion" is the greater threat to American Democracy. In this episode, he explains what it is and why it's a "DEFCON 5" level emergency. Rick Hasen is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and was a CNN Election Law Analyst in 2020. He runs the Election Law Blog.

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"This Singular Moment." The Reporters' Roundtable Sep 24 Sep 24, 2021

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Government Shutdown. Debt Ceiling. Bi-partisan Infrastructure. Biden's Whole Agenda. All at stake in Congress next week. With Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call, Maya King, National Political Reporter at Politico, Sarah Wire, Congressional Reporter at the Los Angeles Times, and Alex Roarty, White House Correspondent at McClatchey News.

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