Why are extreme right-wing House candidates presenting themselves as moderate? (Rachael Bade)
According to most major surveys, Republican candidates for the US House of Representatives have a tough hill to climb in November in districts without overwhelming support for the President. Attempt...
3 Okt 201824min
What does President Trump's UN speech tell us about the future of US foreign policy? (David Nakamura)
Much of the mainstream news coverage about President Trump’s second address to the United Nations General Assembly focused on the waves of laughter heard in the audience of world leaders after he mad...
26 Sep 201826min
Will sexual assault allegations derail Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination? (Stef Kight)
Back in July, when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, he appeared poised to sail through his Senate confirmation hearing thanks to a sol...
19 Sep 201827min
What can Vice President Mike Pence's past tell us about what kind of president he would be? (Peter Eisner)
Though his backstory is largely unknown, Vice President Mike Pence is often portrayed as the rational tactician, a mirror image to President Trump’s unrestrained id. But in his new book "The Shadow P...
12 Sep 201827min
Will the EPA allow DuPont to engineer another ecological disaster? (Sharon Lerner)
On this week’s TrumpWatch, health and environment reporter Sharon Lerner of The Intercept discusses her latest article “How a DuPont Spinoff Lobbied the EPA to Stave Off the Use of Environmentally Fri...
5 Sep 201826min
How will Trump's 2nd pick for the Supreme Court change American life? (Stephanie Mencimer)
On Tuesday, US Court of Appeals judge for the DC Circuit Brett Kavanaugh will head to Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing to become the next US Supreme Court justice. But as Kavanaugh ap...
29 Aug 20181h 16min
Does it matter that Stephen Miller is a fourth-generation immigrant? (Dr. David S. Glosser)
“I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew [President Trump’s senior advisor for policy Stephen Miller], an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architec...
22 Aug 201828min
Does the death of labor unions explain the rise of Trump? (Peter Dreier)
In this episode of TrumpWatch, Professor of Politics at Occidental College Peter Dreier discusses his article for the nonprofit online publication Rewire.News entitled “Want White Working Class Voter...
15 Aug 201827min
