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Discussion Thread: r/Politics Year In Review | 2019 - Politics


Discussion Thread: r/Politics Year In Review | 2019

Posted: 31 Dec 2019 01:11 PM PST

As 2019 heads into 2020, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and some of the biggest stories on our subreddit, past discussion threads, and AMAs.

Please use this thread to discuss your favorite stories, moments, and whatever else from the past year of r/politics, and have a safe and happy New Year!

Megathreads

Date Title
Jan 8, 2019 Manafort Shared Trump Campaign Data With Russian Associate, Prosecutors Say
Jan 8, 2019 President Trump's Address on Border Security and the Democratic Response (Part 2)
Jan 17, 2019 President Trump Directed His Attorney To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project
Jan 18, 2019 In rare statement, Mueller's office disputes nature of Buzzfeed report on Cohen's Trump Tower testimony
Jan 22, 2019 Supreme Court Allows Trump's Transgender Military Ban to Take Effect
Jan 23, 2019 Speaker Pelosi tells President Trump the House won't authorize State of the Union address in the chamber 'until government has opened'
Jan 25, 2019 Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested in Mueller probe
Jan 25, 2019 FAA Orders Ground Stops and Delays Flights at Major U.S. Airports Due to Shutdown-Related Air Traffic Controller Shortage
Jan 25, 2019 Megathread Part 2: Roger Stone arrested, scheduled to appear in court at 11am EST
Jan 25, 2019 President Trump announces a deal to temporarily reopen the government for three weeks
Feb 4, 2019 Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump's inaugural committee
Feb 7, 2019 Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Restrictions
Feb 13, 2019 Federal Judge Concludes Paul Manafort Lied to Special Counsel
Feb 19, 2019 Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential run
Mar 28, 2019 Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un end summit early and fail to reach a deal
Mar 7, 2019 Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for unpaid legal fees
Mar 7, 2019 Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in VA Federal Court
Mar 14, 2019 Senate Passes Resolution Rejecting Trump's Border Emergency Declaration 59-41
Mar 22, 2019 Mueller files final report with Attorney General
Mar 22, 2019 Megathread Part Two: Mueller files final report with Attorney General
Mar 24, 2019 AG Willam Barr releases his top line summary of the Mueller report
Apr 7, 2019 Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen Resigns
Apr 18, 2019 Attorney General Releases Redacted Version of Special Counsel Report
Apr 18, 2019 Megathread (Part 2): Attorney General Releases Redacted Version of Special Counsel Report
Apr 19, 2019 House Democrats Issue Subpoena for Unredacted Mueller Report
Apr 25, 2019 Joe Biden announces launch of his 2020 presidential campaign
Apr 29, 2019 Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation to Trump
Apr 30, 2019 Mueller Complained That Barr's Letter Did Not Capture 'Context' of Trump Probe
May 6, 2019 House panel issues report citing Barr for contempt
May 6, 2019 Treasury denies Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
May 14, 2019 Alabama Senate Votes to Effectively Ban Abortion in the State
May 29, 2019 Robert Mueller to Make Public Statement About Russia Investigation
Jun 13, 2019 US Special Counsel recommends firing Kellyanne Conway over alleged Hatch Act violations
Jun 13, 2019 White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders will be leaving her job at the end of the month, Trump says
Jun 21, 2019 Trump approves missile strike, aborts before launch.
