Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison Derek and Danny are joined by Dalia Dassa Kaye to talk about the decades-long hostility between the US and Iran and the current escalation between the two countries. The post On the Brink With Iran—Featuring Dalia Dassa Kaye appeared first on The Nation.
Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison Derek and Danny are joined by Dalia Dassa Kaye to talk about the decades-long hostility between the US and Iran and the current escalation between the two countries. The post On the Brink With Iran—Featuring Dalia Dassa Kaye appeared first on The Nation.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has just taken another bad turn for Donald Trump. NPR reports that the Justice Department has withheld key documents from the publicly released Epstein files. Guess what: They apparently relate to charges that Trump potentially abused a minor. Congressman Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, also dropped a bombshell, claiming he’s reviewed DOJ materials personally, and he confirmed that DOJ does appear to have withheld critical FBI interviews. Is this really as bad as it sounds? As University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman explains in this episode, the answer is: Yes, it is. Litman—the author of Lawless, a book about the Supreme Court—demystifies the legal ins and outs of these new revelations, lays out a roadmap to what will happen now, and explains the prospects for achieving real accountability. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
The State of the Union featured no shortage of to-dos for Republican lawmakers who could soon lose unified control of the Hill.