Dana Milbank is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. Bill describes his work: "A combination of insight with disbelief, outrage and biting humor." Meet the man behind the columns and experience even more of his outrage and humor. You can read his columns here. Today Bill spotlights the ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union is "the preeminent Civil Rights organization in this country." He's a member and you should be, too. More information at ACLU.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art...
Aug 03, 2021•34 min•Ep. 235
Mask/Jab Mandates. Infrastructure Moving. January 6th Testimony. Pelosi Crushes McCarthy. With Eliza Collins, Politics Reporter on the Hill for The Wall Street Journal, Igor Bobic, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost and Hunter Walker, Reporter, TheUprising.info. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers, getting ready to go back to the classroom this fall. More information at AFT.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...
Jul 30, 2021•44 min•Ep. 234
Joining anti-Trump/anti-Authoritarian Lincoln Project is Joe Trippi, a longtime Democratic campaign manager who ran the progressive Howard Dean presidential campaign in 2004 and the historic Doug Jones Senate campaign to defeat Roy Moore in 2017. He's seen it all. Joe is the host of That Trippi Show . Today, Bill points to his support of The Lincoln Project. As Joe Trippi says, it's part of a potential "Pro-Democracy Coalition." More information at LincolnProject.US . See Privacy Policy at https...
Jul 27, 2021•36 min•Ep. 233
Voting Rights. The January 6th Select Committee. Infrastructure Summer. Covid Comeback. With Jason Dick, Deputy Editor for CQ-Roll Call, Host of the Political Theater podcast, Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent for 19thNews, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Abby Livingston, DC Bureau Chief for the Texas Tribune. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers' International Union of North America. It's members ready to get to work on America's infrastructure. More inform...
Jul 23, 2021•40 min•Ep. 232
Bill talks with one of the most astute political scientists and commentators in the business, Larry Sabato, the founder and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. He’s the author of the Crystal Ball newsletter which is free and you can sign up here . Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Staffing our essential food stores, pharmacies, food plants and the Cannabis industry. More information at UFCW.org See Privacy Policy a...
Jul 20, 2021•31 min•Ep. 231
Child Tax Credit . Biden on Voting Rights. $3.5 Trillion Democratic Budget. McCarthy, Trump and 2022. Trump Books and his January 6th Delusions. Covid Still Dangerous. With Seung Min Kim, White House Reporter for The Washington Post and CNN Analyst, Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National Journal and Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at The Wall Street Journal & Political Analyst for CNN. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More informatio...
Jul 16, 2021•51 min•Ep. 230
Bill takes a trip around the world's hot spots with one of the most experienced and thoughtful progressive foreign policy analysts, Joe Cirincione. Cirincione is the former long-time president of The Ploughshares Fund, a world leader on fighting nuclear proliferation and encouraging nuclear disarmament. Cirincione is now a foreign affairs advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders and a Distinguished Fellow as the Quincy Institute. This week Bill urges our listeners to get more information about the work...
Jul 13, 2021•43 min•Ep. 229
Afghanistan Pull-out. Voting Rights Angst. GOP Chaos Plan. Harris Office Turmoil? January 6th Select Committee. Democratic Moderates in Control. GOP Still Focused on The Big Lie. With Sudeep Reddy Managing Editor at Politico, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY and Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.org . See Privacy Policy at https://a...
Jul 09, 2021•40 min•Ep. 228
Adam Serwer, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, is the author of the new book, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America. You can buy it here . Ta-Nehisi Coates said about Serwer, “No writer better demonstrates how American dreams are so often sabotaged by American history.” On today’s Bill Press Pod, Bill highlights the Sunrise Movement, a leading force fighting climate change. It is a youth oriented movement that also aims to create millions of jobs worldwide implem...
Jul 06, 2021•32 min•Ep. 227
George Packer is one of the most insightful thinkers on American Culture and Politics. His new book is Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal . You can buy it here . A long time writer at The New Yorker and now for The Atlantic, his previous books include a biography of Richard Holbrooke and The Assassins'' Gate: America in Iraq. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers' International Union of North America. It's members ready to get to work on America's infrastructure. More in...
