Democrats try to get back on offense for the midterms, Shannon Watts from Moms Demand Action joins to talk about the historic settlement that Sandy Hook families reached with a gun manufacturer, and Jon Lovett stops by to help Dan and Jon debunk three of the latest right-wing conspiracy theories – and things go off the rails.

Show Notes 

CULTURE WARS 

• Politico: GOP culture war attacks ‘alarmingly potent,’ DCCC warns

• WaPo: Democrats wrestle with what message to take into the midterms

• WaPo: Vulnerable Democrats plan to run on kitchen-table issues, but some in party want voters focused on Trump, too

• NYT: Rice Announces Retirement, the 30th House Democrat to Plan an Exit

• PlayBook: Exclusive poll: Answers to the midterm’s 2 big questions

• CNN: Why schools are taking center stage in the culture wars

• NBC: Democrats to Biden: Time to make changes at the White House

• WaPo: Opinion: Are Republicans hiding their agenda — or do they not know what it is? WaPo: Opinion: Brutal new polling on Biden should scare Democrats. But there’s a way out.

• Daily Beast: “Pro-Life” GOP’s New Motto: “Screw You, Kids”
• WaPo: To Run or Not to Run? That’s the Midterm Question.

• WaPo: U.S. ‘excess deaths’ during pandemic surpassed 1 million, with covid killing most but other diseases adding to the toll, CDC says

• NYT: In Landslide, San Francisco Forces Out 3 Board of Education Members

• WaPo: San Francisco recalls school board members seen as too focused on racial justice

• CNN: What to know about accounting firm Mazars’ move to back away from Trump

• The Hill: GOP scrambles to figure out what Trump legal drama means for future

REMINGTON LAWSUIT 

• NYT: A Blueprint for Suing Gun Makers Emerges

• Shannon’s tweet thread
• Everytown.org: Everytown Celebrates One Year of Biden-Harris Administration Making Gun Safety a Priority

NO TRUTHS AND A LIE

• Fox News: Critics mock liberal fact-checking site for rating reporting on Biden crack pipe funding ‘mostly false’
• Tom Cotton Tweet: Once again, ‘misinformation’ just means true facts that make Democrats look bad
• Washington Free Beacon: The Weird Ideas and Shoddy Science Behind Free Government Crack Pipes
• Just the News: Biden administration funding crack pipe distribution, saying it’s needed for racial equity
• Chicks on the Right: Biden Admin Spending $30M To Give Crack Pipes, Drug Kits To Addicts For “Advancing Racial Equity
• NY POST: Republicans add crack pipes to list of social issues for 2022 midterms
• Fact Check WaPo (worth a full read): No, the federal government isn’t spending $30 million on ‘crack pipes’
• NYT: Explaining the Claim That the Biden Administration Is Funding ‘Crack Pipes’
• Snopes: Did Biden Admin ‘Fund Crack Pipes’ To ‘Advance Racial Equity’
• Trump statement, Feb. 12
• Trump statement, Feb. 14
• Fox Business Varney rips Democrat ‘political espionage’ in Durham report
• Fox: Durham report finds Clinton staffers were hired to infiltrate Trump Tower, White House servers
• Business Insider: GOP Rep. Jim Jordan says a Trump statement that suggested the execution of former Hillary Clinton campaign aides was ‘right on target’
• WaPo: Here’s why Trump once again is claiming ‘spying’ by Democrats
• CNN: Right-wing media said it was exposing a scandal. What it really revealed is how bad information spreads in MAGA world
• WaPo: Understanding the rhetorical fight over ‘spying’ on Donald Trump (Philip Bump) 
• Esquire: The Durham Report Is Vague Enough to Be Useful
• NY Mag: John Durham and the Right’s Media Paranoia They don’t understand how the press is supposed to work.
• Atlantic: The American Fantasy of Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’
• Daily Beast: Truckers Resurrect Bananas Theory About Trudeau’s Real Dad
• The Independent: ‘Trucker Carlson’ ridiculed for calling Justin Trudeau a ‘dictator’

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