On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols on Biden, and David Cole on the court’s big 6-3 decisions.
President Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling at the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2024.(Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images)
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On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols on Biden, and David Cole on the Court’s big 6-3 decisions. Biden’s efforts to renew his candidacy are “risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided” – that’s what John Nichols says, as we review the efforts to persuade him to drop out of the race.
Also: During the Supreme Court term that just ended, the conservative majority granted new constitutional rights to hedge fund managers, big business—and Donald Trump. David Cole explains the shocking decisions that have transformed our government.
Finally, Jane McAlevey died Sunday–she was The Nation's strikes correspondent, and one of our best.
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Biden’s efforts to renew his candidacy are “risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided”—that’s what John Nichols says. He joins us on the podcast to review the efforts to persuade the president to drop out of the race.
Also on this episode: During the Supreme Court term that just ended, the conservative majority granted new constitutional rights to hedge fund managers, big business—and Donald Trump. David Cole explains the shocking decisions that have transformed our government.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Republicans are spending hundreds of millions on the midterms, but their money hasn’t been able to counter the crisis of affordability, the disgust with Trump’s corruption, and the quality of many of the Democratic candidates. Harold Meyerson comments – he’s editor at large of The American Prospect.
Also: Katha Pollit argues that the gang rape at a Cornell fraternity party could have been stopped–if someone had bothered to intervene. But no one did. “Where were the good guys?” She asks.
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.