The Bill Press Pod

January 6th Committee Hearings Coming. The Big Lie is Dividing the GOP. Biden: $33 Billion for Ukraine. GOP Knifes Madison Cawthorn. Elon Musk Terrorizes Twitter and Biden to White House Correspondents Dinner. With Linda Feldmann, Washington Bureau Chief, White House/Politics Correspondent at The Christian Science Monitor, Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent, at New York Magazine and Igor Bobic, Senior Politics Reporter at HuffPost.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.

 Today's guest is Joe Cirincione, here for a monthly update on Putin's war in Ukraine. Cirincione is a Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He previously served for over 12 years as the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Today Bill featured the work of the World Central Kitchen run by Chef Jose Andres. They have served millions of meals in disaster areas and war zones, including over a million meals in and around Ukraine. You can support their work by visiting the World Central Kitchen 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.

Democrats Fighting Over the Border. Democrats Don't Seem to Fight Back. With One Big Exception. Ron DeSantis and the GOP target Disney and Kevin McCarthy Gets Caught Lying. With Jason Dick, Editor at CQ Roll Call, Eliza Collins, Politics Reporter on the Hill for The Wall Street Journal, Sudeep Reddy, Senior Managing Editor at Politico and Amanda Becker covering politics and DC for 19th News. You can support the great work of Amanda Becker and 19th News by visiting their website here.You can listen to the whole speech by Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow here.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.

Cindy McCain is the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture which leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. She is the widow of former Arizona senator and 2008 Republican nominee for President, John McCain. In 2020 she endorsed Joe Biden for president. She has a long history with helping people in need. From 1988 to 1995, she founded and operated a nonprofit organization, the American Voluntary Medical Team, which organized trips by medical personnel to disaster-stricken or war-torn third-world areas.Today Bill featured the work of the World Central Kitchen run by Chef Jose Andres. They have served millions of meals in disaster areas and war zones, including over a million meals in and around Ukraine. You can support their work by visiting the World Central Kitchen 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.

The panel takes on the primary races in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Plus the depressing national political landscape for Democrats. And the effect of Trump's endorsements. With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, Maya King, Politics Reporter at The New York Times covering the South, S.V. Dáte, White House Correspondent at HuffPost and Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter for NBC News.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. They serve us on the front lines in our grocery stores, pharmacies, meatpacking plants and cannabis dispensaries. 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.

Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's International Desk. She covers Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Poggioli has reported on the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and how immigration has transformed European societies. Today Bill featured the work of the World Central Kitchen run by Chef Jose Andres. They have served millions of meals in disaster areas and war zones, including over a million meals in and around Ukraine. You can support their work by visiting the World Central Kitchen 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.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed. Bipartisan Punishment for Russia. Midterm Attack Lines. Time is Short for the Jan 6 Committee. With Jason Dick, Interim Editor in Chief at CQ-Roll Call, Sarah Wire, Justice Department and National Security Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, focused on Jan 6/extremism, Alayna Treene, Congressional Reporter for Axios and Alex Roarty White House Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union, known simply as the Ironworkers Union. They represent 120,000 members in North 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.

Ron Brownstein is one of the sharpest analysts of American politics. He is a Senior CNN Political Analyst and a Senior Editor for The Atlantic. He's been reporting and writing about the radical rollback of rights in Red states. Ron's CNN work can be found here. His work for The Atlantic here. Ron's great book, Rock Me on the Water, on the way the TV, Music and Movies changed after the year of 1974, is now out in paperback. You can buy it here.Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. More information on the Union's good works is at UFCW.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can Biden Fix Inflation? Are the Democrats doomed in November? Is the January 6th Committee Stalling Out? Will the Department of Justice Move on Meadows/Trump? Will Putin Help Trump Smear the Bidens?  With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY, Hunter Walker, Reporting on Jan 6 at TheUprising.info and Kirk Bado, Managing Editor at National Journal Hotline. 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.

Elie Mystal 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. 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.