The Bill Press Pod

There is a push in the House to make it mandatory for ALL presidential candidates to release their tax returns. This would certainly apply to Donald Trump should he run for re-election. Republicans are quickly covering for Trump and saying that Democrats are "weaponizing" tax law. The situation in Virginia continues to be a major problem. No one has stepped down yet, but the story certainly isn't going away. We talk to Caitlin Emma from Politico, Max Bergmann from The Moscow Project and Matt Gertz from Media Matters!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rep Adam Schiff has opened an investigation into the financial ties between Donald Trump and Russia. Trump calls it "presidential harassment," but it's Congress doing their job for a change! He's just not used to it! MORE scandal for the elected Democratic leaders of Virginia this week. After Governor Ralph Northam admitted to wearing blackface and Lt Gov Justin Farfax has serious sexual assault allegations brought against him, the THIRD in line, AG Mark Herring has now admitted that he also wore blackface at a party in the 1980s. If ALL of them step down, that means that a Republican could take over as governor. What a disaster. We talk to Rep Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ginger Gibson from Reuters and Carolyn Fiddler from DailyKos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump gave his state of the union on Tuesday night. It was filled with falsehoods, divisive rhetoric and phony promises. Just what we expected from Trump. It was a terrible speech and a complete waste of time. We discuss it with Jesse Lee from Center for American Progress, Alex Seitz-Wald from NBC News and Communications Director at the Democratic National Committee, Xochitl Hinojosa!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A new report by Axios shows just how much time Donald Trump spends in "executive time." It's the time he lays in bed and tweets, watches cable news and chats with various Fox News hosts on the phone. He has zero interest in running the country. Do Republicans care? Nope. Not at all. The calls for Ralph Northam's resignation grow louder the longer he stays in office. He has virtually no friends in Virginia politics and can't govern any longer. Time to go! We talk to Joe Cirincione from Ploughshares Fund, and we finish with The Guardian's Lauren Gambino and our old friend Karl Frisch! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam should resign. A photo has emerged on his page in his college yearbook that shows two men: One in blackface and one in a Klan uniform. Northam originally apologized and said he was in the photo. THEN he backtracked and said it wasn't him, BUT he had worn blackface on a different occasion. It's such a mess and there's no way for him to govern. Donald Trump gave an interview to CBS where he doubled down on a national emergency at the border and may still use that justification to build a wall on his own. We talk to Kyle Kondik form the University of Virginia, Democratic strategist Peter Fenn and Cristina Marcos from The Hill! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Corey Booker made a big announcement on Friday morning. He is running to be President. He's just the latest to join a long list of Democrats who want to challenge Donald Trump in 2020. After picking a fight with intelligence officers, Donald Trump is changing his tune and says their words were taken out of context. Does he not realize that their testimony was broadcast LIVE on TV?Guest host Jason Dick talks to Brandon Weatherbee from Brightest Young Things, Alexandra Petri from the Washington Post and Clyde McGrady from Roll Call! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One of the biggest success stories for Donald Trump's economic myth is that Foxconn was going to be building a huge factory in Wisconsin that would create THOUSANDS of jobs. Trump claimed that Foxconn was going to invest 30 BILLION dollars into the factory. It turns out... it was all a lie. Foxconn never had any intention of building a factory in Wisconsin. Instead, they're building an "education center." No wonder Wisconsin saw through this charade and voted Scott Walker out of office! Howard Schultz continues his destructive path to make sure that Donald Trump wins a second term as President. If he runs as an independent, he could screw the country! Don't do it, Howard! We talk to Ben Schreckinger from Politico, Hanna Trudo from National Journal and Clare Foran from CNN. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If Howard Schultz is being serious about his independent run for President in 2020, he won't win. What he COULD do is take enough votes away from a Democratic nominee to give us a second term of Donald Trump. What's worse is... He's essentially saying that he will run to help protect all of his money from other Democrats who have finally gotten the picture and will start taxing billionaires at a higher rate. Disgusting. More polls on 2020 show that the excitement in the Democrat party is at an all time high, while Donald Trump's approval rating continues to sink to new lows. We talk to Alexander Bolton from The Hill, Asawin Suebsang from The Daily Beast and Jen Bendery from HuffPost. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave another rare press briefing on Monday. Among other things, she said that Donald Trump doesn't WANT another shutdown, but he certainly isn't ruling it out. Could we see another historic shutdown in a few weeks?Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker says the Mueller investigation is about to wrap up. It could be true, but Trumpers have been saying that for YEARS now. I wouldn't buy it.PLUS - Lots of 2020 news to discuss! We talk to Christopher Cadelago from Politico, Jordan Fabian from The Hill and Jacque Simon from AFGE! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A wild weekend as Donald Trump CAVES to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats and allows a short term resolution, which will reopen the government and get all federal employees back pay for the period that the government was shut down. Did anyone learn a lesson? Trump certainly didn't. He promised to shut the government down again if there isn't a solution in the next couple of weeks. Is this any way to run a government?Also, Roger Stone speaks after his indictment on Friday. He says he's innocent. The White House says this has NOTHING to do with the Trump campaign. Roger Stone's indictment lists the words "Trump campaign" TWENTY EIGHT TIMES.We talk to Alex Ward from Vox, Jennifer Shutt from Roll Call and Matt Fuller from HuffPost! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.