Jun 25, 2019 Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before Congress on July 17, House Judiciary and Intel Committees
Jul 9, 2019 Federal Judge Blocks Justice Department's Effort to Withdraw Lawyers on Census Citizenship Case
Jul 11, 2019 Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census
Jul 12, 2019 Labor Secretary Alex Acosta announces that he is resigning
Jul 14, 2019 Trump Tells Freshman Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From
Jul 26, 2019 U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
Jul 30, 2019 California governor signs bill requiring presidential candidates release tax returns to appear on ballot
Aug 10, 2019 AG Barr, Gaetz, AOC, others call for investigation into the death of Jeffery Epstein
Aug 23, 2019 President Trump announces increase in tariffs on China for billions of dollars of products, as Wall Street reacts to an intensifying trade war
Sep 10, 2019 National Security Adviser John Bolton has resigned at the request of the president, citing policy disagreements
Sep 12, 2019 House committee adopts new procedures for impeachment investigation of President Trump
Sep 20, 2019 Report States Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden's Son
Sep 20, 2019 President Trump Authorizes Additional Troop Deployment to Saudi Arabia
Sep 24, 2019 Reports Indicate House Speaker Pelosi To Announce Formal Impeachment Inquiry Of President Trump
Sep 24, 2019 Rep. Adam Schiff Says Ukraine Whistleblower Wants To Talk To Intelligence Committee
Sep 24, 2019 Speaker Pelosi announces House to launch formal impeachment inquiry
Sep 26, 2019 Intelligence Community Whistleblower Report Released; Alleges President Used Power of Office to Interfere in 2020 Election
Sep 27, 2019 Sec. of State Mike Pompeo Subpoenaed By Three House Committees For Failure To Produce Ukraine Documents
Sep 30, 2019 House committees subpoena Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani for documents related to Ukraine
Oct 2, 2019 Bernie Sanders Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure, Suspends Campaign Events Until Further Notice
Oct 3, 2019 President Trump Calls for Ukraine, China to Investigate Bidens
Oct 4, 2019 White House Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
Oct 6, 2019 Second Whistleblower Comes Forward in the Trump-Ukraine Controversy
Oct 7, 2019 Federal Judge Rules President Trump Must Turn Over Eight Years Of Personal And Corporate Tax Returns
Oct 7, 2019 House Subpoenas Pentagon Chief and Acting Director of Office of Management and Budget for Documents in Impeachment Inquiry
Oct 8, 2019 White House Blocks US Ambassador Gordon Sondland From Testifying Before Congress
Oct 8, 2019 Senate Intel Report Finds Kremlin Directed Russian Social Media Meddling In 2016
Oct 8, 2019 White House Says It Will Not Cooperate With House Impeachment Inquiry
Oct 10, 2019 Two Giuliani Associates Tied to Ukraine Scandal Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges
Oct 10, 2019 Energy Secretary Rick Perry Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Investigation
Oct 11, 2019 Congress Can Seek President Trump's Tax Returns, Appeals Court Rules
Oct 11, 2019 President Trump says acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan is stepping down
Oct 16, 2019 Fourth Defendant in Giuliani Associates' Case Arrested
Oct 17, 2019 Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and House Oversight Chairman, dies at 68
Oct 17, 2019 Trump has awarded next year's G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area golf resort
Oct 19, 2019 Trump drops plan to host G-7 at Doral
Oct 22, 2019 William Taylor, envoy to Ukraine, testifies Trump tied Ukraine aid to politically motivated investigations
Oct 23, 2019 House Republicans disrupt closed impeachment hearing in protest
Oct 25, 2019 Judge orders Justice Department to give House Judiciary Committee grand jury testimony from Special Counsel Mueller's investigation
Oct 27, 2019 Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid ethics investigation
Oct 27, 2019 Donald Trump met with boos and 'lock him up' chant at World Series Game Five
Oct 28, 2019 House to vote on resolution establishing next steps in impeachment inquiry
Oct 29, 2019 House Released Resolution to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry
