With just two weeks left to avoid a government shutdown, Kevin McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, even though Republicans have provided zero evidence that Biden did anything wrong. Trump outlines his radical vision for a potential second term as the President unloads on “Maganomics.” Then, Representative Jamie Raskin joins to break down the House Democrats’ counterattack plan on impeachment. And: strap-ons in the Senate! How a hearing on book bans turned X-rated.

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SHOW NOTES:

• House Press Releases: Rep. Raskin Releases Statement on the ‘Overwhelming Failure’ of Republicans’ ‘Top Priority’ Investigation
• Politico: Trump privately discussed Biden impeachment with House GOPers
• Politico: How Donald Trump’s DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe
• Politico: The IRS whistleblower at the heart of the Hunter Biden probe took notes. We’ve got them.
• ABC News: McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into President Biden 
• CNN: McCarthy calls for formal impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from conservatives
• NBC News: House Oversight Democrats prepare Biden defense amid impeachment threats
• VanityFair: House Democrats: Republicans Backing Biden Impeachment Should Just Give It a Rest
• YahooNews: Jamie Raskin Says Republicans Have ‘Conclusively Disproven’ Their Own Biden Corruption Allegations  
• NBCNews: Raskin: Trump ‘doesn’t want to be the only one on the ballot who’s been impeached before’
• Reuters: Jamie Raskin, prominent Trump foe in U.S. House, diagnosed with cancer
• WaPo: Trump advisers plot aggressive new tax cuts for second White House term
• Hill: White House, Biden campaign bash reported Trump plans for corporate tax cut
• WaPo: Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war (8/22/23)
• CAP: Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio (3/27/23)
• NYMag: Trump’s Economic Plan: Raise Taxes on the Middle Class, Cut Them on the Rich
• U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature
• TheHill: Book ban defenders use sex scenes to make their point at Senate hearing 
• ALA: Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022
• USAToday: ‘Don’t give an inch on this’: Lawmakers argue over book bans in heated hearing
• WashingtonPost: Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges
• HarvardGazette: Who’s getting hurt most by soaring LGBTQ book bans? Librarians say kids.
• NBCNews: Schools banned books about Black life. Black kids are reading anyway.
• NPR: Local libraries have become a major political and cultural battleground
• NYer: What Are We Protecting Children from by Banning Books? (3/10/23)LATimes: How drag queen story hour became a battle over gender, sexuality and kids
• ALA: ​​Large majorities of voters oppose book bans and have confidence in libraries (3/24/22)
• NYT: A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans (updated 1/10/23)