02.17.19. The United States of Emergency

Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 4:03 a.m.

This week, we look at\xa0Donald Trump's recent declaration of a National Emergency, along with the precedent for the decision, and it's possible implications.

As we lead off, we ask, "how did things ever get so weird?" Although there are plenty of simple answers to this question, politically-speaking (especially in relation to Donald Trump's presidency), could it be that there are actually deeper problems here? We also look at some of the tone-deafness shown by Elizabeth Warren, a 2