Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael D Shear

Is America's place in the world at a crossroads? The New York Times' Michael D. Shear returns to unpack the first two weeks of Trump's second term and the domestic and international response to an emboldened executive branch wielding unprecedented power. Ravi and Michael first review the administration's high-stakes opening moves, from sweeping tariffs to an immigration crackdown, and discuss how a GOP-controlled Congress could enable some of Trump's most aggressive policies yet. They also examine the Biden administration's final days and the evolving dynamic between Trump and Obama. Finally, they turn to the international fallout: Mexico has already deployed troops, Canada is preparing economic retaliation, and China is purported to be weighing its response to an economic showdown, all while Europe braces for its own clash with Washington. Is this a strategic reindustrialization effort or a political gamble with global consequences? With world leaders recalibrating their approach to a more focused and forceful Trump, Ravi and Michael discuss whether we've entered a new era of uncertainty. Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Follow Ravi on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/ravimgupta --- Follow Ravi at @ravimgupta Follow The Branch at @thebranchmedia Notes from this episode are available on Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Lost Debate is available on the following platforms:  • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xR9pch9DrQDiZfGB5oF0F • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate • Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  • iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

In one of his most audacious moves since taking office, President Trump ordered a freeze on Tuesday on trillions of dollars in federal money — from anti-poverty programs to foreign aid — in order to purge the government of what he called woke ideology.Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the order, the chaos it prompted and whether it is likely to survive in court.Guests: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: A judge stayed President Trump's freeze, but disruption to the Medicaid funding system caused fear.Uncertainty around the freeze also caused chaos in education.Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

This episode is part 5 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said.As we examine each trope let's ask ourselves "Did Trump really say that?!"Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe.In part 5 we dissect two hoaxes from the same article in The Atlantic:The "I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had" hoaxThe "$60,000 to Bury a Mexican" hoaxSources Cited:Jeffrey Goldberg, "Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'," The Atlantic, October 22, 2024.Michael D. Shear, "Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn't Be Like Hitler's, Book Says," New York Times, August 8, 2022.Christopher Tremoglie, "Reductio ad Hitlerum: 60 years of Democrats falsely calling the Republican nominee a fascist," Washington Examiner, October 24, 2024.John Mashek, "Bush, Obama, and the Hitler Card," US News, May 16, 2008.Taija PerryCook, "Did Trump Once Say 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'?" Snopes, October 25, 2024."President Donald Trump offers to pay for the funeral of Vanessa Guillén," Donald J Trump, July 30, 2020.Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows), "I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic's latest hit piece against President Trump," October 22, 2024, 2:42pm.Mayra Guillen (@@mguilen_), "Wow. I don't appreciate how you are exploiting my sister's death for politics," October 22, 2024, 2:30pm.George Conway (@gtconway3d), "No one is exploiting your sister's death here," October 23, 2024, 10:46am.Mayra Guillen (@mguilen_), "Is that why the @TheAtlantic is in your bio?" October 23, 2024, 6:27pm.Attorney Natalie Khawam (@WhistleblowerLF), "After having dealt with hundreds of reporters in my legal career," October 22, 2024, 5:13pm.Peter Kafka, "Laurene Powell Jobs and Kamala Harris are coming to Code," Vox, April 27, 2017."Kamala Harris says 'everybody needs to be woke' in 2017 video that may haunt her campaign," New York Post, August 6, 2024.*** Please contribute to the Hurricane relief fund for A.M. Brewster...

This episode is part 5 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said.As we examine each trope let's ask ourselves "Did Trump really say that?!"Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe.In part 5 we dissect two hoaxes from the same article in The Atlantic:The "I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had" hoaxThe "$60,000 to Bury a Mexican" hoaxSources Cited:Jeffrey Goldberg, "Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'," The Atlantic, October 22, 2024.Michael D. Shear, "Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn't Be Like Hitler's, Book Says," New York Times, August 8, 2022.Christopher Tremoglie, "Reductio ad Hitlerum: 60 years of Democrats falsely calling the Republican nominee a fascist," Washington Examiner, October 24, 2024.John Mashek, "Bush, Obama, and the Hitler Card," US News, May 16, 2008.Taija PerryCook, "Did Trump Once Say 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'?" Snopes, October 25, 2024."President Donald Trump offers to pay for the funeral of Vanessa Guillén," Donald J Trump, July 30, 2020.Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows), "I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic's latest hit piece against President Trump," October 22, 2024, 2:42pm.Mayra Guillen (@@mguilen_), "Wow. I don't appreciate how you are exploiting my sister's death for politics," October 22, 2024, 2:30pm.George Conway (@gtconway3d), "No one is exploiting your sister's death here," October 23, 2024, 10:46am.Mayra Guillen (@mguilen_), "Is that why the @TheAtlantic is in your bio?" October 23, 2024, 6:27pm.Attorney Natalie Khawam (@WhistleblowerLF), "After having dealt with hundreds of reporters in my legal career," October 22, 2024, 5:13pm.Peter Kafka, "Laurene Powell Jobs and Kamala Harris are coming to Code," Vox, April 27, 2017."Kamala Harris says 'everybody needs to be woke' in 2017 video that may haunt her campaign," New York Post, August 6, 2024.*** Please contribute to the Hurricane relief fund for A.M. Brewster...

Michael's conversation with Julie Hirschfeld Davis, co-author (with Michael D. Shear) of "Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration." Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, “fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration's more brazen assaults on immigration” (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump's presidency. No issue matters more to Donald Trump and his administration than restricting immigration. Original air date 9 October 2019. The book was published on 8 October 2019.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Biden Preparing to Withdraw from Race: Journalist Mark Halperin reports: “Multiple sources outline the apparent state of play on Biden at this time: plans to announce withdrawal from nomination as early as this weekend, with Sunday most likely. Jon Meacham polishing up remarks. Biden with NOT resign the presidency. Biden will NOT endorse Harris. open convention with Harris and about 3 others. super delegates will not be allowed to vote on 1st ballot. Harris is vetting at least four possible running mates, including Andy Beshear and possibly Shapiro.” You can follow the story as it develops: https://x.com/MarkHalperin/status/1814049842790006837 6:10pm- Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker, and Katie Rogers of The New York Times report: “Several people close to President Biden said on Thursday that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race, bowing to the growing demands of many anxious members of his party. One of the people close to him warned that the president had not yet made up his mind to leave the race after three weeks of insisting that almost nothing would drive him out. But another said that ‘reality is setting in,' and that it would not be a surprise if Mr. Biden made an announcement soon endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-election-drop-out.html 6:20pm- Congressman Dan Meuser— Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap his experience at last Saturday's presidential campaign rally in Butler, PA where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated. Rep. Meuser is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and a member of the House Committee on Small Business. 6:40pm- David Urban—Political Commentator for CNN & Senior Advisor to Donald Trump—joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the RNC Convention in Milwaukee, WI. What can we expect from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech tonight? 6:50pm- Joel Pollak— Senior Editor-at-Large for Breitbart News—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his soon to be released book, “The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days.” You can learn more about the book here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781648211164/the-agenda/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (07/18/2024): 3:05pm- Biden Receptive to Withdrawing? The New York Times reportS, “President Biden has become more receptive in the last several days to hearing arguments about why he should drop his re-election bid, Democrats briefed on his conversations said on Wednesday, after his party's two top leaders in Congress privately told him they were deeply concerned about his prospects. Mr. Biden has not given any indication that he is changing his mind about staying in the race, the Democrats said, but has been willing to listen to rundowns of new and worrying polling data and has asked questions about how Vice President Kamala Harris could win.” 3:30pm Elizabeth Pipko—Spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee—joins The Rich Zeoli Show from The Republican National Convention to preview Donald Trump's convention speech, Hulk Hogan's highly anticipated appearance, and her neighbor: Kieth Olbermann! Pipko is a former model, a 2016 Trump campaign staffer, and author of the book, “Finding My Place: Making My Parents' American Dream Come True.” 3:40pm- Biden Has COVID-19: Tarini Parti and Kayla Yup of The Wall Street Journal write: “President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Wednesday. Biden, 81 years old, will be returning to Delaware to self-isolate, Jean-Pierre said. He tested positive for Covid-19 during a two-day campaign swing through the battleground state of Nevada. A note from Biden's doctor provided by the White House said the president's ‘symptoms remain mild, his respiratory rate is normal at 16, his temperature is normal at 97.8 and his pulse oximetry is normal at 97%.' Biden has received his first dose of Paxlovid and the results of a PCR test are pending, according to the note. He previously had Covid in the summer of 2022.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-da64c5b8?mod=hp_lead_pos2 3:50pm- In a bizarre rant, MSNBC host Joy Reid suggested Joe Biden “beating” COVID-19 is the same as Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt—arguing that both should be viewed by the public as signs of strength. 4:05pm- On Wednesday night, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance formally accepted the nomination to become Donald Trump's Vice Presidential nominee. During his speech Vance said: “Never in my wildest imagination would I have believed that I could be standing here tonight.” Vance had the thousands in attendance roaring while recalling stories from his youth—specifically stories about his grandma, “Mamaw.” Vance was introduced to the convention by his wife, Usha. 4:20pm- On Saturday, while speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. Shooter Thomas Matthew Cooks—armed with an AR-15 rifle—fired multiple shots at Trump before being dispatched by a Secret Service sniper. Disturbing new details about the shooting continue to emerge. 4:30pm- While speaking with BET News, President Joe Biden seemingly thanked Franklin Delano Roosevelt for wide-spread access to high-speed internet. Of course, everyone remembers FDR's most famous quote: “The only thing we have to fear…is slow wi-fi.” 4:45pm- Gold Star Families: While speaking at the RNC Convention on Wednesday night, the parents of Marine Corps. Corporal Hunter Lopez remembered their son—as well as the other twelve U.S. military members killed during America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. 5:00pm Janiyah Thomas—Black Media Director for Donald Trump's 2024 Presidential Campaign—joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the RNC Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to preview Donald Trump's big address tonight! 5:15pm- Coach Joe Kennedy joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the new movie “Average Joe”—which tells the story of his fascinating life and legal fight. “School officials at Bremerton High School (BHS) suspended—and later fired—football coach Joe Kennedy because he prayed a brief, quiet prayer after football games. A lawsuit was filed against the school district, arguing that banning coaches from quietly praying, just because they can be seen by the public, is wrong and violates the Constitution. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sided with the school district. The case eventually landed in the U.S. Supreme Court. In January 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Coach Joe.” You can learn more here: https://coachjoekennedy.com 5:35pm- Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt—Vice Chairman of the National Governors Association—joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and discusses recently signing “Alyssa's Law” which implements a mobile panic alert system in schools across the state. 5:40pm- Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Whatley joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the party's convention in Milwaukee, WI. How has the convention been so far—and what can Americans expect on Thursday night? 5:50pm- Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the RNC Convention. In addition to playing professional basketball, Kanter Freedom is a human rights activist who has vociferously condemned totalitarian regimes. After publicly criticizing Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president issued twelve arrest warrants for Kanter Freedom. 6:05pm- Biden Preparing to Withdraw from Race: Journalist Mark Halperin reports: “Multiple sources outline the apparent state of play on Biden at this time: plans to announce withdrawal from nomination as early as this weekend, with Sunday most likely. Jon Meacham polishing up remarks. Biden with NOT resign the presidency. Biden will NOT endorse Harris. open convention with Harris and about 3 others. super delegates will not be allowed to vote on 1st ballot. Harris is vetting at least four possible running mates, including Andy Beshear and possibly Shapiro.” You can follow the story as it develops: https://x.com/MarkHalperin/status/1814049842790006837 6:10pm- Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker, and Katie Rogers of The New York Times report: “Several people close to President Biden said on Thursday that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race, bowing to the growing demands of many anxious members of his party. One of the people close to him warned that the president had not yet made up his mind to leave the race after three weeks of insisting that almost nothing would drive him out. But another said that ‘reality is setting in,' and that it would not be a surprise if Mr. Biden made an announcement soon endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-election-drop-out.html 6:20pm- Congressman Dan Meuser— Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap his experience at last Saturday's presidential campaign rally in Butler, PA where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated. Rep. Meuser is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and a member of the House Committee on Small Business. 6:40pm- David Urban—Political Commentator for CNN & Senior Advisor to Donald Trump—joins The Rich Zeoli Show from the RNC Convention in Milwaukee, WI. What can we expect from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech tonight? 6:50pm- Joel Pollak— Senior Editor-at-Large for Breitbart News—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his soon to be released book, “The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days.” You can learn more about the book here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781648211164/the-agenda/

