
MargaretHoover
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GOP Alaska Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her state's election reforms—including an open primary where the top four candidates advance and ranked-choice voting in the general election—can be "instructive" for the rest of the country. "You have got strong Democrats sitting with strong

In her new book, "Far From Home," #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski writes that her family motto is, "If there's a harder way, we'll find it." "Sometimes I feel like I'm living that out in my political life as well," she tells MargaretHoover. FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4khNR5R


"For all intents and purposes, I was political roadkill." #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski recalls taking on her own party with a write-in campaign after she lost her 2010 primary to a Tea Party challenger. "As soon as I lost that primary, I was abandoned and left on my own."

"I think you saw campaigns that were a little more civil." #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski explains how Alaska's nonpartisan open primary system and ranked-choice voting rules have discouraged partisanship. Follow on Apple: bit.ly/44E2Cer


"I have been trying to educate people on Alaska for the full time that I've been in the Senate," says #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. "And I think we're making some headway, but it's still hard, still challenging." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/44oustI


At the Capitol Riot on January 6th, GOP Alaska Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski texted her son, “I love you,” unsure if she would ever see him again. Since then, political violence has not gotten any better. “I'm very aware of my safety,” says Senator Murkowski. “I think we have to be.”

"It's Alaskans of all stripes and persuasions who are asking me to do hard things," says #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. "I am in line to represent Alaskans first and foremost. And that's been kind of my north star throughout." Follow on Apple: bit.ly/44E2Cer

"There was no apathy there," says #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of her successful 2010 write-in campaign. "When you are looking at a ballot...and you have to say Lisa Murkowski and spell it right, that is proactive voting." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/44oustI


Will #GOP Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski--who defeated a #Trump-endorsed challenger in 2022--run for reelection in 2028? "That's so far away," she tells MargaretHoover. But she adds, "I don't give up on any given day. And I've made a commitment to Alaskans that I'm going to honor."


The Senate narrowly passed President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which significantly cuts funding for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In April, Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 told MargaretHoover that cutting SNAP “will put America in a worse position."

"A country like America must have due process," says humanitarian and immigrant Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳. "It cannot be that people in American soil disappear in the middle of the night to a faraway country without knowing what they've done, without having an option to call a lawyer,

"I think President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський will be a leader for the ages," Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 told MargaretHoover in April. Andres, whose World Central Kitchen has fed millions in Ukraine, said #PresidentTrump must side with Zelensky over #Putin. "We cannot let the aggressor, the bully be the winner."

Humanitarian Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 has helped feed millions in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere. The World Central Kitchen founder talks to MargaretHoover about his recipe for humanitarian aid in the U.S. and around the world. TONIGHT 8:30 pm ET PBS listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

One year after an Israeli drone strike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers, founder Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 told @margarethoover in April he will "forever" remember their sacrifice. "Those are people that make the decision to be next to the voiceless and next to the poor and the hungry."

"Americans are the most giving country in the history of mankind," Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 tells MargaretHoover. "Doing good is okay," the World Central Kitchen founder adds, "but today in the 21st century, we must do smart good." FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/3RA0M76


"We need politicians in this two-party system we have in America that put policy first." Chef and humanitarian Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 discusses the inefficiency of government and the inability of lawmakers to recognize that "good policy is smart politics."

"I want to believe that #PresidentTrump doesn't want chaos and anarchy in America." Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳, a longtime critic of Donald J. Trump, says the president must follow the rules of democracy. Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4jIviri

Would Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 run for office? "I don't think I have enough patience," he tells MargaretHoover. "But I will be there next to Democrats and Republicans alike to give a little bit back to this country that has given me so much." Follow on Spotify: spoti.fi/3ybJlAU


"In the process of doing good, we create poverty within a poor country." Humanitarian Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 reflects on the unintended consequences of the U.S. sending too much food to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The aid effort put local farmers out of business and ultimately