Trump nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, escalates his trade war with China, and gets played by North Korea. Then former Supreme Court clerk and White House lawyer Karen Dunn talks to Jon, Jon, and Tommy about how Democrats should approach the coming Supreme Court battle.

Show Notes:

SCOTUS:

• New York Times: Trump Has Decided on Supreme Court Nominee, After a Morning of Seeking Advice
• Wall Street Journal: Trump Settles on Supreme Court Selection, but Mum for Now
• Politico: Trump said to narrow down Supreme Court search to 2 contenders
• New Yorker: How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy’s Legacy
• New York Times: Trump Narrows Supreme Court Field as Advice Pours In
• New York Times: Trump to Name Supreme Court Nominee: What to Watch
• Washington Post: Trump weighs top picks for Supreme Court amid last-minute maneuvering
• Washington Post: The most interesting late development in Trump’s Supreme Court derby
• Vox: The Supreme Court vs. democracy
• The Atlantic: How Conservatives Won the Battle Over the Courts
• The Atlantic: Susan Collins’s Quixotic Defense of Roe
• Los Angeles Times: Democrats’ longshot plan to stop Trump’s Supreme Court pick
• Huffington Post: Red State Democrats In Hot Seat Over Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
• San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein on Trump’s Supreme Court pick: Democrats can only do so much

Trump’s foreign policy is awesome:

• New York Times: Trump’s Trade War With China Is Officially Underway
• Washington Post: As Trumpism takes hold, Republicans face increasing pressure to embrace policies they once opposed
• Vox: Can the US-China trade war be stopped? 11 experts weigh in.
• Bloomberg: Merkel Lauds China’s Market Opening in Trade Rebuff to Trump
• New Republic: How Trump might lose his trade war with China
• Vox: The impact of Trump’s trade wars, explained
• AP News: How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground
• Reuters: Trump’s trade war splits a Missouri county into winners and losers
• Washington Post: Voters already fear economic pain from Trump’s trade war
• New York Magazine: Trump’s Trade War Is a Big Problem for Republicans in Politically Pivotal Iowa
• Axios: What they’re saying: Local industries react to Trump’s trade war – What they’re saying
• Washington Post: Opinion: On trade, Trump promised win-win. He’s delivering lose-lose
• New York Times: Opinion: How to lose a trade war

North Korea and “Gangster-like” demands:

• New Yorker: North Korea Declares U.S. Diplomacy “Gangster-Like”
• Washington Post: Pompeo pushes back against North Korea’s ‘gangster-like’ criticism
• Wall Street Journal: Trump Confident North Korea Will ‘Honor the Contract’ to Denuclearize
• CNN: Mike Pompeo dismisses North Korea’s ‘gangster’ comments, says talks are going well
• The Atlantic: America and North Korea Are Having Two Different Conversations