The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns bring their fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the biggest story driving the day in the nation’s capital.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1944
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
August 29: The almighty vs. the alternative
Today is launch day for the Space Launch System Rocket, which will push the Orion spacecraft on a trajectory to orbit the moon. It lifts off at 8:33 a.m. Eastern time from the Kennedy Space Center …
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Mon 29 Aug 2022
Aug. 26, 2022: Time runs down on Mar-a-Lago affidavit release
The deadline for the Justice Department to unseal a redacted version of the affidavit used to secure the FBI warrant for the Mar-a-Lago search is noon today (absent a last-minute appeal).
Kyle Chene…
00:08:03 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Aug. 25, 2022: Biden OKs sweeping student loan relief as midterms near
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it was canceling up to $10,000 of student debt for millions of people and up to $20,000 of debt for low- and middle-income borrowers who previously rec…
00:09:27 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Aug. 24, 2022: Dems flip 2022 on its head
It’s time to adjust your expectations for November.
For weeks, pundits have homed in on the special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District as a national bellwether. The seat is a true tos…
00:04:52 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
Aug. 23, 2022: What to watch for in the Florida primary
Some of the year’s most consequential (and highly anticipated) primary battles will be decided tonight in two of the largest states in the country: New York and Florida.
Sunshine State Democrats will…
00:13:22 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
Aug. 22, 2022: A shifting center of attention reshapes 2022
It’s been a long time (months? years?) since we’ve seen national Democrats in such a good mood about their electoral chances. Over the last few weeks — amid a spate of legislative movement, falling g…
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Mon 22 Aug 2022
Aug. 19, 2022: The next big races you should watch
Our colleagues have a pair of stories up this morning as election attention turns to the Empire State’s Tuesday primary.
— “Want to know if a red wave is happening? Watch this special election next w…
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Fri 19 Aug 2022
Aug. 18, 2022: Donald Trump's Senate field flounders
Twelve weeks before the midterm elections, Republicans’ hopes of retaking the Senate rest on a slate of Donald Trump's hand-picked nominees. And, across the board, they appear to be struggling.
In Pe…
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Thu 18 Aug 2022
Aug. 17, 2022: Scoop: Liz Cheney’s next move
Rep. Liz Cheney is wasting no time beginning the next phase of her bid to prevent Donald Trump's return to office.
“In coming weeks, Liz will be launching an organization to educate the American peo…
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Wed 17 Aug 2022
Aug. 15, 2022: Inside the White House’s plan to sell itself
President Joe Biden and his entire administration are readying for a roadshow with a simple message: We did what we said we would do.
The White House, looking to capitalize on his string of policy an…
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Mon 15 Aug 2022
Aug. 12, 2022: Clock ticks down on Mar-a-Lago warrant reveal
Donald Trump will not oppose the Justice Department’s motion to unseal the search warrant approved by a federal court in West Palm Beach on August 5 and a partially redacted property receipt listing …
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Fri 12 Aug 2022
Aug. 11, 2022: 'Informant' reports jolt Trump world
There are two stories worth your time this morning: one about Donald Trump in the Wall Street Journal and one about Joe Biden in the Washington Post. They intersect with each other in a way that gets…
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Thu 11 Aug 2022
Aug. 10, 2022: Trump lawyers provide new info but no warrant
It’s been two days since the FBI searched Trump’s Florida home, spurring loud calls for transparency at Justice. But Trump’s lawyers have the warrant and a detailed manifest of what the FBI took away…
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Wed 10 Aug 2022
Aug. 9, 2022: After the search: GOP torches FBI, hugs Trump
The news of the FBI search on Mar-a-Lago, the most aggressive law enforcement action ever taken against a former American president, broke last night in the most understated way imaginable.
Peter Sch…
00:12:21 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Aug. 8, 2022: How it really happened: the Inflation Reduction Act
We know readers love tick-tocks, those now-it-can-be-told accounts of what really went on that appear soon after a bill is safely passed. This morning, there are several good ones about how the Infla…
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Mon 08 Aug 2022
Aug. 5, 2022: GOP budget nerds: here's how to kill the reconciliation bill
New Jobs Report — The July unemployment report drops at 8:30 a.m. The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, and economists are predicting a gain of 250,000 jobs for July. Yesterday, the White House cal…
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Fri 05 Aug 2022
Aug. 4, 2022: Why the left is quiet about Manchin’s reconciliation deal
As the Senate moves onto the Inflation Reduction Act, bipartisanship is not in the cards. The two biggest obstacles remaining before Majority Leader Chuck Schumer can celebrate the best end of summer…
00:04:44 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Aug. 3, 2022: Last night's biggest primary winner wasn’t a candidate
What a night. Millions of voters took to the polls yesterday, and the takeaways are many: the blocked political return of a scandal-plagued former governor, mixed results (once again) for former Pres…
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Wed 03 Aug 2022
Aug. 2, 2022: Pelosi heads to Taiwan, Erics face off in Missouri
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to land in Taiwan today for a visit that the entire U.S. national security leadership advised her not to take.
Three developments overnight:
— Asia stocks tanked: “…
00:13:43 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
Aug. 1, 2022: Dems plow ahead on reconciliation
This week, the bill that launched a whole lot of Joe Manchin Sunday show hits will be front and center as Democrats get ready to defend the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” (aka the reconciliation b…
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Mon 01 Aug 2022
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