Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Politics at the Emmys
Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue was full of Trump jabs, and Sean Spicer made an appearance. We get the highlights from last night’s Emmys.
By Madeleine Brand • • 43m ListenPhoto: 69th Primetime Emmy Awards – Show – Los Angeles, California, U.S., 17/09/2017 - Host Stephen Colbert opens the show. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
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5 storiesWill President Trump scrap the Iran nuclear deal?
President Trump says the Iran nuclear deal is one of the worst deals he’s ever seen. In his speech tomorrow at the United Nations, he’s expected to attack both Iran and North Korea.
Read the story8 minMeeting Rep. Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher is one of the OC Republicans that Democrats are hoping to unseat in next year’s midterm elections. He’s one of Russia’s few ardent supporters in Congress.
Read the story8 minHighlights of Sunday's overtly political Emmy Awards
Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue was full of Trump jabs, and Sean Spicer made an appearance. There were many firsts: Donald Glover was the first black man to take home the award for directing for a comedy series; Riz Ahmed was the first male actor of South Asian descent to win an acting Emmy.
Read the story9 minHow states can nix the president's judicial picks
Blue slips are perhaps the last way U.S. Senators can block the president’s federal judicial nominees. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is threatening to make them strictly advisory. Also, California state lawmakers took aim at President Trump this legislative session with a series of bills now on the governor’s desk.
Read the story6 minHow populism led to the erosion of democracy: Lessons from Vienna 100 years ago
For writer Philip O. Ceallaigh, President Trump’s rhetoric is reminiscent of Karl Lueger, who was mayor of Vienna from 1897 until he died in 1910. A big part of his appeal was whipping up anti-Semitism. Although he would have been horrified to see where that ended up -- the purging and extermination of most of the city’s Jews some decades later.
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