The Politics Lab

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the significance of the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, then decide who had the dumbest tweet of the week.

This week, Bill and Phil look at some of the institutions and people that are pushing back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump, including the Federal Reserve, the Supreme Court, and the American people.  Then they close with an invigorating session of “What’s More Stupid?”

This week, Bill and Phil explore the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the judiciary, pondering whether the country finds itself in a full blown constitutional crisis, then continue their ongoing series looking at attacks on core democratic institutions, focusing this week on Trump‘s attack on higher education.

This week, Bill and Phil try to make some sense of Trump’s tariffs and their implications.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss President Trump’s “Liberation Day” of tariffs, whether Trump can run for a third term, and the institutional resilience of the media as it comes under attack by the president.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the implications of Signal-gate, then assess the resilience of the judicial system in light of Trump’s attacks on it.

This week, Bill and Phil offer a big picture look at the tumultuous first fifty days of the Trump presidency.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss Trump’s dramatic actions regarding Ukraine, his embrace of Tariffs, and the ways that these actions will remake the international system. 

Bill and Phil consider the state of global democracy in light of the third anniversary of the Ukraine war, the success of the far right in Germany’s elections, and the Trump administration’s attacks on press freedom.

Bill and Phil assess the implications of Donald Trump’s embrace of Russia, examine JD Vance’s speech lecturing Europe on democracy, and ponder what Donald Trump posting pictures of himself as king and comparing himself to Napoleon means for our constitution.