In this special episode, Ravi is joined by Michael D. Shear, White House correspondent at The New York Times, to discuss what to expect from the upcoming presidential debate. They then turn to President Joe Biden's closest advisers; who they are, why they're largely unknown, and how they wield their power within the administration. Finally, Ravi and Michael explore the political reasoning behind and implications of Biden's recent executive actions on immigration. Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ The Branch channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-branch/id6483055204  Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms:  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw  iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:05pm- Michael D. Shear of The New York Times writes that on Monday, while speaking from Madison, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden “announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year. Mr. Biden's new plan would reduce the amount that 25 million borrowers still owe on their undergraduate and graduate loans. It would wipe away the entire amount for more than four million Americans. Altogether, White House officials said, 10 million borrowers would see debt relief of $5,000 or more.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/politics/biden-student-loans-debt-relief.html 4:20pm- While appearing on CNN, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) defended the Biden Administration's plan to eliminate $5,000 of student loan debt for an estimated 10 million borrowers despite the Supreme Court having previously ruled that the executive branch is constitutionally incapable of forgiving loan debt unilaterally. 4:35pm- Are jeans causing climate change? Researchers at Guangdong University have concluded that jeans are as environmentally unfriendly as driving a gas-powered vehicle 6 miles. 4:40pm- Zach Kessel of National Review reports: “Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway held a town hall with students Thursday night aimed at offering the school community the opportunity to ask him questions. Before he was able to answer a single one, anti-Israel protesters unleashed chaos. As Holloway attempted to address the crowd, ‘pro-Palestinian students interrupted the town hall and prevented the scheduled programming from happening. They shouted and tried to intimidate other students,' Rutgers student Sarah Shiner, who was in attendance Thursday night.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rutgers-police-escort-jewish-students-out-of-town-hall-after-pro-palestinian-protesters-call-for-intifada/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Michael D. Shear of The New York Times writes that on Monday, while speaking from Madison, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden “announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year. Mr. Biden's new plan would reduce the amount that 25 million borrowers still owe on their undergraduate and graduate loans. It would wipe away the entire amount for more than four million Americans. Altogether, White House officials said, 10 million borrowers would see debt relief of $5,000 or more.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/politics/biden-student-loans-debt-relief.html 6:10pm- Will Pennsylvania vote red in 2024? Aaron Zitner and Kris Maher of The Wall Street Journal explain that “energy-economy voters see Biden as hostile to fracking, which taps natural gas trapped in sedimentary rock deep underground. The sector has drawn billions of dollars in new investment in Pennsylvania, much of it in the state's southwest corner.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/fracking-boom-pennsylvania-trump-biden-voters-a360fd1b?mod=hp_lead_pos9 6:30pm- “Civil War,” new dystopian action film starring Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons, and Kirsten Dunst is set to release this week. During an interview, Offerman was asked if the film's premise had anything to do with Donald Trump dividing America—he quickly dismissed the notion. 6:40pm- While on vacation, Rich missed last week's earthquake in New Jersey. BUT he did not miss today's solar eclipse…well, he sort of did because he couldn't see anything from the studio.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (04/08/2024): 3:05pm- Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal reports that “House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) has pledged to bring up Ukraine aid for a vote in the House soon after Congress returns from Easter recess in coming days. But what the bill will look like—and who will support it—remains unsettled…The Senate passed a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in February with bipartisan support. Johnson has resisted calls from defense hawks of both parties to simply bring the Senate bill up for a vote in the House, saying his chamber will move forward with its own bill that would add ‘some important innovations' not included in the Senate version.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-johnson-us-ukraine-aid-package-a3bac384?mod=hp_lead_pos2 3:10pm- Rich offers live play-by-play of the solar eclipse—however, he can't see anything from the studio. Henry leaves to try to get a better angle but still can't see anything thanks to clouds—so, the play-by-play is not going well. Matt refuses to look at the sky because he doesn't trust the quality of the glasses Henry acquired via Amazon. 3:30pm- According to Dr. Sabine Stanely—a professor of planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University—the moon is slowly moving away from Earth. Consequently, we only have 600 million more years of solar eclipses ahead of us. So, enjoy it while you can! You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/eclipse-sun-moon-earth-science/ 4:05pm- Michael D. Shear of The New York Times writes that on Monday, while speaking from Madison, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden “announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year. Mr. Biden's new plan would reduce the amount that 25 million borrowers still owe on their undergraduate and graduate loans. It would wipe away the entire amount for more than four million Americans. Altogether, White House officials said, 10 million borrowers would see debt relief of $5,000 or more.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/politics/biden-student-loans-debt-relief.html 4:20pm- While appearing on CNN, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) defended the Biden Administration's plan to eliminate $5,000 of student loan debt for an estimated 10 million borrowers despite the Supreme Court having previously ruled that the executive branch is constitutionally incapable of forgiving loan debt unilaterally. 4:35pm- Are jeans causing climate change? Researchers at Guangdong University have concluded that jeans are as environmentally unfriendly as driving a gas-powered vehicle 6 miles. 4:40pm- Zach Kessel of National Review reports: “Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway held a town hall with students Thursday night aimed at offering the school community the opportunity to ask him questions. Before he was able to answer a single one, anti-Israel protesters unleashed chaos. As Holloway attempted to address the crowd, ‘pro-Palestinian students interrupted the town hall and prevented the scheduled programming from happening. They shouted and tried to intimidate other students,' Rutgers student Sarah Shiner, who was in attendance Thursday night.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rutgers-police-escort-jewish-students-out-of-town-hall-after-pro-palestinian-protesters-call-for-intifada/ 5:05pm- In a video posted to his Truth Social account, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said abortion policy should not be crafted at the federal level—and instead, should be left to individual states to decide. 5:30pm- Did you watch the solar eclipse? Plus, what topic is Matt writing his 25-page term paper on? Rich falls asleep during the explanation. 5:35pm- During an interview with The New York Post, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) said squatters have no rights: “How can you even pretend that this is anything other than you're just breaking the law?” You can read more here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-trying-to-steal-peoples-homes-squatters-have-no-rights 5:40pm- AUDIO OF THE DAY: Actress, singer, dancer, and author Jennifer Lewis has hilarious anti-Trump meltdown while appearing on Sirius XM. 6:05pm- Michael D. Shear of The New York Times writes that on Monday, while speaking from Madison, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden “announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year. Mr. Biden's new plan would reduce the amount that 25 million borrowers still owe on their undergraduate and graduate loans. It would wipe away the entire amount for more than four million Americans. Altogether, White House officials said, 10 million borrowers would see debt relief of $5,000 or more.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/politics/biden-student-loans-debt-relief.html 6:10pm- Will Pennsylvania vote red in 2024? Aaron Zitner and Kris Maher of The Wall Street Journal explain that “energy-economy voters see Biden as hostile to fracking, which taps natural gas trapped in sedimentary rock deep underground. The sector has drawn billions of dollars in new investment in Pennsylvania, much of it in the state's southwest corner.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/fracking-boom-pennsylvania-trump-biden-voters-a360fd1b?mod=hp_lead_pos9 6:30pm- “Civil War,” new dystopian action film starring Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons, and Kirsten Dunst is set to release this week. During an interview, Offerman was asked if the film's premise had anything to do with Donald Trump dividing America—he quickly dismissed the notion. 6:40pm- While on vacation, Rich missed last week's earthquake in New Jersey. BUT he did not miss today's solar eclipse…well, he sort of did because he couldn't see anything from the studio.

