Bob Menendez is the first U.S. Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years.

It is to me an inexplicable and tragic way for him to go.

I'm Nancy Solomon.

Join me as I take a look at the Senator's bribery scheme involving Egyptian spies.

That's pretty unusual.

And the woman that dazzled him.

Hi, it's neat calling my very handsome senator.

Listen to Dead End, the rise and fall of Goldbar Bob Menendez, from WNYC, wherever you get your

podcasts.

One of the things that I have been thinking about for the last little while is the

bastardization of Hamlet. So nothing is either good nor bad,

but framing makes it so. It's crunch time in Congress, where Senate Republicans have

released their latest version of the president's so-called big beautiful bill could have on

Medicaid and food assistance 23% are opposed have an unfavorable rating of the big beautiful bill

now to put down in some perspective Donald Trump's unfavorable rating with the GOP is 9%.

So this is more than double big beautiful bill if it becomes law is going to fundamentally impact every American.

If you're hearing my voice and you're watching this on TV, this is going to impact you.

You're listening to Civics 101.

I'm Nick Cappadiche.

I'm Hannah McCarthy.

And today we are talking about something that has a profound impact on our understanding of politics,

something that is invisible, effective, and everywhere all at once.

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