The Bill Press Pod

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"Where the Hell is He?" The Reporters' Roundtable-Dec 18th Dec 18, 2020

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Mitch concedes on Biden/Harris. Trump MIA on Covid. Biden's groundbreaking Cabinet. Tucker's a doctor hypocrite and a danger to public health. Georgia runoff. With Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent, New York Magazine, Addy Baird, Politics and Government Reporter, BuzzFeed News and Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief, National Journal.

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Can Education Recover From Covid? Dec 15, 2020

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Randi Weingarten is the President of the 1.7 million member American Federation of Teachers. She is in a unique position to know what happened to our schools during the pandemic and what needs to be done to recover from the "lost school year." Which isn't even over, now. She has a few choice words for Trump and Trump's Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos.

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"On a Knife's Edge"-The Roundtable-Dec 11th Dec 11, 2020

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Trump's BS Lawsuit. Biden's Exec Order Plans. GOP's Future. With Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal and Political Analyst at CNN, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and David Jackson White House Correspondent for USA TODAY.

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"We Are Barely One Country"- With CNN's Ron Brownstein Dec 08, 2020

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One of the top political writers, Brownstein is a senior editor at The Atlantic & a senior political analyst for CNN. He and Bill worry about the future of both parties as the Red-Blue divide gets deeper. And Trumpism is not going away.

Ron's CNN work can be found here. His work for The Atlantic here.

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"How Does This All End?"-The Reporter's Roundtable-Dec 4 Dec 04, 2020

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100 days of masks? New stimulus bill? Trump losing and losing it. With Sudeep Reddy, Managing editor, Politico, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for HuffPost and Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent, Yahoo News

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Prosecute Trump! with Rep. Pascrell Dec 01, 2020

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Veteran Congressman Bill Pascrell a Democrat from New Jersey, calls for Trump and his enablers, like Mitch McConnell, to be prosecuted after Jan 20. He's also trying to get Rudolph Giuliani disbarred in six states for his frivolous lawsuits on behalf of Trump's fantasies about the election.

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Biden's Economic Policy Advisor: Jared Bernstein Nov 27, 2020

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Jared Bernstein was Vice President Biden's chief economic advisor in the Obama White House. In June of 2019, Bill talked to him about the scourge of income inequality. Great discussion but also a window in the thinking of a man about to become a key member of a President Biden's economic team in his White House.

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The Man Who Ran Washington Nov 24, 2020

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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker(no relation), Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and his wife, Susan Glasser, Staff Writer for The New Yorker. Bill says its among the best political biographies he has ever read. And he's read a lot. Baker, Glasser and Bill explore a time in DC when things got done before Newt Gingrich tore it all down. Baker worked for presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush and Bush. But not Trump. Glasser and Baker give their deeply reported assessments of Trump right now,

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"It's Treasonous." The Reporters' Roundtable-Nov 20 Nov 20, 2020

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Rudy melting. Trump subverting. GOP cowarding. Biden transitioning. With Pema Levy, Reporter at Mother Jones, Addy Baird Politics & Government Reporter for BuzzFeed News and Igor Bobic, Politics Reporter at Huff Post

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Georgia...On Everyone's Mind. Nov 17, 2020

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All eyes on Georgia: Biden's upset victory. Two Senate run-offs that will determine control of the Senate or any chance for a transformative Biden presidency. Bill talks to Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson who represents the Atlanta suburbs, about how Biden won and whether the Democratic Senate candidates can win. He's cautiously upbeat.

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