Negotiators attempt to establish a six-week cease-fire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas before the start of the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan; Portugal holds a snap parliamentary election with a far-right party gaining traction; international films gain prominence at the ninety-sixth Academy Awards; and Chinese President Xi Jinping breaks with the thirty-year tradition of the premier's press conference after the National People's Congress.   Mentioned on the Podcast   J.A. Bayona, Society of the Snow   Ilker Çatak, The Teachers' Lounge   Manohla Dargis, “‘The Zone of Interest' Review: The Holocaust, Reduced to Background Noise,” New York Times   Matteo Garrone, Io Capitano   Greta Gerwig, Barbie   Johnathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest   Andrea Kannapell, Hwaida Saad, and Michael D. Shear, “‘We Need a Cease-Fire,' Biden Says.” New York Times   Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things   Françoise Mouly, “Barry Blitt's ‘Slappenheimer',” New Yorker   Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer   Celine Song, Past Lives   Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall   Wim Wenders, Perfect Days   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at:  https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/ramadan-cease-fire-prospects-portugals-snap-election-oscars-go-international-and-more 

It's been four months since President Biden requested over $100 billion in war money for Israel and Ukraine and the Senate has now passed a bill that would provide most of the money. In this episode, we examine the events that lead up to and have occurred since President Biden's address to the nation, and analyze the Senate bill along with its possible paths to becoming law. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes October 7 Attack Aluf Benn. February 21, 2024. Haaretz. Liza Rozovsky. January 6, 2024. Haaretz. Amos Harel. November 27, 2023. Haaretz. November 18, 2023. Josh Breiner. Haaretz. Hagar Shezaf and Jack Khoury. October 6, 2023. Haaretz. Aftermath of the October 7 Attack Ran Shimoni et al. February 24, 2024. Haaretz. October 20, 2023. White House Briefing Room. Michael D. Shear. October 19, 2023. The New York Times. October 19, 2023. Democracy Now! History of Palestine and Israel Bernard Avishai. February 2024. Harper's Magazine. October 20, 2023. The World. Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, produced by Daniel J. Chalfen, Nadia Saah, and Erin Axelman. 2023. OCHA. June 2022. UNICEF. Rashid Khalidi. Macmillan Audio: 2020. Directed by Abby Martin. 2019. Empire Files. Ian Black. Tantor Audio: 2018. Darryl Cooper. 2015-2016. Martyrmade Podcast. April 16, 2015. Defense for Children International - Palestine. March 2012. Visualizing Palestine. Balfour Declaration Zena Al Tahhan. November 2, 2018. Al Jazeera. Lord Arthur James Balfour. November 2, 1917. Jewish Virtual Library. Vanishing Palestine Retrieved on February 27, 2024. Wikipedia: the free Encyclopedia. October 11, 2023. BBC. Hagar Shezaf. December 11, 2020. Haaretz. May 12, 2020. Human Rights Watch. Mitchell Bard. Jewish Virtual Library. Al Jazeera. Alex Hartman et al. December 9, 2004. Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. 2003. Creation of Israel 1947. April 1983. United Nations. Lebanon Rania Abouzeid. October 21, 2023. The New Yorker. Tom Perry et al. October 18, 2022. Reuters. Dahiya Doctrine December 7, 2012. Institute for Middle East Understanding. Gabi Siboni. October 2, 2008. INSS Insight. November 23, 2006. UN General Assembly Human Rights Council. Gaza Death Toll AJLabs. Retrieved on February 27, 2024. Al Jazeera. Amna Nawaz and Sonia Kopelev. February 9, 2024. PBS NewsHour. Linda Dayan. December 26, 2023. Haaretz. June 23, 2015. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Caabu. Rory McCarthy. September 15, 2009. The Guardian. Post-October 7 Land Grab Henriette Chacar. February 23, 2024. Reuters. Julia Frankel. February 23, 2024. AP News. Liza Rozovsky. February 15, 2024. Haaretz. Nir Hasson and Rachel Fink. January 28, 2024. Haaretz. Abdelraouf Arnaout. January 3, 2024. Anadolu Agency. Itai Weiss. December 27, 2023. Haaretz. Yitzhak Benbaji et al. November 30, 2023. Haaretz. Isaac Chotiner. November 11, 2023. The New Yorker. Uploaded by LocalCall. October 13, 2023. Scribd. Gas Rights Walid Abuhelal. February 20, 2024. Middle East Eye. Israeli Nukes Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation. Ceasefire Amy Spiro et al. November 30, 2023. The Times of Israel. Omar Shakir. November 29, 2023. Human Rights Watch. The Destruction of Gaza James Mackenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi. February 15, 2024. Reuters. Mithil Aggarwal and Yasmine Salam. January 18, 2024. NBC News. Yahya R. Sarraj. December 24, 2023. The New York Times. Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber. December 21, 2023. Reuters. U.S. Aid to Israel Matthew Lee. December 29, 2023. PBS NewsHour. Michael D. Shear and Karoun Demirjian. October 20, 2023. The New York Times. Limiting Aid to Gaza Katie Polglase and Muhammad Darwish. February 21, 2024. CNN. Rachel Fink. February 7, 2024. Haaretz. Lindsey Hilsum. February 5, 2024. Channel 4 News. Jessica Le Masurier. February 5, 2024. France 24. Netanyahu Rejects Two State Solution January 19, 2024. DW. Why Does the U.S. Government Support Israel? OpenSecrets. Real American History Howard Zinn. Harper Audio: 2009. Ukraine Anatol Lieven. February 24, 2024. Time. Border Crisis Jamie Dupree. February 15, 2024. Regular Order. Caitlin Yilek. February 14, 2024. CBS News. Kelly Garrity. February 5, 2024. Politico. Bills Audio Sources February 11, 2024 Bernie Sanders on X October 19, 2023 C-SPAN Executive Producer Recommended Sources Music by Editing Production Assistance

