In This Episode
Shutdown negotiations falter as Trump takes his demagoguery to El Paso, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar formally launch their presidential campaigns, and “The Best of Enemies” star Taraji P. Henson joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan live on stage in Durham, North Carolina.
Show Notes:
Immigration
- CNN: Lawmakers heading to funding deal with far less border money than Trump wants
- Los Angeles Times: A deal to avert another government shutdown appears close, but will Trump sign it?
- Washington Post: Congressional negotiators are optimistic about a border deal to avoid shutdown, Hoyer says
- Washington Post: Congressional negotiators near border deal that would offer Trump less money for barriers than he has demanded
- Wall Street Journal: Lawmakers Close In on Deal in Talks on Border Funding
- New York Times: Unlikely Partnership in House Gives Lawmakers Hope for Border Deal
- Washington Post: Plumline – Is Trump preparing to surrender on his wall? Here’s one way it could happen
- Politico: Trump cornered on border wall
- The Atlantic: Trump Is Walling Off the GOP
- USA Today: How congressional Democrats could fight a Trump wall national emergency declaration
- Washington Post: ‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal workers for Trump goes back years
- Charlotte Observer: Calling it ‘the new normal,’ feds arrest 200 undocumented immigrants in NC this week
- News Observer: Criminal immigrants ‘raping our citizens,’ says NC sheriff asking for ICE funds
- News Observer: ICE deports Mexican man who left church in Durham for immigration appointment
- USA Today: Nearly 30 detained by North Carolina police after surrounding ICE van to protect undocumented man
- CNN: They thought living in churches would protect them. Now they fear nowhere is safe
- Washington Post: Trump’s fixation on immigrants does real damage. North Carolina is proof. – Editorial Board
- Daily Beast: President Trump to Hold Rally in El Paso Monday
- The Hill: Trump to be interviewed by Fox’s Ingraham after El Paso rally
- New York Times: Trump Does His Divisive El Paso Number – Op-Ed
- Medium: The President is coming to El Paso Monday.
- Texas Tribune: Beto O’Rourke to march, speak against border wall during Trump rally in El Paso
- Washington Post: Beto O’Rourke to join anti-wall march in El Paso as Trump holds a rally for it a mile away
- CNN: Beto O’Rourke to join march against wall countering Trump’s El Paso visit
- Slate: The Democratic Approach to Immigration in 2020
- New York Magazine: Democratic Candidates Will Need a Definitive Stance on ICE, and Soon
- New York Times: ICE Force-Feeds Detainees Who Are on Hunger Strike
- Politico: Bloomberg scorches Trump’s ‘un-American’ immigration policies
- Bloomberg: Eyeing 2020, Gillibrand Rejects Earlier Immigration Stance
- Bloomberg: Kamala Harris’s Early ‘No’ on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020
2020
- New York Times: Elizabeth Warren Formally Announces 2020 Presidential Bid in Lawrence, Mass.
- Vox: Elizabeth Warren is done exploring: She’s officially running for president – Warren enters the 2020 field with a message centered on working people.
- Washington Post: Warren kicks off presidential bid by seeking to turn focus back to her economic message
- Boston Globe: Elizabeth Warren makes campaign official
- Politico: Warren launches 2020 bid amid ancestry fallout
- The Guardian: Can Elizabeth Warren reclaim her role as Democrats’ top foil to Trump?
- Vox: Taxing the rich is extremely popular – A 70 percent top rate polls well; Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax polls even better.
- FiveThirtyEight: Most Americans Support Warren’s ‘Ultramillionare Tax’
- Vox: Elizabeth Warren’s proposed tax on enormous fortunes, explained – A 2 percent levy on assets more than $50 million, and higher rates on billionaires.
