The Bill Press Pod

The January 6th Special Committee Hearing. The Chances for Any Gun Safety Legislation. With Jeff Dufour, Editor in chief at National Journal, Igor Bobic, Senior politics reporter at HuffPost and Alayna Treene, Congressional reporter for Axios.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.

Norman Ornstein is one of the leading experts on the Congress and an Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author, with Thomas E. Mann of the 2012 book, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism and with Thomas E. Mann and E.J. Dione, the author of the 2017 book, One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported.Today Bill highlights yet another group of frontline workers, this time the flight attendants who have had to deal with an increasing number of unruly passengers since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. Their union, the Association of Flight Attendants, is led by the strong progressive Sara Nelson. Sara and her members continue to keep us safe on airplanes. We thank them. More information at AFACWA.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden on Gun Safety. January 6th Hearings' Impact? Inflation and a Rare Mea Culpa. Trump and the Midterms. With Sudeep Reddy, Senior Managing Editor at Politico, Jason Dick, Editor in Chief CQ Roll Call and Political Theater podcast host and Tom LoBianco, Politics Reporter for Yahoo News.Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The Laborers’ International Union of North America. 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.

Elie Mystal returns to the Bill Press Pod with a withering takedown of the Second Amendment, Justice Alito and Supreme Court Ethics. He is The Nation Magazine’s Justice Correspondent. He's a frequent guest on MSNBC commenting on the intersection between the legal and the political. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he gave up Big Law to fight for justice.He has just published a new book that immediately landed on the New York Times bestseller list at #2. Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution can be purchased here.Here are the links to the gun violence prevention groups worthy of your support.MomsDemandAction.orgBradyUnited.orgGunsDownAmerica.orgGiffords.orgEveryTown.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With the tragic massacre of children and teachers in Uvalde, Texas dominating the news, we talked to Igor Volsky of Guns Down America about what can be done, if anything, to combat gun violence and the politicians who support it. But our gun laws cannot change unless our politicians do, so Bill also talked to two sharp political reporters about the 2022 primaries: Niall Stanage, White House Columnist for The Hill and Political Analyst at News Nation AM and Maya King, Politics Reporter for the New York Times covering the South based in Georgia.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers. It was two teachers, Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, who lost their lives in Uvalde trying to protect their students.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.

In their award-winning 75 episode podcast series, Trump Inc., WNYC reporters Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz told the story of the former president’s businesses, conflicts of interests, unhappy partners and the just bonkers idea that sitting president had a worldwide business. Now they have a new podcast which explores the events leading up to January 6th and the insurrection itself. It takes its name from a Trump tweet, “Will be Wild.” They recount the personal stories of the insurrectionists, the police who were attacked that day, and the national security officials who tried, unsuccessfully, to warn of potential violence on January 6th. It’s captivating, revealing and terrifying. The new podcast is from Wondery and is available on Amazon Music and all other podcast platforms. Here is a link: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f40a47b3-ddda-45a0-94f1-c5881bc6a429/will-be-wild.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump Still Got it? Is Fetterman the Future? Will Abortion Help the Democrats? Great Replacement Theory and Murder. Biden to Asia. With Philip Bump, National Correspondent for The Washington Post. Newsletter: "How to Read This Chart," Ginger, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital and John Bennett, Editor-at-Large, CQ Roll Call and CQ Senate newsletter.Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by  the Laborers International Union of North America. 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.

Journalist Judd Legum was a regular on the Bill Press Show for years. Today, he makes his debut on the Bill Press Pod. Legum writes a four-times per week newsletter, Popular Information, that practices Independent Accountability Journalism. He compares what people and institutions SAY to what these same people and institutions actually DO. Today we talked about the Great Replacement Theory behind the Buffalo shooting, that has been mainstreamed by Right Wing media and politicians; which corporations are contributing to Right Wing politicians while espousing Human Rights; Ron DeSantis and book banning in Florida and what the heck is going on with Elon Musk.You can subscribe to Judd’s newsletter, Popular Information, at Popular.info . Bill subscribes and loves Judd's mission, “News for people who give a damn.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

January 6th Subpoenas to GOP. FBI Probe of Trump Documents Removal. Trump’s Midterm Record Mixed. Abortion Rights vs The Midterms. With Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, Lauren Burke, Host, Burkefile, Writer for Black Press USA and The Guardian and Jeff Dufour, Editor in chief at National Journal.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. More information at Teamster.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Progressive Caucus Co-chair Mark Pocan and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin are at the center of the 2022 midterms. Ron Johnson is up for reelection and control of the Senate may hinge on that race. There are competitive House seats that may determine control in that chamber. In Wisconsin the legislature is so gerrymandered, it is almost impossible for the Democrats to gain control. So having a Democratic governor is the one check on the extremist Wisconsin Republican Party.Once again, we are asking our faithful listeners to support Chef Jose Andres and The World Central Kitchen. They are doing the Lord’s work in Ukraine and in the surrounding countries with refugees. You can support them by going to their website at WCK.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.