This week’s episode of the Washington Monthly Show at BloggingheadsTV features a guest appearance by weekend blogger David Atkins, and revolves around compare-and-contrast discussions of the havoc Donald Trump is wreaking in the Republican presidential field, and the less publicized and arguably much more constructive tensions surrounding #BlackLivesMatter’s challenge to Democratic candidates, especially Bernie Sanders.

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