In This Episode
We like Stacey Abrams’s speech more than Trump’s. Virginia’s political scandals throw control of the statehouse into question. The Democratic presidential field takes shape. And Jaime Harrison joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett live on stage in Charleston, South Carolina to announce his exploratory committee to challenge Senator Lindsey Graham.
Show Notes:
SOTU
- New York Times: Trump Asks for Unity, but Presses Hard Line on Immigration
- Washington Post: In dissonant State of the Union speech, Trump seeks unity while depicting ruin
- Washington Post: A State of the Union likely to change few minds
- Washington Post: Democrats dismiss Trump’s call for comity as more broken promises
- New York Times: A Call for Bipartisanship With a Familiar Partisan Sting
- New York Times: State of the Union Fact Check: What Trump Got Right and Wrong
- Vox: I liked parts of Trump’s State of the Union; then I remembered his presidency
- The Atlantic: Some Democrats Actually Liked What They Heard From Trump
- New Yorker: The State of the Union Is Partisan Warfare, and Trump’s Empty Rhetoric Didn’t Change That
- The Atlantic: How the Women of the House Flipped the State of the Union Script
- CNN: Speech audience was most partisan since 2001
- CBS News: Most viewers approved of Trump’s second State of the Union address
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Speech Did Create Unity—Within the MAGA Media
- FiveThirtyEight: Why I’m More Interested Than Usual In Tonight’s State Of The Union
- Vox: Trump’s State of the Union polled well … because Republicans watched it
- Washington Post: Trump debuts his case for reelection in State of the Union address
- The Atlantic: Trump Shows Why He Can’t Be Counted Out
- New Yorker: Welcome to Trump’s 2020 Campaign
- Politico: Trump shifts from insurgent to incumbent with 2020 in mind
- Washington Post: The Trailer: The two states of the union
- Washington Post: Trump wants to run against socialism. That’s great for socialism. – Plumline
- Vox: 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2019 State of the Union
- Washington Post: How Trump’s State of the Union addressed foreign policy
- Vox: Trump’s foreign policy is a mixed bag. He’ll brag about it at the State of the Union anyway
- Vox: Why Trump spent so much time criticizing abortion during the State of the Union
- The Atlantic: Trump Sees an Opening With Voters on Late-Term Abortion
- NBC News: Fact check: Trump claims New York allows abortion ‘moments before birth’
- CNN: Trump’s abortion comments in context
- New York Times: What Is Late-Term Abortion? Trump Got It Wrong – In his State of the Union address, he used scary imagery that scientists say is incorrect.
- The Cut: Whose ‘Womb’ Is This Anyway?
- New York Times: Trump’s Assault on Abortion Rights Must Be Rejected – Op-Ed
- Washington Post: Trump uses State of the Union address to emphasize immigration agenda
- New Yorker: Trump’s Dangerous Scapegoating of Immigrants at the State of the Union
- Wall Street Journal: Trump Seeks to Reset Border-Wall Debate
- Washington Post: Trump’s ad hoc embrace of a new immigration peak is entirely at odds with his policies
- Reuters: Cheers, jeers on border as Trump pushes wall in State of Union
- Vox: State of the Union 2019: the facts about the US-Mexico border
- Vox: Trump has a long history of fear-mongering about immigrant murder
- NBC News: Trump highlights health agenda with vow to lower ‘unfair’ drug prices
- New York Times: How Trump’s Latest Plan to Cut Drug Prices Will Affect You
- NPR: Trump Highlights Health Agenda And Vows To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices
- Associated Press: AP FACT CHECK: Trump on prescription drug pricing
- Politico: Trump offers no infrastructure details in State of the Union
- Wall Street Journal: Highway Backers Seek Details, Revenue for Trump Infrastructure Plan
- Roll Call: Trump offers 61 words on infrastructure, follow-up awaited
- Washington Post: Trump lashes out as Democrats step up inquiries of president and administration
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Weak Case Against Investigating Trump
Whitaker/Cohen
- CNN: Acting AG Whitaker undergoing significant prep ahead of Friday testimony
- Politico: Nadler prepares subpoena for Whitaker if he backs out of testimony
- Los Angeles Times: House Intelligence Committee delays Michael Cohen interview
- Politico: Michael Cohen’s testimony before House intel panel delayed
- Vanity Fair: DOES MICHAEL COHEN HAVE MORE TO TELL MUELLER?
