Trump's pre-Magna Carta mindset
A primary Tuesday means a primary Friday on Nerdcast — a primary analysis, that is. We break down what happened in the last big multi-state primary before the midterms and talk about the White House, ...
31 Aug 201830min
Inside Trump's split screen reality
A guilty verdict, a guilty plea, and an indictment. What a week in national politics. POLITICO reporting referenced in this segment:Inside the Trump bubble, 'Sympathy for the Devil' but no talk of Coh...
24 Aug 201833min
BONUS: Did a presidential pardon just become more likely?
President Trump loves a controversial pardon. Following his disgraced former campaign chairman Paul Manafort being found guilty, it's looking like we might be entering a fall filled with the will-he-o...
22 Aug 201813min
High primary turnout creates more centrist Dems
What do democratic voters want? A candidate that will win! How will they try to get it? By moving more to the center, probably! High voter turnout in the primaries among Democrats is showing that ther...
17 Aug 201827min
Bernie-backed underdogs underperform
Primaries, nerds! *cue emoji clapping hands and confetti* We're in our happy place. First, we're talking campaigns, what Bernie Sanders might be getting at when he backs underdog candidates and what ...
10 Aug 201834min
Trump gets into the midterms. Big league.
Ahhh Midterm season is (still) in the air. With president Trump back on the road, we've been hearing him drop some midterm hopefuls' names on the rally trail. When he's not dropping names out front, h...
3 Aug 201832min
The decrease in White House transparency continues
The White House has decreased press briefings and announced that they'll no longer be sharing summaries of Trump's call's with foreign heads of state. Plus, they pentagon is not talking to reporters, ...
27 Juli 201827min
Trump's Russia comments: deeply damaging or just bizarre?
As Trump walks back his remarks on Russian meddling, the question of whether he's compromised by a foreign power moves from the fever swamps to the mainstream. Plus, POLITICO'S Rachael Bade says GOP w...
20 Juli 201834min
