Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 2: Kamala In Command

John welcomes former Senate Judiciary Committee senior staffer and deputy assistant attorney general Jeff Blattner to discuss the confirmation hearings of Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton to be America's next attorney general and director of national intelligence, respectively. Blatt ...  Show more

John welcomes back two blue-chip friends of the pod—Alex Wagner, host of Crooked Media’s “Runaway Country” and MS Now senior political analyst, and New York magazine columnist, MLB.com national correspondent, and Deadspin founder Will Leitch—to discuss, respectively, the spectacu ...  Show more

Democrats from across the US gathered in Chicago for their presidential convention this week, promising to move past the Donald Trump-era of American politics. But if their newly-minted nominee, vice-president Kamala Harris, wins November’s election, she’ll have her work cut o ...

It's been a cathartic week in Chicago for Democrats, who will wrap their convention tonight with the historic nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris. But well before the last balloon falls, Democrats are steeling themselves for a tough fight ahead, especially when it comes to ...  Show more

After two days of the Democratic National Convention, one thing is clear.Democrats are united behind their new nominee.And Kamala Harris has those in the Democratic Party, from the high-profile speakers to the delegates in the hall, thinking they can win.In fact, the unity is suc ...  Show more

Vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz will soon deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Other star appearances include former President Bill Clinton, former Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Oprah Winfrey, Gov. Wes Moore, poet Amanda Gorman, and more. Learn more abo ...  Show more