Oct 30, 2019 CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter has decided to ban all political ads by candidates and outside groups
Oct 31, 2019 House passes resolution formalizing impeachment inquiry against Trump
Nov 1, 2019 Beto O'Rourke Ends Presidential Bid
Nov 4, 2019 Appeals Court Agrees President Trump Tax Returns Can Be Turned Over
Nov 4, 2019 House Investigative Committees Release Testimonies Of Fmr. Ambassador Yovanovitch And Fmr. Senior Advisor McKinley
Nov 5, 2019 House impeachment committee releases transcripts of Sondland and Volker testimonies
Nov 6, 2019 House to Hold Public Impeachment Inquiry Hearings Next Week
Nov 6, 2019 House Committee releases transcript of US Diplomat Bill Taylor's testimony
Nov 7, 2019 New York court orders President Donald Trump to pay $2 million for misusing his charitable foundation
Nov 14, 2019 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland
Nov 15, 2019 Trump adviser Roger Stone guilty on all seven counts of lying to congress, obstruction and witness tampering in relation to the Russia probe
Nov 17, 2019 Democrat John Bel Edwards re-elected governor of Louisiana
Nov 20, 2019 Sondland testifies Trump ordered Ukraine 'quid pro quo' through Giuliani
Nov 24, 2019 Pentagon asks for Navy secretary resignation over SEAL controversy
Nov 25, 2019 Judge Rules White House Counsel Don McGahn Must Comply With House Subpoena
Dec 3, 2019 Appeals court refuses to block House subpoena for Trump's financial records
Dec 3, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris Drops Out Of Presidential Race
Dec 3, 2019 House Intelligence Committee Releases Draft Impeachment Report
Dec 5, 2019 U.S. House will draft Articles of Impeachment against President Trump, Speaker Pelosi announces
Dec 6, 2019 White House won't take part in House Judiciary impeachment hearings
Dec 9, 2019 DOJ Inspector General report finds FBI's Russia probe justified, no bias found
Dec 10, 2019 House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
Dec 13, 2019 U.S. House Judiciary Committee approves articles of Impeachment against President Trump, full House vote on Wednesday
Dec 18 , 2019 House Votes to Impeach President Donald J. Trump

Discussion Threads

Date Title
Jan 3, 2019 Swearing in of the 116th Congress, Speaker floor vote
Jan 3, 2019 White House Daily Press Briefing - Live Discussion Thread - 01/03/2019
Jan 4, 2019 2019 Statewide Elections
Jan 4, 2019 President Trump Addresses the Press - Live Discussion Thread - 01/04/2019 - 2:00pm EST
Jan 8, 2019 President Trump's Address on Border Security and the Democratic Response - 01/08/2019 - 9:00pm EST - Part 1, Part 2
Jan 10, 2019 President Trump Visits the Southern Border - Live Discussion Thread - 01/10/2019
Jan 16, 2019 Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee William Barr
Jan 19, 2019 President Trump Live Remarks On Shutdown Compromise
Jan 24, 2019 US Senate Session Votes to Re-Open Government - Discussion Thread - 01/24/2019
Jan 25, 2019 President Trump Statement from the Rose Garden Regarding the Government Shutdown - Discussion Thread - 01/25/2019 1:30pm EST
Jan 28, 2019 White House Daily Press Briefing - Discussion Thread - 01/28/2019 - 3:30pm EST
Feb 5, 2019 Pre-Event Discussion: State of the Union 2019
Feb 5, 2019 2019 State of the Union address
Feb 5, 2019 2019 State of the Union Address and Response
Feb 8, 2019 Acting AG Whitaker Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee - Discussion Thread - 02/08/2019 - 9:30am EST - Part 1, Part 2
Feb 27, 2019 President Trump and Kim Jong Un Summit in Hanoi - Live Discussion Thread
Feb 27, 2019 Michael Cohen Testifies Before House Oversight Committee - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Feb 27, 2019 President Trump and Kim Jong Un Summit in Hanoi - Day 2 - Live Discussion Thread
Mar 6, 2019 Kirstjen Nielsen testifies on border security before the House Homeland Security Committee
Mar 11, 2019 WH Press Briefing with Press Sec. Sanders and Acting OMB Director Vought - Discussion Thread - 03/11/2019 - 2:00pm EDT
Apr 18, 2019 U.S. Attorney General William Barr to hold Mueller report press conference at 9:30 am EDT
May 1, 2019 William Barr Testifies on Mueller Report Before Senate Judiciary Committee - Discussion Thread
