Monday Morning Politics; A 'Clean Slate' for New Yorkers; Michelle Goldberg; Favorite Holiday Movies

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 11, 2023

On today's show:

  • Last week Hunter Biden was indicted on new tax charges. Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about how the president's son's legal troubles could intersect with the GOP impeachment inquiry, and more national political news. 

  • New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-20th, including parts Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, and Sunset Park in Brooklyn), elections committee chair, talks about the Clean Slate Act, recently signed into law in New York State, which seals certain criminal convictions—plus other news.
  • On Wednesday, the presidents of three top universities testified before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus, and their responses provoked severe backlash. Michelle Goldberg, New York Times Op-Ed columnist, goes beyond the soundbites to give context on the line of questioning that led to their controversial responses.
  • Jacqueline Coley, awards editor at Rotten Tomatoes and host of the Awards Tour podcast, shares the best new, and classic, holiday movies as listeners weigh in with their favorites.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

 

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