In This Episode
Trumpworld and the Washington media make sweeping conclusions over a report they’ve never seen, Democrats pivot to health care after the Trump Administration declines to defend the Affordable Care Act in court, and Democrats work to counter Trump’s 2020 message that they’re radical extremists. Then Andrew Gillum talks to Dan about his new effort to register voters in Florida and turn the state blue in 2020. Also – Pod Save America is going on tour! Get your tickets now: crooked.com/events.
Show Notes:
Special election notice
- NBC News: Battleground Wisconsin hosts warm-up race for 2020
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Republican group spending more than $1 million to help Brian Hagedorn in Wisconsin court race
Mueller
- New York Times: For Trump’s Aides, Celebratory Dinners and a Hunger for Revenge
- New York Times: Russian Vodka. A ‘No Collusion Day’ Rally. Trump Fans Celebrate the Mueller Report.
- Wall Street Journal: Russian Lawmakers Celebrate Mueller’s Conclusion on Trump
- CNN: Inside Trump’s evening for the ages: When he learned Mueller was done
- Washington Post: ‘I am pissed off’: Hannity and other Fox News hosts rage at Democrats, media over Mueller report
- Washington Post: Trump and his allies plan to use Barr’s summary of Mueller report as a cudgel against critics
- Washington Post: Attorney general expected to miss deadline for giving Mueller report to Congress, will not commit to releasing it in full
- Wall Street Journal: Barr Agrees to Testify, Demurs on Timeline for Sharing Mueller Report With Congress
- Axios: Bill Barr agrees to testify on “very substantial” Mueller report
- Politico: Nadler ‘disturbed’ that Barr won’t commit to providing full Mueller report
- Vanity Fair: PELOSI: NO REASON TO TRUST BARR, THAT BOOT-LICKING HACK
- New York Times: Mueller’s Investigation Erases a Line Drawn After Watergate
- CNN: Pelosi says Barr believes Trump is ‘above the law’
- New York Times: Why Did Mueller Bypass a Call on Obstruction? What We Know and Don’t
- Lawfare: What Does the Barr Letter Actually Say About Collusion?
- Lawfare: Unpacking the Obstruction of Justice Mystery in the Barr Letter
- New York Times: William Barr, Media Handler – Op-Ed
- Washington Post: Comey: ‘It doesn’t make sense’ that Mueller didn’t rule on obstruction of justice
- Empty Wheel: THE ROGER STONE INDICTMENT PROVES BARR’S MEMO UNDERSTATES TRUMP FLUNKIES’ COMPLICITY
- Empty Wheel: THREE TIMES WILLIAM BARR SAID TRADING PARDONS FOR FALSE TESTIMONY WAS OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
- Empty Wheel: ROD ROSENSTEIN DIDN’T EVEN CLEAR TRUMP ON ALL THE TOPICS HE HIRED MUELLER TO INVESTIGATE
- Vox: Why Trump’s “no collusion” victory lap is premature
- Politico: Mueller grand jury ‘continuing robustly,’ prosecutor says
- Vox: Mueller’s many loose ends
- Axios: Trump: “It wouldn’t bother me at all” to release full Mueller report
- Vox: Pelosi urges House Democrats to “get the goods” but not become too consumed by the Mueller report
- Washington Post: The Democrats’ post-Mueller dilemma
- Washington Post: ‘Undoubtedly there is collusion’: Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy
- Axios: McConnell blocks resolution to release full Mueller report
- Washington Post: House Democrats request 10 years of Trump financial records
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Call for Russian Hacking Makes Even Less Sense After Mueller
Health care
- New York Times: In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push for Nullifying Health Act
- Washington Post: Trump surprises Republicans — and pleases Democrats — with push to revive health-care battle
- Associated Press: 11.4M sign up for Obama-era health plans this year
- Washington Post: House GOP leader McCarthy sought to deter Trump from pursuing destruction of Obamacare
- Axios: Scoop: Kevin McCarthy tells Trump new health care push makes no sense
- The Atlantic: President Trump Still Wants to Repeal Obamacare
- Politico: Clyburn on Mueller probe: ‘That’s a chapter that’s closed’
- Washington Post: Obama, Pelosi stress pragmatism as Democrats seek to move past Mueller report
- Washington Post: Answering the liberal clamor, Pelosi rolls out limited proposals on health care and environment
- CNN: House Democratic leaders to unveil health bill, minus Medicare for All
- CNN: Pelosi’s Boehner moment – Analysis
- Politico: Senate Dems to try to stop DOJ’s funding for Obamacare lawsuit support
- Huffington Post: Republican Lawmakers Want The White House To Take The Lead On Obamacare Repeal
- CNN: Unlike Mueller, health care will likely be a top issue in 2020
- Vox: Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky
- Washington Post: Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas
- Quinnipiac: 84% Of U.S. Voters Want To See Mueller Report, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Dems Divided On Support For Israelis Or Palestinians
- Washington Post: There’s widespread support for overhauling health care in a more progressive direction – Plumline
- Roll Call: How ‘Medicare for All’ went from pipe dream to mainstream
- The Hill: Sanders: ‘You’re damn right’ health insurance companies should be eliminated
- New York Magazine: Bernie Sanders Won’t Support House Democrats’ Plan to Strengthen Obamacare
2020
- Axios: Inside the Trump campaign’s plan of attack
- NBC News: Senate fails to advance Green New Deal as Democrats protest McConnell ‘sham vote’
- New York Times: People Actually Like the Green New Deal – Op-Ed
- CNN: Now it’s up to voters to give the verdict on Trump’s presidency
Andrew Gillum
- New York Times: ‘Florida Is Tired of Being a Cheap Date’: Andrew Gillum Wants to Help Democrats Win in 2020
- Politico: Gillum’s ‘red flag’ plan to stop Trump: 1M more Florida voters
- Vox: “Listen, man, we’re used to working”: Andrew Gillum on why O’Rourke is running for president and he’s not
- BuzzFeed News: Stacey Abrams And Andrew Gillum Have An Overarching Goal: Stay In The Fight And Don’t Miss The Moment
- CNN: Gillum launches voter registration drive in Florida aimed at beating Trump in 2020
- Politico: Trump in trouble in Florida poll
- FiveThirtyEight: What Early 2020 Ratings Can And Can’t Tell Us
- Washington Post: Liberal groups plan early anti-Trump campaign efforts in key 2020 states
- The Atlantic: Democrats’ Two Roads to Beating Trump
- Priorities USA: Battleground Briefing 2020
