The Politics Lab

This week, Bill and Phil debate whether Donald Trump has taken an amoral approach to American Foreign Policy and walk through the implications for global politics.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss how to know when our democracy has failed, then talk with Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin about what we can be doing today to push back against Trump’s attacks on democracy. 

This week Bill and Phil discuss Trump’s indifference to due process and the constitution, how the public will respond to Trump’s tariffs leading to fewer dolls and pencils for American children, and close with a spirited discussion of whether it’s more likely that Bill & Phil could escape from Alcatraz or that Trump will become the next Pope.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the significance of the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, then decide who had the dumbest tweet of the week.

This week, Bill and Phil look at some of the institutions and people that are pushing back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump, including the Federal Reserve, the Supreme Court, and the American people.  Then they close with an invigorating session of “What’s More Stupid?”

This week, Bill and Phil explore the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the judiciary, pondering whether the country finds itself in a full blown constitutional crisis, then continue their ongoing series looking at attacks on core democratic institutions, focusing this week on Trump‘s attack on higher education.

This week, Bill and Phil try to make some sense of Trump’s tariffs and their implications.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss President Trump’s “Liberation Day” of tariffs, whether Trump can run for a third term, and the institutional resilience of the media as it comes under attack by the president.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the implications of Signal-gate, then assess the resilience of the judicial system in light of Trump’s attacks on it.

This week, Bill and Phil offer a big picture look at the tumultuous first fifty days of the Trump presidency.