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Right Now With Perry Bacon
A twice-weekly show about national politics with a focus on the radicalism of the Trump administration and tactics to combat it. The program features in-depth discussions with experts and politicians. It goes beyond the daily headlines to explain why things are happening and put them in a broader context.
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Right Now With Perry BaconIt’s Sanders v. Schumer in Several Key Dem Primaries | Right Now With Perry Bacon
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Right Now With Perry BaconAnti-Blackness Is at the Heart of Trump’s Toxic Politics | Right Now With Perry Bacon
The Trump administration and the broader conservative movement is using anti-Black ideas and tropes to further their agenda, says Kimberlé Crenshaw, a renowned…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College | Right Now With Perry Bacon
President Trump and his administration are cracking down on universities, trying to force schools to drop inclusive policies if they want to continue to…
Right Now With Perry BaconAnti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism | Right Now With Perry Bacon
The Democrats need to become a party centered on fighting government corruption, oligarchy and other issues that don’t cut along traditional ideological lines…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Young Voters and Minorities Who Backed Trump in 2024 Hate Him Now | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos were much more supportive of President Trump in 2024 than they were of past Republican presidential candidates…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Dems Blinked, and That Will Make Trump Ever More Radical | Right Now With Perry Bacon
The Democrats’ capitulation in the government shutdown seems to have been motivated by four factors, as TNR’s Monica Potts and Alex Shephard explain in the…
Right Now With Perry BaconRo Khanna Says Schumer Must Resign In Wake of Budget Deal | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Representative Ro Khanna, a prominent progressive and potential 2028 candidate, explicitly called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to resign in the…
Right Now With Perry BaconMamdani’s Win and What Comes Next | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election despite an onslaught of commercials attacking him that were funded by New York’s ultrawealthy, including…
Right Now With Perry BaconDems Dominated In Virginia and New Jersey Because of Trump Hatred | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Democrat Abigail Spanberger handily won the Virginia gubernatorial race, as was expected. In something of a surprise, New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill, another…
Right Now With Perry BaconMamdani Is Winning Because Democrats Hate Their Party’s Leaders | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Zohran Mamdani’s strong opposition to Israel’s military actions in Gaza is a critical element of his political success, according to Patrick Gaspard, a…
Right Now With Perry BaconSenator Tina Smith: Democrats Need to Propose Big Ideas Like Mamdani’s | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Democrats are even more furious about the government shutdown now that President Trump is using the impasse as a pretext to stop tens of millions of Americans…
Right Now With Perry BaconRepublicans May Lose Badly In Next Week’s Elections—Thanks to Trump | Right Now With Perry Bacon
New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger haven’t received the attention of New York’s Zohran Mamdani and have run less engaging…
Right Now With Perry BaconElite Colleges Grow a Spine and Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact” | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Several elite U.S. colleges, including Brown, Dartmouth, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have all rejected a “compact” with the Trump…
Right Now With Perry BaconNo Kings: How Mass Protests Weaken Unhinged Autocrats Like Trump | Right Now With Perry Bacon
There were 2,700 No Kings events across the country, with at least seven million participating, according to Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of…
Right Now With Perry BaconHow Chicago Is Standing Tough Against Trump’s Outrageous ICE Policies | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Chicago is a city “under siege,” says Representative Delia Ramirez. In the latest episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon, she described a city where residents…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Most Interesting Senate Race in the Country | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Susan Collins. Mills…
Right Now With Perry BaconDems Must Embrace Magnetism and Drop Polling-ism | With Anat Shenker-Osorio
Thank you Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Rochelle Williams, P. J. Schuster, Maureen Drews, Education is a lamp, and many others for tuning into my live video with…
Right Now With Perry BaconNewsom and Pritzker Are Showing How to Attack an Authoritarian Crook | With Arkadi Gerney
Arkadi Gerney, a Democratic strategist, says Democratic governors and attorneys general have the greatest ability to stop Trump—and they’re doing it in ways…
Right Now With Perry BaconDemocrats Got Something Really Big Done in New Mexico | With Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico will soon become the first state with universal free childcare. In November, New Mexico will become the first state with no-cost childcare for all…
Right Now With Perry BaconRace and Racism in Trump 2.0 | With Victor Ray and Hakeem Jefferson
Thank you Jeanne Elbe, Christine Bruno, James Edgar Henry, Ladypilot, renée, and many others for tuning into my live video with Hakeem Jefferson and Victor…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Democrat's Shutdown Strategy | With Rep. Melanie Stansbury
Thank you P. J. Schuster, Jeanne Elbe, DILLIGAF?IDO, mike bianculli, Tori lawson, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rep. Melanie Stansbury…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Comey Indictment Echoes Watergate—But It’s Actually Worse
Thank you Barbara Shields, Joe Willey, Tim Tash, DianeW, marylou watson, and many others for tuning into my live video with Jake Grumbach! Join me for my next…
Right Now With Perry BaconKimmel Showed the Rest of the Media How to Fight Trump | With Journalist E.J. Dionne
