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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Garrett Epps
Washington Monthly Ep. 16: A citizen's guide to resisting Trump w/ Timothy Noah 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube There’s plenty that ordinary citizens can do to push back on the Trump regime. They can protest, they can support legal action, they can lobby elected officials, and, above all, they can stay informed. Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with journalist Timothy Noah about his recent piece for TNR on the tactics of successful...
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Garrett Epps
One of the mysteries of American life is why lawyers make so much money. My brother Gus, a veteran bankruptcy warrior, once told me it was because, as a class, we are willing to be so much more bored than most people. That explanation has a lot to say for itself. Lawyers spend many hours (billable, to be sure) poring over incomprehensibly verbose jargon printed in indecipherably tiny text.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Garrett Epps
Teaching Constitutional Law in the Pacific Northwest over three decades, I made the acquaintance of many buckaroos who would wander down from the hills and explain to me that the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t a real Amendment; that Federal Reserve notes aren’t real money; and that federal courts aren’t real courts (because in most courtrooms there’s a fringe on the American flag).
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Garrett Epps
11 hours agoDOGE Reverses Move That Made Its Claims Nearly Impossible to CheckElon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday reversed a change that had made some of its claims far more difficult to fact-check.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Garrett Epps
Washington Monthly Ep. 10: Trump takes a wrecking ball to separation of powers 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Anne Kim and Garrett Epps discuss the foundational concepts of U.S. democracy, focusing on the separation of powers and the emerging threat of the “unitary executive” theory. They also discuss the implications of Trump’s power grab, including threats to public health, safety and the rule of law. Below is a transcript lightly edited...
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2 months ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Garrett Epps
Washington Monthly Ep. 9: Protecting Voters' Rights in the Era of Trump 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube President Donald Trump has promised drastic changes to election laws, such as requiring proof of citizenship and paper ballots, that could disenfranchise thousands, if not millions, of voters. How serious are these threats? Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with Joshua A. Douglas, a law professor at the University of Kentucky J....
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2 months ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Garrett Epps
Washington Monthly Ep. 8 - Trump's War on Federal Workers w/ Don Kettl 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Federal workers are the latest target of Donald Trump, who vowed in his campaign to shrink the size of government and purge anyone he perceives to be disloyal. Can the civil service be saved? Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epp speak with Donald F. Kettl, former dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and an expert on...
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2 months ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Anne Kim |Garrett Epps
Washington Monthly Ep. 7: Ukraine's Survival on the Brink w/ Tamar Jacoby 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with Tamar Jacoby, Director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project, on the future of Ukraine, the changing face of warfare, and Vladimir Putin’s potential ambitions in Europe....
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2 months ago | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Garrett Epps
My late father, an old-school seersucker-and-bow-tie Virginia lawyer, had his good days in court and his other days. After one particularly fraught session in another city, he called my mother to report. “I did just fine,” he said. “They’re going to let me leave town.”Brett Shumate, a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer, might have made that phone call Thursday night.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
washingtonmonthly.com | Garrett Epps |Anne Kim
Washington Monthly Ep. 5: Winning Working Class Americans – Part II (w/ Paul Glastris) 00:00 / Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In Part II of this interview with Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris, Paul speaks with co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps about the shape of “Resistance 2.0” to Donald Trump and the legacy of Monthly founder Charlie Peters. Below is a transcript lightly edited for readability: Anne: Welcome to part two of our...
