The Weekend

The Harris-Walz campaign isn’t letting Donald Trump run away from Project 2025, the extreme right-wing plan to completely overhaul the federal government. But Trump isn’t doing himself any favors by speaking at an event co-sponsored by the group that wrote it. Plus, Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz react to the discovery of six dead Israeli hostages, including one American.  ...

President Biden and VP Kamala Harris condemn Hamas after the deaths of six Israeli hostages, including one American. Plus, Harris-Walz Senior Adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms previews the campaign’s Labor Day blitz through Pennsylvania and Michigan.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

The Harris Campaign is already taking steps to defend against Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy as Trump tries to make nice with Georgia’s popular governor now that the Peach State is back in play. Plus, the first Gen-Z member of congress, Rep. Maxwell Frost, on Kamala Harris’ appeal to young voters. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Po...

Senator Elizabeth Warren joins The Weekend to discuss Donald Trump completely flip-flopping his views on reproductive rights in a 24-hour period. Plus, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz storm rural Georgia to run up the margins in traditionally Republican territory. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

With a plethora of American flags and the chants of "USA," Democracy was on display at the DNC last week. Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend talk to long-time colleague and friend of Vice-Presidential nominee Tim Walz, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, about Walz's speech and his display of masculinity. Plus, Congresswoman and Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin about her race in Mich...

The Harris-Walz campaign is just days away from launching their first joint bus tour in Georgia. Symone Sanders-Townsend and Alicia Menendez talk to campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu about that and Harris' debate prep. Alicia and Symone also speak with the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Steven Horsford about what it'll take to win his state, the key battleground of Nevada.  To...

Donald Trump wants you to believe he has absolutely nothing to do with Project 2025, but his allies’ fingerprints are all over it. Meanwhile, VP Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz are planning for their first joint interview after a blockbuster convention. Plus, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) on President Biden’s message to “finish the job” after passing the torch to his Vice President. To listen to this s...

Kamala Harris has formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to be President and Donald Trump is having a complete meltdown over it. Plus, the Republicans for Harris trying to convince their fellow GOP-ers that it’s okay to vote for her. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

It’s DNC week and the Democrats are ready to party and officially christen Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential nominee. DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker join The Weekend with a preview of the festivities. Plus, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Harris-Walz plan to lower prices for Americans. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW...

Democrats are looking to the future one day out from the Democratic National Convention where the party is set to make history by naming Vice President Kamala Harris as their standard-bearer. Plus, New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins to discuss Donald Trump and JD Vance’s collapsing poll numbers with women voters. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premiu...

With just days until the DNC begins in Chicago, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez, and Symone Sanders-Townsend give a preview of what President Biden's role at the convention will be. They also speak with Rep. Eric Swalwell about how Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to question the results of this election. Plus, gold-star father, Khzir Khan, who spoke at the 2016 DNC convention on beha...

The split screen is jarring: Vice President Harris unveiling her economic platform in North Carolina and her campaign outlining concrete steps for her proposals. Meanwhile, Trump was at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, standing in front of a "Price is Right"-style grocery table talking about how he's going to take the Cheerios to his "cottage." Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sand...

Selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate has sent a jolt of energy into Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, despite the fact that recent polling has found most Americans never even heard of him before his high-profile political ascension. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan joins “The Weekend” to talk about her experience as his governing partner. Plus, Andrew Weissmann and Antho...

It's been a rough week for the Trump campaign, topped off by the campaign saying it was hacked, just one day after Microsoft reported an Iranian group send a spear phishing email to a "presidential campaign." Plus, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez, and Symone Sanders-Townsend talk to the co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign, former Congressman Cedric Richmond, about the campaign's swing through the...

Both presidential tickets are officially locked in, but the two campaigns could not be offering more different visions of America. While Vice President Kamala Harris leans into the issues and the future, Donald Trump is back to his usual rambling and nonstop lying. Plus, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain joins to discuss the union’s endorsement of Harris-Walz and warning about Donald Trump....

Gov. Tim Walz now is an official member of the Harris ticket. Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele talk about how Harris and Walz are gaining even more momentum as they make stops in battleground states across the country. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been holed up in Mar-a-Lago, only leaving to hold a late-night rally reliably-red Montana. Plus, Assistant Minority Leader, Rep. Joe Neguse, on what ha...

Don’t be fooled by Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to distance himself from Project 2025 and its extreme agenda. The right-wing manifesto has ties to some of the ex-president’s closest allies… including his running mate JD Vance. Plus, Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) joins to discuss the Veepstakes and the Harris Campaign’s plan to flip North Carolina.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without...

The debate duel is on! Michael Steele and Symone Sanders-Townsend talk the fight over debate date, location, and network with LaTosha Brown and Eugene Daniels. They also do a deep-dive into the veepstakes. Plus, March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg joins to talk about how Kamala Harris can earn young peoples' votes. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW...

Vice President Harris takes the high road after Donald Trump questions her identity as a Black woman and defends his running mate JD Vance’s weird attack on childless women. Plus, Symone and Michael discuss what a Kamala Harris economy could look like.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele talk Vice President Harris' 2024 campaign, including their battleground strategy and their growing war chest. They also talked about the race to be Harris' running mate, as we're just days away from a multi-state swing with Harris and the running mate to-be. Plus, how the landmark U.S.-Russia prisoner swap means for global diplomacy. To listen to this sho...

Three of the Democratic Party’s top campaign chiefs join The Weekend table to discuss how Vice President Kamala Harris’ surging candidacy has completely changed the 2024 landscape in less than a week. Plus, Sarah Longwell joins to discuss how the Trump-Vance ticket is already leaning into its worst racist and sexist instincts to smear their new opponent. To listen to this show and other MS podcast...

It’s 100 days until Election Day and Donald Trump has been caught flat-footed as he struggles to land a punch against Vice President Kamala Harris’ surging campaign which has raised $200 million in less than a week. Plus, Harris campaign surrogate Mitch Landrieu joins to discuss the state of the race.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Po...

Vice President Kamala Harris begins vetting potential candidates to be her running mate as Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers launch racist and sexist attacks against her. Plus, New York Attorney General Letitia James on her “singular focus” to get Harris into the White House. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, has Donald Trump and JD Vance on their heels as she unites her party and launches a nationwide campaign blitz with just months until Election Day. Plus, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on the state of the race and his thoughts on his VP chances.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premiu...

Principal Deputy Campaign Manager for the Biden-Harris Campaign, Quentin Fulks, joins to discuss the state of the campaign. Michael, Symone, and Alicia also speak with author and professor Corey Brettschneider about his new book, “The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It.” Plus, Symone, Michael, and Alicia talk to one of the Bide...