This time John discusses the heat wave and Biden’s speech on climate change; Mitch McConnell’s medical incident freezing up during a news conference; and the new charges against Trump in the classified documents case. Then, he welcomes Prof. Corey Brettschneider back and they talk about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system and Trump’s January 6th indictment watch as well as other Trump news. Next, Mark in Wisconsin calls in about racism and the white-washing of slavery and Sean in California calls to chat about Special Counsel Jack Smith. Then winding it up – John interviews Samuel Freedman about his book “Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights”.
