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