Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.
Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.
1. Former labor secretary Thomas Perez being elected the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee, narrowly defeating Congressman Keith Ellison.
Guest 1: Emily Tisch Sussman, Campaign Director for the Center for American Progress Action Fund
Tweets: @EmTSuss
Guest 2: Anson Kaye, Senior Vice President for Political Campaigns at GMMB
Tweets: @gmmb
Guest 3: Matt Canter, Senior Vice President at Global Strategy Group
Tweets: @mattcanter
2. Congressional Black Caucus in the age of Trump
Guest 1: Pat Collier, Director for Government Affairs for the Center for American Progress
Tweets: @PoliticalNupe
Guest 2: Fabrice Coles, Economic and Public Policy Advisor for Congressman Cedric Richmond
Tweets: @officialcbc
Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando. Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.
The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.
(Image Credit: Kevin D. Liles, New York Times)