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This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the now-former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the for-now Republican Matt Gaetz; the Supreme Court's new term; and crime in America.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Colby Itkowitz for The Washington Post: “Fight for speakership begins as House reels from McCarthy ouster” David Leonhardt for The New York Times: “America's Political Turmoil” Matt Ford for The New Republic: “The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab” Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley for The American Presidency Project: “Summary of the Report of the Committee on Administrative Management [the Brownlow Report].” Ian Millhiser for Vox: “The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns” Mark Sherman for AP: “Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion” Andrew Chung for Reuters: “Supreme Court ethics concerns aren't going away” Ernesto Lopez, Richard Rosenfeld, and Bobby Boxerman for the Council on Criminal Justice: “Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Mid-Year 2023 Update"  Rebecca Crosby, Judd Legum, and Tesnim Zekeria for Popular Information: “Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.” Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter for AP: “Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes” Gabe Cohen for CNN: “Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage”  John Dickerson for CBS News: “Chronic school absences on the rise in 40 states, study finds” Michael D. Shear for The New York Times: “Bidens' Dog Is No Longer at White House After Latest Biting Incident” Molly Olmstead for Slate: “The Bidens' Dog Keeps Biting People. Why?” Judicial Watch: “Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service for Records of Attacks by Biden German Shepherd ‘Commander'”   Here are this week's chatters:  Emily: North Woods: A Novel by Daniel Mason and “Tiny Beautiful Things” on Hulu John: “Endeavour” on PBS; Daniel Garisto for Scientific American: “This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds”; John Uri for NASA: “65 Years Ago: Sputnik Ushers in the Space Age”; and Charles Fishman for Fast Company: “The birth of the electronic beep, the most ubiquitous sound design in the world” David: Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations Podcast and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast Listener chatter from Danny O'Malley: “Canary”  For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, his biting of Secret Service personnel, and his recent banishment from the White House.  In the next Gabfest Reads in October, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the now-former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the for-now Republican Matt Gaetz; the Supreme Court's new term; and crime in America.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Colby Itkowitz for The Washington Post: “Fight for speakership begins as House reels from McCarthy ouster” David Leonhardt for The New York Times: “America's Political Turmoil” Matt Ford for The New Republic: “The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab” Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley for The American Presidency Project: “Summary of the Report of the Committee on Administrative Management [the Brownlow Report].” Ian Millhiser for Vox: “The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns” Mark Sherman for AP: “Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion” Andrew Chung for Reuters: “Supreme Court ethics concerns aren't going away” Ernesto Lopez, Richard Rosenfeld, and Bobby Boxerman for the Council on Criminal Justice: “Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Mid-Year 2023 Update"  Rebecca Crosby, Judd Legum, and Tesnim Zekeria for Popular Information: “Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.” Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter for AP: “Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes” Gabe Cohen for CNN: “Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage”  John Dickerson for CBS News: “Chronic school absences on the rise in 40 states, study finds” Michael D. Shear for The New York Times: “Bidens' Dog Is No Longer at White House After Latest Biting Incident” Molly Olmstead for Slate: “The Bidens' Dog Keeps Biting People. Why?” Judicial Watch: “Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service for Records of Attacks by Biden German Shepherd ‘Commander'”   Here are this week's chatters:  Emily: North Woods: A Novel by Daniel Mason and “Tiny Beautiful Things” on Hulu John: “Endeavour” on PBS; Daniel Garisto for Scientific American: “This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds”; John Uri for NASA: “65 Years Ago: Sputnik Ushers in the Space Age”; and Charles Fishman for Fast Company: “The birth of the electronic beep, the most ubiquitous sound design in the world” David: Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations Podcast and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast Listener chatter from Danny O'Malley: “Canary”  For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, his biting of Secret Service personnel, and his recent banishment from the White House.  In the next Gabfest Reads in October, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the now-former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the for-now Republican Matt Gaetz; the Supreme Court's new term; and crime in America.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Colby Itkowitz for The Washington Post: “Fight for speakership begins as House reels from McCarthy ouster” David Leonhardt for The New York Times: “America's Political Turmoil” Matt Ford for The New Republic: “The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab” Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley for The American Presidency Project: “Summary of the Report of the Committee on Administrative Management [the Brownlow Report].” Ian Millhiser for Vox: “The Supreme Court will decide if abusive spouses have a right to own guns” Mark Sherman for AP: “Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion” Andrew Chung for Reuters: “Supreme Court ethics concerns aren't going away” Ernesto Lopez, Richard Rosenfeld, and Bobby Boxerman for the Council on Criminal Justice: “Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Mid-Year 2023 Update"  Rebecca Crosby, Judd Legum, and Tesnim Zekeria for Popular Information: “Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.” Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter for AP: “Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes” Gabe Cohen for CNN: “Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage”  John Dickerson for CBS News: “Chronic school absences on the rise in 40 states, study finds” Michael D. Shear for The New York Times: “Bidens' Dog Is No Longer at White House After Latest Biting Incident” Molly Olmstead for Slate: “The Bidens' Dog Keeps Biting People. Why?” Judicial Watch: “Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service for Records of Attacks by Biden German Shepherd ‘Commander'”   Here are this week's chatters:  Emily: North Woods: A Novel by Daniel Mason and “Tiny Beautiful Things” on Hulu John: “Endeavour” on PBS; Daniel Garisto for Scientific American: “This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds”; John Uri for NASA: “65 Years Ago: Sputnik Ushers in the Space Age”; and Charles Fishman for Fast Company: “The birth of the electronic beep, the most ubiquitous sound design in the world” David: Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations Podcast and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast Listener chatter from Danny O'Malley: “Canary”  For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, his biting of Secret Service personnel, and his recent banishment from the White House.  In the next Gabfest Reads in October, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career.   Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent AP-NORC poll found that just a quarter of voters, including only around half of Democrats, want to see Joe Biden run for president again. Many voters are concerned about his age in particular.That's a problem for Biden, but it's not as unusual as it might seem. In 1982, only 37 percent of voters wanted Ronald Reagan, another older president, to run again; he then won the 1984 election in a landslide. And Biden also has a lot going for him: a better-than-expected midterm performance, an impressive record of legislative achievement and a track record of defeating Donald Trump.What are Biden's chances in 2024? How does he stack up against Republicans like Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis? What has his campaign focused on so far, and what should they focus on over the next few years?Jon Favreau served as Barack Obama's head speechwriter from 2005 to 2013, played a key role in both of Obama's presidential campaigns and currently co-hosts the podcast “Pod Save America.” So I asked him on the show to talk through the cases for and against Biden in 2024.We cover the concerns over Biden's age, the strength of Vice President Kamala Harris, the key takeaways from the 2022 midterms, the surprising effectiveness of Biden's lay-low media strategy, why voters tend to trust Donald Trump's management of the economy more than Biden's, how Biden's bipartisan credentials could help him in 2024 and much more.This episode contains explicit language.Mentioned:“Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America's Oldest President” by Peter Baker, Michael D. Shear, Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs“These Political Scientists Surveyed 500,000 Voters. Here Are Their Unnerving Conclusions,” with John Sides and Lynn Vavreck on The Ezra Klein ShowBook Recommendations:How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine PriceA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganNo One Is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodListen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioappThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.This episode was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact checking by Michelle Harris, Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Mixing by Jeff Geld and Isaac Jones. The show's production team is Emefa Agawu, Annie Galvin, Rogé Karma and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. And special thanks to Sonia Herrero and Kristina Samulewski.

Why didn't the long-expected surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border materialize following the end of the Title 42 policy? That's why Andy wanted to find out this week. So he called up Michael D. Shear, White House Reporter for the New York Times. Andy and Michael discuss the end of Title 42, what the Biden Administration's new border policy looks like, why neither the right nor left are happy and what it will mean for the 2024 election cycle.  Keep up with Andy on Post and Twitter and Post @ASlavitt. Follow @shearm on Twitter. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.  Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/  Check out these resources from today's episode:  Read Michael's latest New York Times cover story on what's happening at the border. Follow Michael Shear's award-winning reporting here. Buy Michael's book “Border Wa: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration” Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/ Order Andy's book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165  Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Espresso Martini, Chris & Matt look at President Joe Biden's historic trip to Ukraine, leaked documents showing how Russia plans to take over Belarus, and CIA director William Burns's secret trip to Libya and more! Links to articles discussed in this episode “Biden's Surreal and Secretive Journey Into a War Zone” By Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear for the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/us/politics/biden-kyiv-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare “Revealed: Leaked document shows how Russia plans to take over Belarus” By Michael Weiss and Holger Roonemaa for Yahoo News https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-strategy-document-230035184.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma “Russian state news accidentally publishes article saying Russia has defeated Ukraine and restored its 'historical borders” By Yelena Dzhanova for Yahoo News & Business Insider https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-state-news-accidentally-publishes-181749627.html “LIBYA'S FRAGILE DEADLOCK” By JALEL HARCHAOUI for War on the Rocks https://warontherocks.com/2023/03/libyas-fragile-deadlock/ “Hive of spies' trying to steal sensitive information removed from Australia, Asio chief says” by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/21/hive-of-spies-trying-to-steal-sensitive-information-removed-from-australia-asio-chief-says “The neo-Nazi movement behind the plot to blackout Baltimore” By Brenna Smith for Baltimore Banner https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/power-grid-plot-neo-nazi-R3R54GDYCBECDOOY3HA4NHVNII/ “Borderless Vigilantism: The Nativist US Militias Entering Mexico” By Avery Schmitz for Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/02/21/borderless-vigilantism-the-nativist-us-militias-entering-mexico/ Find out more about Matt and his book “Active Measures” https://mattfulton.net/ Music on this podcast is provided by Andrew R. Bird (Andy Bird) You can check out his work here: https://soundcloud.com/andrewbirduk For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/ Support Secrets and Spies   * Subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg * Become a “Friend of the podcast”  on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies * You can buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=u Connect with us on social media TWITTER twitter.com/SecretsAndSpies FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/secretsandspies SPOUTIBLE   https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies Check out our short spy film “THE DRY CLEANER” which is now available to buy on Apple TV & Amazon Prime.  Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/j_KFTJenrz4 Secrets and Spies is part of the Spy Podcast Network. Check out our other excellent spy-related podcasts here: https://www.spypodcasts.com/ 

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2:  Despite seven whales washing-up along New Jersey beaches, Governor Phil Murphy insists he will not halt the development of massive offshore windmill farms. Environmental organizations have expressed concern that the dead whales could be the result of development-related exploration of the ocean floor. Recently on 60 Minutes, Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich warned of an unavoidable “mass extinction.” Ehrlich has a long history of making inaccurate doomsday predictions: in the 1970's he famously warned that overpopulation would cause mass starvation and chaos, in the 1990's he stated Florida and Washington D.C. would soon be underwater, and in 2014 he suggested that in the not-too-distant future society will be forced to eat human bodies. In an attempted defense of Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, The New York Times published an article titled, “Documents Inquiry Puts Spotlight on Biden's Frenetic Last Days as Vice President”—suggesting that the chaotic finally days of the Obama Administration are responsible for Biden's carelessness. NYT White House correspondents Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear also name White House aides who may be responsible for misplacing the classified documents now at the center of a Justice Department's special counsel investigation. Zeoli wonders: Who, from the Biden Administration, coordinated with Baker and Shear to write this defense? Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy said that Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had no say in the Biden Administration's decision to hide the classified documents scandal from the press for two-months. So, who is making these decisions? 