Jimmy Kimmel strongly defended free speech and slammed President Trump in his return to late night after a brief suspension. In the latest edition of Right Now…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Is Running “the Most Corrupt Administration” in U.S. History | With Rep. Greg Casar
Representative Greg Casar says the Trump administration is an alliance of the superwealthy and the right-wing—and that Democrats can defeat them by becoming a…
Right Now With Perry BaconIs America in a New Kind of Civil War? | With Deva Woodly
Thank you Monica Potts, john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION), Elwyn Hudson, Independent Voter 1, DianeW, and many others for tuning into my live video with Deva…
Right Now With Perry BaconKimmel’s Suspension Is Another Shameless Media Capitulation To Trump
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC is another example of both media capitulation to President Trump and the administration’s war on the press, say Kathy Roberts…
Right Now With Perry BaconHow Cities Defend Themselves From Trump’s Onslaught | With Justin Bibb
President Trump should not be deploying the National Guard to cities without the permission of their mayors, says Justin Bibb, the mayor of Cleveland and the…
Right Now With Perry BaconThis Week in the News | With Ana Marie Cox and Meredith Shiner
Thank you Eric Schwartz, Jeanne Elbe, Muse Tutor, Sunny, Jennifer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Meredith Shiner and Ana Marie Cox! Join…
Right Now With Perry BaconDems Must Use Funding Fight to Stop Trump’s Lawbreaking | With Rep. Jamie Raskin
Representative Jamie Raskin says congressional Democrats should not vote for any government funding bill that does not extend soon-to-expire Obamacare…
Right Now With Perry BaconHarris Is Bashing Biden in Her New Book. It’s About Time.
In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir published by The Atlantic, Kamala Harris is very critical of Joe Biden and his White House aides. She describes Biden’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Political Trends of 2025 | With Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something, and Data Analyst G. Elliott Morris.
The Democratic Party leadership’s strategy of downplaying many of Trump’s actions as a “distraction” is a mistake, say political writer G. Elliott Morris and…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec Seethes as Epstein Spin Falls Apart in Briefing Fiasco
House Democrats have released Jeffrey Epstein’s “Birthday Book,” and it’s brutal for President Trump. His note to Epstein is real and it appears to bear his…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Corrupt Firing of Lisa Cook Backfires as Brutal New Poll Hits
There’s been an amusing turn in the saga involving President Trump’s vile effort to remove Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump has relied on…
Right Now With Perry BaconRaging Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Legal Losses on Many Key Fronts
President Donald Trump’s losses in court are suddenly piling up on many crucial fronts at once. Most of his tariffs were just ruled illegal, prompting him to…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Politics Is Just Vibes Now”: Unpacking NYC Politics, Jobs, and RFK Jr. | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Both prominent center-left Democrats and President Trump seem wary of Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But their motives are different, says…
Right Now With Perry BaconFox News Accidentally Makes RFK Fiasco at Hearing Even Worse for Trump
At a Senate hearing on Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. got massacred by harsh questioning from Democrats and Republicans…
Right Now With Perry BaconHow Trump Is Screwing Michigan—and What Democrats Can Do About It | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II says Trump’s policies aren’t resonating in his state, even though it backed him in last year’s elections. That…
Right Now With Perry BaconEpstein Survivor Nukes Trump in Emotional Speech as WH Quietly Panics
The pressure is escalating on President Trump and Republicans to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking spoke out on…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry, Crazed Rants to Media Unnerve Legal Experts: “Very Bad”
President Trump suffered a major loss Tuesday when a federal judge in California ruled that his military occupation of Los Angeles was illegal. Trump’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Threat to Occupy Cities Takes Ominous Turn in Vile Fox News Hit
In an ugly move, Fox News contacted Republican Senators and asked: Should President Trump deploy the National Guard in your states’ blue cities? Fox News got…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Is Totally Ignoring the Working Class That Voted For Him | Right Now With Perry Bacon
President Trump’s policies, particularly tariffs, are driving up the cost of school supplies and other goods that average Americans use regularly, according to…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec’s Dimwitted Spin Implodes as RFK Firing Fiasco Worsens
The White House is trying to fire Centers for Disease Control director Susan Monarez for opposing Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine…
Right Now With Perry BaconDemocratic Backsliding with Dartmouth’s Brendan Nyhan
America is well beyond democratic erosion and democratic backsliding and now approaching a form of authoritarianism with elements of fascism, says Brendan…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Explodes in Rage as Dem Governor’s Harsh Takedown Draws Blood
This week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered an extraordinary takedown of President Trump over his deployment of the military in U.S. cities. Trump…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“We Can Prevail” Over Trump By Building a Big, Broad Coalition | Right Now With Perry Bacon
Americans frustrated with President Trump’s actions need to work collectively and locally, says Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Family…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Is Screwing His Voters So Badly that it Shocked This GOP Senator
Thanks to President Trump’s big budget bill, funding has been canceled for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is cutting funding to hundreds of…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Fury Erupts in Many Directions, Unnerving Experts: “Insanity!”
