The politics of hurricanes ... What explains Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico? ... Did McCain's death hurt Trump's approval ratings? ... Matt: Kavanagh did not do a very good job at his hearing ... Bill: Susan Collins is taking a huge risk by supporting Kavanagh ... Andrew Cuomo, Cynthia Nixon, and Archie Bunker ...

Matt’s new microphone and the creative benefits of dialogue ... Matt takes issue with Kamala Harris’s interrogation of Brett Kavanaugh ... Are Harris and Cory Booker eroding democracy with their grandstanding? ... Bill: The anonymous NYT op-ed doesn’t say anything new ... How will Republicans woo “Alex Jones conservatives” post-Trump? ... Should social media be treated like a utility? “Deplatformed” conservatives think so ...

Bill and Matt are back—and all dolled up ... The critical phase of remembrance: Was McCain really a maverick? ... How McCain’s 2008 campaign made Matt’s career in writing ... Bill faces blowback for his negative review of The Chapo Guide to Revolution ... A lefty revision of modern American history ... Is fully-automated socialism a pipe dream? ...

DMZ technical difficulties: James Buchanan conversation lost to the ages ... Why has Bill been tagged as the archetypal centrist pundit? ... “Down Goes Socialism” this election cycle ... What Berniecrats and Trump voters have in common ... Bill to socialists: Don’t judge Dems by their losses ...

With the economy hot, why are Trump's approval ratings not? ... What if Trump wants to be a one-term president? ... Why Dems should pay more attention to their boring old centrist senators ... Bill: It's time for NeverTrump conservatives to just become Democrats ... Is Trump the "racist uncle" of the GOP family? ... The dangers of watching '80s sitcoms with your kids ...

Drawing conclusions from Michael Cohen’s secret Trump recording ... Is politics becoming the last refuge of the celebrity? ... Did Communism run rampant in the FDR administration? ... Bill wonders if Trump is the modern-day Alger Hiss ... The surprising alliance between American social conservatives and Putin ... Bill: Far-left candidates should be wary of opportunistic support from Russia ...

Why the Putin meeting caused Matt’s mom to turn against Trump ... Russian spy Maria Butina and the appeal of foreigners who bolster our politics ... “Blame America first” and the dangers of moral equivalency ... Russia’s history as “difficult actor” ... How Bill got duped by Sacha Baron Cohen ... Why Matt has sympathy for those fooled by Butina and Baron Cohen ... Bill: Repealing Roe would “rip America in two” ...

Matt is disappointed that Trump didn't pick Amy Barrett for the Court ... Matt: Choosing Barrett would have been a "win-win" ... Why did Trump pick the white guy? ... Does anyone on the right (aside from Matt) believe in diversity? ... Red-state Democrats' hard votes on Kavanaugh ... Bill: Dems must win the Senate to kill the Trump judiciary project ... Should NeverTrumpers be happy about Kavanaugh? ...

Trump leaves his mark on Bill’s Fourth of July celebrations ... How to vet a Supreme Court nominee ... The Court as a battlefield in the culture war ... Bill’s advice for Sen. Susan Collins: Insist on a non-partisan nominee ... Do Supreme Court justices mellow with age? ... Bill: “Abolish ICE” is splitting the Democratic Party ...

With Kennedy gone, will Roberts become the swing justice? ... Roe v. Wade, the end of norms, and why democracies die ... Correcting historical myths about FDR's court-packing scheme ... Bill: Ocasio-Cortez's win doesn't mean socialists are ascendant ... Is this the end of American labor unions? ...