The Bill Press Pod

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"Hopeful But Realistic." The Roundtable Jan-22 Jan 22, 2021

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Great Inauguration, Biden acts fast, Impeachment looms, chance for bi-partisanship? With Chris Lu, Fmr Top Obama WH Aide, Eliza Collins, Politics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal and David Jackson WH Correspondent for USA Today.

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Biden's First 100 Days Jan 19, 2021

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Just what can a President Biden do in his first 100 days? On day one? Bill talks to two Politico Reporters who have been covering the transition: Alice Miranda Ollstein and Caitlin Emma. Politico's special project to cover the incoming administration has more and can be found here: Politico.com/Joe-Biden-first-100-days-presidency

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Capitol Chaos-The Reporters' Roundtable Jan 15 Jan 15, 2021

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Insurrection, Impeachment and Inauguration, with Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor of Politico, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and Lauren Burke, Host of the BurkeFILE Podcast.

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Accountability. w/Reps. Cicilline and Dingell Jan 12, 2021

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Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI is one of the three drafters of The Articles of Impeachment. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) has lived in what she calls Trump's "Hate Tunnel" for over 2 years. They give Bill the inside info on the 25th Amendment and the all but certain second impeachment of Donald Trump.

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"A Moment of Reckoning." -The Roundtable-Jan 8 Jan 08, 2021

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Trump's violent mob mortally wounds Trump. Dems take the Senate. With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, Leah Askarinam, Editor, National Journal Hotline, Maya King, Politics, Race, Campaigns Reporter at Politico and Igor Bobic, Politics Reporter at HuffPost.

You can see Igor's video here. You can read Ginger's first-person account here.

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Right Wing Media After Trump Jan 05, 2021

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With Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America. He watches Fox, so you don't have to. And OAN and Newsmax. He knows right wing media. What he says should scare you. He's the guy who ties Trump's tweets to what Trump saw on Fox. You can follow him on Twitter @MattGertz.

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Madeleine Albright: Worried Optimist Jan 01, 2021

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks to Bill about the state of foreign relations today, what to expect from President-elect Joe Biden and her recent book, "Hell and Other Destinations."

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Ina Garten: Modern Comfort Food. Dec 29, 2020

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Ina Garten superfan Bill takes a needed step away from politics (for all of us!) to indulge his love of cooking and The Barefoot Contessa. They discuss her life in the kitchen, in The Office of Management and Budget (OMB, yes,really) and her new cookbook, Modern Comfort Food.

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Susan Rice: In the Biden White House Dec 25, 2020

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Susan Rice will be the Director of The Domestic Affairs Council in the Biden-Harris Administration. Bill talked to her about how her experiences in the Clinton and Obama Administrations shaped her views of public service, experiences that will no doubt influence how she approaches her new, high-level job. They discuss her book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For.

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Punish Trump's Enablers! Dec 22, 2020

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We should not let Trump's election lawyers, the Republican Attorneys General or the Congressmen who joined their now dismissed Supreme Court case off the hook. There must be a cost or the GOP can continue to assault our democracy. Today Bill talks with Scott Harshbarger co-founder of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, former National President of Common Cause and two-time Attorney General of Massachusetts who lays out what should happen to the lawyers and AG's filing those frivolous lawsuits. His op ed in The Boston Globe here.

Also joining the conversation is Les Francis, former Chief of Staff for Congressman Norman Mineta and Deputy White House Chief of Staff for President Jimmy Carter. He is focused on the GOP Congressmen who claimed the elections in their states were rigged but want Congress to accept THEIR own elections as fair. Nope. Read his piece for Real Clear Politics here.

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