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Sep 13, 2019 • 38min
Direct from Houston: Analysis of The Democratic Debate
Bill was at the Debate and in the Spin Room gathering reactions from reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Politico, The Huffington Post, plus supporters of Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris and candidates Andrew Yang and Senator Cory Booker. And Bill's own analysis of who got helped and who got hurt.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 10, 2019 • 42min
Duty to Warn. Mental Health Pros: Trump is Dangerous to America & The World
Dr. Jerrold Post, M.D., Founder and former Dir. of the CIA’s Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior & Dr. Bandy X. Lee, M.D., Asst. Clinical Prof., Yale Medical School's Law and Psychiatry Division explain why even without an official diagnosis, Trump's abnormal and impaired behavior require them to warn of us the danger Trump poses.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 6, 2019 • 38min
Go 'Bama...The PodTable for 9/6
You're not crazy, It's actually getting more crazy. Bill tackles the week's news with Peter Nicholas White House reporter for The Atlantic, Nikki Schwab, Washington reporter for the NY Post and Chris Lu, former Obama WH Cabinet Secretary. Sharpiegate, Pence lines POTUS's pockets, "Moscow Mitch" hates his new nickname, Trump takes from soldiers to fund his vanity wall and retailers grow a spine on guns.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 3, 2019 • 42min
Criticism of Israel is Not Antisemitism. w/Americans for Peace Now
Debra Shushan, descendant of Holocaust survivors, Ori Nir, dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, both of Americans for Peace Now, say Trump's messaging on Israel is aimed at Evangelicals, not Jews. Netanyahu is taking Israel in directions that are destructive. Synagogue shooters have been "encouraged and inspired" by Trump.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 30, 2019 • 44min
"A long history of lying about phone calls.." The PodTable 8/30
Bill reviews Trump's wild week, the 2020 Democratic Primary, GOP primary challengers to Trump plus the Chicken Sandwich Wars, with Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, Addy Baird, Capitol Hill reporter for Buzzfeed News and Jason Joseph Dick, Deputy Editor at Roll Call.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 27, 2019 • 28min
Anthony Scaramucci: "We're in Dangerous Territory."
“He's a full-blown demagogue. It's almost as if Roy Cohn had a baby with Joe McCarthy and they made Donald Trump together and he's out there running the country into the ground.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 23, 2019 • 41min
Donald Trump: WTF. The PodTable for 8-23
The Bill Press Podtable with Jonathan Allen of NBC News, Leah Askarinam of InsideElections.com.We tackle Trump on Greenland, Jewish American loyalties and the 2020 race and the Warren surge.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 18, 2019 • 34min
Trump is Stephen Miller's "Useful Idiot." Deep Dive on Immigration
Lying about immigrants helped Trump win. The truth about immigrants with Tom Jawetz, VP for Immigration at The Center for American Progress. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 16, 2019 • 42min
"Give me your tired, your poor..." Not so fast. The Podtable Aug. 16
Recession coming? Israel bars 2 Member of Congress. Will Congress act on guns? New Immigration rules. Warren surging in 2020 primary. With Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Lauren Burke of The Black Press USA and Joe Cirincione of The Ploughshares Fund.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 13, 2019 • 34min
"We can't let Trump off the hook on healthcare." w/Brad Woodhouse of Protect Our Care.
The Affordable Care Act is still under threat by Trump and the GOP in the courts and Trump's re-election would destroy healthcare in America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.