October 29, 2018
Pod Save America
“From Charlottesville to Pittsburgh.”
In This Episode
Right-wing conspiracies echoed by Trump and some Republicans help fuel an anti-Semitic massacre in Pittsburgh, and the President responds by attacking Democrats and the media. Then Tommy talks to Democratic candidate J.D. Scholten about his race for Congress against white nationalist Steve King.
Show Notes:
Pittsburgh
- New York Times: Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect, After Massacre, Said He ‘Wanted All Jews to Die’
- Washington Post: ‘I just want to kill Jews:’ Documents detail the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and name the dead
- Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Authorities: Mass shooting suspect said he wanted ‘all Jews to die’
- New York Times: Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect Was ‘Pretty Much a Ghost’
- Washington Post: How Gab became a white supremacist sanctuary before it was linked to the Pittsburgh suspect
- New York Times: On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full
- The Atlantic: The Synagogue Killings Mark a Surge of Anti-Semitism
- USA Today: Pittsburgh synagogue rampage spotlights rising anti-Semitism in America
- New York Times: When Hate Goes Mainstream – Opinion
- Anti-Defamation League: Computational Propaganda, Jewish-Americans and the 2018 Midterms – The Amplification of Anti-Semitic Harassment Online
- Politico: Anti-Semitism has moved ‘into the mainstream,’ ADL director says
- Washington Post: How the Pittsburgh shooting compares to attacks on Jews in Europe, where anti-Semitism has been growing
- Washington Post: Trump doesn’t understand how anti-Semitism works. Neither do most Americans
- New Yorker: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and the Escalating Crisis of Hate-Fuelled Violence in the Trump Era
- Washington Post: I warned of right-wing violence in 2009. Republicans objected. I was right
- New York Times: Trump Calls for Unity After Synagogue Shooting, Then Swiftly Denounces Democrats
- Washington Post: Critics say Trump has fostered the toxic environment for the political violence he denounces
- Esquire: The President* Is Totally Unaffected By Events in the Country He Governs
- Washington Post: Pence: Don’t link political rhetoric to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
- CNN: Trump says Pittsburgh synagogue should have had armed guards
- Vox: Trump laments Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, then suggests victims should have protected themselves
- Washington Post: Pittsburgh mayor says armed guards are not the solution in wake of synagogue shooting
- Washington Post: How much responsibility does Trump bear for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh?
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Caravan Hysteria Led to This
- Washington Post: Why it’s fair to ask whether Trump is to blame
- New Yorker: Trump’s Response to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and His Obsession with the Word “Frankly”
Kentucky
- New York Times: Kroger Shooting Suspect Tried to Enter Black Church Before Killing 2, Police Say
- New York Magazine: When White Supremacists Target the Black Elderly
- Vox: The Kentucky Kroger shooting may have been a racist attack
How much responsibility does the GOP bear?
- CNN: House majority leader deletes tweet saying Soros, Bloomberg, Steyer are trying to ‘buy’ election
- Huffington Post: Rep. Kevin McCarthy Deletes Tweet Singling Out 3 Jews Helping Bankroll Democrats
- New York Times: Alexander Soros: The Hate That Is Consuming Us – Op-Ed
- Axios: Paul Ryan: Trump’s rallies do “sometimes” cause division
- CBS News: Paul Ryan decries tribalism, identity politics ahead of midterms
- Vox: Republicans don’t want to acknowledge Trump’s rhetoric is fueling political divisions
- The Guardian: Five of the most bigoted and divisive political ads from the 2018 midterms
- New York Times: Attack Ads Against Some Democrats Try to Portray Them as Terrorists
- Mother Jones: Paul Ryan Decries Tribalism as His Super-PAC Spreads It
- New York Times: They Were Sent Pipe Bombs. Here’s What Trump Said About Them — and What They Said About Trump
- GQ: There Aren’t Two Sides: Trump’s Violent Rhetoric Is What Got Us Here
- Washington Post: The connection between hateful rhetoric and terrorizing acts is glaringly obvious, but some refuse to see it
- New York Times: Trump’s Attacks on the News Media Are Working
- Media Matters: Chuck Todd and Meet The Press sanitize Erick Erickson’s garbage
- Daily Beast: NRCC Defends Anti-Soros Ads Day After Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue
How should Democrats handle this?
- New York Times: To Rally Voters, Democrats Focus on Health Care as Their Closing Argument
- Wall Street Journal: Pittsburgh Shooting, Pipe-Bomb Arrest Colors Campaigning for Midterm Election
- New York Times: Gun Violence and Pipe Bombs Jolt Voters as Election Season Ends. ‘Again?’ One Asks.
- Vox: Trump holds a rally hours after Pittsburgh shooting, says “evil people” shouldn’t derail life
- Washington Post: The Trailer: Trump is sticking to his campaign schedule
J.D. Scholten
- Campaign website
- FiveThirtyEight: Iowa 4th Race Background
- Washington Post: In the wake of the Pittsburgh attack, Rep. Steve King’s Iowa supporters brush aside concern about his white nationalist views
- Sioux City Journal: OUR OPINION: Scholten represents best choice in 4th
- The Hill: Iowa newspaper breaks its tradition, endorses Steve King’s Dem opponent
- The Guardian: ‘He’s so openly racist’: why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress?
- The Nation: J.D. Scholten Bets the Farm on Beating Steve King
- Vox: Steve King endorses a bona fide white supremacist for Toronto mayor
- Iowa Public Radio: Politics Day: Could J.D. Scholten Beat Steve King?
- Des Moines Register: Is Steve King in trouble? Democrat J.D. Scholten bets hustle and grit are keys to upset
- New York Times: Steve King’s Inflammatory Behavior Is Met With Silence From G.O.P.
