Bill Press

How do Democrats look back as well as forward in 2026? By turning the corruption of Trump and his cronies into a kitchen table issue. Frame it as how Trump and the GOP are coddling the billionaires and causing pain for the rest of us. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/gs_AGqa4WQg

@djrothkopf.bsky.social has covered enough corrupt regimes around the world to know one when he sees one right here at home. He nails the “Trump Crime Family.” bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/gs_AGqa4WQg

One of the institutions we thought would keep up the guardrails against Trump’s lawlessness was the U.S. Military. Foreign Policy expert@djrothkopf.bsky.social says they have failed. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/gs_AGqa4WQg

You know that old trope from Horror Films? “The danger is coming from inside the house!” Well, in the Horror Film we’ve been living through, it comes from inside the White House. As @djrothkopf.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/gs_AGqa4WQg

This man,@djrothkopf.bsky.social, knows what he is talking about: host of the Deep State Radio podcast. Chief Global Affairs Columnist at the Daily Beast and former editor of Foreign Policy Magazine. He cuts through the BS from Trump and Hegseth. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/gs_AGqa4WQg

I pressed former Tennessee Senator and Governor Lamar Alexander on whether politics have gotten such a bad reputation that young people will not choose public service. He has an optimistic answer from his new book. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/oYwa2exN5Rw

Lamar Alexander says if you want to accomplish something truly transformative, elected office can give you the power to do so. And in his new book, he encourages young people to go into politics. There are rewards, he promises. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/oYwa2exN5Rw

Lamar Alexander was in the Senate for Trump’s first Impeachment. He did not vote to convict. He was not there for the second Impeachment but it’s pretty clear he’d have voted to convict on the J6 insurrection. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/oYwa2exN5Rw

Elected GOP Pols are afraid of Donald Trump. The social media posts. The threat to primary. But when out of office, they speak their mind. None more clearly than Lamar Alexander. Here he takes on the J6 Slush Fund. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/oYwa2exN5Rw

Here’s something new. A prominent Republican not afraid of Donald Trump. OK, he’s out of office. But still. He’s former Tennessee Governor and Senator, Lamar Alexander. He’s not a fan of Trump’s political instincts. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/oYwa2exN5Rw

Royalty brings with it a special sort of soft power. Queen Elizabeth II mastered her power. Find out more from Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social author and award-winning journalist. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/LmMbydlnZ08

Donald Trump claims Queen Elizabeth II said he was her favorite president. Was he? Find out from Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social author and award-winning journalist. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/LmMbydlnZ08

Michelle Obama committed a faux pas with Queen Elizabeth II - find out what it was and other fascinating anecdotes from Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social author and award-winning journalist. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/LmMbydlnZ08

Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II had a special relationship, and corresponded about a surprising topic - find out what it was and other fascinating anecdotes from Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social author and award-winning journalist. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/LmMbydlnZ08

Only 1 other person besides Queen Elizabeth II met with 13 presidents - find out who and other fascinating anecdotes in Bill's conversation with Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social author and award-winning journalist. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/LmMbydlnZ08

Trump’s mental state is in such decline that we’re “Thelma and Louise and we’ve already driven off the cliff” - warns eminent psychologist Dr. John Gartner. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/tLq3Mj5Gaqc

Trump's reign will end in the deaths of millions as he revels in his power and he wants to be remembered as Caesar or Alexander the Great, says psychologist Dr. John Gartner. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/tLq3Mj5Gaqc

Trump’s megalomania is virtually boundless - from claims that he’s suffered more than Jesus to imitating Napoleon, according to psychologist Dr. John Gartner. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/tLq3Mj5Gaqc

More aggressive and less inhibited - as Trump's dementia progresses, the world's in an ever more dangerous place, according to psychologist Dr. John Gartner. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/tLq3Mj5Gaqc

Donald Trump, due to his psychology, will use nuclear weapons to cement his position in history, according to Dr. John Gartner. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/tLq3Mj5Gaqc

In my guest host @joecirin.bsky.social's great interview with @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social , they kept coming back to corruption in the Trump Regime. And why we must investigate and prosecute. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/VCOG6f_iHcQ

Big political question for Democrats: Focus on affordability or the corruption of the Trump Regime? @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social believes they are related and people are beginning to see the connection. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/VCOG6f_iHcQ

Chief Justice John Robert's lifelong quest to gut the Voting Rights Act has succeeded. Shameful. And that will effect the midterms. @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/VCOG6f_iHcQ

Great conversation with new @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social . Part of a new generation of Democratic Members of Congress not beholden to the old Democratic establishment. Here he is on Iran. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/VCOG6f_iHcQ

The boom and bust of the Railroad Age in the late 19thcentury helped create The Gilded Age of vast wealth inequality. But there were other troubling changes as well. Could they be repeated in the Age of AI? bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/NgTvEXRC04Y

One of the biggest AI Tech Overlords is Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI. His plans for society go way beyond you just talking to chatbots or writing term papers. He wants to transform society. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/NgTvEXRC04Y

