The Bill Press Pod

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“He's the Majority Follower, not the Majority Leader. " w/ Rep. Mark Pocan Sep 17, 2019

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Rep. Mark Pocan (D) Wisconsin and Co-Chair of the powerful Congressional Progressive Caucus talks Trump, Guns, Healthcare, Farmers, The Wall, Mitch McConnell, Corruption and Impeachment.

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Direct from Houston: Analysis of The Democratic Debate Sep 13, 2019

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Bill was at the Debate and in the Spin Room gathering reactions from reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Politico, The Huffington Post, plus supporters of Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris and candidates Andrew Yang and Senator Cory Booker. And Bill's own analysis of who got helped and who got hurt.

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Duty to Warn. Mental Health Pros: Trump is Dangerous to America & The World Sep 10, 2019

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Dr. Jerrold Post, M.D., Founder and former Dir. of the CIA’s Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior & Dr. Bandy X. Lee, M.D., Asst. Clinical Prof., Yale Medical School's Law and Psychiatry Division explain why even without an official diagnosis, Trump's abnormal and impaired behavior require them to warn of us the danger Trump poses.

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Go 'Bama...The PodTable for 9/6 Sep 06, 2019

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You're not crazy, It's actually getting more crazy. Bill tackles the week's news with Peter Nicholas White House reporter for The Atlantic, Nikki Schwab, Washington reporter for the NY Post and Chris Lu, former Obama WH Cabinet Secretary. Sharpiegate, Pence lines POTUS's pockets, "Moscow Mitch" hates his new nickname, Trump takes from soldiers to fund his vanity wall and retailers grow a spine on guns.

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Criticism of Israel is Not Antisemitism. w/Americans for Peace Now Sep 03, 2019

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Debra Shushan, descendant of Holocaust survivors, Ori Nir, dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, both of Americans for Peace Now, say Trump's messaging on Israel is aimed at Evangelicals, not Jews. Netanyahu is taking Israel in directions that are destructive. Synagogue shooters have been "encouraged and inspired" by Trump.

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"A long history of lying about phone calls.." The PodTable 8/30 Aug 30, 2019

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Bill reviews Trump's wild week, the 2020 Democratic Primary, GOP primary challengers to Trump plus the Chicken Sandwich Wars, with Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, Addy Baird, Capitol Hill reporter for Buzzfeed News and Jason Joseph Dick, Deputy Editor at Roll Call.

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Anthony Scaramucci: "We're in Dangerous Territory." Aug 27, 2019

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“He's a full-blown demagogue. It's almost as if Roy Cohn had a baby with Joe McCarthy and they made Donald Trump together and he's out there running the country into the ground.”

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Donald Trump: WTF. The PodTable for 8-23 Aug 23, 2019

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The Bill Press Podtable with Jonathan Allen of NBC News, Leah Askarinam of InsideElections.com.We tackle Trump on Greenland, Jewish American loyalties and the 2020 race and the Warren surge.

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Trump is Stephen Miller's "Useful Idiot." Deep Dive on Immigration Aug 18, 2019

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Lying about immigrants helped Trump win. The truth about immigrants with Tom Jawetz, VP for Immigration at The Center for American Progress.

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"Give me your tired, your poor..." Not so fast. The Podtable Aug. 16 Aug 16, 2019

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Recession coming? Israel bars 2 Member of Congress. Will Congress act on guns? New Immigration rules. Warren surging in 2020 primary. With Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Lauren Burke of The Black Press USA and Joe Cirincione of The Ploughshares Fund.

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