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (01/16/2023):  3:00pm- On Saturday, the White House released a statement revealing that five additional pages containing classified information were found at President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware. According to The New York Times, the classified documents “were discovered hours after a White House statement on Thursday morning that cited only one" page had been “discovered the night before in a storage area adjacent to the garage.” 3:20pm- While appearing on MSNBC, former Congressman David Jolly argued that President Joe Biden should be praised for his handling of classified documents—arguing that after discovering the documents, Biden did exactly what he was supposed to do by contacting the proper authorities.  3:45pm- Speaking with Jonathan Karl on ABC's This Week, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) endorsed Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents. Schiff said he couldn't “exclude the possibility” that there was a national security risk to Biden's actions.  3:50pm- Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-TN) questioned why the discovery of the Biden documents wasn't announced immediately after they were discovered on November 2nd—speculating that it likely had to do with the impact the news could have had on the highly consequential November 8th midterm elections.  3:55pm- Why was Hunter Biden paying Joe Biden $50,000 a month for rent at the Wilmington home where classified documents were discovered? According to a report from Zero Hedge, “the most expensive home currently for rent in Wilmington, Delaware is going for $6,000 per month.” 4:00pm- Despite seven whales washing-up along New Jersey beaches, Governor Phil Murphy insists he will not halt the development of massive offshore windmill farms. Environmental organizations have expressed concern that the dead whales could be the result of development-related exploration of the ocean floor. 4:15pm- Recently on 60 Minutes, Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich warned of an unavoidable “mass extinction.” Ehrlich has a long history of making inaccurate doomsday predictions: in the 1970's he famously warned that overpopulation would cause mass starvation and chaos, in the 1990's he stated Florida and Washington D.C. would soon be underwater, and in 2014 he suggested that in the not-too-distant future society will be forced to eat human bodies.  4:35pm- In an attempted defense of Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, The New York Times published an article titled, “Documents Inquiry Puts Spotlight on Biden's Frenetic Last Days as Vice President”—suggesting that the chaotic finally days of the Obama Administration are responsible for Biden's carelessness. NYT White House correspondents Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear also name White House aides who may be responsible for misplacing the classified documents now at the center of a Justice Department's special counsel investigation. Zeoli wonders: Who, from the Biden Administration, coordinated with Baker and Shear to write this defense?  4:50pm- Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy said that Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had no say in the Biden Administration's decision to hide the classified documents scandal from the press for two-months. So, who is making these decisions?  5:00pm- The World Economic Forum Conference—an international non-governmental lobbying organization—is set to kick off their annual summit in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. The meeting's primary concerns: environmentalism and climate change. But how many conference participants will be arriving in private jets? According to a study from Greenpeace, an estimated 1,040 private jets were used by attendees at the 2022 World Economic Forum conference.   5:15pm- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warned that he expects a recession in 2023.  5:25pm- While appearing on Fox News, investigative journalist Matt Tiabbi estimated that 500 to 1,000 people from multiple federal government agencies were involved in censoring social media posts, specifically on Twitter.  5:45pm- The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill writes that in the 1970s then-Senator Joe Biden scuttled President Jimmy Carter's nomination of Ted Sorenson to CIA Director, alleging that Sorenson had unlawfully possessed classified documents. Biden, according to Scahill, even suggested Sorenson could be prosecuted under the Espionage Act.  6:05pm- National Review's Dominic Pino writes that the “Consumer Product Safety Commission is out of control.” After considering a ban on gas-stoves, citing alleged pollutants the stoves expel, the agency is now targeting a small business owner.  6:25pm- President Joe Biden sang “happy birthday” to Andrea Waters King—wife of Martin Luther King III—but seemingly forgot her name midway through the song…. 6:40pm- In a recent opinion editorial, Princeton University philosophy professor Peter Singer idiotically compared climate activists who deface artwork to Martin Luther King Jr.—arguing that the climate activists are simply doing what is required in order to draw public attention to their cause.

A disgruntled, former television station employee takes out his revenge during a live news broadcast. Resources: “Ex-Broadcaster Kills 2 on Air Virginia Shooting” by Michael D. Shear, Richard Perez-Pena, and Alan Blinder, The New York Times, August 26, 2015. “Vester Lee Flanagan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, Tom Cleary, Heavy.com, April 8, 2021. “A Life of Listing Grievances, and Then Virginia Gunman's Final Homicidal Explosion”, Michael D. Shear and Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times, Aug 27, 2015. “Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch”, Emily Brown, USA Today, Aug 26, 2015. Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use discount code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your registration. Our website - www.truecrimepodcast.com Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime

A disgruntled, former television station employee takes out his revenge during a live news broadcast.  Resources:  “Ex-Broadcaster Kills 2 on Air Virginia Shooting” by Michael D. Shear, Richard Perez-Pena, and Alan Blinder, The New York Times, August 26, 2015. “Vester Lee Flanagan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, Tom Cleary, Heavy.com, April 8, 2021.  “A Life of Listing Grievances, and Then Virginia Gunman's Final Homicidal Explosion”, Michael D. Shear and Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times, Aug 27, 2015.  “Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch”, Emily Brown, USA Today, Aug 26, 2015.  Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use discount code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your registration. Our website - www.truecrimepodcast.com Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime More about the Show:  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: https://bit.ly/OnceUponACrimePodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los reporteros de The New York Times, Julie Hirschfeld Davis y Michael D. Shear, revelaron la secreta negociación que Marcelo Ebrard sostuvo con funcionarios de Donald Trump para aceptar el programa “Permanezca en México”.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 8:39): ────────────────── Issues to Watch this Week: Democrats Say They Are Nearing Agreement on Massive Federal Spending Bill—But What Will it Be? WALL STREET JOURNAL (PETER GRANITZ AND ELIZA COLLINS) Democratic Voters Back Biden's Big Spending Bill NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR) Biden the Dealmaker Finds That Compromise Can Have Consequences PART 2 (8:40 - 13:39): ────────────────── Issues to Watch: Paramount Case In Abortion As Supreme Court Fast Tracks Hearing on Constitutionality Of Texas Abortion Law CNN (ARIANE DE VOGUE) Justice Sonia Sotomayor Criticizes Colleagues for Allowing Texas Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK) Supreme Court Again Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law PART 3 (13:40 - 14:57): ────────────────── Issues to Watch: Major Issues Leading Up The Gubernatorial Vote In Virginia Next Tuesday — Including Who Decides Education Of Children PART 4 (14:58 - 22:28): ────────────────── Worldview Consequences of Geography: Rural Counties In Maryland Argue for Joining West Virginia. Why? Worldview Matters NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL LEVENSON) Bye, Maryland? Lawmakers in 3 Counties Float a Plan to Secede From the State. ASSOCIATED PRESS (IRIS SAMUELS) Montana Redistricting Commission Advances Two Map Proposals PART 5 (22:29 - 26:20): ────────────────── An American Story: Chief Earl Old Person, Blackfeet Nation Chief for 60 Years, Dies at Age 92 NEW YORK TIMES (CLAY RISEN) Earl Old Person, Chief of the Blackfeet Nation, Dies at 92

Increasing numbers of Haitian migrants have been traveling to the border town of Del Rio, Texas, recently, in the hope of entering the United States.Border Patrol took action — in some cases, sending the migrants back to Haiti; in others, taking them into custody or releasing them as they await trial.Why did so many thousands of Haitians come to the border in the first place? And what was behind the Biden administration's reaction?Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: The U.S. is flying migrants back to Haiti and other countries as President Biden struggles to manage an immigration system already buckling under record migration.Haitians who lived abroad for years have been returned to a country that they barely recognize — often, they say, without a hearing.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 9:30): ────────────────── Heartbreaking Tragedy in Surfside, Florida: 9 People Confirmed Dead and More Than 150 Missing in Wake of Condominium Collapse in Miami NEW YORK TIMES (JAMES GLANZ, ANJALI SINGHVI AND MIKE BAKER) Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse PART 2 (9:31 - 19:35): ────────────────── Sometimes a Deal is Not What it Appears to Be: Biden Celebrates Bipartisan Agreement on $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, Then Undermines the Agreement NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY COCHRANE, JIM TANKERSLEY AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR) ‘Not My Intent': How Biden's Impromptu Comments Upended a Political Win PART 3 (19:36 - 26:30): ────────────────── U.S. Report on UFOs Is Released to the Disappointment of Many: Why Are We Always Looking for a Story Bigger Than Ourselves? Christians Know the Bigger Story OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena NEW YORK TIMES (JULIAN E. BARNES) U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens WASHINGTON POST (SHANE HARRIS AND MISSY RYAN) U.S. unable to explain more than 140 unidentified flying objects, but new report finds no evidence of alien life NEW YORK TIMES (CHRIS CARTER) I Created ‘The X-Files.' Here's Why I'm Skeptical of the New U.F.O. Report.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 12:58): ────────────────── Bethany Christian Services Makes a Major Moral Pivot, Announcing the Organization Will Now Serve LGBTQ Couples NEW YORK TIMES (RUTH GRAHAM) Major Evangelical Adoption Agency Will Now Serve Gay Parents Nationwide RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (YONAT SHIMRON) Bethany Christian Services to allow LGBTQ couples to adopt, foster children PART 2 (12:59 - 18:32): ────────────────── What Will You Do When the Culture Demands That You Pivot? The Pressure Continues to Increase for Every Christian Congregation, Ministry, and Institution PART 3 (18:33 - 23:38): ────────────────── If You Control the Language, You Control the Culture: What the Biden Administration’s Vocabulary Tells Us about the Way a Revolution Works NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR) The Words That Are In and Out With the Biden Administration

In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss “The 1776 Report” issued by the outgoing Trump administration. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  A day before President Trump left office, his administration issued “The 1776 Report” on American history, which President Biden promptly repudiated upon taking office. Natalia referred to her piece at NBC Think on the report and to her book, Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Contemporary Political Culture; Niki referred to her column at CNN and to Kevin Kruse’s column at MSNBC. Neil recommended Rebecca Onion’s analysis at Slate.   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Sarah Carr’s Boston Globe article, “For Schoolchildren Struggling to Read, Covid-19 Has Been a Wrecking Ball.” Neil discussed Richard Goldstein’s New York Times obituary, “Hank Aaron, Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86.” Niki shared Jim Tankersley and Michael D. Shear’s New York Times article, “Biden Seeks to Define His Presidency by an Early Emphasis on Equity.”

