It's The Democracy Stupid | May 23, 2026

On this week's show – Bobby Kogan (https://www.americanprogress.org/peop...) , senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress (https://www.americanprogress.org/) – Gregg Carlstrom (https://mediadirectory.economist.com/...) , Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within (https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...) ” – Bill Scher (https://washingtonmonthly.com/author/...) , politics editor at Washington Monthly (https://washingtonmonthly.com/)   – Jill Wine-Banks (https://www.jillwinebanks.com/) , legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of “The Watergate Girl,” co-host of #SistersInLaw (https://www.politicon.com/podcast-tit...)  and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks (https://www.politicon.com/podcast-tit...)