AI Data Centers sound like a jet engine right in your neighborhood, drain local water supplies and impact energy prices. Who decides your town's future: You or the tech oligarchs? But now communities are fighting back. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/NgTvEXRC04Y

The AI oligarchy is devouring rural America. Quiet towns are turning into chaotic industrial zones overnight with "man camps" & endless trucks building their large, hyperscale Data Centers. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/NgTvEXRC04Y

2024 wasn't an election; it was an auction. Musk, Big Crypto, & Silicon Valley elites bought the White House. We break down the scary reality of the "Oligarch Election" on the new Bill Press Pod. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/NgTvEXRC04Y

Emboldened by his quick success in Venezuela, Donald Trump thought regime change in Iran would be easy. Listen to @joecirin.bsky.social and Rob Malley, who, unlike Trump, know and understand history. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/mgCaBs8-eR8

My thanks to @JoeCirin.bsky.social, for hosting the Pod while I’m studying in Europe. He asked Mideast expert @Rob_Malley whether Iran can continue to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. He gave this nuanced answer. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/mgCaBs8-eR8

Donald Trump keeps trying to bend reality in Iran to his own fantastical thinking. But his constant optimistic assessments of the situation are making it worse. Someone who actually understands the Iranians, Rob Malley, explains why. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/mgCaBs8-eR8

Our foreign policy guru, @JoeCirin.bsky.social is helming the podcast today and no matter what Trump says, America has not yet won this war. His guest, Middle East expert and key negotiator on the Obama Iran Nuclear deal, Rob Malley explains why. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/mgCaBs8-eR8

Trump has backed himself into a corner with his Iran War. Although he claims otherwise, he is desperate to get out of it. But the Iranians are not going to make it easy. The man who served three Democratic Presidents, Rob Malley lays it out. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/mgCaBs8-eR8

Not only does Lanny Davis think we need to find common ground with the GOP, but that we need to be welcoming to everyone INSIDE the Democratic Party. Not gonna go ever too well with the left-leaning base. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/pszL3_J40eM

It's conventional wisdom that MAGA will never turn n Trump, but with the war in Iran, the Epstein Files, his attack on the Pope and the Trump-as-Jesus post, things are beginning to crack, and Davis says it an opening for Democrats. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/pszL3_J40eM

One more area where Davis thinks we can find agreement with more and more Republican VOTERS (not Pols), is a desire for civility. And a growing distaste among them for Trump’s gross and increasingly unhinged behavior. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/pszL3_J40eM

Lanny Davis says if we are to get out of this toxic, political environment, we need to find ground with normie Republicans, (if we can find them.) Common ground he identifies and urges Dems to support, is balancing the budget. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/pszL3_J40eM

When Lanny Davis was at Yale he crossed paths with 2 future presidents, 2 future Secretaries of State and a couple of governors. Not all of whom he agreed with. And it was there he began to believe in the necessity of civility. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/pszL3_J40eMDeficits

Not only is my friend @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social a great legal analyst, but he's also a self-described “obsessive” golfer. And he writes about Golf. He has some thoughts on Tiger Woods’ serious legal problems. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Watch: YouTu.be/4SoS8wpSbvw

Tomorrow the Supreme Court hears Trump’s “interpretation” of Birthright Citizenship. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social explains the right answer in terms even Alito and Thomas could understand if they weren’t just MAGA Justices at this point. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Watch: YouTu.be/4SoS8wpSbvw

Donald Trump's corruption and naked partisanship is staggering. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social lays out the connection between two of his most egregious power plays: pain for Blue states and pardoning convicted criminal fraudsters in Red. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Watch: YouTu.be/4SoS8wpSbvw

When Trump pardons one of his rich friends who happens to be a criminal, who does it really hurt? I can tell you who it really hurts: the people who are owed restitution from these criminals and that will never get it thanks to Donald Trump. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Watch: YouTu.be/4SoS8wpSbvw

I’ve got some bad news for those of us hoping for a full accounting of Trump’s actions as POTUS. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social reminds us that the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity so powerful, he would not even need to pardon himself. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Watch: YouTu.be/4SoS8wpSbvw

Former DNC Chair @jaimeharrison.bsky.social makes a prediction about the Midterms by looking back at the 31-seat Democratic pick-up in 2006. More of his insights on the House and the Senate (we could take it back!) today on the Pod. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/QO7ayM6DO1U

The age-old question for Democrats: Can a Democrat win a statewide race in Texas? We’ve poured millions of dollars into Beto O’Rourke’s Senate race in 2018. Should we do the same for James Talarico. @jaimeharrison.bsky.social says yes. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/QO7ayM6DO1U

We all know that the image of the Democratic Party is bad. How to overcome that in the Midterms? @jaimeharrison.bsky.social’s answer? Focus on what matters to people and make them understand what Democrats will *DO* to make their lives better. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/QO7ayM6DO1U

