The Bill Press Pod

A couple of weird twitter rants from Donald Trump this weekend. He appears to have ADMITTED to colluding with the Russians. He says it was to get opposition research on Hillary Clinton and there's nothing illegal about that. WRONG. You cannot work with another government to sway an American election. He's admitted it! And the Republicans will let him get away with it. We talk to Larry Cohen from Our Revolution, Igor Volsky from GunsDown 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.

Being funny in the age of Trump is not an easy business. Comedian Lewis Black has raged against politicians on both sides of the aisle for a long time. Producer Peter Ogburn sits down to find out how he can find humor in these dark times. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After a series of disturbing events against the media, Donald Trump called the free press the "enemy of the people." When Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about those comments, she did not walk back his attack. What does this mean for the American press moving forward? Guest host Peter Ogburn talks about how bad it could get. We talk to Sara Fischer from Axios, Addy Baird from Thinkprogress 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.

Donald Trump went on a tweet tirade on Wednesday morning. He demanded that Jeff Sessions end the Russian investigation, which comes close to, if not crosses the line, of obstruction of justice. Don't worry - Republicans will do NOTHING about it. Midterms are heating up! We talk some polls and races around the country and also how these new candidates are learning how to run their campaigns.Kelly Dietrich, founder of the National Democratic Training Committee, Leah Askarinam from Inside Elections and Senior Political Correspondent for Talking Points Memo, Cameron Joseph are all in studio! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump went down to Florida to campaign for Ron DeSantis. In typical fashion, he spent the entire rally rambling about the media, the war on Christmas and said that you have to show an ID to buy a carton of milk. Has he ever shopped for groceries ever? It's clear that he hasn't. Amazingly, the Trump administration thinks that the richest of the rich need another tax cut. Andrew Schwartz, policy analyst of Economic Policy for the Center for American Progress join us to discuss. Will Democrats abolish ICE? Alan Pyke from ThinkProgress has some horrible stories about ICE's recent actions. And Andrew Prokop from Vox gives us an update on Day One from the Paul Manafort trial. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

First, they said there were no meetings. Then, they said there was no collusion. NOW, they're saying that collusion isn't a crime! They keep changing their narrative of what Trump did and how much trouble he could be in! Now, they're in cleanup mode and embarrassing themselves (again).Plus, Trump doubles down on a government shutdown just weeks before the midterm elections. No one wants it, but Trump doesn't care. We talk to CQ Roll Call's John Bennett, Alex Seitz-Wald from NBC News and Zack Beauchamp from Vox.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump took a victory lap about good GDP numbers. Does he deserve the credit for that? We look at the numbers and what they mean. Also, it's Rudy vs Michael Cohen. Both are bad guys, but Cohen could be the key to taking down Trump. We talk to Stan Collender from TheBudgetGuy.Blog, Anisha Singh from Center for American Progress and Emily Stewart from Vox. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CRUSH THE MIDTERMS! That's what progressives hope to do in a few months. If you want to get involved and aren't sure how, CrushTheMidterms.org is a great new way to find resources and outlets where you can devote time/money to help Dems win back the House and Senate. Marisa Kabas is with Crush The Midterms and she tells us all about this exciting new tool! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's becoming more and more apparent that Michael Cohen is flipping on his former boss/BFF Donald Trump. The latest report says that Cohen confirms that Donald Trump not only KNEW about the Russian meeting that took place in Trump Tower with Don Jr, but that he approved it. If Cohen spills his guts, that could be very bad news for the Trump presidency. The family reunifications are supposed to be completed, but the Trump administration is in such disarray that they have no clue how to fix the problem they created. Plus, Republicans are trying to impeach Rod Rosenstein. It will bite them in the ass.Guest host Igor Volsky welcomes Tom Jawetz from the Center for American Progress, Stephen Spaulding from Common Cause and Christopher Cadelago from PoliticoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After Republicans went after Trump for his tariff plan/bailout for farmers, he's reversed course. What that means... we don't quite know yet. He gave no details and no plan, but he says that he's reached a deal with the EU on tariffs. Mike Pompeo gets grilled in front of the Senate over the Putin meeting. Donald Trump cancels his invitation to Putin and the White House is banning reporters. What a day. We talk to Melanie Zanona from The Hill, Ryan J. Reilly from HuffPost and Patrick McHugh from Priorities USA. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.