- Barron’s: Understanding Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax
- Mother Jones: Donald Trump Appears to Joke About Native American Genocide in Tweet Mocking Elizabeth Warren
- Washington Post: After new document is revealed, Warren struggles with questions of identity
- Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren apologized for describing herself as ‘American Indian.’ Activists want her to do more – Analysis
- Vanity Fair: ELIZABETH WARREN’S NATIVE ANCESTRY HEADACHE MAY JUST BE BEGINNING
- Associated Press: Sen. Amy Klobuchar to make 2020 announcement on Sunday
- New York Times: Beto O’Rourke and Amy Klobuchar to Make 2020 Decisions Soon
- Daily Beast: Sen. Amy Klobuchar to Make ‘Big Announcement’ at Sunday Event
- Star Tribune: Eight things to know about Amy Klobuchar
- CNN: Amy Klobuchar’s best argument for 2020: Electability
- MinnPost: Is Amy Klobuchar a moderate?
- Mother Jones: The Time Amy Klobuchar Went After a Baseball Hall of Famer for Sexual Assault
- Esquire: We’ve Officially Entered Moron Season of the 2020 Campaigns – By Charles Pierce
- BuzzFeed: Staffers, Documents Show Amy Klobuchar’s Wrath Toward Her Aides
- Huffington Post: Harry Reid Rebuked Amy Klobuchar For Mistreatment Of Staff
- Huffington Post: Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s Mistreatment Of Staff Scared Off Candidates To Manage Her Presidential Bid
- Vanity Fair: TERRIFIED AIDES SAY AMY KLOBUCHAR IS JUST LIKE TRUMP
- Washington Post: Does it matter if Amy Klobuchar is a mean boss?
- The Atlantic: Bernie Sanders Is Ready to Rumble – The senator from Vermont thinks he can prevail against the crowded Democratic field and then beat Trump for president in 2020.
- Washington Post: Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum and the choices for Democrats in 2020
- New Yorker: Pete Buttigieg’s Quiet Rebellion
- Washington Post: Mitch McConnell: Behold the Democrat Politician Protection Act
- Washington Post: Mitch McConnell just made it much easier for Democrats to accuse Republicans of voter suppression
- Rolling Stone: Mitch McConnell, Enemy of the Vote
- NPR: Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats
- New York Times: Republicans Rewrote Voting Laws for 8 Years. Now Democrats Say It’s Their Turn.
- Associated Press: Democratic group to spend $30M on voting rights effort
- Washington Post: A grandma helped her boyfriend register to vote. She was just sentenced to prison for it
- Washington Post: Trump-appointed prosecutor focused on allegations of voting fraud by immigrants amid warnings about separate ballot scheme
- Washington Post: Inaccurate claims of noncitizen voting in Texas reflect a growing trend in Republican states
- News Observer: NC and Texas might face more redistricting lawsuits than the other 48 states combined
NC 9
- Charlotte Observer: With a hearing coming up in disputed 9th District, Harris wants to subpoena McCready
- The State: Decision on new election expected this month in 9th district fraud investigation
- Mother Jones: Republicans Could Block a New Election in Contested North Carolina House Race
Taraji P. Henson
- Raleigh News & Observer: Durham civil rights activist Ann Atwater dies at 80
- Associated Press: C. P. Ellis, From Klan to Rights Activism, Dies at 78
- News Observer: Civil rights activist and Klan leader attacked problem from opposite sides
- Huffington Post: Taraji P. Henson Takes On The Ku Klux Klan In ‘The Best Of Enemies’ Trailer
- Variety: Taraji P. Henson-Sam Rockwell Drama ‘Best of Enemies’ Sets Release Date
- Washington Post: Taraji P. Henson on Jussie Smollett, ‘What Men Want’ and the presidential election
- ABC News: Taraji P. Henson talks diversity in Hollywood ‘like a boss’
- People: Taraji P. Henson Worries About Son Marcell, 24, Every Day: ‘I Think Every Black Mother Does’
- The Hill: Taraji P. Henson: Female voters ‘just want respect’
- Chicago Tribune: Who is Taraji P. Henson, star of ‘What Men Want’ and ‘Empire’?
- New Yorker: Review: Taraji P. Henson Redeems “What Men Want”
- Huffington Post: Taraji P. Henson On Jussie Smollett Attack: ‘Hate Won’t Win’
- Chicago Sun-Times:Taraji P. Henson combats stigma of mental illness: ‘Check on your strong friend’
- The Root: Henson Creates Mental Health Foundation to Honor Late Father
