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March 29, 2024
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A Tale of Two Campaigns

In This Episode

Joe Biden breaks fundraising records and hits 8 swing states in 18 days, while a cash-strapped Donald Trump splits time between his beach club and a Manhattan courtroom. Trump goes after RFK Jr., Larry David goes after Trump, and No Labels goes after anyone left who will join their ticket. MAGA world goes nuts with conspiracy theories about how the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed because of DEI programs and open borders. And later, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Texas stops by the studio to talk to Tommy about the secret to driving House Republicans crazy and reproductive rights.

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TRUMP

 

NYT: How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills

 

AP: As Biden tours the country and visits swing states, Trump is fundraising and playing golf

 

ABC: RNC won’t pay Trump’s legal bills, daughter-in-law Lara says, insisting 2020 election is ‘in the past’

 

CNBC: Trump turns to his ‘old cast’ to raise millions for 2024 and the PAC paying his legal bills

 

CNN: PAC that pays Trump’s legal bills gets priority over donations to RNC at upcoming high-dollar fundraiser

 

DB: The Biden Campaign Is Quietly Preparing a Trump Ambush

 

AP: Trump slow to invest in states that could decide election as some in GOP fear ‘skeleton’ campaign

 

NYT: Biden Widens His Financial Lead Over Trump

 

Guardian: ‘Biden bump is real’: president gains on Trump in six battleground states

 

RFK AND NO LABELS

 

CNN:  RFK Jr. names Silicon Valley attorney Nicole Shanahan as running mate

 

The Hill: Why are the Democrats suddenly so petrified of RFK Jr.?

 

Axios: Chris Christie turns down running with No Labels

 

Politico: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flirts with the Libertarian nomination

 

BALTIMORE BRIDGE

 

WaPo: Six people presumed dead after Baltimore Key Bridge collapses, Coast Guard says

 

TheGuardian: Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say

 

CBS: What caused the Dali to slam into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge? What we know about what led up to the collapse

 

WaPo: How a cargo ship took down Baltimore’s Key Bridge

 

NPR: The Baltimore bridge collapse gave conspiracy theorists a chance to boost themselves 

 

SLTRIB: Baltimore bridge collapse caused by DEI efforts, Utah Rep. Phil Lyman says

 

USATODAY: Baltimore bridge collapse was tragic enough. Then came the online conspiracy nuts.