The Bill Press Pod

John Roberts moving to the middle? Big decisions on DACA, LGBTQ+ and Native American Rights. Plus a session of beatdowns for the Trump Administration. With Adam Liptak who has been covering The Supreme Court for The New York Times since 2008. He’s also a former practicing attorney. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The American Federation of Teachers. More information at AFT.org . See Privacy...

Dangerous School Openings? Trump Failing and Flailing. Biden Bides His Time. Successfully. With Jason Joseph Dick, Deputy Editor, CQ Roll Call, Lauren Burke, Writer, Black Press USA, and Gabe Debenedetti, National Correspondent, New York Magazine.  Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Teamsters Union. It's 1.5 million members run the gamut from A-Z. From Airline Pilots to Zookeepers. Mo...

Randi Weingarten is President of The American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers’ unions in the U. S.  She previews what SHOULD happen this fall as schools restart. She worries about what WILL happen if Trump continues his lies about Covid 19. She also reveals the results of a new poll of teachers on the effectiveness of remote learning. Spoiler alert: Not good. The Am...

Trump losing. Covid gaining. Trump "hoaxes" the Russian bounty story. Veepstakes heating up. With Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal and Political analyst for CNN, Igor Bobic Politics Reporter at HuffPost, and Leah Askarinam, Editor of National Journal Hotline. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the hard-working teachers of The American Federation...

David Frum is an Atlantic Senior Editor, a Bush 43 speech writer. And still a Republican. His new book, Trumpocalypse, (buy it here ), is a searing take down of Trump and a plan for the USA and the world to recover from Trump. Including statehood for DC, a new voting rights act, killing the filibuster and requiring the release of tax returns for all presidential candidates. Today's Bill Press Pod...

Bolton Book. Biden Surges. Covid Rising. Black Lives Matter at the Polls. With Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter, The Daily Mail, Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor, Politico and Joseph Williams, Senior Editor at U.S. News & World Report. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Laborers International Union of North America. More information at LIUNA.org . See Privacy Policy at https:/...

David Ignatius is an award-winning (French Legion of Honor!) columnist for The Washington Post focusing on foreign affairs. Bill talks David about Trump, Michael Flynn, Russia and North Korea. He’s also the author of 11 spy novels. His latest, The Paladin , delves deep into the dangerous world of cybersecurity and technologically sophisticated misinformation campaigns. Including “deep fakes.” You...

Bolton. DACA. LGBTQ+. Dem Leverage on Police Reform. Covid still dangerous. Today's pod guest-hosted by Chris Lu, fmr Obama Labor and WH official with Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Elliot Williams, CNN Legal Analyst who spent 8 years in the Obama Administration at DOJ and DHS. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The Ironworkers Uni...

House Whip, Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina, talks about the need for comprehensive police reform but warns against counterproductive slogans like "Defund the Police." He details Trump's life-long racism culminating in the planned Tulsa rally. He reveals how his late wife and he urged Biden to run. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by The United Food and Commercial Workers Union. On...

Police reform possible? Trump behind the curve. Covid not gone. Biden VP? Former Obama Labor Dept. and White House official Chris Lu subs for Bill (on vacation) with Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call, Matt Gertz, Senior Fellow, Media Matters and Alaina Beverly, Former Associate Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the American Federation of...

Bill Kristol is a longtime Conservative thinker, journalist, commentator and government official. He appears often on CNN and MSNBC. Now he is devoted to keeping Trump from getting another term. He details the plans and the fears of the Never-Trumpers. And what the GOP might be like after Trump is gone from the White House. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the International Association of Fi...

Trump, under attack, bunkers down. Protests keep going and so does Covid-19. Is Biden a lock? With Hunter Walker, White House Correspondent for Yahoo News, Lauren Burke, Writer for Black Press USA and Niall Stanage, White House Columnist for The Hill. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Laborers International Union of North America, building America's infrastructure. More information at LIU...