May 8, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Considers Contempt Resolution Against Attorney General - Discussion Thread
May 21, 2019 PA-12 Special Election
May 21, 2019 Kentucky Primary Election
Jun 10, 2019 Supreme Court Decisions 6/10/19 Discussion Thread
Jun 10, 2019 John Dean Testifies on Lessons Learned from Mueller Report - Discussion Thread - 06/10/2019
Jun 17, 2019 SCOTUS Orders & Opinions 6/17/19 Discussion Thread
Jun 20, 2019 Supreme Court Decisions 6/20/19 Discussion Thread
Jun 21, 2019 Supreme Court Decisions 6/21/2019 Discussion Thread
Jun 24, 2019 Supreme Court Decisions 6/24/2019 Discussion Thread
Jun 26, 2019 SCOTUS Orders & Opinions 6/26/19 Discussion Thread
Jun 26, 2019 2020 Presidential Race - First Democratic Primary Debate, Night 1 - 6/26/19 9:00-11:00 pm EDT - Discussion Thread - Part 1, Part 2
Jun 27, 2019 Supreme Court Decisions 6/27/19 Discussion Thread
Jun 27, 2019 2020 Presidential Race Democratic Debates - Night 2 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Jul 24, 2019 Robert Mueller testifies before House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees - 8:30am and 12 Noon EDT - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Jul 30, 2019 2020 Presidential Race - Second Democratic Primary Debate, Night 1 - 7/30/19 8:00-10:30 pm EDT - Discussion Thread - Part 1, Part 2
Jul 31, 2019 2020 Presidential Race - Second Democratic Primary Debate, Night 2 - 7/31/19 8:00-10:30 pm EDT - Discussion Thread - Part 1, Part 2
Aug 5, 2019 President Trump delivers remarks on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio - 10am EDT
Sep 4, 2019 Climate Town Hall With Democratic Presidential Candidates
Sep 10, 2019 North Carolina Special Congressional Elections (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)
Aug 12, 2019 Third Democratic Presidential Debate - Pre-Debate Thread
Aug 12, 2019 Third Democratic Presidential Debate
Aug 12, 2019 Third Democratic Presidential Debate - Post-Debate Thread
Aug 17, 2019 Corey Lewandowski Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee
Aug 22, 2019 State Elections and Democratic Primary Polling for September 2019
Aug 26, 2019 Acting DNI Maguire Testifies on Whistleblower Complaint, 9am EDT
Oct 2, 2019 Press Conference with Nancy Pelosi & Rep. Adam Schiff - 10/2/19
Oct 2, 2019 Joint Press Conference With President Trump And Finland President Sauli Niinistö - 10/2/19
Oct 10, 2019 CNN LGBTQ Town Hall, 10/10/19, 7:30pm-12:00am EDT
Oct 12, 2019 Louisiana Gubernatorial Primary - October 12, 2019
Oct 15, 2019 Fourth Democratic Presidential Debate - Pre-Debate Thread
Oct 15, 2019 Fourth Democratic Presidential Debate - 10/15/19 - 8pm-11pm EDT
Oct 15, 2019 Fourth Democratic Presidential Debate - Post-Debate Thread
Oct 21, 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary Polling - October, 2019
Oct 27, 2019 President Trump expected to announce results of Special Ops raid against ISIS leadership
Oct 31, 2019 The US House Debate and Vote on Impeachment Inquiry Resolution
Nov 5, 2019 Statewide Elections - November 5th, 2019
Nov 13, 2019 Day One of House Public Impeachment Hearings - William Taylor and George Kent - Live 10am EST
Nov 13, 2019 Day One of House Public Impeachment Hearings - William Taylor and George Kent - Live 10am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Nov 15, 2019 Day Two of House Public Impeachment Hearings - Marie Yovanovitch - Live 9am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Nov 16, 2019 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election - November 16th 2019
Nov 17, 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary Polling - November 2019
Nov 19, 2019 Day Three of House Public Impeachment Hearings – Morning Session - 11/19/2019 - LTC Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams – Live 9am EST - Part 1, Part 2
Nov 19, 2019 Day Three of House Public Impeachment Hearings – Afternoon Session - 11/19/2019 - Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison – Live 2:30pm EST - Part 1, Part 2
Nov 20, 2019 Day Four of House Public Impeachment Hearings – Morning Session - 11/20/2019 - Gordon Sondland – Live 9am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Nov 20, 2019 Day Four of House Public Impeachment Hearings – Afternoon Session - 11/20/2019 - Laura Cooper and David Hale – Estimated Live 4:30pm EST
