In This Episode
The Republican Party’s spring donor retreat becomes a MAGA-fest at Mar-a-Lago, Joe Biden launches a commission to reform the Supreme Court, and Democrats try to undo the damage Mitch McConnell did to the judiciary. Then, an Under the Radar segment that ends with a new filibuster game: “Manchin or Sorkin?”
Show Notes
The Mar-A-Lago MAGA Retreat
- Vox: Trump’s irate, lie-filled RNC speech shows tensions in GOP
- WaPo: Trump slashes at McConnell as he reiterates election falsehoods at Republican event
- AP News: Bowing to Trump? GOP brings leaders, donors to his backyard
- Vanity Fair: “ALL BULLS–T”: TRUMP KEEPS THE BIG LIE ALIVE AT REPUBLICAN DONOR RETREAT
- NYT: Trump Lashes His Enemies Anew as G.O.P. Dances Around His Presence
- WaPo: The GOP is Trump’s party, so ‘all Republican roads lead to Mar-a-Lago’
- Vox: Trump’s irate, lie-filled RNC speech shows tensions in GOP
- Reuters: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll
- AP News: Trump: The key to Republican success is more Trumpism
- Politico Playbook: GOP donors privately pan Trump’s ‘horrible’ RNC speech
- CNN: Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC backs Lisa Murkowski, setting up clash with pro-Trump candidate
- Vox: Donald Trump is attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party
- NYT: Could Ron DeSantis Be Trump’s G.O.P. Heir? He’s Certainly Trying.
- USA TODAY: Exclusive: John Boehner says Donald Trump ‘abused’ his loyalists by lying to them
- USA TODAY: Exclusive: Ex-Speaker Boehner says Matt Gaetz should resign if indicted – or be expelled
- CBS News: Former House Speaker John Boehner accuses some in Congress of being “political terrorists”
- CNN: 5 takeaways from former House Speaker John Boehner’s new book
- Axios: Scoop: Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel escorted out of RNC retreat
Biden and the Judiciary
- NYT: Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court
- AP: Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court
- WaPo: Biden unveils bipartisan commission to study structural changes to Supreme Court amid liberal calls for expansion
- Slate: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Shows He Doesn’t Really Want Court Reform
- The Hill: McConnell, GOP slam Biden’s executive order on SCOTUS
- SCOTUS blog: The urgent need for court expansion
- WaPo: Justice Breyer warns proponents of packing Supreme Court to ‘think long and hard’ about the risks
- Politico: Justice Breyer says big Supreme Court changes could diminish trust
- Politico Playbook: Activists to Breyer: Give us your seat
- The Hill: Progressive group ramps up pressure on Justice Breyer to retire
- MSNBC Op-Ed: Justice Stephen Breyer should retire from the Supreme Court
- Politico: Psaki: Biden won’t pressure Breyer to retire
- CNN: Biden unveils first slate of judicial nominees featuring diverse and history-making selections
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