The Bill Press Pod

Michael Cohen has been Donald Trump's personal attorney for many years. Now that the FBI has raided his office, house and apartment, what secrets will we find out? We talk to attorney Tom Spiggle about whether or not "attorney-client privilgege is dead," as Donald Trump says. Plus, how will Facebook handle the mounting pressure from Congress? Nancy Scola from Politico tells us! See Privacy Policy...

Donald Trump took to Twitter to threaten "Animal Assad" in Syria. Will he act on his threat? He also used Twitter to praise the job that Scott Pruitt is doing at the EPA. Plus, believe it or not, we have an armed border. POTUS is sending National Guard to the border in place of the wall. We talk to Claudia Flores from Center for America Progress, USA Today's Ray Locker and POLITICO's Nancy Cook. S...

Being a vegetarian/vegan isn't as hard as it used to be. Peter Ogburn sits down with the co-owners of Vedge, one of the most exciting restaurants in the country AND... it just happens to be vegan. How do they do it? How hard it is to maintain a plant-based diet? We talk to them about how American diets have changed over the years and where we are today! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

An avalanche of stories have come out about how shady Scott Pruitt has run the EPA. Guest host Igor Volsky explains and wonders if he can survive all of it. We talk to Rebecca Leber from Mother Jones, Nahal Toosi from Politico and Tim Mak from NPR See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Facebook has admitted that 87 million people have had their accounts "scraped" for personal information to share with a third party. Should Mark Zuckerberg have to face Congress? Plus, the Trump plan to send the National Guard to the border is starting to take shape. And how are states fighting back against the Trump administration? We talk to State Innovation Exchange's Karyn Bruggerman, HuffPost...

Lots of news out of the White House on Tuesday. Donald Trump says he's sending the military to the Mexican border to stop immigration, he continued to lie about his feud with Amazon, and Scott Pruitt is advancing his assault on the environment. Just another day in the Trump White House. We talked about Pruitt with Kristina Costa from The Center for American Progress, WH news with Eugene Scott from...

At the WH Easter Egg Roll, Trump continued to tell lies about DACA. He either doesn't understand the issue or he is completely uninformed. Not to mention, he forgot the name of the WHITE HOUSE. We talk to Crystal Ball's Kyle Kondik about the Dems chance at taking control of the House and Senate. Vox's Dara Lind gives us the FACTS on DACA and Rebekah Entralgo from ThinkProgress joins us to talk Par...

Donald Trump spent his Easter complaining about immigration. He says people are crossing the border to "take advantage of DACA." He doesn't understand how the law even works. Sad! Plus, Fox News has another problem on their hands. Sponsors are fleeing Laura Ingraham's show because of her attacks on Parkland students. Matt Gertz from Media Matters joins us! And Ben Kamisar from The Hill talks about...

With Bill's new book, From The Left, available now, we thought it would be a good idea to turn the show over... to you! We collected some of your questions for Bill and he answers them in this special podcast! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

You can't discount the success of Roseanne's reboot of her old TV show. It takes a look at a Trump-supporting, middle-class family. While Republicans are giddy, Democrats should take a moment to ask themselves if they are actually speaking to these people. Guest host Peter Ogburn and Producer Ray Rogers discuss. Plus, we're joined by Religion News Service's Jack Jenkins, Alexi McCammond from Axios...

With bad news swirling over the Trump WH, it's time to change the subject! VA Secretary David Shulkin was shown the door and WH doctor Ronny Jackson will be taking his place. The REAL story is obstruction of justice. Donald Trump's lawyer, John Dowd, told Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort that Trump would pardon them if they did not talk to Robert Mueller. We talk to HuffPost's Igor Bobic, New Repub...

The WH has insisted on adding a question to the census that asks about citizenship. State Attorneys General have responded with a lawsuit against Trump. The federal law explicitly outlaws such actions. Former SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens says it's time to outlaw the 2nd amendment. Good for him! We talk about it with Daniel Lippman from Politico, Democratic strategist Atima Omara and Evan McMor...