Nov 20, 2019 Fifth Democratic Presidential Debate - 11/20/19 - 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST - Part 1, Part 2
Nov 21, 2019 Day Five of House Public Impeachment Hearings – 11/21/2019 - Fiona Hill and David Holmes – Live 9:00m EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Dec 4, 2019 Day One of House Judiciary Impeachment Hearings – 12/04/2019 - Live 10am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Dec 9, 2019 Day Two of House Judiciary Impeachment Hearings – 12/09/2019 - Live - 9am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Dec 10, 2019 House Leaders Announce Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump – 12/10/2019 - Live - 9am EST
Dec 11, 2019 DOJ IG Michael Horowitz Testifies on FISA Abuse Allegations – 12/11/2019 - Live - 10:00am EST
Dec 11, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Debates Articles of Impeachment – 12/11/2019 - Live - 7:00pm EST
Dec 12, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Debates Articles of Impeachment – Day 2 - 12/12/2019 - Live - 9:00am EST - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Dec 13, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Debate and Vote on Articles of Impeachment – Day 3 - 12/13/2019 - Live 10am EST
Dec 17, 2019 House Rules Committee Debates Articles of Impeachment - 12/17/2019 - Live 11am EST
Dec 18, 2019 House of Representatives Debates and Votes on Articles of Impeachment - 12/18/2019 – Live 9 am EST - Part I, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Dec 19, 2019 Sixth Democratic Presidential Debate - 12/19/19 - 8pm-11pm EST - Part 1, Part 2
Dec 22, 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary Polling - December 2019

AMAs

Date Title
Jan 8, 2019 Andrew O'Hehir of Salon, discussing Paul Ryan's career and more
Jan 9, 2019 Mayor Glenn Jacobs of Knox County TN, also known as WWE superstar Kane
Jan 10, 2019 Wayne Barnett of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, discussing the Democracy Vouchers program
Jan 11, 2019 Rep. Sam Kito III, finishing a five-year stint in the Alaska House of Representatives
Jan 14, 2019 Bruce MacKinnon, political cartoonist for the Halifax Chronicle Herald
Jan 17, 2019 Yamiche Alcindor, White House Correspondent at the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC
Jan 22, 2019 Brigitte Amiri of the ACLU, discussing abortion rights on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Jan 31, 2019 The Independent's US Team discussing the government shutdown
Feb 6, 2019 Adam Edelen, Democratic candidate for Governor in Kentucky
Feb 12, 2019 Quinta Jurecic, the Managing Editor of Lawfare
Feb 14, 2019 Rick Romell, business reporter covering Foxconn for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb 19, 2019 Arden Walentowski and Lizzie Stewart of the Let's Get Civical podcast
Feb 19, 2019 Hamza Khan, progressive political activist and founder of The Pluralism Project
Feb 20, 2019 Mayor Robert Garcia of Long Beach, CA
Feb 21, 2019 Amara Enyia, candidate for mayor of Chicago
Feb 22, 2019 Mark Fiore, political cartoonist and animator
Feb 26, 2019 Gus Bova, Kiah Collier, John Carlos Frey, and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, reporters covering the Texas border wall
Feb 27, 2019 Congressman Tim Ryan, D-OH
Feb 28, 2019 Andrew Yang,2020 Democratic candidate for president
Mar 1, 2019 Niall Stanage, covering The White House for The Hill
Mar 5, 2019 Nick Schifrin, foreign affairs and defense correspondent for the PBS NewsHour
Mar 6, 2019 Robert McChesney, political scholar and activist
Mar 8, 2019 Robert Reich, fmr. Secretary of Labor and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley
Mar 13, 2019 Dr. Leana Wen, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Mar 19, 2019 Jessica Yellin, fmr. CNN White House Chief Correspondent
Mar 19, 2019 John Bauters, council member and fmr. mayor of Emeryville, CA
Mar 21, 2019 Colton Thornton, 26 year old progressive runing for Mississippi state senate
Mar 26, 2019 Brad Heath, Justice and Investigations editor for USA Today
Mar 29, 2019 Sam Doctor, Democratic candidate for PA-11
Apr 1, 2019 Tod Fennell, video game voice actor who played George Washington one time in an Assassin's Creed game. April Fools!
