In This Episode
The President potentially incriminates his son on Twitter, Republicans try to rush the Kavanaugh confirmation, and more Democratic incumbents face progressive challengers. Then Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks to Jon Lovett about her big upset and the future of the Democratic Party.
Show Notes:
Trump incriminates Don Jr. on Twitter:
- New York Times: President Admits Trump Tower Meeting Was Meant to Get Dirt on Clinton
- Washington Post: Trump acknowledges, defends 2016 meeting between son, Kremlin-aligned lawyer
- Vox: Trump’s new tweet on Don Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting, explained
- Washington Post: Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring
- CNN: Trump voicing concerns about son being entangled in Mueller probe
- Politico: Trump says Don Jr. wanted dirt on Clinton from Russian lawyer
- Washington Post: ‘Facts develop’: The Trump team’s new ‘alternative facts’-esque ways to explain its falsehoods
- New Yorker: The Day Trump Told Us There Was Attempted Collusion with Russia
- Vox: Watergate had tapes. Trump has tweets
- CNN: Why this weekend’s Trump Tower tweet matters – Here are three things you need to know about the tweet
- Axios: A historic Trump tell-all
- Lawfare: Trump’s Preposterous ‘Collusion is Not a Crime’ Defense: What Real Lawyers—If Asked—Would Have Advised His Campaign About the Trump Tower Meeting
- The Atlantic: What did the president just admit?
LeBron tweet:
- New York Times: Trump Mocks LeBron James’s Intelligence and Calls Don Lemon ‘Dumbest Man’ on TV
- Vox: LeBron James vs. Donald Trump, explained
- Vanity Fair: Stable Genius: Trump Insults LeBron Before Campaigning in Ohio
- New York Times: Donald Trump and the Black Athlete
Does this help Republicans in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District:
- New York Times: In Ohio Election, Republicans Test a Midterms Rescue Plan: Polarization
- Politico: Democrats surging on eve of pivotal special election
The press is the enemy of the people?:
- New York Times: Are Journalists the Enemy of the People? Ivanka Trump Says They’re Not
- New York Times: Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press
There’s also this:
Kavanaugh:
- Los Angeles Times: National Archives warns that even the GOP’s request for Brett Kavanaugh’s record won’t be ready until October
- New York Times: Kavanaugh’s Opponents Protest Ex-Aide’s Role in Screening of Documents
- NBC News: The battle to confirm Kavanaugh heats up with document fight
- Vox: Democrats want to see more records on Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans don’t care
- Washington Post: This is why the Senate should care about Brett Kavanaugh’s time as Bush’s staff secretary
- Washington Post: Democrats are probably fighting a losing battle over Kavanaugh’s White House documents
- Politico: America First Policies to target red-state Dems with TV ads backing Kavanaugh
- Los Angeles Times: Trump’s Supreme Court nominee argued presidents should be shielded from all criminal probes — even questioning
- Politico: Inside Democrats’ strategy to defeat Kavanaugh
- Bloomberg: How Democrats Can Fight Brett Kavanaugh
- Politico: Dems zero in on Kavanaugh ties to judge in sexual harassment scandal
Update on Infowars:
- Buzzfeed: Apple Kicked Alex Jones Off Its Platform Then YouTube And Facebook Rushed To Do The Same
- New York Times: Apple, Facebook and YouTube Remove Content From Alex Jones and Infowars
- Politico: Facebook, YouTube, Apple give InfoWars’ Alex Jones the boot
- Washington Post: YouTube, Apple, Facebook and Spotify escalate enforcement against Alex Jones
- The Guardian: Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify ban Infowars’ Alex Jones,”
- Washington Post: Spotify removes Alex Jones’s podcasts, citing policy on ‘hate content’
- New York Times: Facebook and YouTube Give Alex Jones a Wrist Slap
- CNN: YouTube deletes four Alex Jones videos and gives him one strike
Incumbent challenges:
- New York Times: Can the Ocasio-Cortez Playbook Work in the Heartland? Cori Bush Is Trying
- Roll Call: The Fight for the Democratic Party Heads to Missouri’s 1st District
Right to work ballot initiative:
- Wall Street Journal: Money Fuels a Fight to Overturn Anti-Union Law in Missouri
- Washington Post: Labor’s next big fight comes this week in Missouri
- Politico: Missouri right-to-work vote
- Guardian: Future of unions hangs in the balance with Missouri ‘right to work’ vote
Massachusetts:
- WBUR: WBUR Poll: Capuano Maintains 13-Point Lead Over Pressley
- New York Times: Will a Shocker in New York Have a Ripple Effect in Massachusetts?
- New York Times: Ocasio-Cortez’s Next Task: Empowering Other Female Outsiders to Win
Delaware:
- Washington Post: A test in Delaware: Can an old-school Democratic politician succeed in a campaign season defined by tumult.
- The Intercept: The Team That Helped Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Its Next Mission: Lifting Kerri Harris Over Sen. Tom Carper
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- CNN: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won in New York. Now her allies are taking on the Midwest
- Hollywood Reporter: Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Too Far Left for Hollywood?
- Mercury News: ‘We need to reclaim this party:’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fires up progressives in San Francisco
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Video: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Bringing Moral Courage to American Politics- Extended Interview.
- US News and World Report: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Risky Roadshow
- Vox: Progressives want Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for Michigan governor to be their next big victory
- Politico: ‘Seismic’: Where the Ocasio-Cortez earthquake might hit next
- NBCNews: Barack and Michelle Obama endorse nearly 100 midterm candidates
- WBUR: The Fiercest Political Fight In The U.S. Isn’t Partisan — It’s Generational
- The New Yorker: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Historic Win and the Future of the Democratic Party
- Vice: Why the GOP is so obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Politico: ‘Pitbull Trump defender’ takes on Ocasio-Cortez
- Washington Post: After a fake interview of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went viral, its maker said it was satire
