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  • Political Theater: 'If I can get you to feel' -- politics, wrestling and connecting with people

    Political Theater: 'If I can get you to feel' -- politics, wrestling and connecting with people
    Feb 19 2025
    For someone who has dominated politics for going on a decade, Donald Trump still controls the narrative in a way that leaves his opponents flat-footed. Trump's connection to professional wrestling offers lessons on how he is able to do this and how to connect in the political arena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • CQ Budget: Budget reconciliation pressures mount

    CQ Budget: Budget reconciliation pressures mount
    Feb 19 2025
    The Senate's plan for a slim budget blueprint focused on border security and defense could be upended by President Donald Trump's new endorsement of the House push for "one big, beautiful" reconciliation package enacting much of his agenda all at once. But the House plan faces political pressures of its own, as GOP moderates shy away from steep spending cuts to critical safety-net programs. CQ Roll Call's Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman discuss the latest state of play on the competing strategies for budget reconciliation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 min
  • Equal Time: Has the fringe gone mainstream?

    Equal Time: Has the fringe gone mainstream?
    Feb 18 2025
    In 2025, you don’t have to reach very far to reach those dark corners of the internet where fringe conspiracy theories and racist memes once hid. In award-winning journalist Elle Reeve’s book, “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics,” the CNN correspondent takes readers on a journey that leads to the violence of Charlottesville and January 6. You could say the Equal Time guest saw it coming; that doesn’t mean some things about today’s political scene don’t surprise her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 min
  • Political Theater: ‘Beauty never gets old’ -- Slava Leontyev in the ‘Porcelain War’

    Political Theater: ‘Beauty never gets old’ -- Slava Leontyev in the ‘Porcelain War’
    Feb 11 2025
    Is it possible to find beauty amid the horror of the Ukraine-Russia war? The Academy Award-nominated documentary "Porcelain War" argues that it is not only possible, it is essential. Co-director Slava Leontyev discusses how ordinary people keep their culture, art and themselves alive, and how even in a time of fear "it's hard to forbid people to live." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 min
  • CQ Budget: Budget reconciliation stalls

    CQ Budget: Budget reconciliation stalls
    Feb 10 2025
    House leaders had to punt on plans for a Budget Committee markup early this week as Republicans continue to squabble over the size of a budget reconciliation package and how to pay for it. CQ Roll Call's Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman assess the status of budget negotiations, the timing for action, and how far Senate Republicans may get in their own alternative, slimmer reconciliation package that omits tax cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 min
  • Political Theater: Having a plan beats not having a plan

    Political Theater: Having a plan beats not having a plan
    Feb 6 2025
    The early days of the 119th Congress and the second Trump administration have been a whirlwind, but here is one observation for those looking to make sense of things: Having a plan beats not having a plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 min
  • CQ Budget: House GOP in a quandary

    CQ Budget: House GOP in a quandary
    Feb 3 2025
    Republicans are struggling to come together on a budget resolution that would pave the way for a mammoth reconciliation bill encompassing much of President Donald Trump's agenda, but there's no sign of a deal that would unite the conference. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and David Lerman discuss the latest on a budget resolution, the fight over spending cuts, and whether leadership's timeline for action is becoming a pipe dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 min
  • Political Theater: Instability as norm? Or test?

    Political Theater: Instability as norm? Or test?
    Jan 30 2025
    The early days of the second Trump administration have brought us an intense debate over constitutional authority and the role of government, which has been folded into the unstable and chaotic political era we are in. Is this destabilization something that will endure, or is it one of many similar, rough times in our history, say the 1960s, when politics and the government were tested and evolved, but overall held? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 min