Jan 7, 2021
“The deeper structural ills of the American political system”
An extremist holds a Trump flag inside the U.S. Capitol near the Senate chamber on Jan. 6.
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Plus, big business groups and corporations are condemning President Donald Trump after the violence at the Capitol yesterday. And, the Department of Labor just finalized a rule to makes it easier for companies to treat workers as independent contractors.
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How does what happened in Washington Wednesday — both the insurrection at the Capitol and the Georgia Senate runoff results — alter U.S. policy going forward?
Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the political risk consultancy the Eurasia Group, has more.
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Music from the episode
Calcium Bertholet, Elior
The team
David Brancaccio
Host
Victoria Craig
Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan
Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin
Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin
Producer
Jay Siebold
Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey
Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder
Producer
Erika Soderstrom
Producer
Rose Conlon
Producer
Brian Allison
Technical Director
