Biden’s big bill: Two GOP strategists on how to kill it
The biggest remaining obstacle for the Democrats is now Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who will continue to host Democratic and Republican aides behind closed doors today (no press allow...
5 Aug 202242min
Legalizing the trip: One ‘shroom advocate’s playbook
Here’s something about Washington, D.C. that even a lot of people who live here don’t know: Psychedelic mushrooms are basically legal. In 2020 voters approved a ballot initiative that made growing, pu...
29 Juli 202234min
He was right about inflation. Biden wasn’t. Larry Summers on what’s coming next
Ryan caught up with the former treasury secretary — and thorn in the side of Biden White House economists — Larry Summers on the sidelines of the Aspen Security Forum for a wide-ranging interview abou...
22 Juli 202240min
LA wants to recall its most progressive prosecutor. Inside the DA’s hostile office
THE PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: GEORGE GASCÓN — Gascón was elected district attorney of Los Angeles County in November 2020 with 54% of the vote. “I won handsomely,” he reminisced Wednesday during a 90-minut...
15 Juli 202242min
Why haven’t there been more Cassidy Hutchinsons?
The question of why so few Republicans have stepped forward to testify about what they heard and saw in the Trump White House, is very much at the heart of much of the House Jan. 6 committee’s work — ...
1 Juli 20221h 30min
New Jan. 6 witness: Trump had mystery call with Putin
If documentary filmmaker Alex Holder’s memory is accurate, Donald Trump was on the phone with Vladimir Putin just minutes after the news broke that the Russian president had dismissed Trump’s Hunter B...
24 Juni 202230min
Director’s cut: What else did Judge Luttig have to say about Jan. 6 in his interview
J. Michael Luttig is the former federal appeals court judge who advised Vice President Mike Pence that the VP had no authority to reject electors on Jan. 6. Back in February, Playbook co-author Ryan L...
17 Juni 202238min
He defied Trump and still survived a GOP primary
This week in the GOP primary for South Dakota’s at-large district, Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) defeated a challenger from his right who claimed he wasn’t aligned closely enough with former President D...
10 Juni 202244min