Bakari Sellers is an attorney, activist, CNN Commentator and author the great new memoir, My Vanishing Country . You can buy it here. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the heroic men and women of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. They staff our grocery stores, pharmacies and food processing plants on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. More information at UFCW.org . See Priva...

Protests in MN. Trump vs. Twitter vs. Scarborough vs. Obama vs. Truth. Bill breaks it all down with Addy Baird, Political Reporter for BuzzFeed New, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ Roll Call and Sam Baker, Healthcare Editor at Axios. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Teamsters Union. America's strongest union. More information at Teamster.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

My conversation with TIME national correspondent Molly Ball on her new and great bio of Nancy Pelosi: How the most powerful woman in America gets things done. How the stifled dreams of her mother drove her to be the master of her own fate. Plus inside stories of how she deals with the men who stand in her way. Including Trump. You can buy Pelosi here . Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the Ir...

"Mail-in Voter Fraud" Fraud. Is Trump really taking that drug? Biden moving left. Veepstakes. Bill talks it all out with Pema Levy of Mother Jones, Igor Bobic of the Huffington Post and Chris Lu, fmr top Obama WH aide and Assistant Secretary of Labor. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the SMART Union. We thank them for their support. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca...

Corn is the Co-Author of Russian Roulette on Trump/Russia and the Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief. He and Bill discuss how the BS "Obamagate Scandal" is the logical extension of Trump's birtherism hoax and his attempt to re-write the history of the Russian attack in 2016 to elect Donald Trump. What Corn calls the greatest political scandal in American history. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by t...

Trump's made-up Obama scandal, dire predictions for Covid-19 this fall, Biden's Veepstakes. Bill breaks it all down with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for the Huffington Post and Chris Cadelago, National Political Reporter covering 2020 for Politico. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the now much more...

They were instrumental in the 2018 Democratic takeover of the House. Now they are gunning for Mitch McConnell's GOP Senate majority. Supporting women candidates in Maine, Iowa, Kentucky and Kansas, they will be key to reforming and rebuilding America. Stephanie Schriock, President of Emily's List, gives Bill the inside scoop on how women are changing American politics and America. More information...

Covid. Flynn. Unemployment. Tara Reade. Georgia killing. Bill breaks it down with Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter for the Daily Mail, Peter Nicholas. White House reporter for The Atlantic and Lauren Burke,  writer for the Black Press. Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by the Iron Workers Union. More information at Ironworkers.org . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

Former candidate for president, Ohio's Tim Ryan on how we, as a nation, need to come out of the pandemic respecting and rewarding those frontline workers who keep us safe, healthy and fed. And the need to preserve the spirit of cooperation that we see around us. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the men and women of the Laborers' International Union of North America. Building America, but als...

Biden addresses Tara Reade's claim of sexual assault. Governors place a risky bet on human lives. Jared Kushner declares "Mission Accomplished." Bill deconstructs it all with Addy Baird, covering Congress for BuzzFeed News, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Richard Fowler of the Richard Fowler Show, Today's Bill Press Pod is brought to you by the United Food and Commercial Workers U...

The Politico Pulse team is ON Covid-19. Healthcare reporter Adam Cancryn with the latest on testing, PPE and the deadly danger of re-opening too soon.   Subscribe (Free) to Politico Pulse here . Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the men and women of the Teamsters Union. More information at Teamster.org See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Mad House at the White House. Governors in charge. Biden benefiting from Trump's briefings? With Sudeep Reddy, Managing Editor of Politico, Hanna Trudo, Politics Reporter for The Daily Beast and Jason Dick, Deputy Editor of CQ Roll Call. Today's Bill Press Pod is sponsored by the men and women of the American Federation of Teachers. For more information go to AFT.org See Privacy Policy at https://...

Former presidential candidate and rising star in the Democratic Party, Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, talks Trump, Biden, Covid 19. Including the next relief package, a mail-in election and a remote-voting Congress. Today's Bill Press Pod is brought to you by the International Association of Fire Fighters. Men and women on the frontlines, now and always. More information at IAFF.orfg See Privac...