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Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election ...

Susan Harold Holzers is our second hour about your new book the president s versus press. While i invite people to find the first hour, for those who havent seen it, whats that the jist of your new book . Mr. Holzer the thesis is we may believe we are living through the most chaotic and unpleasant confrontational era ever between a president and the media. But in fact, its a long tradition in American Government and American Media history that president s and the press do not share the same inte...

Standoff, a weekend a day after the election. What is the Trump Campaigns strategy in all of this . Guest the Campaign Strategy is to mount legal challenges. And the republican strategy is to stand with President Trump. It was evident on monday at the capital that Mitch Mcconnell, senator roy blunt and other members of the Republican Leadership stand in lockstep with President Trump as he pursues different recounts and litigation across the political map. Its an example of the solidarity of the ...

Cspan2. Cspan2. Hi, everybody, im david, welcome to the National Book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. One single they think we can do and i know youre loving it as i am, is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this s...

Perspectives. Jonathan darman was a journalist before, maybe still is, before becoming a book author. He was a correspondent for newsweek, and he covered, among other things, National President ial campaigns in 2004 and in 2008. He most recently has turned his attention to another Political Campaign in the 1960s. His new book is landslide lbj and Ronald Reagan at the dawn of a new america, so jonathan will be talking about that and anything we can talk him into speaking on. On my left is chase u...

Postelection standoff between the Trump Administration and the Biden Campaign. Day and it 8 45, leo shane discusses the fallout from the defense secretarys firing. A week ago this morning, the results of the 2020 election were unknown. By saturday morning, joe biden had garnered enough electoral votes, and was declared the winner. President trump and his republican allies have been contesting that, but states are standing by the results, and legal efforts so far have yielded no change in votes. ...

Senator roy blunt and other members of the Republican Leadership stand in lockstep with President Trump as he pursues different recounts and litigation across the political map. Its an example of the solidarity of the gop despite President Trumps defeat, and also a challenge for Vice President elect biden who is trying to mount a transition at this point but he doesnt have formal backing from the current administration. Host what are you hearing is the mood inside the white house, officials and ...

Recent National Book festival on covert operations. Hi, everybody. Im david ignatius, columnist with the washington post. Welcome to the National Book festival. In this difficult time in the pandemic, one thing we can do is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer which is about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our time which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two two ...

Authors, on american politics from different perspectives. Jonathan darman it was a journalist before maybe still is before becoming a book author, he was a correspondent for newsweek and he covered among other Things National president ial campaigns in 2004 and in 2008. Turned hisently has attention to another Political Campaign in the 1960s. Landslide, lbj and Ronald Reagan at the dawn of a new america so he will be talking about that and anything we will be speaking of. On my left is chase un...

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