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Rahm “the un-diplomat” Emanuel reports from Japan from 2023-06-30T09:00

In American politics, there is a small group of leaders who are – to borrow a term from Hollywood – hit makers. Everything they touch seems to turn to gold.  There is perhaps no better example of ...

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Biden's gatekeepers from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.656640

Gone are the late night tweets of yore. In their place? Meticulously
managed calendars. White House correspondent Anita Kumar takes Scott
Bland inside the West Wing to see who is managing P...

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How do you solve a problem like vaccine hesitancy from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.653157

On today's episode, the PR campaign the government is waging on vaccine
hesitancy and equitable access for vaccine. Playbook co-author Eugene
Daniels talks to Dr. Ebony Hilton and POLITICO ...

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The hellish future of post-Covid travel & a special tribute at the end of this show from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.649416

Five cities, four countries and 15 days locked down in Australia: Global Translations author Ryan Heath talks to Playbook's Tara Palmeri about his 68-hour travel journey to get Down Under. He peers...

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Coming soon: Playbook Deep Dive from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.648586

Playbook Deep Dive is a new weekly podcast from Politico — for the stories that seem stranger-than-fiction, but are all too real. Underneath all the theater, backstabbing and strategy in DC are col...

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The Black correspondents at the White House from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.644177

White House reporters have access to the highest seat in the country — and they’re a small group. An even smaller group? Reporters of color. On today’s episode of Playbook Deep Dive, Eugene Daniels...

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McConnell, Oklahoma and the education culture war from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.640667

A century ago, a violent white mob razed the heart of Tulsa's thriving Black community. Now, Oklahoma — and Republicans on Capitol Hill — are swept up in a national culture war over how schools tea...

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Weed is popular. So what's the holdup in Congress? from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.637177

Eight — that’s how many states have passed some form of cannabis legalization since November. And even though marijuana is gaining popularity in conservative states, that's not breaking through wit...

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How the 'burbs turned blue from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.636323

Michigan’s Oakland County, once a Republican stronghold, is turning blue. Playbook's Eugene Daniels and Zack Stanton (also a Michigan native — he's from the "knuckle"), talk about whether shedding ...

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The Democratic ‘civil war’ in Ohio from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.596117

The Democratic establishment dealt a crushing blow to the progressive movement this week in Ohio, where tensions, bad blood and intraparty allegiances were on full display. What can we learn from a...

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These Republicans are going...big government? from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.592608

There's an intra-party fight on the right — and it's not (all) about Trump! For decades, conservatives have called for the government to take a hands-off approach to the economy. But now, a group o...

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The Biden family's secrets from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.589012

After seven Senate terms and three runs for president, Joe Biden has mastered his folksy image. But behind "the Delaware way" are secrets in Joe's family tree and son Hunter's foreign deals. Nation...

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Push it to the (debt) limit from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.588182

What actually happens if the nation defaults on its debt? Planes fall out of the sky, the streets run red with blood — OK, not literally. But the reality could be economic catastrophe: "Market chao...

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The strategists who made the “Youngkin Republican” from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.585192

For the first time in 12 years, a Republican won the governorship in Virginia. And it wasn’t just any victory — to claim the seat, Glenn Youngkin had to beat Terry McAuliffe, former governor and De...

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Houses on the Hill aren't for living. They're for lobbying from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.582571

From their lofty offices along K street, Washington lobbyists have spent decades trying to pull the levers of power. But changing times sometimes call for changing scenery, and these OG influencers...

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Jamie Raskin's plan to hold Trump accountable from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.579980

One year later, the ripples of the Jan. 6th riot continue to reverberate throughout American politics. For Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who led the second impeachment of Donald Trump, bringing the pe...

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Why Stephanie Cutter says Dems need a new SCOTUS strategy from 2022-02-21T08:17:51.576437

Now that Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, the Biden Administration is racing to select the perfect nominee to be his replacement. According to one Democratic strategist, the rules for confirming...

