In This Episode
Mueller gets another witness, Trump and Rudy become more unhinged, conservative donors reward the politicians who made them richer, and Republicans try to suppress the vote in Georgia. Then first-time candidate and 2016 Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes talks to Tommy about her race for Congress.
Show Notes:
George Papadopolous
- CNN: Mueller’s team wants George Papadopoulos to spend 6 months in jail, says lying impeded investigation
- New York Times: Mueller Asks for Jail Time for Papadopoulos, Saying He Repeatedly Lied
- Lawfare: The Myth-Busting Papadopoulos Sentencing Memo
- Empty Wheel: Sometimes a plea is just a plea: the ongoing criminal exposure of Mueller’s “cooperating” witnesses
- The Hill: Papadopoulous’s wife wants him to scrap plea deal with Mueller: report
The Don McGahn story
- New York Times: White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry
- New York Times: Trump Lawyers’ Sudden Realization: They Don’t Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller’s Team
- Lawfare: The President’s Lawyer and His Cooperation in the Russia Investigation
- CNN: WH counsel McGahn’s attorney did not fully apprise Trump’s legal team on Mueller interviews
- Slate: What John Dean Has to Say About the NYT’s Blockbuster Don McGahn Story
- Empty Wheel: Why would Don McGahn (and his lawyer) cooperate in a piece claiming he cooperated with Mueller (on obstruction)?
- Vox: White House counsel Don McGahn is worried Trump’s setting him up on obstruction so he’s talking a lot to Mueller
- USA Today: White House lawyer Don McGahn: 5 things to know about his cooperation with Russia probe
- Slate: Don McGahn Has Not Turned on Trump
- Politico: McGahn seen as ‘undercover operative’ in Trump’s White House
- Axios: Trump’s epic Mueller gamble
Trump freaks out
- Washington Post: Trump calls Mueller lawyers ‘thugs’ and ‘a National Disgrace!’
- Politico Magazine: Trump’s Strange Tweet about Joseph McCarthy
- Washington Post: The most intense and dangerous period of the Trump presidency is about to begin – Opinion
- CNN: Trump rewrites history as Russia probe pressure mounts
- Los Angeles Times: In new outburst over Mueller probe, Trump insists that White House Counsel McGahn is no ‘rat’
- Axios: John Dean: “I am actually honored” to be insulted by Trump
- Politico: Michael Cohen’s attorney says he’s talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon
- Bloomberg: White House Counsel McGahn Isn’t a ‘Rat’ for Talking with Mueller, Trump Says
- CNN: What Trump really meant when he tweeted about a ‘RAT’ – Op-Ed
- NY Magazine: The Media Keeps Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Collusion
Rudy on the Sunday shows
- Politico: Giuliani walks back ‘truth isn’t truth’ comment
- Vanity Fair: Rudy Giuliani boldly asserts that “truth isn’t truth” in purest demonstration of Trumpseak yet
- New York Times: Giuliani Says ‘Truth Isn’t Truth’ in Defense of Trump’s Legal Strategy
- Washington Post: Giuliani tries to explain what he meant by ‘truth isn’t truth’
- The Atlantic: The Sunday Shows Set the Agenda in Trump’s Washington
- Washington Post: Lying down took Flynn, but it seems to be just fine on the Sunday talk shows
Michael Cohen
- New York Times: Michael Cohen, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud Over $20 Million
- Vanity Fair: Is Michael Cohen preparing to go kamikaze on Trump?
- CNN: Prosecutors preparing charges for Michael Cohen; could announce by end of August
- The Real Deal: Meet Michael Cohen’s brother, Brian. He’s an Elliman executive with a $7M connection to Ukraine
- Empty Wheel: Roger Stone threatens to sue Empty Wheel!
Corruption
- New York Times: Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz
- Mother Jones: Most Republicans Have Electoral Amnesia About Their Tax Bill– But Not the Rich Ones
- New York Times: Booming Economy May Be Little Felt as Voters Decide
- New York Times: You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped? Rich People – Editorial
- Huffington Post: The Nuns On The Bus Are Going to Mar-a-Lago To Protest The Republican Tax Law
- CNBC: A leading Republican urges reform for Medicare and Social Security as deficits balloon after the GOP’s tax cut
- New York Times: As Trump Dismantles Clean Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients
- New York Times: Trump’s Plan for Coal Emissions: Let Coal States Regulate Them
- Washington Post: New Trump power plant plan would release hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 into the air
- Wall Street Journal: Trump Aims To Prop Up Coal — Energy Journal
- ProPublica: The Shadow Rulers of the VA
- Washington Post: Georgia voting rights activists move to block a plan that close two-thirds of polling places in a majority black county
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Kemp’s critics question his ties to proposed poll closures in Randolph County
- New York Times: Colver Concedes in Kansas, Handing Governor’s Nomination to Kobach
- Washington Post: Kris Kobach used flawed research to defend Trump’s voter fraud panel, experts say
Jahana Hayes
- New York Times: Jahana Hayes Was Told She ‘Had No Chance.’ She, and Voters, Beg to Differ.
- Wall Street Journal: In Connecticut, Democrats Vote for a Fresh Voice
- Danbury News-Times: Hayes vs. Santos; starkly different styles in 5th District race
- NBC News: Jahana Hayes, 2016 Teacher of the Year, could be Connecticut’s first black Democrat in Congress
- New York Times: In Connecticut, Ned Lamond Scores a Decisive Win, and Jahana Hayes Moves Closer to History
- New York Times: This Former ‘Teacher of the Year’ Wants to Be Connecticut’s First Black Democrat in Congress
- 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
- The Intercept: Jahana Hayes crushes party-backed candidate in a landslide
- Chalkbeat: Can Ms. Hayes go to Washington? A national teacher of the year explains why she’s running for Congress
