Right Now With Perry Bacon

Representative Jamie Raskin says congressional Democrats should not vote for any government funding bill that does not extend soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies and prevent Trump and Republicans from arbitrarily ending spending that was already appropriated by Congress. In the latest edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon, the Maryland congressman said the spending bill is an opportunity for Democrats to force Trump to start following law and court orders. Raskin also condemned political violence in the wake of the killing of conservative Charlie Kirk. He discussed Democratic efforts to force the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. As a member of a newly created Republican committee to investigate the January 6, 2001, riot at the Capitol, Raskin also pledged to fight any GOP efforts to whitewash what happened that day.

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Representative Jamie Raskin says congressional Democrats should not vote for any government funding bill that does not extend soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies and prevent Trump and Republicans from arbitrarily ending spending that was already appropriated by Congress. In the latest edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon, the Maryland congressman said the spending bill is an opportunity for Democrats to force Trump to start following law and court orders. Raskin also condemned political violence in the wake of the killing of conservative Charlie Kirk. He discussed Democratic efforts to force the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. As a member of a newly created Republican committee to investigate the January 6, 2001, riot at the Capitol, Raskin also pledged to fight any GOP efforts to whitewash what happened that day.

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In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir published by The Atlantic, Kamala Harris is very critical of Joe Biden and his White House aides. She describes Biden’s decision to seek a second term as “recklessness” and repeatedly suggests the president’s top advisers undermined her. In the latest edition of Right Now, TNR Contributor Meredith Shiner and Perry explain why Harris’s candor surprised them. They also discuss the broader issues Harris’s comments raise about the challenges for female candidates and candidates of color, the Democratic Party’s uneasy relationship with social justice causes and the mistakes Harris made on her own during her 2024 presidential run.

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In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir published by The Atlantic, Kamala Harris is very critical of Joe Biden and his White House aides. She describes Biden’s decision to seek a second term as “recklessness” and repeatedly suggests the president’s top advisers undermined her. In the latest edition of Right Now, TNR Contributor Meredith Shiner and Perry explain why Harris’s candor surprised them. They also discuss the broader issues Harris’s comments raise about the challenges for female candidates and candidates of color, the Democratic Party’s uneasy relationship with social justice causes and the mistakes Harris made on her own during her 2024 presidential run.

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The Democratic Party leadership’s strategy of downplaying many of Trump’s actions as a “distraction” is a mistake, say political writer G. Elliott Morris and Amanda Litman, executive director of Run for Something, a group that helps younger Democratic candidates pursue elective office. Such rhetoric is boring and means that the public tunes out Democrats, Morris and Litman argue. In a conversation on Right Now With Perry Bacon, both say that Democrats are struggling to win the “attention economy” and that’s vital in today’s political era. They describe Zohran Mamdani’s campaign as a model for how Democrats can go viral, even if his specific policy ideas might not have that much appeal outside of New York City. Morris calls Democrats to consider having regional party conventions, so that the party’s candidates in conservative places such as Montana and Kansas can more easily distinguish themselves from the national party.

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The Democratic Party leadership’s strategy of downplaying many of Trump’s actions as a “distraction” is a mistake, say political writer G. Elliott Morris and Amanda Litman, executive director of Run for Something, a group that helps younger Democratic candidates pursue elective office. Such rhetoric is boring and means that the public tunes out Democrats, Morris and Litman argue. In a conversation on Right Now With Perry Bacon, both say that Democrats are struggling to win the “attention economy” and that’s vital in today’s political era. They describe Zohran Mamdani’s campaign as a model for how Democrats can go viral, even if his specific policy ideas might not have that much appeal outside of New York City. Morris calls Democrats to consider having regional party conventions, so that the party’s candidates in conservative places such as Montana and Kansas can more easily distinguish themselves from the national party.

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House Democrats have released Jeffrey Epstein’s “Birthday Book,” and it’s brutal for President Trump. His note to Epstein is real and it appears to bear his distinctive signature. There’s also an image of Epstein holding a big check that discusses selling a “fully depreciated” woman to Trump. On Tuesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, visibly irritated, offered some truly absurd spin about Trump’s signature on the note to Epstein, throwing in obsequious praise to boot. She dodged a question about the check with rank misdirection while curtly brushing off further queries. The upshot: White House spin looked comically awful throughout. Leavitt flashed anger at other points, accusing reporters of ignoring serious crimes and of being dishonest about Trump’s militarization of Washington, DC. We talked to MSNBC’s Steve Benen, author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past. We discuss why MAGA deceptions on Epstein are worse than usual, what that says about the evolution of the right-wing disinformation machine, and where this scandal is going next.



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House Democrats have released Jeffrey Epstein’s “Birthday Book,” and it’s brutal for President Trump. His note to Epstein is real and it appears to bear his distinctive signature. There’s also an image of Epstein holding a big check that discusses selling a “fully depreciated” woman to Trump. On Tuesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, visibly irritated, offered some truly absurd spin about Trump’s signature on the note to Epstein, throwing in obsequious praise to boot. She dodged a question about the check with rank misdirection while curtly brushing off further queries. The upshot: White House spin looked comically awful throughout. Leavitt flashed anger at other points, accusing reporters of ignoring serious crimes and of being dishonest about Trump’s militarization of Washington, DC. We talked to MSNBC’s Steve Benen, author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past. We discuss why MAGA deceptions on Epstein are worse than usual, what that says about the evolution of the right-wing disinformation machine, and where this scandal is going next.



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There’s been an amusing turn in the saga involving President Trump’s vile effort to remove Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump has relied on his flunkies to cook up allegations of mortgage fraud against Cook—and other foes as well—but now news organizations have blown big holes in the scam. They’ve reported that numerous Trump officials, and even relatives of his top ally in the anti-Cook effort, have done similar things on their mortgages. Meanwhile, a new CBS News poll contains brutal findings for Trump across the board. Crucially, it finds that truly huge majorities oppose Trump’s efforts to interfere with the Fed—yet another way this whole charade is backfiring on him. We talked to New Republic staff writer Matt Ford, who covers legal affairs. He explains why Trump’s use of this tactic is so corrupt, why the stakes in the battle over Cook are larger than they appear, and what might happen when it all lands at the Supreme Court.

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There’s been an amusing turn in the saga involving President Trump’s vile effort to remove Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump has relied on his flunkies to cook up allegations of mortgage fraud against Cook—and other foes as well—but now news organizations have blown big holes in the scam. They’ve reported that numerous Trump officials, and even relatives of his top ally in the anti-Cook effort, have done similar things on their mortgages. Meanwhile, a new CBS News poll contains brutal findings for Trump across the board. Crucially, it finds that truly huge majorities oppose Trump’s efforts to interfere with the Fed—yet another way this whole charade is backfiring on him. We talked to New Republic staff writer Matt Ford, who covers legal affairs. He explains why Trump’s use of this tactic is so corrupt, why the stakes in the battle over Cook are larger than they appear, and what might happen when it all lands at the Supreme Court.

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