At the WH press briefing, deputy press secretary says that Stormy Daniels was lying in her appearance on 60 Minutes. But, Daniels and her attorney continue to push back. Just another day in the Trump White House. We talk to Asawin Suebsang from The Daily Beast about all the chaos in the WH. Republican gerrymandering is starting to fall around the country. David Daley, the author of Ratfucked, expl...

Stormy Daniels got a chance to tell her story on Sunday night. We should believe every word she says. Students around the country made their voices heard over the weekend with the March for Our Lives. It might finally be time for us to see ACTUAL gun reform in this country. We talk to Reid Wilson from The Hill about his new book, Epidemic, President of Media Matters Angelo Carusone talks Stormy Da...

Another story of inappropriate behavior in the workplace. This time, it's from DC restaurateur Mike Isabella. Danielle Paquette from Washington Post and Angie Fetherston, the CEO of Drink Company join Peter Ogburn to discuss the allegations and how widespread the movement has become. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Donald Trump has named notorious war hawk John Bolton as his national security advisor. This should scare the hell out of us. We talk about it with Jordan Fabian from The Hill and Jason Dick from Roll Call. Plus, Facebook is using your data in ways that you wouldn't like. Will they ever stop? Andrew Prokop from Vox gives us the details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

Even GOP lawmakers had to come out and say that Trump shouldn't have called Putin to congratulate him on his "win." Why can't Trump juts put "America first?" Plus, Trump picks a fight with Joe Biden. We talk to Rep Cheri Bustos from Illinois and Alex Seitz-Wald from NBC News! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...

Three prominent women are giving Donald Trump a BIG headache these days. Stormy Daniels, Summer Zervos and Karen MacDougal have all made allegations against Trump and their cases are finally being heard. Could this bring the President down? We talk about the Mueller investigation with The Hill's Jonathan Easley. Plus, Democratic Strategist Joel Payne and Rep Mark Pocan from Wisconsin discuss the n...

Donald Trump is proposing the death penalty for drug dealers as part of his plan to combat the opioid crisis. To think we've fallen so far with regards to criminal justice reform. We talk to Ed Chung from the Center for American Progress about it. Plus, the chaos at the White House doesn't appear to be slowing down. Niall Stanage from The Hill and Pema Levy from Mother Jones join us. See Privacy P...

If Donald Trump tries to fire Robert Mueller, would it be "the end of his presidency," as Lindsey Graham argues? We may find out soon. The ousting of McCabe might have been just the beginning to Trump cleaning house in the intelligence community. We talk to The Hill's Ben Kamisar, Michael Eggman, candidate in CA's 10th District and Sara Fischer from Axios. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...

Bill's new book will be available soon, but in the meantime, here he is reading from his chapter about how he worked with the Bernie Sanders campaign for President. The campaign was launched in Bill's house and he tells the behind-the-scenes story of how it all came to be. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Robert Mueller is coming after the records from the Trump Organization. That should concern Donald Trump and entire family. We talk about the latest efforts to impeach with John Bonifaz, the REAL story on the GOP Tax Cut with Andy Friendman from Washington Update and Rep. Dan Kildee from Michigan talks guns, tariffs and Betsy DeVos! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

In a move that betrays their party, 17 centrist Democrats voted with Republicans to roll back regulations on the banking industry. It's a move that could bring about another financial collapse. Shame on all of them. Guest host Peter Ogburn talks about the open graft and corruption from the Trump Cabinet with Rebekah Entralgo and Adam Smith. We examine Conor Lamb's win in PA with Politico's Elena S...

Conor Lamb won a squeaker in Pennsylvania! A bright red district turns blue! It's another blow against Donald Trump for Democrats. Plus, Rex Tillerson is out. What does that mean for Trump's cabinet? We talk to CNN's Jeremy Herb, Former Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu and HuffPost's Jen Bendery. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

After months of speculation, Donald Trump has fired Rex Tillerson. We have an in-depth conversation with Zack Beauchamp from Vox about Tillerson's legacy and how he's survived up to this point. The Republicans on the House Intel Committee have ended their investigation into Russia's meddling into the 2016 election. It was a sham from the get go, so no surprises there! We dig into it with WaPo's Eu...