Apr 2, 2019 PolitiFact, the largest political fact-checking newsroom in the United States, back for their third AMA
Apr 3, 2019 Alan Inouye, head of policy for the American Library Association
Apr 4, 2019 Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today and author of "THE MATRIARCH: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty"
Apr 8, 2019 Rep. Jerry McNerney, CA-09, discussing Net Neutrality
Apriil 9, 2019 Igor Volsky, executive director of Guns Down America
Apr 10, 2019 Roberto Ferdman, VICE News Tonight correspondent reporting on the border
Apr 11, 2019 Rob O'Dell and Michael Squires, investigative and data reporter and editor at The Arizona Republic
Apr 12, 2019 Fmr. Senator Mike Gravel, 2020 Presidential Candidate
Apr 16, 2019 Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, authors of The Hill to Die On
Apr 17, 2019 Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento CA
Apr 18, 2019 Maya Cummings, Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party
Apr 25, 2019 Pat Garofalo, author of "The Billionaire Boondoggle"
Apr 26, 2019 Desmond Meade, TIME 100 honoree for leading the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
May 1, 2019 Valerie Jarrett, President Obama's longest-serving senior advisor
May 3, 2019 Alyssa Milano, activist and host of podcast "Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry"
May 9, 2019 The ACLU, discussing voting rights and mass incarceration
May 15, 2019 The LA Times and Kate Morrissey of the San Diego Tribune, discussing immigration and the southern border
May 17, 2019 Timothy Snyder, author of "The Road to Unfreedom" and "On Tyranny", back for his 2nd AMA
May 22, 2019 Ben Gleib, TV show host, comedian, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
May 23, 2019 Jay Inslee, governor of Washington and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
May 24, 2019 Marianne Williamson, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, author, lecturer, and activist
May 29, 2019 The New Democrat Coalition - Reps. Ami Bera, Suzan DelBene, Derek Kilmer, Ann McLane Kuster, and Stacey Plaskett
Jun 4, 2019 Senator Ron Wyden & Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, discussing how Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ("CDA 230") allows sites like Reddit to exist
Jun 11, 2019 Jonathan Capehart, columnist and editorial board member for The Washington Post
Jun 14, 2019 Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, back for his 2nd AMA
Jun 19, 2019 Chesa Boudin, public defender and candidate for San Francisco district attorney
Jun 20, 2019 Caitlin Dickerson, national immigration reporter from The New York Times
Jun 26, 2019 Matt Yglesias, VOX senior correspondent reporting on the policies of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates
Jun 27, 2019 John Hickenlooper, fmr. Governor of Colorado and 2020 presidential candidate
Jun 28, 2019 The Independent's US team, reporting at the first 2020 Democratic debates in Miami
Jul 2, 2019 Amy Howe, Supreme Court reporter for SCOTUSblog and Howe on the Court
Jul 23, 2019 Mark Charles, independent Navajo candidate for president in 2020
Jul 26, 2019 Lisa Desjardins, PBS NewsHour congressional correspondent
Jul 31, 2019 Allen Salkin and Aaron Short, authors of "The Method to the Madness", a book about how Donald Trump became president
Aug 2, 2019 Daniel Funke of PolitiFact
Aug 13, 2019 AF Branco, nationally syndicated conservative political cartoonist
Aug 14, 2019 Morgan Harper, progressive candidate for OH-03
Aug 15, 2019 Maebe A. Girl, the first drag queen elected to public office, running for congress in CA-28
Aug 16, 2019 Lara Smith, national spokesperson for The Liberal Gun Club
Aug 21, 2019 Dan Alexander of Forbes, discussing the net worth of each 2020 presidential candidate
Aug 27, 2019 Dale Beran, author of "It Came From Something Awful"
Aug 28, 2019 Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the nation's oldest gun violence prevention organization
Aug 29, 2019 Daniel Ulysses Lockwood, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in NC-04