Within hours of assuming the presidency, President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders. He rejoined the Paris climate agreement, repealed the so-called Muslim travel ban and mandated the wearing of masks on federal property.The actions had a theme: They either reversed former President Donald Trump’s actions or rebuked his general policy approach.But governing by decree has a downside. We look at the potential positives of the orders and point out the pitfalls.Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times. For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the latest edition here.Background reading: Mr. Biden’s actions on Day 1 included orders on immigration, criminal justice and the climate.Here are the president’s 17 executive orders and other directives in detail.The U.S. has some catching up to do on the Paris climate agreement. Here’s an explainer on the history of the accord.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily 

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 4:46): ────────────────── The Inauguration of an American President: The Image and the Reality PART 2 (4:47 - 17:11): ────────────────── President Biden Issues Call for Unity — But His Executive Orders Drive Hard Left NEW YORK TIMES (THE EDITORIAL BOARD) Biden Bets on Unity NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR) On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump’s Legacy NBC NEWS (CHLOE ATKINS) Biden readies sweeping rollback of Trump-era abortion crackdown NBC NEWS (JO YURCABA) After Trump 'onslaught': What LGBTQ advocates want from Biden's first 100 days NEW YORK TIMES (AISHVARYA KAVI) Biden’s 17 Executive Orders and Other Directives in Detail PART 3 (17:12 - 25:5): ────────────────── Misgendering America — What’s the Real Meaning of President Biden Nominating a Transgender Doctor to High Office? WASHINGTON POST (SAMANTHA SCHMIDT, JOHN WAGNER, AND TEO ARMUS) Biden selects transgender doctor Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 12:53): ────────────────── How Does the Counting of Electors Actually Work and What Are the Worldview Issues at Stake? A Fascinating Story from American History That Just Collided with the American Present PART 2 (12:54 - 17:49): ────────────────── The Presidential Election and the Verdict of History NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND STEPHANIE SAUL) Trump, in Taped Call, Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Votes to Overturn Election PART 3 (17:50 - 23:56): ────────────────── The Power of the Presidential Pardon: Why Our Constitutional Founders Believed This Power Would Be Dangerous but Necessary

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 11:35): ────────────────── Joe Biden Wins Electoral College Vote — and Faces Increasing Demands from All Democratic Sides in the Identity Politics War NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND ANNIE KARNI) Biden Faces Intense Pressure From All Sides as He Seeks Diverse Cabinet WASHINGTON POST (DINO GRANDONI AND ALEXANDRA ELLERBECK) The campaign heats up for Biden to pick a Native American for his Cabinet PART 2 (11:36 - 15:14): ────────────────── A Political Trap Entangles California’s Gavin Newsom: Why Any Appointment to Kamala Harris’s Soon-to-Be Empty Senate Seat Puts the Governor in the Hot Seat THE NEW YORKER (JANE MAYER) Dianne Feinstein’s Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats PART 3 (15:15 - 25:29): ────────────────── Monumental Stakes in the Senate Run-Off Elections in Georgia: Just Consider the Unborn FOX NEWS (MICHAEL RUIZ) Over 25 Black ministers sign letter to Warnock on abortion

The Slate Political Gabfest is turning 15 years old! We will be celebrating with a special live show on Dec 9th-- with wine! Please join us (drinking is optional). Learn more here. Notes and references from this week’s show: Karl Rove for The Wall Street Journal: “This Election Result Won’t Be Overturned”  Rich Lowry for Politico: “The Completely Insane Electoral College Strategy” The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple  Michael D. Shear and Lisa Friedman for the New York Times: “Biden Could Roll Back Trump Agenda with Blitz of Executive Actions” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  As part of our 15th anniversary celebration we'd love to have your ideas for politically themed cocktails. Please submit an original recipe (or 2) here! Emily: Reis Thebault for the Washington Post: “Robin Kemp Lost Her News Job in Clayton County, Ga. — But She Kept Reporting the News. It Paid Off on Election Week. John: The Queen's Gambit; Garner's Quotations: A Modern Miscellany by Dwight Garner  David: Robyn Dixon for the Washington Post: “Azerbaijan’s Drones Owned the Battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh — and Showed Future of Warfare”   Listener chatter from Joshua Weaver @we4v3r: Grace Perry for Chicago Magazine: “No One Can Agree On What Malört Tastes Like, But the Descriptions Are Always Amazing” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss how to redesign the inauguration in order to account for the COVID-19 pandemic.  You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slate Political Gabfest is turning 15 years old! We will be celebrating with a special live show on Dec 9th-- with wine! Please join us (drinking is optional). Learn more here. Notes and references from this week’s show: Karl Rove for The Wall Street Journal: “This Election Result Won’t Be Overturned”  Rich Lowry for Politico: “The Completely Insane Electoral College Strategy” The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple  Michael D. Shear and Lisa Friedman for the New York Times: “Biden Could Roll Back Trump Agenda with Blitz of Executive Actions” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  As part of our 15th anniversary celebration we'd love to have your ideas for politically themed cocktails. Please submit an original recipe (or 2) here! Emily: Reis Thebault for the Washington Post: “Robin Kemp Lost Her News Job in Clayton County, Ga. — But She Kept Reporting the News. It Paid Off on Election Week. John: The Queen's Gambit; Garner's Quotations: A Modern Miscellany by Dwight Garner  David: Robyn Dixon for the Washington Post: “Azerbaijan’s Drones Owned the Battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh — and Showed Future of Warfare”   Listener chatter from Joshua Weaver @we4v3r: Grace Perry for Chicago Magazine: “No One Can Agree On What Malört Tastes Like, But the Descriptions Are Always Amazing” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John discuss how to redesign the inauguration in order to account for the COVID-19 pandemic.  You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss Jeffrey Toobin’s suspension from The New Yorker. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Here are some references from this week’s show: Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan for the New York Times: “The Real Divide in America Is Between Political Junkies and Everyone Else” Caitlin Dickerson for the New York Times: “Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found” Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner, and Michael S. Schmidt for the New York Times: “ ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said” Jake Tapper for CNN: “Administration Officials Alarmed by White House Push to Fast Track Lucrative 5G Spectrum Contract, Sources Say” Eric Lipton for the New York Times: “Trump Issues Order Giving Him More Leeway to Hire and Fire Federal Workers” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  Emily: Joe Sexton for ProPublica: “He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. She Was a Judge Who Believed in Second Chances. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.” John: Nate Chinen for the New York Times: “Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano” David: David Plotz for Medium: “The Future is Local: That’s Why I’m Launching City Cast, a Network of Daily Local Podcasts.”   Listener chatter from @greenneck: Rose Eveleth for Smithsonian Magazine: “There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written” Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss Jeffrey Toobin’s suspension from The New Yorker. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Here are some references from this week’s show: Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan for the New York Times: “The Real Divide in America Is Between Political Junkies and Everyone Else” Caitlin Dickerson for the New York Times: “Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found” Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner, and Michael S. Schmidt for the New York Times: “ ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said” Jake Tapper for CNN: “Administration Officials Alarmed by White House Push to Fast Track Lucrative 5G Spectrum Contract, Sources Say” Eric Lipton for the New York Times: “Trump Issues Order Giving Him More Leeway to Hire and Fire Federal Workers” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:  Emily: Joe Sexton for ProPublica: “He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. She Was a Judge Who Believed in Second Chances. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.” John: Nate Chinen for the New York Times: “Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano” David: David Plotz for Medium: “The Future is Local: That’s Why I’m Launching City Cast, a Network of Daily Local Podcasts.”   Listener chatter from @greenneck: Rose Eveleth for Smithsonian Magazine: “There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written” Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 12:18): ────────────────── Supreme Court Decides on DACA Case: Court Blocks Executive Order That Overturned Another Executive Order NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR) Trump Can’t Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules NEW YORK TIMES (MIRIAM JORDAN) ‘I Feel Like I Can Breathe’: ‘Dreamers’ Get a Reprieve on DACA PART 2 (12:19 - 19:40): ────────────────── The High Court Continues Its Recent Usurpation of the Political Process THE FEDERALIST (JORDAN DAVIDSON) Cotton: If John Roberts Wants To Write Laws, He Should Resign And Run For Office PART 3 (19:41 - 24:38): ────────────────── The President Intends to Release New List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees: Why a Democratic Candidate Likely Won’t Do the Same WASHINGTON POST (JOHN WAGNER) Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, tries to turn DACA decision into a campaign issue REUTERS (DOINA CHIACU) Trump pledges new list of conservative Supreme Court contenders

For our first-ever live interview at the Claremont McKenna Athenaeum, Sophia and Melanie sat down with Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent at The New York Times. Before joining the Times, Shear spent eighteen years writing about local, state, and national politics at The Washington Post. In this wide-ranging discussion, Mike discusses his experience reporting on immigration before and after the 2016 election and how it led to co-writing his first book, "Border Wars."

As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issue—with the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Mueller’s investigation of his 2016 campaign—better defines his administration. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. Now they join us at Town Hall to offer us a glimpse inside the White House with their book Border Wars, documenting how Trump and his allies blocked asylum-seekers and refugees, separated families, threatened deportation, and sought to erode the longstanding bipartisan consensus that immigration and immigrants make positive contributions to America. In conversation with Marcos Martinez, the Executive Director of Casa Latina, Davis and Shear contended that Trump has used immigration to stoke fears (“the caravan”), attack Democrats and the courts, and distract from negative news and political difficulties. They highlighted ways that Trump has used incendiary rhetoric and preyed on the imaginations of many Americans in an attempt to falsely elevate illegal immigration into a national crisis. Join Davis, Shear, and Martinez for insider accounts filled with previously unreported stories that reveal how Trump’s decision-making is driven by gut instinct and marked by disorganization, paranoia, and a constantly feuding staff. Julie Hirschfeld Davis is the congressional editor at The New York Times and deputy Washington editor. She has covered politics and policy from Washington for twenty-two years. She joined the Times in 2014 as a White House correspondent after stints at Bloomberg News, the Associated Press, The Baltimore Sun, and Congressional Quarterly. She won the 2009 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress Michael D. Shear is a White House correspondent in The New York Times Washington bureau, where he covers President Trump. A veteran political correspondent, before coming to the Times in 2010, he spent eighteen years writing about local, state and national politics at The Washington Post, where he was also part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. Marcos Martinez is the Executive Director of Casa Latina, a community organization dedicated to empowering low-wage Latino immigrants to move from economic insecurity to economic prosperity and to lift their voices to take action around public policy issues that affect them. Recorded live in The Forum by Town Hall Seattle on November 3, 2019. 

