Wednesday, November 12, 2025

FASCIST AMERICA 2025: The Outstanding and Inspiring Work of the Eminent Journalist, Public Intellectual, Critic, Teacher, and Author Jelani Cobb and His Brilliant New Book 'Three Or More Is A Riot' + The Ongoing Inability, Refusal, and Wilful Political Incompetence as Well As Cowardice of the Democratic Party With Respect To Truly Engaging and Opposing the Massive Criminality, Unconstitutional Gangsterism, and Sheer Lawlessness Of the Trump/MAGA/GOP Regime. The Bizarre and Infuriating End To the National Governmental Shutdown is Yet Another Example Of This Reality

Book Talk: Jelani Cobb — Three or More Is a Riot - with Jake Tapper


Politics and Prose


Streamed live on November 7, 2025

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Watch author Jelani Cobb's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. From the moment Trayvon Martin's senseless murder initiated the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014, America has been convulsed by the new social movements--around guns, gender violence, sexual harrassment, race, policing, and on and on--and an equally powerful backlash that abetted the rise of the MAGA movement. In this punchy, powerful collection of dispatches, mostly published in The New Yorker, Jelani Cobb tries to pull the signal from the noise of chaotic era. Cobb's work as a reporter takes readers to the frontlines of sometimes violent conflict and he uses his gifts as a critic and historian to crack open the meaning of it all. Through a stunning melange of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles, Cobb captures the crises, characters, movements, and art of an era--and helps readers understand what might be coming next. Cobb has added new material to this collection--retrospective pieces that bring these stories up to date and tie them together, shaping these powerful short dispatches into a cohesive, epic narrative of one of the most consequential periods in recent American history.


ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:


Jelani Cobb is the current Dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, author of several books including The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress and To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic. He is the editor/co-editor on multiple volumes including The Matter of Black Lives and The Essential Kerner Commission Report. Dr. Cobb is also the producer/co-producer on documentaries including THE RIOT REPORT.  He received the Peabody Award in 2020 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. Dr. Cobb currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Journalism Project and the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library. 
  
Cobb is in conversation with Jake Tapper. 
 
Tapper has written three New York Times bestselling novels, Original Sin (co-authored with Alex Thompson), The Hellfire Club, and The Devil May Dance, as well as the bestselling nonfiction books The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor and The Terrorist Detectives. His newest book, Race Against Terror, is available on October 7th. He is the chief Washington correspondent for CNN and anchor of the two-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper. He also co-anchors State of the Union, which airs on CNN on Sundays. A Dartmouth graduate and Philadelphia native, he lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, daughter, and son.


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Politics and Prose is a beloved and award-winning staple for book lovers around the nation's capital and the world. In addition to our incredible selection of titles, Politics and Prose offers public book talks with today's leading authors and journalists. Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online.

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Shutdown Deal: Did Democrats Give Trump the Win?





Runaway Country with Alex Wagner and Pod Save the World

November 11, 2025

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After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, eight Democratic senators broke ranks to reopen the government — a move that some say handed Donald Trump a political win. 

Alex Wagner is joined by Ben Rhodes, host of ‪@podsavetheworld‬, to break down what this “cave” means for Democratic strength, how Trump weaponized the shutdown, and what history tells us about standing up to authoritarian power. Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive 
 
Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere. Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. 

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Bernie Sanders: Democrats Are Sending a Terrible Message



What A Day

November 11, 2025

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Monday night, the Senate passed legislation to reopen the government, sending it to the House. ‬ The eight Senate Democrats who reached a deal with Republicans over the weekend defended their compromise ahead of the vote Monday. But many Democrats publicly criticized them for caving to the GOP without guaranteeing an extension to Affordable Care Act subsidies. Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has been one of the toughest critics of the Democrats who caved. We spoke with the senator ahead of Monday night’s vote about the shutdown, healthcare, and why he thinks the fight is nowhere near over. And in headlines, the Supreme Court rejects a long-shot ask to consider overturning its landmark 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage, President Donald Trump hands out early Thanksgiving pardons to a whole flock of 2020 election conspirators, and the shutdown continues to impact flights across the country.


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Chapters:

00:00 Opening
01:11 Democrats Cave on Shutdown Deal
03:39 Bernie Sanders Interview: Democrats "Refuse to Stand Up"
14:56 Ad Break
16:12 Headlines
16:13 Trump Hosts Syrian President Al-Sharaa
17:50Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage
19:02 Trump Pardons 2020 Election Conspirators 
20:17 Shutdown Causes Massive Flight Cancellations 21:55 Closing 

Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. 

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