The Bill Press Pod

More for 24. Trump out-FOXed. Joe Governs. Hunter Guilty. Schiff Censured. Schiff Thrilled. Abortion Looms Large. With Jason Dick, Editor in Chief at CQ-Roll Call, Joe Morton, Washington Correspondent for The Dallas Morning News, Igor Bobic, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost and Jessica Taylor, Senate & Governors Editor at The Cook Political Report. 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#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bulwark: “a person, institution, or principle that acts as a defense.” The Bulwark was founded in 2018 as three former conservative Republicans decided to put country over party and defend all of us from Donald Trump. Charlie Sykes, a very successful conservative radio talk-show host was one of the founders and he joins Bill today to assess the danger still caused by Donald Trump and his MAGA cult supporters. And the danger from the right-wing stalking horse, No Labels.  You can check out Charlie's fabulous news and opinion website at TheBulwark.com. 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#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Indictment. Trump Responds. Haley Waffles. DeSantis Goes Harder Right. Christie Attacks. GOP Deflects. No to “No Labels.” Kevin’s Weakness. With Eliza Collins, Politics reporter, at The Wall Street Journal, covering 2024, Arizona and the West, Jason Dick, Editor in Chief CQ Roll Call. Political Theater podcast host and Sarah Wire, National Security/Justice Dept. and Washington Accountability Reporter for The Los Angeles Times. Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. America's largest and most diverse union. More information at Teamster.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Governor J.B. Pritzker has made Illinois, by most accounts a center left-state, into an island of prairie progressivism. This is Pritzker’s second term. He won reelection by 12 1/2 points last November. The billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, he was a very successful businessman and political activist and in 2018 ran for governor for the first time and won. He has very much governed as a progressive, leading on reproductive rights, decriminalization of marijuana, bail reform and opposition to book banning. Chicago will also host the 2024 Democratic National Convention and Pritzker intends to take an active role in the 2024 campaign. Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by the Laborers’ International Union of North America. Rebuilding America’s infrastructure and representing folks in healthcare and the energy fields. More information at LIUNA.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Indicted. Impact on 2024 GOP Primary. With Sudeep Reddy, Senior Managing Editor at Politico, Tom LoBianco, National Political Reporter at The Messenger and Leah Askarinam, Elections Editor at The Messenger.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers. 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.

University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck has written a new book that outlines how since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the out-of-the-public-eye “shadow docket,” to regularly make rulings that affect millions of Americans without public hearings and without explanation. Conservatives on the Court have used the shadow docket to green-light restrictive voting laws and bans on abortion, and to curtail immigration and COVID vaccine mandates. The book is The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. You can buy a copy here. Today Bill features the work of The Project on Government Oversight. Not to be confused with the Republican-controlled House Committee on Government Oversight. The Project on Government Oversight is doing the real work of watching and reporting on the government and the Supreme Court. More information at POGO.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Debt Deal Winners and Losers. 2024: Christie, Scott In. Ron and Don at War. Trump vs. The Law. With Ginger Gibson, Senior Washington Editor for NBC News Digital, Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent for New York Magazine and Allan Smith, Political reporter for NBC News.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by  The American Federation of Government Employees. More information at AFGE.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of California is a man with a virtual target on his back from MAGA Republicans. He was thrown off the Intelligence Committee by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Which kind of works for him, because it gives him more time to campaign for the Senate to replace Dianne Feinstein when her term ends at the beginning of 2025.  Congressman Schiff was a major player in efforts by the Congress to hold Donald Trump accountable including being Impeachment Manager on Trump's first impeachment and as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He is a close ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. One of his main issues right now is the “ethics’ of the Supreme Court. And he's introduced legislation to provide a binding ethics regime on the Court.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Iron Workers Union: the men and women who have built and are rebuilding America. More information at Ironworkers.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Debt Optimism. McCarthy Peril. 14th Amendment. DeSantis "Launch." Scott is In. 18 Years for Sedition. With Lynn Sweet, Columnist and Washington Bureau Chief at the Chicago Sun-Times, Scott Wong, Senior Congressional Reporter, NBC News and Philip Bump, Washington Post National Columnist, Author of The Aftermath and How To Read This Chart newsletter.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information at UFCW.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The progressive Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is a man of many firsts. He's the first African American to hold a statewide elected office in Minnesota, and the first Muslim American to hold an elected statewide office in any state. A former Congressman Ellison ran for and won the Attorney General's position in 2018. In 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz asked Ellison to take over as a special prosecutor in the death of George Floyd. Ellison charged Derek Chauvin with murder and won a conviction. It is very unusual for police officers to be held criminally liable for deaths caused by them in the line of duty. Now Ellison has written a about the case and police violence, entitled Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by the American Federation of Teachers . In classrooms from kindergarten to graduate school. 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.