Mitch Part 5: '9 And 0'

The U.S. Supreme Court does not have an army to enforce its rulings, the way the President does. It doesn't control budgets, the way Congress does. So what happens when the process to nominate and confirm judges becomes so politicized that people start to lose faith in the courts ...  Show more

There are more than 30,000 state judges in America. And the vast, vast majority of them are not shielded from politics: They have to fight for their seats in elections. Sometimes very contentious elections, funded by millions of dollars in dark money. Is that a good idea? And wha ...  Show more

Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi explores what lawmakers peddling conspiracy theories means for the future of the GOP. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained ...  Show more

In this June 2021 segment, The Daily Show examines Sen. Mitch McConnell, chronicling his days as a political moderate and his metamorphosis into a power-obsessed archconservative. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listen ...  Show more

First: 99 days into President Trump's second term, a new CNN poll shows his approval dropping to the lowest level on record for any president at this point in their presidency.  Plus: One top Democrat says it's time to "stop surrendering." So what's in his party's plan for the n ...  Show more

It's MLK Day and we all know what that means: Democrats cynically using racial politics to try to delegitimize the incoming president. Plus Nobel Prize winning cultural commentator Michael Knowles discusses an aspect of King the left would rather forget. Learn more about your ad ...  Show more