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The untold story of the former judge who beat Trump on Jan. 6 from 2022-02-18T11:00

For most of his life, J. Michael Luttig has operated behind the scenes at the top of the conservative legal world. He started his career as a young aide at the U.S. Supreme Court, worked as an atto...

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The Gen X activists upending Democratic politics from 2022-02-11T11:00

For months, the parental backlash against school closings has dominated headlines and driven speculation about a brewing electoral wave for Republicans. But what if the parents are part of the deep...

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Cedric Richmond on Biden's turnaround plan from 2022-01-21T10:00

President Joe Biden’s first year in office has been tumultuous, marked by domestic and international challenges that have overshadowed the administration’s wins. Playbook author Eugene Daniels talk...

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What Joe Manchin told Steve Clemons at dinner from 2022-01-14T10:00

Steve Clemons is a DC institution — an operator who connects some of the biggest power players in the capital. He also happens to be the confidant of the most powerful senator in Washington, Democr...

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Joe Biden's inflation whisperer from 2021-12-17T10:00

Unemployment is dropping and the economy, by many measures, is humming. But spiraling inflation is creating a serious drag on the economic recovery and hurting President Joe Biden's approval rating...

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Has Twitter warped politics? from 2021-12-10T10:00

Can Twitter carry a politician to victory in an election? Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels and deputy editor Zack Stanton talk to Republican digital strategist Eric Wilson, former Andrew Yang pres...

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Kiss your swing districts goodbye from 2021-11-19T10:00

Gerrymandering: Depending on where you stand, it’s either the cause of, or solution to, many of America’s political problems. Here’s what that fight looks like — from the outside looking in, and fr...

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CNN's Manu Raju vs. Jeff Flake: Cat and mouse from 2021-11-12T10:00

It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk. For the Congress press corps, scoring that story-maki...

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The activists outside Joe Manchin's houseboat from 2021-10-29T09:00

All summer long, activists have pressured Democratic leaders for a reconciliation package that delivers on all of President Biden’s promises. That means Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin face...

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Meet D.C.'s 'Lobbyist Hunter' from 2021-10-15T09:00

“Somebody’s gotta do it. It might as well be me.” So says Ivan Adler, the “lobbyist hunter” who plucks D.C.’s most idealistic Hill staffers and turns them into K Street top dogs. POLITICO’s Hailey ...

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Regulating crypto: The $2 trillion Rubik's Cube from 2021-09-24T09:00

Crypto trading! Bitcoin! Dogecoin! Stablecoin! Even if lawmakers don't understand blockchain, Capitol Hill is finally waking up to digital currency — Congress has introduced more than a dozen bills...

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Pelosi vs. everybody: Dems’ high-wire health care act from 2021-09-17T09:00

As Democrats' massive reconciliation bill makes its way through the machine, one item is getting all the attention right now: health care. It’s a fight that basically boils down to Nancy Pelosi ver...

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Biden’s abortion clash with the Catholic Church from 2021-09-10T09:00

What does it mean to be the nation’s second Catholic president? Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talks with senior staff writer Ruby Cramer about how Joe Biden balances a very public role with the “pr...

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How Kamala Harris is embracing — and changing — the system from 2021-08-27T09:00

Kamala Harris entered law school as the daughter of activists and came out as a prosecutor — an evolution that shaped the politician she is today. Now, as the vice president grapples with some of t...

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The first true foreign policy test of Biden's presidency from 2021-08-20T09:00

The Taliban's return to power marks the first real foreign policy crisis of the Biden administration — and a rare moment of bipartisan criticism of Joe Biden. But will the bungled withdrawal from A...

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Vote-a-rama drama and the national debt from 2021-08-13T09:00

Nobody on Capitol Hill got much sleep this week. The Senate passed its infrastructure bill, stayed up all night in a vote-a-rama and provided foreshadowing for the set of fights yet to come. As Pla...

