Share of analysed episodes per month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 1 of 3,515, 1 of 3,382, 0 of 3,624, 0 of 3,900, 0 of 4,019, 1 of 4,487, 0 of 4,163, 1 of 3,983, 0 of 4,048, 0 of 4,252, 0 of 4,175, 0 of 4,345.
President Trump's attempt to dissolve the Department of Education constitutes the executive branch assuming legislative powers it does not possess.
“the trick to Trump trying to get rid of the Department of Education is that Congress established the Department of Education by law and funded it by law. So for him to come in and say we're going to get rid of this is the executive assuming uh lawmaking powers that he does not have.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Jul 2025 · 6 episodes · 1.9M views on this topicThe Trump Administration's use of funding as a precondition for political negotiations with universities mirrors coercive strategies used against foreign adversaries.
“my big takeaway was was the point you made about Trump calling it a precondition for formal negotiations that is the Strategic approach we took to negotiating with the Taliban or the North Koreans or the Iranians you have to meet certain threshold to earn negotiations colia University what are we do”
Pod Save America · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 189K views on this topicTrump's use of executive orders to pressure law firms and institutions into compliance with his agenda is an unconstitutional and dangerous expansion of presidential power.
“This is as Brazen and unconstitutional step that Donald Trump has taken since he beame president there look the federal government is a behemoth it sends money to all kinds of Institutions hospitals colleges private companies for contracts”
Pod Save America · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 189K views on this topicThe unitary executive theory is used by powerful interests to centralize authority and bypass Congress, thereby subverting democratic accountability.
“The goal of this master plan was to create an all powerful president or as some called it the unitary executive.”
Breaking Points · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 177K views on this topicThe administration is using secret legal opinions to justify military actions in the Caribbean that exceed constitutional limits and ignore congressional oversight.
“they found this space that apparently can use whatever the thing is, 20% of the United States Navy's combat power, but is somehow not a reportable war to Congress.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 170K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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