Between the alligator moat revelation and horrendous, inhumane taking of children from their parents, when considering Donald Trump’s immigration policy, it can be hard to get past the headlines. But it turns out, the immigration story serves as an incredibly useful way to consider the entire Trump presidency: Obsession, chaos, fear, depravity, and yet – meaningful, important, and potentially-lasting change that has shifted not only how the world views America, but how we view ourselves. The story has been told – through a combination of clear context, incredible detail, and expert storytelling by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear in their book, “Border Wars: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration.” As you’ll hear in our conversation, Davis and Shear bring us inside the rooms –uncomfortable places, really – as extreme ideas about immigration move directly from the collective minds of Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Jeff Sessions into the campaign and then presidency of Donald Trump. You’ll hear how Miller outmaneuvered generals and cabinet secretaries to seize control You also hear about the key player who might be most confounding of all: Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. In fact as you hear more about these policymakers – and as you read Hirshfeld Davis and Shear’s book –it all seems to lead to the central questions of our time: Who are we, and what is America? Some background on Julie and Mike who, as far as I can tell from what is admittedly quick research, seem to have covered every important Washington D.C. story in the last 25 years. Julie is Congressional Editor at The New York Times; she also serves as a CNN political analyst. Michael is a White House Correspondent for The New York Times, and you can also catch him frequently on CNN. For show notes & my newsletter, go to chrisriback.com.

Donald Trump. Ukraine. Joe Biden. A phone call. Election Interference. Impeachment! What the hell is going on? In this episode, an irritated Jen gives you the backstory that you need to know about the impeachment drama, including what the steps to impeachment are. Prepare yourself: Everyone devoted to the Republican or Democratic parties will be pissed off by this episode. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! 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Shear and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The New York Times, October 1, 2019 Article: Impeachment inquiry erupts into battle between executive, legislative branches By Karen DeYoung, Josh Dawsey, Karoun Demirjian and John Hudson, The Washington Post, October 1, 2019 Article: McConnell says if House impeaches Trump, Senate rules would force him to start a trial by Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post, September 30, 2019 Article: Trump claim on stalled aid for Ukraine draws new scrutiny by Robert Burns, Lolita Baldor, and Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press, MilitaryTimes, September 30, 2019 Article: Hunter Biden: The Most Comprehensive Timeline by Jim Geraghty, National Review, September 30, 2019 Article: The gas tycoon and the vice president’s son: The story of Hunter Biden’s foray into Ukraine by Paul Sonne, Michael Kranish and Matt Viser, The Washington Post, September 28, 2019 Article: The gas tycoon and the vice president’s son: The story of Hunter Biden’s foray into Ukraine by Paul Sonne, Michael Kranish and Matt Viser, The Washington Post, September 28, 2019 Article: Piety and Power by Tom LoBianco, The New York Times, September 27, 2019 Article: White House Knew of Whistle-Blower’s Allegations Soon After Trump’s Call With Ukraine Leader by Julian E. Barnes, Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Goldman and Katie Benner, The New York Times, September 26, 2019 Article: Democrats, Please Don’t Mess This Up. Impeach Trump for All His Crimes, Not Just for Ukraine. by Mehdi Hasan, The Intercept, September 26, 2019 Document: S. 2583 [Report No. 116-126], September 26, 2019, Pg 144 Article: Here’s what you need to know about the US aid package to Ukraine that Trump delayed by Joe Gould and Howard Altman, Defense News, September 25, 2019 Article: Read the record of Trump’s controversial call to Ukraine’s president Zelensky by Ephrat Livni, Quartz, September 25, 2019 Article: How the Impeachment Process Works by Charlie Savage, The New York Times, September 24, 2019 Article: Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say By Karoun Demirjian, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post, September 23, 2019 Article: Ukraine military aid extension passes US House after White House delay by Joe Gould, Defense News, September 19, 2019 Article: US State Department clears Ukraine security assistance funding. Is the Pentagon next? by Aaron Mehta, Defense News, September 12, 2019 Document: S. 2474: Defense Appropriations Act, September 12, 2019, Pg 305 Document: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2020, September 12, 2019, Pg 148 Letter: For Chairman Burr and Chairman Schiff August 12, 2019 Article: Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Campaign? by Adam Entous, The New Yorker, July 1, 2019 Article: What Powers Does a Formal Impeachment Inquiry Give the House? by Molly E. Reynolds, Margaret Taylor, Lawfare, May 21, 2019 Article: U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is recalled after becoming a political target by Josh Rogin, The Washington Post, May 7, 2019 Article: Timeline in Ukraine Probe Casts Doubt on Giuliani’s Biden Claim by Stephanie Baker and Daryna Krasnolutska, Bloomberg, May 7, 2019 Article: How does impeachment work? Here is the step-by-step process by Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk, AJC, April 22, 2019 Article: Trump’s feud with Jerry Nadler rooted in decades-old New York real estate project by Rachael Bade and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, April 8, 2019 Article: Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian nightmare: A closed probe is revived by John Solomon, The Hill, April 1, 2019 Article: Senior Ukrainian official says he's opened probe into US election interference The Hill, March 20, 2019 Article: Top Ukrainian justice official says US ambassador gave him a do not prosecute list The Hill, March 20, 2019 Document: 2019 Funding Report, February 13, 2019 Article: The Danger of President Pence by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, October 16, 2017 Article: Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch by James Risen, The New York Times, December 8, 2015 Additional Resources Document: H.R. Full Committee Print, Department of State Appropriations Document: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2020, Pg 100 Prepared Remarks: Prepared Remarks by Senator John McCain on America’s Role in Europe’s East, Atlantic Council, December 19, 2013 Sound Clip Sources Interview with Mitch McConnell:, CNBC, September 30, 2019 Speakers: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Transcript: Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY): Yeah, it's a, it's a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change. So I would have no choice but to take it up. How long you're on it is a whole different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up. President Trump Meeting with Ukrainian President, C-SPAN, 74th U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2019 Speakers: Donald J. Trump President Zelensky Transcript: 1:45 Volodymyr Zelensky: It’s a great pleasure to me to be here, and it’s better to be on TV than by phone. 3:30 Volodymyr Zelensky: My priority to stop the war on Donbass and to get back our territories, –- thank you for your support in this case, thank you very much. 6:40 Volodymyr Zelensky: And to know when, I want world to know that now we have the new team, the new parliament, the new government. So now we – about 74 laws, new laws, which help for our new reforms, land reform, -- law about concessions, that we – general – and we launched the – secretary, and anti-corruption court. As we came, we launched the anti-corruption court, it began to work on the 5th of September. It was, you know, it was, after five days we had the new – So we are ready, we want to show that we just come, and if somebody, if you, you want to help us, so just let’s do business cases. We have many investment cases, we’re ready. 12:00 Reporter: Do you believe that the emaiIs from Hillary Clinton, do you believe that they are in Ukraine? Do you think this whole -- President Trump: I think they could be. You mean the 30,000 that she deleted? Reporter: Yes. President Trump: Yeah, I think they could very well, boy that was a nice question. I like, that's why, because frankly, I think that one of the great crimes committed is Hillary Clinton deleted 33,000 emails after Congress sends her a subpoena. Think of that. You can't even do that in a civil case. You can't get rid of evidence like that. She deleted 33,000 emails after, not before, after receiving the subpoena from the U.S. Congress. 16:00 Translator for Volodymyr Zelensky: During the investigation, actually, I want to underscore that Ukraine is an independent country. We have a new –- in Ukraine, a hired, professional man with a western education and history, to investigate any case he considers and deems -- Speaker Pelosi Announcement of Impeachment Inquiry, C-SPAN, September 24, 2019 Speakers: Nancy Pelosi 0:40 Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA): Shortly thereafter, press reports began to break of a phone call by the President of the United States calling upon a foreign power to intervene in his election. 4:30 Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA): And this week, the President has admitted to asking the President of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically. The action of the Trump, the actions of the Trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the President's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. Therefore, today, I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. I'm directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) talks with CNN's Erin Burnett, CNN, August 8, 2019 Speakers: Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Transcript: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY): This is formal impeachment proceedings. We are investigating all the evidence, we are gathering the evidence, and we will at the conclusion of this, hopefully by the end of the year, vote to, vote articles of impeachment to the House floor, or we won't. That's a decision that we'll have to make, but that, but that's exactly the process we're in right now. Council of Foreign Relations: Foreign Affairs Issue Launch with Former Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Speakers: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Michael R. Carpenter Presider, Richard N. Haass Transcript: 6:00* Joe Biden: I think there's a basic decision that they cannot compete against a unified West. And I think that is Putin's judgment. And so everything he can do to dismantle the post world war two liberal world order, including NATO and the EU, I think is viewed as they're in their immediate self-interest. 52:00 Joe Biden: I’ll give you one concrete example. I was—not I, it just happened to be that was the assignment I got. I got all the good ones. And so I got Ukraine. And I remember going over, convincing our team and our leaders, that we should be providing for loan guarantees. And I went over, I guess, the 12th, 13th time to Kiev. I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. And I had gotten a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against the state prosecutor, and they didn’t. So they said they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. (Laughter) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time. 54:00 Joe Biden: But always worked in Kiev because, as I said, look, it's simple proposition. If in fact you do not continue to show progress in terms of corruption, we are not going to be able to hold the rest of Europe on these sanctions and Russia is not going to roll across the inner line here and take over the rest of the country with their tanks. What they're going to do is they're going to take your economy down. You're going to be absolutely buried and you're going to be done, and that's when it all goes to hell. 56:00 Joe Biden: It's a very difficult spot to be in now, when foreign leaders call me, and they do, because I never, ever, ever would say anything negative to a foreign leader, and I mean this sincerely, about a sitting president, no matter how fundamentally I disagree with them. And it is not my role, not my role to make foreign policy. But the questions across the board range from, what the hell is going on, Joe, to what advice do you have for me? And my advice always is to, I give them names of individuals in the administration who I think to be knowledgeable and, and, and, and, and committed, and I say, you should talk to so and so. You should, and what I do, and every one of those times, I first call the vice president and tell him I received the call, tell him, and ask him whether he has any objection to my returning the call. And then what is the administration's position, if any, they want me to communicate to that country. Interview, ABC News, March 30, 2015 Speakers: Mike Pence George Stephanopoulos 8:00 George Stephanopoulos: One fix that people have talked about is simply adding sexual orientation as a protected class under the state civil rights laws. Will you push for that? Mike Pence: I will not push for that. That's not on my agenda. And that's not been an objective of the people of the state of Indiana. Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call, BBC News, February 7, 2014 Speakers: Victoria Nuland Geoffrey Pyatt Watch on YouTube Victoria Nuland: Good. So, I don’t think Klitsch should go into the government. I don’t think it’s necessary, I don’t think it’s a good idea. Geoffrey Pyatt: Yeah, I mean, I guess. In terms of him not going into the government, just let him sort of stay out and do his political homework and stuff. I’m just thinking in terms of sort of the process moving ahead, we want to keep the moderate Democrats together. The problem is going to be Tyahnybok and his guys, and I’m sure that’s part of what Yanukovych is calculating on all of this. I kind of— Victoria Nuland: I think Yats is the guy who’s got the economic experience, the governing experience. What he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok on the outside. He needs to be talking to them four times a week, you know? I just think Klitsch going in—he’s going to be at that level working for Yatsenyuk; it’s just not going to work. Victoria Nuland: So, on that piece, Geoff, when I wrote the note, Sullivan’s come back to me VFR, saying, you need Biden, and I said, probably tomorrow for an “atta-boy” and to get the deets to stick. Geoffrey Pyatt: Okay. Victoria Nuland: So, Biden’s willing. Geoffrey Pyatt: Okay, great. Thanks. Senator John McCain on Ukraine, C-SPAN, Atlantic Council of the U.S., December 13, 2013 Speakers: John S. McCain III Watch on YouTube Transcript: 16:45 Sen. John McCain: Finally, we must encourage the European Union and the IMF to keep their doors open to Ukraine. Ultimately, the support of both institutions is indispensible for Ukraine's future. And eventually, a Ukrainian President, either this one or a future one, will be prepared to accept the fundamental choice facing the country, which is this: While there are real short-term costs to the political and economic reforms required for IMF assistance and EU integration, and while President Putin will likely add to these costs by retaliating against Ukraine's economy, the long-term benefits for Ukraine in taking these tough steps are far greater and almost limitless. This decision cannot be borne by one person alone in Ukraine. Nor should it be. It must be shared—both the risks and the rewards—by all Ukrainians, especially the opposition and business elite. It must also be shared by the EU, the IMF and the United States. All of us in the West should be prepared to help Ukraine, financially and otherwise, to overcome the short-term pain that reforms will require and Russia may inflict. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)  

