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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14h

@NormOrnstein.bsky.social on peeling away the soft Trump supporters(forget the cultists) and how long the shutdown will last. That and more expert insight and fighting words on today's Pod.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 15h

We've had disgraceful Attorneys Generals before. But Pam Bondi, at the direction of Donald Trump is in a corrupt class all by herself. Political Scientist @NormOrnstein.bsky.social on what The Founders would think.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 15h

Reports-White House: "Congress is our bitch." Sad but true. Leading Congressional Scholar @NormOrnstein.bsky.social on Donald Trump's destroying the trust necessary for bi-partisan legislation. More wisdom on the Bill Press Pod.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 17h

While we are focused on 2026, so is Donald Trump. He's afraid of what might happen to him if it looks like the @Democrats will take back the House. @NormOrnstein.bsky.social is worried he won't accept it. We should all be worried.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 18h

The cowardice of Republican Senators in the face of Donald Trump is unprecedented. Even @NormOrnstein.bsky.social who has studied Congress for decades during both its high and its lows, is stunned by what he sees today.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 4d

A consequential week and our panel puts it all in context. With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @nationaljournal.com, @bennettjohnt.bsky.social, WH Correspondent at CQ @rollcall.com and @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Political Reporter @politico.com m
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 5d

Here's what Bondi and other Trump lapdogs around her don't realize: Revenge works both ways. Someday, the tables will be turned. If I were AG Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche or FBI Director Kash Patel, I'd already be hiring my own attorney."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 6d

"Had Hegseth spent more time on Wikipedia and less time in the makeup room, he might have learned that women have been serving in the military, in one form or another, for more than 200 years — from the Revolutionary War to Iraq and Kuwait."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

Folks ask me all the time if Trump can/will cancel the Midterms. Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley thinks not. BUT lays out the other ways the GOP can manipulate the vote to hold on to power and protect their Boss, Donald Trump
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

I asked Presidential Historian Doug Brinkley why more Americans are not fighting back against Donald Trump's authoritarian actions. There are a number of factors and he points to some responsibility for Democrats.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

No President in recent memory has exercised such complete control of his own party. Donald Trump uses fear and online power to keep the GOP in line. The GOP once put Country over slavish devotion to a President.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

Remember when Steve Bannon said MAGA wanted to dismantle the administrative state? Well, it's happening and the feckless GOP is too scared of Donald Trump to protect even their own voters who often need government assistance.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 7d

You know who doesn't get enough blame for the tenuous state Donald Trump has put us in? Republican officials. Presidential historian Doug Brinkley on how Trump's delusional "mandate" has cowed the GOP.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 11d

A furiously wild news week broken down by @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, WH Correspondent, DC Bureau Chief for The Christian Science Monitor, @pbump.com, former Columnist for @washingtonpost.com and @delaneyrules.bsky.social, Senior Reporter @huffpost.com
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 12d

"Their body language said it all. They didn't laugh, applaud or nod. They just sat there, clearly not happy to hear this drivel. One year ago, Hegseth was a weekend talk show host on Fox. This year, he's strutting across the stage like a peacock."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 13d

"Trump sees the Justice Department as his personal police force to pursue his political enemies, and in Pam Bondi he’s found a compliant attorney general more than willing to do his dirty work for him."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14d

Sometimes sucking up to Trump 24/7, as Rupert Murdoch does with Fox News, is not enough to insulate you from the wrath of the would-be dictator in the White House. And his 10 Billion Dollar lawsuit.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14d

One lesson that the Kimmel affair taught us is that activism does work. It's reported that 1.7 million folks canceled their Disney+ subs. And that activism got Disney to get off their knees. Sinclair and Nexstar caved, too.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 14d

Trump and his complicit Attorney General Pam Bondi are using Charlie Kirk's assassination to illegally target the left. @mattgertz.bsky.social explains on today's pod.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 18d

So much news. So much smarts from @jbendery.bsky.social Reporter @huffpost.com, @evanmcs.bsky.social, Reporter @notus.com and contributor to the NOTUS Daily Newsletter and @kirk-bado.bsky.social, Editor, @nationaljournal.com Hotline.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 19d

"The Democratic Party needs a lot of things: new leadership, a lot more backbone, a compelling message and an aggressive campaign to take back the House and Senate. The Party doesn't need a pity party. But that's all we're getting from Kamala Harris."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 20d

Friends, our regular Tuesday podcast had some technical difficulties. Instead, we think the world needs to hear just how crazy Trump was at the UN. The networks usually sane wash him, but we are running the whole embarrassing speech. Please share.
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21d

"It’s not about Kimmel. It’s about freedom of the press. It’s about losing the presence of a free, independent media to hold politicians’ feet to the fire as enshrined in the First Amendment, is the very essence of democracy."
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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 21d

Good morning Friends. Today's podcast will come out late this afternoon. It's about Trump's attempted crackdown on critics in the media and of course, the whole Jimmy Kimmel saga. Oliver Darcy, a leading media critic and scoop machine will be our guest. Stay tuned!

Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 25d

Though the Free Press is under attack from MAGA, our panelists are fearless: With Sabrina Siddiqui, reporter for The Wall Street Journal @hunterw.bsky.social investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com and Geoff Earle long time DC correspondent.
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