The Real Difference Between FBI and ICE Agents (It’s Bad) | Asha Rangappa
Former FBI Agent and Yale Professor Asha Rangappa joins Marc Elias to examine how Trump-era policies reshaped federal law enforcement, national security, and democratic norms, from ICE and the FBI to ...
22 Tammi 47min
Inside The Plan To Weaponize The Military Against Us | Sen. Jeff Merkley
Sen. Jeff Merkley joins Marc Elias to warn that American democracy is being hollowed out from within, as Trump deploys authoritarian tactics to suppress dissent, weaponize the DOJ, and rig future elec...
20 Tammi 43min
The Secret Alliance Fueling Trump
One year into Donald Trump’s second term, Marc Elias exposes the collapse of democratic guardrails as big law firms, legacy media, corporate elites, and government institutions capitulate, collaborate...
17 Tammi 46min
SCOTUS Poised To Greenlight GOP Maps | Nick Stephanopoulos
Harvard Law professor and election law expert Nicholas Stephanopoulos joins Marc Elias to break down the existential threat facing American democracy as aggressive gerrymandering and Supreme Court cha...
15 Tammi 55min
This Man Will Go To Jail To Protect Your Vote | Sec. Adrian Fontes
Arizona Sec. of State Adrian Fontes joins Marc Elias to discuss how election denial took root after 2020, how conspiracy theories like Sharpiegate spread, and why Arizona elections remain a top target...
13 Tammi 41min
J.D. Vance’s Dangerous Attack on Independent Media
Marc Elias exposes how the Trump administration and Vice President J.D. Vance are exploiting a tragic ICE killing in Minnesota to spread lies, smear a victim, and justify an alarming crackdown on inde...
10 Tammi 35min
The Crisis Is Worse Than You Think | Molly Jong-Fast
Journalist and political commentator Molly Jong-Fast joins Marc Elias to discuss Trump’s declining political power, the myth of a governing mandate, and the growing backlash heading into the 2026 midt...
8 Tammi 49min
The Shadow Docket: Democracy's Silent Killer | Dahlia Lithwick
Supreme Court expert and Amicus podcast host Dahlia Lithwick joins Marc Elias to unpack one of the most dangerous and least understood forces shaping American law today: the Supreme Court’s shadow doc...
6 Tammi 52min
