In This Episode
Democrats target Brett Kavanaugh’s views on presidential power, Trump blows up the NATO summit, and House Republicans defend Rep. Jim Jordan against accusations that he turned a blind eye towards sexual abuse allegations. Then Senator Dick Durbin joins Jon and Dan to talk about the Kavanaugh nomination and immigration.
Show Notes:
SCOTUS
- New York Times: Rosenstein Asks Prosecutors to Help With Kavanaugh Papers in Unusual Request
- Wall Street Journal: Senate’s First Skirmish Over Supreme Court Pick Brett Kavanaugh: How Quickly to Move
- Washington Post: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing Nationals tickets, White House says
- New York Times: Showdown on a Trump Subpoena Could Overshadow Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
- New York Times: How Brett Kavanaugh Could Reshape Environmental Law From the Supreme Court
- Vox: Brett Kavanaugh likely gives the Supreme Court the votes to overturn Roe. Here’s how they’d do it.
- SCOTUSblog: Empirical SCOTUS: Expect Kavanaugh to shift the court rightward— how far no one knows
- Vox: America under Brett Kavanaugh
- Lawfare: Brett Kavanaugh and the Mueller Investigation: What Do His Writings Really Say?
- Politico: Collins, Murkowski signal comfort with Kavanaugh
- Boston Globe: Susan Collins is no maverick with GOP judicial nominees
- New York Times: For Midterms, Supreme Court Political Drama Plays to Its Audience
- Axios: Joe Manchin: Brett Kavanaugh “has all the right qualities”
- The Atlantic: The Precedent That Democrats Want Brett Kavanaugh to Break
- Los Angeles Times: Democrats hope Obamacare fears will derail Kavanaugh as White House moves to soften his image
- Vanity Fair: Is Brett Kavanaugh the nightmare Democrats need?
Report on the secret deal between Kennedy and Trump:
- Washington Post: Just what is an NBC News reporter saying about Trump and Justice Kennedy?
- Politico: How a private meeting with Kennedy helped Trump get to ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh
- Think Progress: White House doesn’t deny report Trump made secret deal with Kennedy over retirement, replacement
- New Republic: Did Anthony Kennedy make a deal with Trump?
Trump at NATO:
- Washington Post: Trump berates NATO allies and then asks them to double their defense spending goals
- New York Times: Trump Presses NATO on Military Spending, but Signs Its Criticism of Russia
- Washington Post: When Trump attacked Germany in Brussels, his aides pursed their lips and glanced away
- Washington Post: Trump’s NATO trip shows ‘America First’ is ‘America Alone’
- Washington Post: The Russian pipeline to Germany that Trump is so mad about, explained
- Politico: Ex-diplomats caution — and credit — Trump before NATO, Putin meetings
- The Atlantic: NATO Doesn’t Need More Defense Spending
- Washington Post: ‘An embarrassment’: Schumer, Pelosi respond to Trump’s behavior at the outset of NATO gathering
- New York Magazine: Trump Is Training His Base to Hate NATO and Like Putin
Russian leverage:
- Roll Call: Senate Confirms Trump DOJ Nominee Who Represented Russian Bank in 2017
- NPR: Senate Confirms New Boss For Justice Department Criminal Division
- CNN: Senate confirms Justice Department nominee with ties to Russian bank
- Washington Post: Opinion: Could this Trump nominee interfere with Mueller?
Jim Jordan:
- NBC: Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach
- Vox: Jim Jordan and the Ohio State sexual abuse controversy, explained
- New York Times: Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to ‘Deep State’
- Vanity Fair: Jim Jordan says the Deep State is engineering his sex abuse scandal
- Tampa Bay Times: Matt Gaetz says questions about Jim Jordan are ‘deliberate’ attempt to hurt probe of FBI conduct
- Vox: Rep. Jim Jordan is now attacking CNN for reaching out to his former staffers and interns
- Think Progress: Paul Ryan defends Jim Jordan, rejects calls for ethics probe
- Roll Call: Ryan Defends Jim Jordan, Criticizes Lisa Page
- CNN: House Freedom Caucus members are urged to stand by Rep. Jim Jordan
- Politico: Trump defends Jim Jordan: ‘I believe him’
Senator Dick Durbin:
- The Hill: Schumer: Trump picked Kavanaugh because he’s worried about Mueller probe
- Chicago Tribune: Trump Supreme Court pick ‘could change the rules in America,’ Durbin says
- NBC Meet The Press transcript, July 8, 2018
- Video: NBC Meet The Press – July 8, 2018 (Durbin starts at 13:55)
- NPR: Federal Judge Downplayed Role in Detainee Cases
- NPR: Trump Administration Will Miss Deadline To Reunite Migrant Kids Under 5 With Parents
- Chicago Tribune: Commentary: Sen. Durbin asks, ‘What about the children?”
- NBC 5 Chicago: Chicago Senator, Kids Make Cards for Children Separated From Parents at Border
- Chicago Tribune: Chicago group housing 66 separated minors says it’s ‘a scavenger hunt’ to find their families
- Chicago Sun-Times: Durbin on Trump: ‘He is unreliable. He is unprepared. And he is unstable.’
- NPR: Sen. Dick Durbin Weighs In On Path Forward For Immigration Reform
