AnimocracyThursday, 11.14.2019

Find Your Perfect Match

Thursday, 11.14.2019

Find Your Perfect Match

In 1980, most Americans didn’t approve of President Jimmy Carter, yet the election remained tight. Ronald Reagan would get one chance to prove himself the acceptable alternative. A single head-to-head debate, just one week before Election Day.

Sunday, 09.27.2020

The Carter vs. Reagan Debate

Trump continues to stoke fears about mail-in voting fraud, while the CDC releases an alarming new COVID death projection for the cold months ahead.

Friday, 09.25.2020

Alarming Projections and Ballot Rejections

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the first woman and the first Jewish person to lie in state, one of the nation's highest honors.

Friday, 09.25.2020

RBG Makes History One Last Time

Seeking to reframe the health care debate weeks before the election, Trump signed two executive orders yesterday — but critics and allies alike are questioning their purpose.

Friday, 09.25.2020

Trump Scrambles on Health Care

Pulitzer prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett discusses what we’ve learned about the virus’s transmission and why cases will go up as the temperature comes down.

Friday, 09.25.2020

“The Coming Plague” Author on the Coming Winter COVID Surge

Politicians from both parties are speaking out about Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power. And speaking of peace, Louisville demonstrations erupted into violence as police, protestors, and militia groups clashed.

Thursday, 09.24.2020

Bipartisan Rebuke For Trump’s Transition Comment

Florida Republicans are investigating Michael Bloomberg's aid to ex-felons regaining the right to vote, another wrinkle in a state key to both candidates' hopes this November.

Thursday, 09.24.2020

GOP Targets Bloomberg Bucks

Governor Gavin Newsom announces plans to ban new sales of gas vehicles in the state by the year 2035 as the state grapples with the effects of climate change.

Thursday, 09.24.2020

California Hits Brakes on Gas-Powered Cars

The stakes have never been higher than when groundbreaking docu-series THE CIRCUS returns with all-new episodes. As the country gears up for another presidential election, hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, and Alex Wagner go behind the scenes of the political free-for-all. Watch THE CIRCUS every Sunday – only on SHOWTIME®.

Thursday, 09.24.2020

Supreme Court Lifeline \ Sponsored by Showtime

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett on how the administration’s polarizing politics are getting in the way of fighting the pandemic

Thursday, 09.24.2020

“The Coming Plague” Author on Trump’s War with Science Advisers

The GOP is charging forward on a replacement for Justice Ginsburg. And speaking of justice, there was none to be seen for Breonna Taylor today: The police officer who killed her in March got off scot-free, and only one officer at the scene was charged at all.

Wednesday, 09.23.2020

New Justice For SCOTUS? No Justice For Breonna Taylor.

Officer Brett Hankison is being charged with "wanton endangerment" for firing into other apartments. But a grand jury did not charge any officer directly in Breonna Taylor's death.

Wednesday, 09.23.2020

Louisville Officers Not Charged in Breonna Taylor Killing

A fourth COVID vaccine candidate has entered Phase 3 trials in the U.S. Still, the chances that any vaccine will be cleared by Election Day remains slim — with the FDA set to announce stricter standards for approval.

Wednesday, 09.23.2020

State of Vaccine Race

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer discusses her recent viral moment.

Wednesday, 09.23.2020

Shark Week, Revisited

With 42 days until the election, Republicans are scrambling to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s SCOTUS seat, while Trump (falsely and dangerously) claims COVID-19 affects “virtually nobody.”

Tuesday, 09.22.2020

The Race to Replace RBG

In previously undisclosed intelligence, the CIA concluded that Russia is actively working to damage Biden's campaign in a bid to help Trump's reelection efforts.

Tuesday, 09.22.2020

CIA Report: Putin At It Again

A 3-year-old lives out his dream, a posse of volunteers helps reunite animals with their owners, and an 18-month-old reacts to being able to hear for the very first time.

Tuesday, 09.22.2020

Good News We Could All Use

Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses concerns that a fall virus surge could decrease turnout in her key battleground state.

Tuesday, 09.22.2020

How COVID Could Impact Voting in Michigan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final wish was for her vacancy to be filled by the next president — a wish Trump and the Senate GOP are already defying. Meanwhile, it would appear that not even 200,000 U.S. deaths can get Trump to change his tune on the pandemic.

Monday, 09.21.2020

Trump Defies RBG’s Last Wish

Trump gave his "blessing" on a deal that would avert the shutdown of TikTok, but does it actually address any of the national security concerns he'd set out to solve?

Monday, 09.21.2020

Trump Okays TikTok Deal

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