Also: 1,500 Presidential commutations in one day; DOJ I.G. report released on the FBI and Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection; NC Repubs pull off massive power grab; Film and TV legend Dick Van Dyke sends us home smiling...
Syria falls, S. Korea on the brink, Romania to rerun Presidential election after Russian interference; And callers ring on whether Biden should issue preemptive pardons to Trump's enemies...
Guest: Author, financial journalist David Dayen of The American Prospect; Also: Final U.S. House seat called in CA, flips from 'red' to 'blue'; '2000 Mules' filmmaker apologizes for film's fraudulent 'fraud' claims...
Guest: GWU Law School's Randall D. Eliason, former chief of DOJ's Fraud and Public Corruption section; Also: House Republicans cover for Gaetz; Trump's FCC pick threatens censorship of public airwaves...
Guest: NatSec journo Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel; Also: CA U.S. House race updates; Trump loses in Senate; Gaetz, Gabbard, Musk, a Fox 'News' weekend guy and other stooges named for key Trump Admin roles...
Callers ring in after Trump's disastrous re-election; Also: U.S. Senate result updates in PA, NV, AZ; Voting system concerns in several states; How our national media system failed American democracy...
Guest: Steve Herman, former Voice of America White House Bureau Chief; Also: Trump Nat'l Intelligence nom won't say who won 2020; Musk referred for 'election bribery'; Trump endorses 'Pillow Guy' for MN Guv...
Ruling negates $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund; exposes illegality of effort to create immunity from IRS audits; refers Acting AG Blanche, Asst. AG Woodward, Plaintiffs' attorneys to Bar Associations for discipline...
Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh; Also: Lindsey dead; Mitch alive (theoretically); U.S. restarts forever war in Iran, with Trump vowing to charge tolls on Strait of Hormuz...
UPDATES: Medical examiner cites 'aorta rupture' as cause of Graham's death; McConnell issues first statement, photo on his own recovery from fall, hospitalization, pneumonia, silence about condition...
Dem candidate 'categorically' denies 'false' allegation, but 'taking time to reflect on best path forward...and goal of defeating Susan Collins' ahead of July 13 deadline to drop out and be replaced by state party...