President Trump stunned lawmakers on Wednesday with calls for gun control and jabs at the National Rifle Association. “They have great power over you people,” he said of the N.R.A. “They have less power over me.” Separately, Hope Hicks, the White House communications director who testified this week that her job required telling “white lies,” is to step down. Guests: Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for The New York Times; Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

The aftermath of a mass shooting has become a familiar cycle in the United States: One side demands change, the other works to block it. But this time, it is the students who survived the assault who are pressing lawmakers to impose new restrictions on guns. Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

When President Trump announced that he would end the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, he gave Congress six months to make it law. Otherwise, many undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children could be deported. As the clock counts down, why is the president making the program his problem once again?Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

This week, the Bombshell squad goes shoulder to shoulder into the fray of referenda for the Iraqi Kurds and the Catalans in Spain, alongside a recap of the German general election.  Like many women have before us, we ask "Why Chad?" and explore the merits of the new Trump travel ban. We wonder if it was painful for Secretary Tillerson to get cut off at the knees over North Korea, and contemplate the interagency fun of  the Puerto Rico relief efforts.  Finally, we spend some quality time pondering the existential crises brought on by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam documentary on PBS - and also our love of Ross Poldark.   Episode Reading: Lauren Frayer, “Violence Breaks Out During Catalan Independence Referendum,” NPR  Lauren Theisen, “Barcelona Play In An Empty Stadium After Attempted Independence Vote,” Deadspin Julie Smith, “Merkel Will Spend the Next Four Years Battle Forces at Home,” Foreign Policy Kevin Sieff, “Why did the U.S. travel ban add counterterrorism partner Chad? No one seems quite sure,” Washington Post Helene Cooper, Michael D. Shear and Dionne Searcey. “Chad’s Inclusion in Travel Ban Could Jeopardize American Interests, Officials Say,” New York Times Charlie Savage and Eric Schmidt, “Trump poised to drop some limits on drone strikes and commando raids,” New York Times Dana Milbank, “Donald Trump's Dog,” Washington Post Malcolm Gladwell, "Saigon, 1965” (Episode 2), The Revisionist History Podcast  Alyssa Rosenberg, “Ken Burns’s American War,” Washington Post Nicole Cliffe, ”Poldark Season-Premiere Recap: Sunrise, Sunset,” Vulture Producer: Tre Hester, Music: Future Teens - Jennifer Lawrence   

This week, the Bombshell squad goes shoulder to shoulder into the fray of referenda for the Iraqi Kurds and the Catalans in Spain, alongside a recap of the German general election.  Like many women have before us, we ask "Why Chad?" and explore the merits of the new Trump travel ban. We wonder if it was painful for Secretary Tillerson to get cut off at the knees over North Korea, and contemplate the interagency fun of  the Puerto Rico relief efforts.  Finally, we spend some quality time pondering the existential crises brought on by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam documentary on PBS - and also our love of Ross Poldark.   Episode Reading: Lauren Frayer, “Violence Breaks Out During Catalan Independence Referendum,” NPR  Lauren Theisen, “Barcelona Play In An Empty Stadium After Attempted Independence Vote,” Deadspin Julie Smith, “Merkel Will Spend the Next Four Years Battle Forces at Home,” Foreign Policy Kevin Sieff, “Why did the U.S. travel ban add counterterrorism partner Chad? No one seems quite sure,” Washington Post Helene Cooper, Michael D. Shear and Dionne Searcey. “Chad’s Inclusion in Travel Ban Could Jeopardize American Interests, Officials Say,” New York Times Charlie Savage and Eric Schmidt, “Trump poised to drop some limits on drone strikes and commando raids,” New York Times Dana Milbank, “Donald Trump's Dog,” Washington Post Malcolm Gladwell, "Saigon, 1965” (Episode 2), The Revisionist History Podcast  Alyssa Rosenberg, “Ken Burns’s American War,” Washington Post Nicole Cliffe, ”Poldark Season-Premiere Recap: Sunrise, Sunset,” Vulture Producer: Tre Hester, Music: Future Teens - Jennifer Lawrence   

An expansion of power. A rewriting of the Constitution. Is democracy coming to an end in Venezuela? Plus: What does it mean for a retired four-star general to enter a chaotic White House? Guests: Nicholas Casey, our Andes bureau chief; Michael D. Shear, White House correspondent. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

As a limited travel ban goes into effect, the Trump administration has defined what constitutes a “bona fide” relationship: who’s close family, and who’s not, for visitors from six predominantly Muslim nations. Guests: Michael D. Shear, White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Suzanne Ramazani, who is planning a wedding and worries that her Iranian relatives won’t be able to attend. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2udDieF.

The president says he’s putting Pittsburgh ahead of Paris, and announced the withdrawal of the United States from the global climate agreement. We discuss the months leading up to that remarkable decision — and what happens next. Guests: Michael D. Shear, a White House reporter; Brad Plumer, who covers the climate. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2rMsWBj.

Are 11 million people suddenly facing deportation? What we know and don’t know about the Trump administration’s new plan for undocumented immigrants. Guests: Michael D. Shear, a White House reporter at The New York Times, and Caitlin Dickerson, a national reporter who writes about immigration; Sheriff Mark Napier of Pima County, Ariz. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2lc3H5e.

White House correspondent Michael D. Shear considers President Obama’s leave-taking, farewell speech, and post-Presidential plans. Susan Lehman is host.

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk Podcast! In this episode, Andrew and Colin report on their experience touring Highland Brewing Company in Ashville, North Carolina. Here are links to some of the things we discuss in this episode: Mandarina IPA by Highland Brewing Company Hope Shine by Highland Brewing Company Tres' India Brown by Highland Brewing Company Magic Realism Bot is @MagicRealismBot on Twitter The Small Town Horror Podcast has information here at their website Archive 81 has information here at their website Michael D. Shear's piece “Obama After Dark” is available here My Dad Wrote A Porno is available here through their website Please find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. You can find Andrew on Facebook and Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 and you can find Colin on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox. You can find the podcast on Twitter @TheCDPodcast, on Facebook and Instagram at thecluttereddeskpodcast. Don't hesitate to email us at our email address, thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com. Finally, we would like to thank Daniel Couper and Meghan Groves for creating, curating, and operating our Facebook page and Instagram account. We would like to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk Podcast's theme music. You can find Test Dream at their website, testdream.bandcamp.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter @testdream. "A Tour of Highland Brewing Company" is available here through iTunes and on Stitcher.

You think it’s hard to manage your life? Your schedule runs at the mercy of your boss or your clients or spouse or kids… Well, I’m pretty confident your life is smooth sailing compared to today’s guest.Michael D. Shear is White House Correspondent at the New York Times. In other words, when the most powerful person in the world decides to go to Hawaii or Capitol Hill or Afghanistan or the Washington, D.C. streets to buy a hot dog, you’ve got to be ready to drop everything and go. The tradeoff, of course, is spectacular – a front row seat to history, getting to know the President’s personality and, to some extent, his thinking.What’s that tradeoff like? What does life become when you cover the President – particularly this President. And from the VA scandal to CIA name leaks to Obamacare to Midterms, given the front-row vantage point, what can we learn about some of the major issues and politics facing the White House today?