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Strange but true: Bernie's pragmatic turn from 2021-07-30T09:00

Bernie Sanders is behaving a lot like a pragmatist (just don’t say it to his face). As the Senate Budget chair and a member of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s leadership team, the 79-year-old progressive is o...

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Inside Biden’s slow-walk on Cuba from 2021-07-23T09:00

Cuba’s sweeping protests — and sweeping crackdown — are historic. But the situation is a political hot potato for Biden, whose sanction orders came nearly two weeks after the unrest began. His go-i...

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Biden’s student debt promise comes due from 2021-07-16T09:00

$1.6 trillion — that's how much student loan debt there is in the United States. Progressives want to cancel student loan debt. Republicans say that's wildly unfair. And President Joe Biden is....w...

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‘It’s a clusterf*ck’: The college kid who cracked the election industry from 2021-06-25T09:00

Matthew Caulfield was a college senior when he was given a seemingly simple assignment that took him more than five years and 3,000 emails to start to answer: How much did a voting machine cost? An...

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The drama-filled race for 'America's mayor' from 2021-06-18T09:00

It’s one of the top jobs in politics, period: mayor of the Big Apple. In a heavily left-leaning town, Tuesday’s crowded Democratic primary will essentially decide who will become the 110th mayor of...

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The Capitol rioter next door from 2021-06-11T09:00

Imagine learning that someone you've known for 18 years is alleged to have been responsible for some of the worst violence on Jan. 6. How do you square that? Playbook co-author Rachael Bade and jou...

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Why UFOs are crashing into Congress from 2021-05-28T09:00

Talking about UFOs was once kryptonite for your political career. Now, senators are openly talking about UFOs, and the Pentagon is set to deliver a long-awaited report in June detailing what it kno...

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Is Hill oversight dead? Inside the Jan. 6 commission fight from 2021-05-21T09:00

This week's vote on a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection exposed some serious rifts on the Hill — rifts that could get even wider as the bill heads to the Senate. POLITICO...

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A GOP civil war? Don’t bet on it from 2021-05-14T09:00

If you’ve paid any attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard this line: There’s a “civil war” raging within the GOP. Republican leadership is duking it out in the open after losing the Wh...

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Money, MTG and the D.C. power machine from 2021-04-30T09:00

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has made a name — and recently, fundraised over $3 million — on becoming a political celebrity by oiling gears in the "outrage machine," promoting extremist beliefs and ...

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The senators at the center of the 50-50 split from 2021-04-23T09:00

“If we miss this opportunity, God help us.” Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski. Two moderate senators smack in the middle — and on either side — of a split 50-50 Senate. On our first episode of Playboo...

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BONUS: Why California’s fracking ban went bust from 2021-04-16T04:00

California is the country’s leader when it comes to climate policies. But not even Democrats could impose a ban on fracking despite holding all levels of power in California. On POLITICO Energy, Co...

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Bonus: How a fake reporter infiltrated the White House press corps from 2021-04-14T09:00

On this bonus episode of POLITICO Dispatch: Who is “Kacey Montagu”? Christopher Cadelago tells the wild and weird story of how a fictitious correspondent rose from the depths of internet role playi...

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Fili-fix the Filibuster? from 2021-03-26T09:00

Black civil rights leaders, voting rights advocates and elected officials are putting more and more pressure on Senate Democrats to nix the filibuster. The argument? Keep the filibuster OR pass vot...

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Sen. Brian Schatz and why Senate Democrats are walking on eggshells from 2021-03-19T09:00

POLITICO Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza interviews Senator Brian Schatz
(D-HI) to talk the next bill on the Democrats' agenda, whether or not
Democrats will have to go around Republicans to ...

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Biden's planes, trains and automobiles from 2021-03-12T10:00

Bipartisanship didn’t happen with Covid relief. But President Joe
Biden says he really, really wants to go bipartisan on infrastructure —
plus, he'll need the Republican votes. POLITICO Pla...

