In This Episode
Republicans try to hide the fact that Trump will nominate a justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade, and more Democrats join calls to abolish ICE. Then we interview people at Saturday’s Families Belong Together march in Los Angeles, including Senator Kamala Harris, Mayor Eric Garcetti, DeRay Mckesson, and activist Ady Barkan.
Show Notes:
Latest on SCOTUS:
- New York Times: Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Pick on July 9
- New York Times: To Push Supreme Court Nomination, Trump Temporarily Reorganizes White House Staff
- Washington Post: Trump makes clear Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block
- CNN: Collins: Won’t support SCOTUS pick hostile to abortion rights
- New York Times: Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
- Los Angeles Times: Who are these people and who are the two considered to be the most likely candidates?
- CBS News: 2 federal judges seen as Trump’s leading contenders for Supreme Court
- Washington Post: Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits
- Axios: SCOTUS contender Brett Kavanaugh’s Bush 43 photobomb
- Think Progress: Here are 5 types of judges Trump could pick to replace Justice Kennedy
- Washington Post: Who’s on President Trump’s list to replace Justice Kennedy?
- Politico: ‘The optics do matter’: Trump nudged to pick woman for Supreme Court
- Washington Post: Republicans are lying about Roe v. Wade. Trump’s nominee will do the same
- New York Magazine Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Voters Don’t Want Roe v. Wade Overturned
- Bloomberg: Republicans Near Their Goal of Overturning Roe. Reaching It Could Backfire
- New York Times: Opinion: Chuck Schumer: Our Rights Hang in the Balance
- West Virginia Metro News: Manchin’s middle ground on Supreme Court pick
- Axios: Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump’s Supreme Court pick
- Politico: The fate of the Supreme Court could ride on these 2 senators
- New York Times: Denied a Filibuster, Democrats Eye Other Tactics in Supreme Court Fight
- New Yorker: How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy’s Legacy
- CNN: Supreme Court agrees to hear ‘double jeopardy’ case in the fall
Democrats and immigration:
- Vox: The list of Democrats calling to abolish ICE keeps growing
- Time: The ‘Abolish ICE’ Movement Is Growing. Here’s Why the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Was Created
- New York Times: How ‘Abolish ICE’ Went From Social Media to Progressive Candidates’ Rallying Cry
- New York Times: Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash
- Washington Post: ‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency
- New York Times: Trump Attacks Democrats on Calls to Abolish ICE
- Washington Post: Nobody knows how ‘abolish ICE’ plays politically
- Washington Post: Opinion: Keep the focus on Trump’s cruelty and incompetence
- CNN: Opinion: ‘Abolish ICE’ is a massive political mistake
- New York Magazine: Is ‘Abolish ICE’ a Winning Midterm Message for Democrats?
- Axios: Top Democrats see danger on sudden party push to abolish ICE
- Los Angeles Times: ‘Even the cops don’t like us anymore’: Under Trump, ICE is despised and divided
- Washington Post: Why Kirsten Gillibrand and other Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE are politically risky
- BBC News: Abolish Ice: A new demand from the left is risky for Democrats
- Real Clear Politics: The Problem with ‘Abolish ICE
- The Hill: Krystal Ball: ‘The problem is not ICE’
- Slate: Why “Abolish ICE” Is Not the Answer
- Axios: Go deeper: The left’s push to #AbolishICE
Liberal outrage:
- New York Times: As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks
- Washington Post: A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms
- The Hill: Ocasio-Cortez responds to Dem senator who said policies ‘too far to the left’ don’t win in Midwest
- The Atlantic: Family Separation Protests Shift the Narrative
- Bloomberg: Opinion: Worried About Socialism Coming to America? Calm Down
- Guardian: Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signal an earthquake in Democratic politics?
- Washington Post: Opinion: Ocasio-Cortez just did Democrats a big favor