In This Episode
Trump is acting like a guilty man who’s bad at covering up crimes, and Democrats are nominating history-making candidates while they decide on a message for the fall. Then Wesley Bell, the Democratic nominee for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, joins Jon and Dan to talk about his upset victory and his plans to reform the criminal justice system.
Show Notes:
Omarosa and the Tape:
- Vox: Omarosa has jumped back into the middle of Trump White House drama
- Vanity Fair: Omarosa Paranoia is Crippling the White House
- Politico: ‘People are terrified’: Trump staffers live in fear of Omarosa’s next tape
- New York Times: Trump Calls Omarosa Manigault Newman ‘That Dog’ in His Latest Insult
- Axios: Trump sitcom gone wild
- CBS: Omarosa reveals audio of Trump campaign aides allegedly discussing potential fallout of N-word
- Washington Post: The alleged Trump n-word tape is suddenly less hypothetical
- NY Magazine: New Omarosa Tape Lends More Credence to Possibility of Trump N-word Recording
- CNN: Sanders ‘can’t guarantee’ Trump hasn’t used the n-word, but hasn’t heard him do it
- Washington Post: Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment
- Vox: Omarosa claims Trump had advance knowledge of hacked emails, but gives no details or proof
- Wall Street Journal: Trump Knew About Democratic Emails Stolen by Russia, Ex-Aide Says
- CNBC: Trump campaign hires Hulk Hogan lawyer Charles Harder for arbitration action against Omarosa Manigault Newman
- The Hill: Trump campaign hires Hulk Hogan’s lawyer for action against Omarosa: report
- Washington Post: Is Trump a racist? You don’t need an n-word tape to know. – Op-Ed
- USA Today: What Trump-Omarosa feud means for midterms: ‘You have a dynamic where communities of color think they are under attack’
- New York Times: Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance
- Washington Post: The Trump enemies list: The critics the White House might strip of security clearance
- Politico Playbook: Omarosa amplifies Washington melodrama
- The New Yorker: Omarosa, the Tragic Narrator of Our Times
Michael Avenatti:
- New Hampshire Public Radio: Michael Avenatti To Attend Local Democratic Party Picnic
- Politico: Avenatti in Iowa, ‘exploring’ a White House run
- New York Times: Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama’s Advice on Trump
- NYT Magazine: The Fast and Furious Michael Avenatti
Kellyanne Conway:
Elections:
- Politico: Top takeaways from a groundbreaking election night for Democrats
- New York Times: 4 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
- New York Times: Jahana Hayes Was Told She ‘Had No Chance.’ She, and Voters, Beg to Differ
- New York Times: In Connecticut, Ned Lamont Scores a Decisive Win, and Jahana Hayes Moves Closer to History
- Hartford Courant: Who Is Jahana Hayes, Former Teacher of the Year Who Clinched Democratic Nomination For Congress In Connecticut’s 5th District?
- Washington Post: She was a teen mother who became teacher of the year. Now, Jahana Hayes wants to become Connecticut’s first black Democratic member of Congress.
- New York Times: Christine Hallquist, a Transgender Woman, Wins Vermont Governor’s Primary
- Washington Post: Christine Hallquist wins Vermont primary, becoming first openly transgender major party nominee for governor
- Boston Globe: 5 things to know about Christine Hallquist, trailblazing Vermont candidate
- NPR: Vermont Democrat Christine Hallquist Is First Transgender Nominee For Governor
- Vox: Ilhan Omar, a progressive Muslim woman, wins Minnesota primary for Keith Ellison’s House seat
- Star-Tribune: Ilhan Omar wins in DFL contest for Minneapolis congressional seat
- AP: Victory offers Muslim candidate new platform to oppose Trump
- Roll Call: Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar Poised to Become First Somali-American in Congress
- Vox: Randy “Ironstache” Bryce wins Democratic nomination to flip Paul Ryan’s House seat
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Randy Bryce wins Democratic primary for Paul Ryan’s seat and will face off against Republican Bryan Steil
- Washington Monthly: Rolling the Dice on Ironstache
- Star-Tribune: Tim Walz, Jeff Johnson to face off in Minnesota governor’s race
- Washington Post: For Pawlenty, defeat in Minnesota in a party dominated by Trump
- CNN: Minnesota proved again last night that the old Republican Party is dead
- Slate: Don’t Cry for Tim Pawlenty
- New York Times: Democrats Discard Washington Platform in Bid for House Control
- Washington Post: Democrats do have an agenda, and even some big ideas. Here’s one of them.
- Wall Street Journal: Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders
- Vox: Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism
- Vox: The GOP’s 2018 message: Be afraid. Be very afraid
- The Hill: GOP’s midterm strategy takes shape
- NBC: The primaries don’t show Democrats divided. They show a party mature enough to handle debate
- Washington Post: Democrats are making Congress look more like America. Republicans are fighting this.
- NPR: A Big Night For Democratic Diversity, And 3 Other Primary Takeaways
- CNN: Democratic advantage grows in race for Congress
- CNN: New poll suggests attacks on Nancy Pelosi won’t matter in midterms
- Politico: How America feels about Trump