- Empty Wheel: THE WAPO SCOOP ON THE DNC HACK (TEMPORARILY) KILLED THE TRUMP TOWER DEAL
- Vox: The investigation into Trump’s inauguration money looks quite serious
- Politico: House Intel votes to send witness transcripts to Mueller for possible perjury charges
- CNN: House intelligence chair announces sweeping investigation into Trump’s finances and Russia
- Washington Post: New Trump-Russia probe will focus on reports of money laundering, ‘financial compromise,’ Schiff says
- The Guardian: Democrats launch new investigation into Trump’s finances and Russia links
- Fox News: Trump calls Schiff ‘political hack’ as Dems open new Russia probe, send transcripts to Mueller
- Washington Post: Democrats set to begin oversight of Trump, with moves centered around alleged Russia ties
Stacey Abrams
- CNN: Stacey Abrams, first black woman to give Democratic rebuttal, offers tough rebuke of Trump, GOP leaders
- The Atlantic: Stacey Abrams’s New Strategy for Democrats
- New York Times: The Stacey Abrams Revolution – Op-Ed
- Vanity Fair: BERNIE VS. STACEY: WHAT THE POST-SOTU SPLIT SCREEN MEANS FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2020
- USA Today: Donald Trump says Stacey Abrams would lose in Senate, presidential races
Virginia
- New Yorker: A Racial Reckoning for Democratic Leaders in Virginia
- Washington Post: Woman who accused Justin Fairfax of sexual assault identifies herself and gives her account of what happened
- Daily Beast: Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on Sexual-Assault Allegations: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’
- ABC News: Rep. Bobby Scott learned of sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax a year ago from the victim: Aides
- Politico: ‘Utterly shocked and terrified’: Fairfax accuser details alleged assault
- Vox: Justin Fairfax, in line for governor of Virginia, faces sexual assault allegation – Here’s what we know
- Washington Post: Democrats grapple with Fairfax assault accusation in #MeToo era
- New York Times: Woman Accusing Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault Comes Forward
- Washington Post: The man who could be governor. Who is Justin Fairfax?
- Washington Post: Virginia Attorney General Herring says he wore blackface in college
- Washington Post: Analysis – Mark Herring said Ralph Northam should resign for wearing blackface in college. Then Herring admitted to doing the same thing
- New York Times: Virginia Attorney General Says He Also Dressed in Blackface
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: UPDATE: Virginia Attorney Mark Herring admits to wearing blackface at college party in 1980
- Vox: The cascading blackface and sexual assault scandals roiling Virginia politics, explained
- Washington Post: ‘It’s a sickness’: How our culture recognizes blackface is racist — but won’t stop doing it
- The Atlantic: As Goes Virginia, So Goes the Democratic Party
- CNN: Ralph Northam meets with prominent black leaders to discuss path forward
- New York Times: Ralph Northam Seeks Signs of Support as Crisis Strains Virginia Leadership
- New York Times: Yearbook Pages at Northam’s Medical School Recorded Both Memories and Prejudices
- Washington Post: Northam scandal spawns ‘Plaid Pants’ theory; origin of blackface photo still unclear
- The Intercept: “CHANGE IS TAKING TOO LONG” — CABINET MEMBER SPEAKS OUT AMID GOV. RALPH NORTHAM’S BLACKFACE FALLOUT
- Washington Post: On the brink of historic gains, Virginia Democrats now awash in scandal
- Bloomberg: Ralph Northam and the Power of Parties
- NPR: Ralph Northam Is Just A Small Piece Of The Shift In Race Politics In The Trump Era
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Timeline: Virginia leadership crisis since Friday
- Washington Post: With another blackface revelation in Virginia, here’s who’s third in line for the governorship
- Politico: Sorting through the mess in Virginia
2020
- CNN: Donald Trump’s BIG 2020 edge
- The Center for Public Integrity: DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN CASH MACHINE: BIG, BRAWNY AND BURNING MONEY
- CNN: Trump’s campaign fundraising — and spending — surged at year’s end
- CNN: Trump enters the 2020 election cycle with a massive fundraising lead over Democrats
- Open Secrets: Trump 2020 raises unprecedented $100 million
- The Hill: Poll: Biden leads Dems by 11 points in Iowa
- Politico: Poll: California voters divided on Kamala Harris as president
- CNN: What matters to Democratic voters in 2020? Defeating Trump
- CNN: There’s room for a moderate Democratic presidential candidate in 2020
- FiveThirtyEight: Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative Voters Preferred Trump In 2016
Jaime Harrison
- BuzzFeed: Top Democrats In The Early 2020 Primary States Haven’t Heard Anything From Joe Biden
- Daily Republic: Democrat Jaime Harrison may challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham in SC
- McClatchy: Jaime Harrison pitches SC Democrats on possible Senate run
- Roll Call: Former S.C. Democratic Party chief considering Lindsey Graham challenge
- NPR: Why Democratic 2020 Hopefuls Are So Invested In Stacey Abrams
- The State: SC Dems want to oust Lindsey Graham in 2020. One is considering running
- McClatchy: J. Harrison knows how Democrats can win elections. Are Democrats listening?
- CNN: Odd Couple: How a Republican and a Democrat became friends in South Carolina
- Greenville News: SC Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison running for DNC chair
- NPR: If Chosen To Be DNC Chief, Jaime Harrison Pledges To Rebuild The Party