Jul 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 226
Former Wall Street Journal Reporter Neil King spent 26 days walking from Washington DC to New York City. And, oh, the people he met along the way, the places he saw and the meaning he found. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. America's largest union with members with jobs from A-Z. From Airline Pilots to Zookeepers. And of course, Truckers. More information at Teamster.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...
Jun 29, 2021•35 min•Ep. 224
Surfside Collapse. Infrastructure Deal. Voting Rights. Critical Race Theory. Jan 6 Select Committee. Rudy Suspended. Harris to the Border. Free Britney. With Maya King, covering national politics for Politico, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call, Host of Political Theater podcast and Kris Van Cleave, Congressional Correspondent for CBS News. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the backbone of our service workers. More information at UFCW.org...
Jun 25, 2021•46 min•Ep. 223
This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism is Don Lemon's new book that tries answer this urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes? You can buy it here . One way to end racism is to guarantee the right to vote for ALL citizens. And leading the fight is Stacy Abrams and her organization Fair Fight. Please support it and get involved. The future of American Democracy depends on it. More information at FairFight.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...
Jun 22, 2021•43 min•Ep. 222
Putin Summit. Biden Temper. Tension on the Hill. Juneteenth National Holliday. Tucker Carlson False False Flag. Supreme Court. Critical Race Theory. With Pema Levy, Reporter at Mother Jones, Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National Journal and Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter for NBC News. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Ironworkers Union. More information at Ironworkers.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...
Jun 17, 2021•49 min•Ep. 221
Brian Stelter is the host of CNN's Reliable Sources and author of the New York Times Bestseller, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth. It's now out in paperback with tons if additional reporting about Fox on election night, the Big Lie and the January 6th Insurrection. What he tells Bill about Fox, the Murdochs, Tucker Carlson and the GOP should scare you. You can order the book here . Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The SMART Union, the International Associ...
Jun 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 220
Infrastructure. Filibuster. Manchin. Biden/Europe/Putin. Harris Unforced Error. Trump. With Hunter Walker, Reporter, TheUprising.info , Jennifer Haberkorn, Congressional Reporter for the LA Times and Sudeep Reddy Managing Editor at Politico. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the American Federation of Teachers, 1.7 million strong. More information at AFT.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jun 11, 2021•47 min•Ep. 219
Charlie Sykes has a lot to say about today's GOP. None of it good. And he's right. Sykes, a former conservative talk radio host, is an MSNBC contributor and columnist. He founded the news site, TheBulwark.com . Bill highly recommends it. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, North America's largest and most diverse union. More information at Teamster.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...
Jun 08, 2021•36 min•Ep. 218
Filibuster. Infrastructure. Trump Rallies. Gen. Flynn Promotes Coup. Harris Assigned Voting Rights. Biden in Tulsa. UFO’s. With Addy Baird, Politics Reporter for BuzzFeed News, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor CQ Roll Call and Jamal Simmons, CBS News Contributor Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The Laborers' International Union of North America, whose members are eager to get started on infrastructure. More information at LIUNA.ORG . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Jun 04, 2021•44 min•Ep. 217
George Packer is multiple best-selling author and a highly respected observer of the political and cultural life of the United States. He is a leading writer for the Atlantic after many distinguished years at The New Yorker. His latest book is Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal. You can purchase it here . Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers' International Union of North America. Ready to rebuild America's infrastructure. More information at LIUNA.org . See Privacy Poli...