Save America Act passed? ICE at the polls? Mail-in voting stopped. Trump crying “fraud.” These could hurt Democrats and close elections in House districts could be tied up in courts for weeks/months. @jaimeharrison.bsky.social has an antidote. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/QO7ayM6DO1U

Smart, moral and ethical people only go to war when there is no other choice. Sorry, forgot who was President. There were other options and Trump killed the best one, the one that was working. But Bibi has his number. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/hSqU8dKUQgw

National Security and Foreign Policy expert AND Sr. VP at J Street, @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social has a theory as to why Trump decided to start his war of choice. And why he didn't have to. More on the Pod. Now on YouTube with captions. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/hSqU8dKUQgw

@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social, before joining J Street, was a foreign policy and national security expert advising American leaders on the Middle East, US-Israel relations and Iran. For two decades. Listen to him. More on the Podcast. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/hSqU8dKUQgw

So if AIPAC is "Israel is always right, no matter what," J Street is definitely pro-Israel but with a nuanced approach. They believe and I agree, that this philosophy is way better for Israel, Jews, America and the world. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/hSqU8dKUQgw

AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee had been for a long time, (too long!) THE voice for Israel in America. But their "Israel can do no wrong attitude" and Netanyahu have done serious harm to both Israel and the U.S. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/hSqU8dKUQgw

@MelMason.bsky.social identifies three front-runners among the Democrats for California Governor: Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter and Tom Steyer. And right now, Steyer has a big advantage. MONEY! More great insights on the full Podcast. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/loE_h4lGLa0

A lot of progressives were hoping for a Jasmine Crockett victory in the TX Democratic Senate Primary. Reporter Maria Recio on why that didn't happen. And what key voting bloc might help James Talarico win in November. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/loE_h4lGLa0

The big question in Texas politics right now is Trump's endorsement. “Normy” John Cornyn or Super MAGA Ken Paxton. If he chooses Paxton, that may very well determine the result of the general election. And control of the Senate. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/loE_h4lGLa0

California could have a GOP governor. What!? A political consultant figures a 25% chance that could happen. This possible Democratic disaster is caused by so many Democrats in the “jungle primary” splitting the Democratic votes. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/loE_h4lGLa0

Great insights on the Texas Senate race. Talarico vs. Paxton or Cornyn. Key to the possibility of a Democratic win may rest with Hispanics who went for Trump in 2024. Now, some of those voters are frustrated with Trump. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/loE_h4lGLa0

Remember the Constitution? Trump doesn't. Or the War Powers Act? Trump doesn't. But we should, as @repmcgovern.bsky.social explains. And it's more than just this War. The Trump Regime all but rejects the Separation of Powers. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/X92uTO8eVFM

The Trump Regime is famous for failing to understand the effects of their actions (tariffs, FBI/DOJ purges, DOGE). This War could very well accelerate Nuclear Proliferation around the world. @joecirin.bsky.social on this nightmare scenario. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/X92uTO8eVFM

Trump says the War in Iran will last 4 or 5 weeks. And of course, he's not to be trusted. And even if true, the effects will last a long time. @repmcgovern.bsky.social on the long-term costs of Trump's war on a "whim." bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/X92uTO8eVFM

Our own Foreign Policy Guru, @joecirin.bsky.social is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. He's also a brilliant wordsmith. Here he sums up Trump's War in Iran. Much more from today's Pod with Joe and @repmcgovern.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/X92uTO8eVFM

What has Donald Trump unleashed on the world? Today on the Pod, @repmcgovern.bsky.social and @joecirin.bsky.social weigh in. McGovern asks, have we learned nothing from the past wars in the Middle East? Apparently not. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/X92uTO8eVFM

.@TheNation.com's great Editor and Publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel on the lasting impact of ICE's disastrous invasion of Minneapolis. She nails it. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Also on youtu.be/pMHB5jhIBLA with captions.

@TheNation.com has reached out to the Norwegian Nobel Committee and officially nominated the People of Minneapolis for The Nobel Peace Prize. @NicholsUprising.bsky.social on what he saw that motivated the nomination. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Also on youtu.be/pMHB5jhIBLA with captions.

Not me, but some folks say why bother with impeaching Kristi Noem when the GOP Senate will just wave it off? But @NicholsUprising.bsky.social says there is a strong reason to do it anyway. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Also on YouTu.be/pMHB5jhIBLA with captions.

I'm all for impeaching and removing Kristi Noem, but I wanted to know how the impeachment language in the Constitution fits her case. @NicholsUprising.bksy.social, who wrote a book on impeachment, explains. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Also on youtu.be/pMHB5jhIBLA with captions.

@TheNation.com is a great magazine and their latest issue calls for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. With damn good reason. Katrina vanden Huevel and @NicholsUprising.bsky.social talk about the lying and the cruelty at DHS. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen Also on YouTu.be/pMHB5jhIBLA with captions.