Leslie begins the show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment.
Here are the stories she covers during the segment:
1A. AXIOS: "McCarthy comes out against bipartisan deal on Jan. 6 commission"
1B. AUDIO: Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries on House Minority Leader McCarthy opposing bipartisan commission to investigate January 6th insurrection
2A. AXIOS: "GOP-led Arizona board calls for end to election audit"
2B. AUDIO: GOP Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates says it's clear that Joe Biden won Maricopa County in 2020
3. AXIOS: "Child tax credits from COVID relief plan to begin arriving July 15"
4. AXIOS: "IEA analysis charts "narrow" pathway to Paris climate goal"
5. AXIOS: "Death toll in Myanmar military's crackdown surpasses 800"
6. AXIOS: "Rep. Val Demings to challenge Marco Rubio for Senate seat"
Leslie is then joined by Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States.
Ian is the author of "The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court is Reshaping America," and "Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted."
The two discuss Ian's two latest pieces for Vox.com, which are:
1. "The Supreme Court just took a case that poses a major threat to Roe v. Wade." (https://www.vox.com/2021/5/17/22233440/supreme-court-abortion-roe-wade-dobbs-jackson-womens-health-amy-coney-barrett)
2. "Joe Manchin says he needs Republicans to support voting rights. He found one."(https://www.vox.com/22440928/joe-manchin-lisa-murkowski-voting-rights-act-senate-republicans-bipartisan-filibuster)
Ian previously clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and served as a 'Teach For America' corps member in the Mississippi Delta.
His Twitter handle is @imillhiser.
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