How Ron DeSantis went from GOP prom queen to MAGA wallflower
This week, the rumors became reality as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announced their long-awaited presidential campaigns. The contrast between the two events fore...
26 Touko 202351min
AOC’s advice to Joe Biden on the debt limit showdown
In the last year, a lot has changed in Washington for progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). In 2021 and 2022, with Democrats controlling the House, she and her allies could block a...
19 Touko 202335min
Moderate Dem says Title 42 was Biden’s border blunder
This week, after years of criticism from immigration rights activists and many progressive Democrats, President Joe Biden has ended the use of Title 42. That’s the public health law that Donald Trump ...
12 Touko 202334min
Why Asa Hutchinson isn’t scared of Trump, Biden, or impossible odds
If you talk to Democratic strategists about the 2024 presidential election, there is a certain type of Republican nominee who they fear: Someone who knows how to speak in the language of inclusion; wh...
5 Touko 202345min
Bonus: Live from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
This past week, luminaries from politics, media, and Hollywood came together for the annual White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. Playbook co-author and Deep Dive host Ryan Lizza joined fo...
2 Touko 202339min
Why this week’s media meltdown was years in the making – and what comes next
This week in Washington – more so than anytime in Joe Biden’s presidency – the news has been all about… the news. To start, it’s the weekend of the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. But o...
28 Huhti 202350min
White House Plumbers
On May 1, the hotly-anticipated HBO series White House Plumbers will premiere. The 5-episode series takes viewers along on a darkly funny ride with the fumbling ex-spooks and misguided “patriots.” E. ...
21 Huhti 20231h 31min
DeSantis & the Florida speaker are just getting started. Here’s what’s next.
This week, Florida’s statehouse cleared the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign a six-week abortion ban. The man who shepherded the bill, House Speaker Paul Renner, joins Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza f...
14 Huhti 202342min
