Fixing Liberalism; COVID-19 News Roundup: New York Edition; A History of Alt-Media and Political Junkyism; All The President's Tax Returns
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 9, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Zerlina Maxwell, MSNBC political analyst, senior director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM and the co-host of Signal Boost, and the author of The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide ( Hachette Books, 2020), talks about the day's political news and her new book,
- Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, and Sophia Chang, reporter for Gothamist, talk about the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic in New York.
- Claire Potter, professor of history at the New School, executive editor of Public Seminar and the author of Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy (Basic Books, 2020)
- On Thursday, The Supreme Court will most likely rule on whether a New York State prosecutor — and Congress — can get access to President Donald Trump's tax returns and other business records. Andrea Bernstein, WNYC senior editor, co-host of WNYC's and ProPublica's podcast Trump Inc., and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W.W. Norton and Company, 2020), and Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, break down what the ruling means and what's likely ahead.
