The Bill Press Pod

A trio of heartbreak came into focus over the weekend: Abrams, Gillum, and Nelson all declared defeat in their respective races. And, Trump visits the fire-ravaged town of Paradise in the wake of devastating wild fires... but he doesn't know where he is. This, and more with Peter Ogburn filling in for Bill Press. Ogburn is joined by guests Juliegrace Brufke (The Hill), Alex Seitz-Wald (NBC News), and Pema Levy (Mother Jones). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bernie Sanders proposed legislation that would have made things very tough for Amazon unless they paid their workers a living wage. Well, it worked. Amazon DID raise wages for all of their employees. So what next? Well, Bernie is setting his sights on Wal-Mart for the same issue. Wal-Mart doesn't pay their employees a living wage and Bernie has teamed up with Rep. Ro Khana (D-CA) to introduce legislation with hopes of convincing Wal-Mart to do the same thing. Peter Ogburn talks to Gideon Resnick from The Daily Beast. They discuss the details on the new legislation and what Bernie hopes to accomplish, which Gideon wrote about in the piece linked below:https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-taking-on-amazon-bernie-sanders-introduces-bill-to-push-walmart-to-raise-wages?ref=authorSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Another win for a Democratic in the conservative part of California. On election night, Democrats had won 26 seats. After another win in California on Thursday night, the count is now at 36 seats! This was absolutely a BLUE WAVE. Guest host Kaili Joy Gray sits in to discuss the blue wave and the ongoing battle for leadership in the Democratic party. New (mostly male) members in the House say that Nancy Pelosi shouldn't be Speaker of the House, but why aren't more people talking about the bad job that Chuck Schumer did in the Senate? We talk to Adam Smith, an expert on all things corruption 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.

There is a small group of Democratic House members who are opposing Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Will the votes be there for her? And with all the talk about her role as Speaker, why aren't we talking about Chuck Schumer as Leader of the Democrats in the Senate?? Nancy Pelosi did her job. Schumer did not. The recounts continue in Florida and Georgia. Combined with MORE Democratic wins in the House this week, the Blue Wave rolls on! We talk to Ginger Gibson from Reuters, Rep John Garamendi (D-CA) and Zoe Tillman from Buzzfeed News!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're seeing more and more results from last week's election, and the more we look at them, the more it becomes clear: It was a Blue Wave Election. Votes are still being counted around the country, but Democrats have picked up HUGE gains around the country. What's the latest with Robert Mueller? Will he be protected? Will Trump try to fire him?We talk to Ryan J Reilly from HuffPost, Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), and Ed Chung from 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.

After all the votes were counted in Arizona, Democrats pick up yet another Senate seat. Kyrsten Sinema defeated Martha McSally in a VERY close race. What originally looked to be a bad night for Senate Democrats is now looking.... much better! Now let's get Florida and Mississippi! Plus, we continue to march towards a constitutional crisis with Trump's acting Attorney General. Will Republicans do anything to help stop it? We talk to Rebekah Entralgo from ThinkProgress, journalist Ray Locker and Max Bergmann from the Moscow Project. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump canceled an important trip in France to honor soldiers because of a little rain. Is he really the tough guy that he claims to be? He's never visited any active combat zone to honor troops, he skipped a memorial because of rain.... Is it possible that Donald Trump hates the military?PLUS - The election is still going on! Andrew Gillum has rescinded his concession in Florida's Governor's race and the votes continue to be counted! COUNT EVERY VOTE! We talk to Brittany Shepherd from Washingtonian, Jordan Fabian from The Hill and Kevin Robillard from HuffPost. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Was it a Blue Wave? Or was it a Blue Bust? We did a special afternoon broadcast on the Wednesday after the election to take a look at how Democrats fared in the midterms. We also had the breaking news that Jeff Sessions had been fired, which means that we are facing ANOTHER constitutional crisis. Bill discusses it all with Jason Dick 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.

In Florida and Georgia, voters were suppressed and disenfranchised. Now, we're seeing Democrats doing what they NEED to do: FIGHT! Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson are finding more and more votes in absentee and provisional ballots. The acting AG might have been unconstitutionally installed. Even conservatives recognize that he shouldn't be in the position that he's in. He should recuse himself, but as a Trump loyalist, don't expect that to happen. We talk to Abby Livingston from the Texas Tribune, Bob Bland, the co-founder of the Women's March 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.

Democrats won the House on Tuesday night. Donald Trump held an insane press conference on Wednesday morning and is DEFINITELY feeling the heat. He knows that he's about to be on defense for the first time in his presidency. He fought with reporters, he made false accusations, he said that his job will be easier now that Dems have the House. In other words, he's lost his mind. We talk to Lauren Gambino from The Guardian, Kyle Lierman from When We All Vote and USA Today's Eliza Collins! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.