This Week in BullshitFriday, 10.25.2019

GOP Raid, Emoluments Clause, and Mark Levin

Friday, 10.25.2019

GOP Raid, Emoluments Clause, and Mark Levin

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, 10.01.2020

Will The Debates Matter? \ Sponsored by Showtime

Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on the president’s apparent calculation that his new Supreme Court pick may help decide the election in his favor.

Thursday, 10.01.2020

Judicial Independence in the Age of Trump

President Trump refused to condemn white supremacists, even when given ample opportunity, and the Proud Boys are thrilled. And it seems likely that changes are in store to the debate format.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Disastrous First Debate Fallout

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin look to make a deal on the next coronavirus relief package before Congress goes on its last recess before the election.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Last-Ditch Stimulus Talks Resume

Whether you plan to vote in-person or by mail, here's how to ensure your vote counts this November.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

How To Vote This Election

From health care policy to white supremacy, here’s how the presidential candidates answered the most pressing questions facing the country.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Top Moments From a Chaotic First Debate

The candidates clashed in intensely personal terms in the first debate, challenging each other's intelligence, qualifications, and manhood.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Biden and Trump Wrestle For Macho Mantle

Trump and Biden go toe-to-toe in the first debate on race, policing and white supremacy in America.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Trump vs. Biden on the Issues: Race

The candidates tackled the COVID issue tonight — from very different perspectives. Biden came at Trump’s lack of response, while Trump assured the public Biden would have done worse.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Trump vs. Biden on the Issues: COVID

"That was a shitshow."

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Post-Debate Reaction

Let's just say, Chris Wallace had a NIGHT.

Wednesday, 09.30.2020

Chris Wallace Moderates First Debate

Democratic activist and former Hillary Clinton adviser Brian Fallon on the argument for adding seats to the high court — and why Dems shouldn’t make it now.

Tuesday, 09.29.2020

The Case for Expanding SCOTUS

We're counting the president's tax troubles by the numbers and leaving you with one chilling question: To whom does the president owe $421 million? And on the SCOTUS front, the GOP rushes to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day.

Monday, 09.28.2020

Trump’s Taxes Take Center Stage Pre-Debate

The world approaches a grim new COVID-19 milestone as more than 30 U.S. states see an increase in coronavirus cases. This, as the CDC director criticizes President Trump's newest task force adviser.

Monday, 09.28.2020

CDC Director Slams New Trump Medical Adviser

A federal judge postponed the Trump administration’s halt on new downloads of the popular video sharing app just hours before it was to go into effect. But the app’s future hangs in the air.

Monday, 09.28.2020

Judge Blocks Trump TikTok Ban

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

Read it. Watch it. Understand it.

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