The Bill Press Pod

Both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar got into the race for President over the weekend. Two women AND two Senators. The more, the merrier! Trump's acting AG Matthew Whitaker was questioned on Friday and showed just what a mess the administration is. The situation in VA gets worse and worse for Democrats. Why won't these politicians STEP DOWN? We talk to Niels Lesniewski from Roll Call, Adele Sta...

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...

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 a...

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 P...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 h...

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...

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...

Breaking news! Just before the show went live, Roger Stone was arrested and charged with 7 different counts including obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering. It all has to do with the Russian hacking of the DNC and Wikileaks coordination with the Trump campaign to disseminate the information. The net is closing in around Donald Trump and collusion. Today is the day that federal...

After a back and forth over whether or not Nancy Pelosi would allow Donald Trump to give him State of the Union in the House chamber, Trump CAVED and said he would wait until after the shutdown was over. It goes to show that behind all of his bluster and showmanship, he has a serious lack of understanding of how politics work. It also shows just how important it is that we have Pelosi as the head...

Mitch McConnell has the power to bring a bill to the floor to reopen the government, but he won't do it. Instead, he's doing Trump's bidding by bringing up a bill that is doomed to fail. He's not doing his job! Democrats are NOT caving on the border wall. Keep up the fight! We talk shutdown with International President of the Association of Flight Attendants, Sara Nelson and then get into the poli...

Every major 2020 contender was out on the campaign trail Monday. They were honoring the legacy of MLK and speaking to the American people about their vision for America. Donald Trump made a 2 minute surprise trip to the MLK Memorial and said NOTHING. Disgraceful. Rudy Giuliani continues to try and twist and spin the Trump Tower meetings narrative. How long did Trump try to get it built? Rudy has a...

Donald Trump makes a very weak deal offer to Democrats to re-open the government. Democrats will not take the deal. It's a pathetic attempt to save face and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won't fall for it. In a few weeks, Michael Cohen will testify before Congress and tell them about his dealings with Donald Trump. Will he confirm the Buzzfeed story that says Trump directed Cohen to lie under oat...

A HUGE story by Buzzfeed says that Donald Trump instructed Michael Cohen to lie in front of Congress. That absolutely reaches the definition of obstruction of justice. What are the next steps? How will the GOP respond? Donald Trump hits back at Nancy Pelosi over the shutdown in a very petty way. We have all the details and try to figure out WHEN this shutdown might actually end. Guest host Sabrina...

A grotesque display from the Trump administration on Wednesday. Hours AFTER ISIS claimed responsibility for killing 4 Americans in Syria, Mike Pence stood in front of a crowd and repeated the lie that "ISIS has been defeated." What an irresponsible statement to make. ISIS has NOT been defeated and everyone can see it. Rudy Giuliani lies on TV again. He claims that Trump has only ever said that HE...

Rep Steve King (R-IA) faced a vote to punish him for his recent comments praising white supremacy and white nationalism. He lost his seats on his committees, but he's still serving. Republicans have known his racist history for a very long time. This shouldn't be a surprise. And while they punished him, he still has a seat and is working with Republicans. Not to mention... his comments are NO diff...

The shutdown is still going on, but Donald Trump welcomed the Clemson Tiger football team to the White House on Monday evening. He served them a large spread of McDonald's hamburgers, Burger King, Wendy's and Domino's Pizza. Not exactly health food for the student athletes. SOME Republicans are finally seeing the light about Steve King. They see that he is a white supremacist and they're taking ac...

BOMBSHELL stories from over the weekend that examine the relationship between Trump and Russia. First, the FBI was so concerned that Trump was a double agent for Russia that they opened up an investigation. Wow. PLUS, there is also a report that Trump hid the contents of his meetings with Putin. He even went so far as to have the interpreter destroy the notes from their meetings. He hid facts from...

Donald Trump went to the US-Mexican border to to try and make another pitch for his stupid wall. He actually said that he NEVER SAID that Mexico would pay for the wall directly. The Washington Post has found over 200 instances of Trump saying Mexico would pay. He's a liar, but what else is new. Also, Michael Cohen WILL testify publicly in front of Congress. What light could he shed on Trump's camp...

Donald Trump threw a temper tantrum while trying to find a compromise with Democratic leaders on Wednesday afternoon. According to Pelosi, Schumer and multiple other sources, Donald Trump demanded a wall and when Pelosi said no, he slammed the table and walked out. Is this how he thinks business gets done? People are seriously hurting out there and his temper tantrum is preventing almost a million...

Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday night and said nothing new. It was full of the usual lies that he usually spews. He continues to try and whip up hate against immigrants, but of course... He fundraised off of the speech after. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer gave a rebuttal that was also lackluster. Let's not forget: The government is still shut down and federal wor...

Donald Trump has announced that Tuesday night, he will address the nation about the border "crisis." He's going to lie and the media has already said that they will carry it live. They're helping him spread propaganda. At the VERY least, they should give Schumer and Pelosi equal time to point out his lies. Will they do it? Don't count on it. The shutdown continues and more Republicans are starting...