Aug 10, 2019 David Chipman, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence Senior Policy Advisor
Aug 11, 2019 James Dawkins, state house candidate for NC-17
Aug 12, 2019 Stan Greenberg, author of "RIP GOP: How the New America Is Dooming the Republicans"
Aug 13, 2019 American Trails, a 30-year-old trail advocacy group
Aug 18, 2019 Shahid Buttar, challenger to Nancy Pelosi for CA-12
Aug 19, 2019 Tony Schwartz, ghost-writer of Trump: The Art of the Deal
Aug 20, 2019 Anthony Fisher, Politics Editor at Insider, Producer/Ombudsman of The Fifth Column podcast, and co-moderator of Business Insider's Republican Presidential Debate between Bill Weld and Joe Walsh in NYC on 9/24/2019
Aug 20, 2019 Secretaries of State Steve Simon (MN) and Kim Wyman (WA), discussing National Voter Registration Day
Aug 24, 2019 Civic technology experts from Democracy Works, discussing National Voter Registration Day
Aug 26, 2019 Natalie Cline, Democrat running for WV-01
Aug 26, 2019 Robert Reich, fmr. Secretary of Labor and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, back for his second AMA
Aug 27, 2019 Reporters working on USA Today's 'The Migrants', a story about how the US is handling an influx of migrants
Oct 1, 2019 Terri Ann Lowenthal, former staff director of the U.S. House of Representatives census oversight subcommittee
Oct 8, 2019 Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Oct 9, 2019 Ryan J. Suto and Suher Adi with the YallaCountMeIn (national Arab American Get out the Count) campaign
Oct 10, 2019 Tim Alberta, POLITICO's chief political correspondent and author of NYT bestseller "American Carnage"
Oct 11, 2019 Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, discussing recent vaping legislation
Oct 15, 2019 NALEO Educational Fund, an organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service
Oct 16, 2019 Mayor William Peduto of Pittsburgh PA
Oct 17, 2019 USA Today Foreign Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard, recently back from Ukraine to research the origins of Trump/Ukraine theories
Oct 18, 2019 Agatha Bacelar, challenger to Nancy Pelosi for CA-12
Oct 22, 2019 Dane Wilcox, Democrat running for OR-03
Oct 25, 2019 Aaron Glantz, investigative reporter at Reveal and author of "Homewreckers"
Oct 29, 2019 Chris Armitage, Democrat running for WA-05
Oct 30, 2019 Allison Stanger, professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College
Oct 31, 2019 Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, New York Times reporters covering the Trump administration
Nov 1, 2019 Samantha Boucher, the first openly trans person to manage a US Senate race
Nov 5, 2019 Alexi McCammond, political reporter for Axios
Nov 6, 2019 Mike German, ex-FBI agent turned whistleblower and author of "Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy"
Nov 7, 2019 James Lindsay, director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Nov 8,2019 Sara Swann and Geoff West from The Fulcrum, covering democracy reform issues
Nov 12, 2019 Kimberly Graham, candidate for US Senate in Iowa
Nov 13, 2019 Greg Giroux, senior reporter for Bloomberg Government
Nov 19, 2019 Robert Santos, president-elect of the American Statistical Association
Nov 20, 2019 Greg Bluestein, veteran politics reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, covering the 11/20/20 Democratic Debate
Nov 26, 2019 Courtney Subramanian, White House Correspondent for USA Today focused on the public impeachment hearings
Nov 27, 2019 Robert Lawton, Independent running for Congress in CA-04
Dec 3, 2019 Emily Leslie, Democrat running for GA State House District 106
Dec 5, 2019 Shannon Dooling, WBUR immigration reporter
Dec 11, 2019 POLITICO journalists, discussing their co-hosting of the 12/19/2019 Dem Debate
Dec 13, 2019 Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Dec 20, 2019 Ron Jarmin, deputy director of the U.S. Census Bureau
Dec 24, 2019 Patrick Marley and Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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