Jun 04, 2021•36 min•Ep. 225
Want to know what really went on behind the scenes during the 2020 campaigns to take down Trump? Edward-Isaac Dovere is a staff writer for The Atlantic. His new book is: Battle for the Soul Inside-The Democrats' Campaigns To Defeat Trump . He has covered Democratic politics for 15 years, starting in New York, the Obama White House and then across 29 states during the 2020 election cycle. He got the inside and juicy details. Today Bill highlights Run for Something , an organization recruiting and...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min•Ep. 216
January 6th Commission. Trump Grand Jury and Rallies. Gaetz and Greene. Putin/Biden. Bipartisanship on Anything? With Maya King covering national politics at Politico, Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital and David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the largest and most diverse union in America. More information at Teamster.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...
May 28, 2021•42 min•Ep. 215
Two criminal investigations in NY. One in Georgia. Lawsuits all over. Can Trump escape accountability one more time? Bill talks to David Fahrenthold, the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The Washington Post. Fahrenthold has been on the Trump legal/finance beat since 2016. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d...
May 25, 2021•30 min•Ep. 214
Gaza-Israeli Cease-fire. January 6th Commission Votes. Asian-American Hate Crime Bill Signed. Trumps Legal Problems Get Worse. With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Political Analyst at CNN, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer at The Hill, covering House leadership and Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent at The LA Times. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 21, 2021•49 min•Ep. 213
As the GOP is more and more committed to the cult of Donald Trump, a group of prominent “rational” Republicans are asking their party to leave Trump and the Big Lie behind. If not, they threaten to start a third party. One founder of the group is two-term former Northern Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock. Bill quizzes her on the new group, Liz Cheney’s ouster, Kevin McCarthy and if the party can rid itself of Trumpism. Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The Laborers’ International Unio...
May 18, 2021•41 min•Ep. 212
The Great Unmasking. Cheney Purged. It's Trump's Party. January 6th Denialism. Trump/Gaetz Indictments Coming? With Leah Askarinam Editor of National Journal Hotline, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor at Politico and Gabe Debenedetti National Correspondent for New York Magazine. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the frontline workers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...
May 14, 2021•42 min•Ep. 211
Ron Brownstein is one of the most astute political observers working today. From his perch as Senior Political Commentator at CNN and Senior Editor at the Atlantic, he's always ahead of the pack at focusing our attention on the crucial trends that become the big stories of the day. For his new book, Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics, he explores the life and times of the men and women who changed American Culture in hinge year of ...
May 11, 2021•51 min•Ep. 210
Liz Cheney Drama. Biden Goes Populist. McConnell Obstructs. California Weird. With Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ/Roll Call, Addy Baird, Politics Reporter for BuzzFeed News, Igor Bobic, Politics Reporter at HuffPost, and Maya King, Politics Reporter at Politico. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. With 1.3 million members they are on the frontlines in our grocery stores, pharmacies, meat processing plants and many other retail locations. More inf...
May 07, 2021•36 min•Ep. 209
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the most powerful woman in American political history. Susan Page is the USA Today Washington Bureau Chief and author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and The Lessons of Power . (Click on the link to see the book on Amazon.) Bill loved the book and Susan reveals the Nancy Pelosi who may be bad at doing press but is unparalleled at running The House. Oh, and she never forgets. Ever. Nor is she afraid of Presidents, Democrat or Republican. Today's Bill Press Pod is supp...
May 04, 2021•36 min•Ep. 208
Biden Speech. GOP's "interesting" reaction. Tim Scott: America not racist. Dems go big now, as mid-terms loom. Rudy in trouble. Census impact. With guest host Jason Dick, Deputy Editor, CQ Roll Call, Host of the Political Theater podcast, Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent, 19th News, John Bennett, Senior Editor & Covering White House & Biden Administration for the Washington Examiner and Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for Huff Post. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported b...
Apr 30, 2021•45 min•Ep. 207
This is the next big thing for Biden and the Democrats. Bill talks to a White House insider who takes on the GOP criticism of the plan and makes the strong case for passage. That insider is Jared Bernstein, a long-serving top economic advisor to Joe Biden. First, as Chief Economist & Economic Adviser to Vice President Biden and now a Member of The Council of Economic Advisors for President Biden. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Truck drivers...
Apr 27, 2021•37 min•Ep. 206