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The most important person you don't know from 2021-02-26T10:00

On today's episode, everything you want to know about the mysterious but
powerful Senate Parliamentarian. Elizabeth MacDonough ruled Thursday
that Senate Democrats would be deemed out of or...

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The post-Trump path of “one dude” from 2021-02-12T10:00

With Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal almost assured, at the moment,
the Republicans occupying the anti-Donald Trump lane in the post-Trump
GOP are in danger of being run over. But if t...

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Beto is in. Now what? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Cohen testimony renews impeachment speculation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Bernie is back — and backed — bigly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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New apps, no fact checks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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How to make a gov't in 4,000 easy steps from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Will 2020 be the battle of the billionaires? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Inside the Wild West of PredictIt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Three ways President Trump could get his wall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Bonus episode: A tale of two conventions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The GOP's identity crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Unpacking the government shutdown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Examining Trump's grip on GOP leaders from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Republicans are in a shutdown pickle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The invisible primary becomes visible from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump team braces for a presidential self-own from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Was the TikTok face-off 'security theater'? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The precarious power of the progressive left from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump comes to grips with divided government from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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How to make sense of the midterm results from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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What we're watching for on election night from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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All election edition: Live at Politicon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Inside Donald Trump's safe space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The White House's nickname for President Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The politics of hurricanes explained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's pre-Magna Carta mindset from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Inside Trump's split screen reality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Bernie-backed underdogs underperform from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump gets into the midterms. Big league. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Trump Pence split-screen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The turmoil at the border is just beginning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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For Republicans, Trump holds the cards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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BONUS: Decoding Trump, Post Summit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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A sigh of relief from Democrats from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Super Tuesday: primary elections edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Nobody wants to be Trump's lawyer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Nine months is a long time to be a lame duck from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Democrats Unfriend Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Post Tillerson Stress Disorder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Another week, another White House departure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Is Hope Hicks gone for good? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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BONUS: Why 2018 Is do-or-die for Democrats from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Parkland students push for gun reform from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Porter scandal rocks Kelly's credibility from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Dow falls but the parade must go on from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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BONUS: Mike Pence on the midterm elections from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Deadlines loom over Congress from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Will Trump stick to SOTU script? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Shutdown blame game from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Washington struggles to strike DACA deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump blasts Bannon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Defining moments of 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Tax day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Jones takes Alabama from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Alabama Senate Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Harassment dominoes on Capitol Hill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Boehner unchained from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Moore allegations rock Alabama from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Election Day recap from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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It's Mueller time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Flake bows out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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2017 election preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's hiring spree from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Will Congress act on guns? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Puerto Rico's long road back from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The GOP's final health care push from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Single payer politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Republicans reel from debt ceiling deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Hurricane Harvey aftermath from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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No retreat, no surrender from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The aftermath of Charlottesville from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Fire and fury from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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It’s Trump’s party now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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BONUS EPISODE: Live from Politicon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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What 'loyalty' means to Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Republicans reset on health care again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Emails again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The 2018 Senate lookahead from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Health care whiplash from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Georgia season finale from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Is a White House policy reboot possible? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Comey hearing aid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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We’ll never have Paris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Special election smackdown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Special counsels and special elections from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The James Comey episode from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Decision day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The health of the party from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Big money, small dollars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Voters are voting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Special election season from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Is the Senate headed for the 'nuclear option'? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The House of pain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The bully pulpit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Health scare politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Russia merry-go-round from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's big speech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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A week of chaos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Live from D.C., it’s Saturday Night from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's Supreme week from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump off and running from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump takes the oath from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The Russia files from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump’s Cabinet heads to Capitol Hill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump goes off the record from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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No honeymoon for Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's nontraditional transition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's conservative dream team from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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How Trump could repeat 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Your 2016 questions answered from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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The 2016 postmortem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump defies the odds from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Who will win? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Impeached twice and still empowered from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Is it really a nailbiter? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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A riot and a reckoning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Donald Trump's detour from reality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Trump's last chance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Donald Trump in freefall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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