In recent days, President Trump has reached new levels of emboldenment when it comes to his ongoing authoritarian takeover. He’s vowing retribution at news…
Right Now With Perry BaconGavin Newsom’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Will Shock Dems: “Wake Up!”
California Governor Gavin Newsom is breaking through like no other Democrat. This is partly because he’s forging ahead with a state gerrymander to add five…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Media Should Be Biased—Against Authoritarianism | Right Now With Perry Bacon
The news media has a powerful role in democracy, even if it often doesn’t acknowledge that, says Kathy Roberts Forde, a journalism historian who teaches at the…
Right Now With Perry BaconJD Vance’s Scamming of Trump Voters Takes Ugly Turn in Vile New Rants
On Thursday, JD Vance delivered a speech designed to reset the political battle over President Trump’s abysmally unpopular budget bill. But Vance’s speech…
Right Now With Perry BaconStephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant—and Reveals a Big Weakness
Stephen Miller exploded in a long, unhinged rant about demonstrators who are protesting President Trump’s military occupation of Washington, D.C. It was…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec Rages at Media as Putin Mess Sinks Him in Brutal Poll
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt seethed at the media for well over a minute for not acknowledging President Trump’s world historical…
Right Now With Perry BaconPerry Bacon Chats With Monica and Alex About the Fight for Democracy
Thank you j.e. moyer, LPC, Linda Roberta Hibbs, Jason Dyer, Joe Willey, Yashira Ramirez, and many others for tuning into my live video with Alex Shephard and…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Accidentally Lets Slip Dark Truth about His Plot to Rig Midterms
On Monday, President Trump unleashed a tortured Truth Social rant that lied relentlessly about vote-by-mail—and announced a forthcoming executive order that…
Right Now With Perry BaconPerry Bacon Chats With Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra
Thank you j.e. moyer, LPC, Stephanie Munoz, Figment Of Imagination, Patrick Knight, Caitlin Randall, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rohit…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry New “Dictator” Rant to Media Alarms Experts: “Wake Up!”
With President Trump’s crackdown intensifying in Washington, D.C., he lashed out angrily at the media for describing him as a “dictator.” In this same rant, he…
Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Trump Hit by Harsh Takedown on The View, Igniting White House Fury
Original air date: July 25, 2025 A new Gallup poll finds that President Trump’s approval has dropped to 37 percent. But the White House has figured out how to…
Right Now With Perry BaconTNR's Perry Bacon Chats With Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg
Thank you The Bathrobe Guy 👘, j.e. moyer, LPC, Ellen Bender, Karen RN, Tamie Swain, and many others for tuning into my live video with Leah Greenberg! Join me…
Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage at Obama Explodes, Unnerving Experts: “We’re in Trouble”
Original air date: July 23, 2025 In the last few days, we seem to have crossed a threshold. President Trump is ratcheting up the authoritarianism and…
Right Now With Perry BaconTNR's Perry Bacon Chats with Former 538 Senior Editor Nathaniel Rakich
Thank you Jennifer Wells, Joe Willey, Scott, Ronald, Kathy Cox McCullen, and many others for tuning into my live video with Nathaniel Rakich! Join me for my…