Bill Scher, contributing editor to Politico Magazine, joins us again for an extended discussion about all the latest impeachment news. Among other things, we get into the latest polls, Trump refusing to let Amb. Sondland appear before the House, Lindsey Graham threatening to make next year all about Biden and Ukraine, and then we end with a chat about the controversy over Ellen DeGeneres being nice to George W. Bush at a recent football game, which leads us into a larger discussion about when, if ever, it's okay to embrace once-bad (maybe still bad?) Republicans. (And it's possible we ended with a discussion of Ivanka's recent wardrobe malfunction (but was it?) at the UN.)

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Cliff and I discuss a slew of new impeachment updates, including: the concerted GOP effort to smear the whistleblower; the revelation that Sec of State Pompeo was on the fateful call with the Ukraine president (and lied about it); the new that AG Barr has been traveling the world to shake down allies like Italy, Australia and the UK to help his effort to debunk the Mueller probe; Trump's new messaging that the entire country will collapse into a civil war should he be impeached; and the forgotten news that Trump told the Russians he was okay with them attacking the election in 2016 (and thus, would be okay with them doing it again in 2020).

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Democratic messaging expert and host of the podcast Brave New Words, Anat Shenker, joins our UnPresidented podcast to talk about the messaging of impeachment, and how Democrats can best sell their message to the American people, from impeachment to the 2020 elections.

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Impeachment is officially here. Cliff and I dissect the impeachment news of the day, what happened, what did Trump do, and what it means going forward.

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Cliff and I discuss the latest in Democratic politics with political messaging consultant Greg Pinelo, who worked for Obama and many other Democratic candidates over the years. We talk to Greg about Trump's latest treason with Ukraine, and more generally how Democrats can win in 2020. Don't be fooled by my short description, it's a 90-minute rocking conversation!

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Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, testified (if you can call it that) before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday as part of its impeachment hearings. Lewandowski pretty much refused to say anything, claiming that his conversations with Trump were protected by "executive privilege." They're not. So why didn't Democrats hold Lewandowski in contempt and throw him in jail? That's what we'd all like to know, and that's what we discuss at length in today's podcast. We also go on a good tangent about health care and the 2020 election, we talk about Trump's new National Security Adviser (who's a total kiss-ass), and about Netanyahu being on the ropes in Israel's recent election.

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In today's episode, Cliff and I talk about #SharpieGate -- Trump sextupling down on his claim that Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Alabama, when it wasn't -- and why the story is a great foil for beating Trump in 2020. We also discuss GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw's creepy views on guns and domestic violence.

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Today's show is mostly about guns, starting with Meghan McCain's horrific comments about how gun owners will resort to violence if we dare ban their assault weapons, only going to prove that those gun owners are unworthy of owning any guns at all.

We also talk about GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw thinking it's okay to lend his gun to his neighbors; about Walmart ending the sale of handguns and assault weapon ammo; and about John's wacky idea for ending open-carry laws. Then, in other news, we discuss Trump choosing to go golfing, twice, in the middle of Hurricane Dorian; Marianne Williamson's bizarre comments about the hurricane; another US House Republican from Texas announcing he's not running for re-election, and what it means; and Mike Pence's desperate attempt to keep Trump from removing him from the 2020 ticket.

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In today's episode, Cliff and I focus most of our discussion on the Dept. of Justice Inspector General report about James Comey having broken FBI rules, but not the law, when he informed the country that Donald Trump was a traitorous felon. We also talk about General Mattis pulling a Mueller and not just coming out clean with his criticism of Donald Trump -- everything from these guys has to be in Yoda-like code, rather than calling Trump and the Republicans out directly. And finally, we discuss an ongoing staff purge in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office, and why we think it shows she knows what she's doing.

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Democratic polling expert Rachel Bitecofer joins us again to talk about the 2020 election, Joe Walsh's candidacy (and why it matters), the issues Democrats should focus on (from the economy to overall anti-Trump angst), and more. As always, an enjoyable and high-info discussion that I know you'll enjoy.

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