Since we last spoke
with John Nichols of The Nation a lot has happened, from
President Trump travelling to Europe for the G20 Summit to the news that his
son Donald Jr. and key advisors met with a Russian lawyer to discuss the
acquisition of possible ‘dirt’ on former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary
Clinton. John returns to the show today
to talk all about these issues and whole lot more, John is The Nation’s national-affairs correspondent, a contributing writer
for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor
of The Capital Times, the daily
newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Republican plan to
repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with Trumpcare appears to
spinning out of control, with even GOP senators saying they are frustrated by a
process that excluded many of them and violates their continued promises to make
health care more affordable.
Furthermore, the Republican plan is abysmally unpopular, with the latest
USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll finding that the bill is favored by only
12%. Joining me today to talk all about
what the GOP health care repeal would mean for Americans, and what to expect
politically on health care in the next week and month is Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the Bipartisan Policy Center and
a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, he is a former health care
industry executive who was the acting administrator for the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2015 to 2017n where he oversaw Medicaid,
Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance
Marketplace programs.
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Friday, July 07, 2017
Today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM PROGRESS ch.127
There is always a lot
of focus on the Trump White House and its agenda, with several issues – the
Muslim ban, healthcare, Russia – getting more attention than some other hugely
important areas of the administration.
Joining me today to talk about one such area is Jay Michaelson of The Daily Beast, who has recently written about a Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision regarding President Trump’s rolling back
of regulation. What is it all about and
why is this important? Jay returns to
the show to speak with us about it
Over the long 4th of July weekend, NJ Gov. Chris Christie came under a lot of fire for closing the state down after failed budget talks and then getting caught on the Jersey shore on one of the many beaches that was closed.
Usually, the summer is
a slow time in Washington, especially after the 4th of July holiday,
but not in the Trump era… Joining me today to help us wrap up this short week
in politics is Eleanor Clift the
Washington correspondent for The Daily Beast, where she covers the
White House and writes about politics and culture.
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