AirTalk recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in political news at the national, state and local level. Here’s what we’re following this week:
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Bernie running in 2020 -- will Biden run too? Also, Former MA Gov Bill Weld to challenge Trump for 2020 Republican presidential nomination
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Trump signs deal to avoid shutdown on Friday, declares national emergency at border, Democrats respond and lawsuits follow from CA & other states
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Newsom blames media, not his own words, for confusion over high-speed rail’s future
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Amazon cancels NYC HQ
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SCOTUS to hear census citizenship question
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Trade talks happening next week between China and U.S.
Guests:
Caroline Heldman, associate professor of politics at Occidental College and author of ‘Protest Politics in the Marketplace: Consumer Activism in the Corporate Age’ (Cornell University Press, 2017); she tweets @carolineheldman
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush