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 | submitted by /u/dottiemommy [link] [comments] |