The Bill Press Pod

Patriotic Millionaires (PatrioticMillionaires.org)is real. They want higher taxes on themselves, money out of politics and a higher minimum wage. With Executive Director, Erica Payne. Who pulls no punches. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Teamsters Union 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.

Big. Important. Historic. Bill breaks down the week in DC with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America and Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call. The Impeachment Trial Begins. Parnas sings. Warren and Sanders call each other liars. Pelosi calls Facebook shameful.Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the men and women of The United Food and Commercial Workers at UFCW.org They are grocery workers, food processors and Cannabis workers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At this point of world insecurity, who better than Susan Rice to explain the dangers and the possible off-ramps. Plus she gets personal and self-critical when talking about her new book Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The United Steelworkers Union at USW.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill tackles the momentous news of the week. Out of the woods on Iran? Impeachment Trial next week? What’s happening in Iowa? With Eliza Collins, politics reporter covering the presidential election for The Wall Street Journal, Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter for the Daily Mail and John Bennett, Senior White House Correspondent, Roll Call. Today's podcast is brought to you by the men and women of the International Association of Fire Fighters at IAFF.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill talks with Joseph Cirincione, President of The Ploughshares Fund (Ploughshares.org) and one of the nation's top experts on national security and nuclear policy. Joe explains how the killing of Iranian General Soleimani has already caused irreparable harm to U.S. interests from the Middle East to Europe to North Korea. That's before whatever hot conflict we are likely to get into with Iran. Today's episode is sponsored by the IronWorkers Union, 120,000 members strong. (Ironworkers.org) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill breaks down Iran/Iraq with Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor, Politico, Addy Baird, Congressional Reporter for BuzzFeed News and Lauren Burke, writer for Black Press USA. Plus More damning details on Ukraine and Dems 2020, Pelosi vs. McConnell. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guns. DACA. Transgender Rights. Citizens United. John Roberts. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Neil Gorsuch. Just some of the topics Bill covered on a big news day for the Supreme Court, Bill interviewed Nina Totenberg, NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent, before a live audience at The Hill Center in Washington DC. Today's podcast is sponsored by The International Brotherhood of Teamsters 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.

Bill talks with Ruth Marcus, columnist for the Washington Post and author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover. They dig into how Kavanaugh sought a seat on the Court from just after law school, how he almost lost the battle and how the GOP rallied to him in the end. Is he as strongly conservative as Justices Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas? And what we can expect from this crucial session of the Court. The Bill Press Pod is sponsored today by The International Association of Fire Fighters iaff.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump’s deteriorating mental capacity only increases the DANGER he poses. Not to mention how unhinged he seems after being Impeached.  That’s why we are re-posting our conversation with two psychiatrists, leaders in warning of Trump’s danger to the world. Yale psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee who edited  The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,  and longtime CIA profiler  Dr. Jerrold Post who just published Dangerous Charisma: The Political Psychology of Donald Trump and His Followers.Today episode sponsored by   LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill discusses that blistering column with Friedman as well as Tom's well-sourced insights on Trump, Pompeo, Modi, Bibi, Kim and Brexit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.