It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, contributing editor at The New Republic and author of the AP newsletter on Substack to wrap up the week in news. Alex, Emma, and Sam immediately dive into the state of the Democratic Party now that leadership and media have now fully committed to both dismantling the infrastructure package, the central part […]

The New Republic’s journalist Jonathan Cohn explains the Senate bill that almost was, why Republicans and some Democrats are shilling for the medical device industry, the need for reforms across the healthcare industry, how healthcare reform lowers costs and expands care, why mostly people won’t be impacted by health care reform, understanding the glitches on […]

The National Priorities Project’s Mattea Kramer explained the biggest misconceptions Americans have about the federal budget, what makes up most of the federal budget, why now is a great time for infrastructure investment, the best ways to deal with the deficit, why the fiscal cliff is a myth and some predictions on budget negotiations. On […]