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"People Really Want Relief"-The Reporters' Roundtable Feb 26 Feb 26, 2021

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$15 Minimum Wage Setback. Covid Progress. Airstrikes in Syria. GOP Civil War. Trump CPAC. With Leah Askarinam, Editor of National Journal Hotline, Maya King, Politics Reporter at Politico and Chris Lu, Fmr. Dep. Sec. of Labor and now at The Miller Center at UVA.

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GOP's (Bleak) Future with Charlie Sykes Feb 23, 2021

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Sykes on Rush Limbaugh, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, House Minority Leader McCarthy and the new litmus test for Republican pols: You may never say Trump lost fair and square. Former conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes is one of the original "Never-Trumpers." An MSNBC contributor and columnist he founded the news site, TheBulwark.com.

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"An Immense Disaster."-The Reporters' Roundtable-Feb 19 Feb 19, 2021

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Cruz Cancun Scandal. Biden pushes his $1.9T rescue plan. Trump vs. Mitch. With Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent, New York Magazine, Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital and Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief, The Hill Newspaper.

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Squash The Vote: The GOP Plan to Thwart Democracy. Feb 16, 2021

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Investigative reporter Greg Palast (GregPalast.com) details the hard work that won elections in Georgia for Biden, Warnock and Ossoff. And the GOP plans to keep that from happening again. There and in other parts of the country. Plus new reporting in how the January 6th rally in DC became the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.

The Brennan Center for Justice (BrennanCenter.org) just released a report on unprecedented efforts to restrict voting rights at the state level. From the report: "Thirty-three states have introduced, prefiled, or carried over 165 restrictive bills this year." Eliza Sweren-Becker serves as counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and she breaks down this assault on voting rights.

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"Riveting." The Reporters' Roundtable-Feb 12 Feb 12, 2021

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Impeachment case "will stand for history." Covid vaccine progress, but hurdles remain. Has Trump "already won" the GOP Civil War? With Jennifer Haberkorn, Congressional Reporter at the Los Angeles Times, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor at Politico and Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call.

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"We need $1.9 Trillion"-Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) Feb 09, 2021

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Congressman Ryan has been in The House since 2003. He represents the 17th Congressional District of Ohio which includes the city of Youngstown and areas east of Akron. He chairs the subcommittee investigating the events of January 6th, 2021 and is likely to run for the Senate in 2022.

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"It's Popular."-The Reporters’ Roundtable Feb 5 Feb 05, 2021

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Rescue Plan on its way. MAGA ascendant in GOP. Trump trial next week. With Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter for NBC News, Scott Wong, Senior staff writer for The Hill and Pema Levy, Reporter for Mother Jones.

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The Enemy Within: QAnon. Proud Boys. Oath Keepers. 3%ers. Feb 02, 2021

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The Southern Poverty Law Center this week released their annual Year in Hate and Extremism report. Bill talks to the Center's Chief Investigative Reporter and Spokesperson, Michael Edison Hayden. He paints a scary picture of anti-democratic and racist right wing organizations. And discusses the radicalization of people not part of these organized groups. Oh, and yes, Trump made it worse.

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"A Striking Contrast." The Reporters' Roundtable-Jan 29 Jan 29, 2021

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A return to normalcy. Environmental Justice. 50/50 Senate. Vaccine rollout. Trumpism. With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent at Yahoo News and Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National Journal

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How We Won. w/fmr DNC Chair Tom Perez Jan 26, 2021

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Tom Perez has just finished a very successful 4 years at the Democratic National Committee. He explains how the Party pulled off the trifecta of White House, Senate and House. And what they must do to build on that.

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