In This Episode
A secret recording of Trump and Cohen conspiring about hush money is released, the President retreats from his own trade war, and he steps up his attacks on the media. Then Democratic candidate Danny O’Connor joins Jon and Dan to talk about his campaign to win the special election for Ohio’s 12th congressional district on Tuesday, August 7th.
Show Notes:
Tale of the tape:
- CNN: Exclusive: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape
- New York Times: Michael Cohen Releases Tape of Trump Discussing Hush Money for Playboy Model
- Washington Post: The Trump-Michael Cohen tape transcript, annotated
- Vox: The Trump-Cohen tape, explained
- The Guardian: Trump-Cohen tape: the conversation, controversy and key claims
- Vanity Fair: “I Am Laying Down A Marker”: Lanny Davis Reveals His Bazooka P.R. Strategy
The Guiliani Defense:
- The Hill: Giuliani on Trump-Cohen audio
- Fox News: Giuliani responds to release of secret Trump-Cohen recording
- Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump’s Legal Team Submits Counteroffer for Possible Interview in Mueller Probe
- Washington Post: Giuliani’s new Mueller theory actually reveals weakness of Trump’s position
- Esquire: Rudy Giuliani Did Some Extremely Bad Lawyering in Defense of the Trump-Cohen Tape
How big of a deal is this?
- New York Times: How Michael Cohen’s Audio Clip Unraveled Trump’s False Statements
- The Atlantic: All the President’s Hush Money
- New Yorker: The Really Bad News for Donald Trump on the Michael Cohen Tape
- Daily Beast: Michael Cohen’s Tape Sounds Like He Could Bring Down Trump
Will a single opinion of Trump be changed?:
- NBC News: NBC/WSJ poll: Trump is stronger with the base, weaker with the middle
- New York Times: What Doesn’t Kill Him Makes Him Stronger
House Republicans move to impeach Rosenstein:
- NBC News: House Republicans file impeachment resolution against Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein
- New York Times: Trump Wants to Delay Putin Meeting Until ‘After the Russia Witch Hunt’
Tariff Bailout:
- New York Times: To Ease Pain of Trump’s Trade War: $12 Billion in Aid for Farmers
- Washington Post: White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war
- CBS News: Trump’s economic chief Larry Kudlow on trade disputes: “Don’t blame Trump”
- Bloomberg: Kudlow Says Farm Subsidies Temporary, Needed to Fix Broken Trade
- Yahoo News: Kudlow: I’m not a fan of tariffs, but Trump is right because trade is broken
- LA Times: Trump moves to allay Republicans’ election-year concerns with his actions on trade and Russia
Is this an admission that Trump is losing his own trade war?:
- Washington Post: The White House admits its trade war is hurting farmers — with a $12 billion bailout
- CNN: Federal aid for farmers is nothing new, but Trump’s bailout is
- CBS News: Soybean farmer calls Trump’s $12 billion aid plan a “pacifier”
- Vox: Trump claims the US lost $817 billion on trade last year. That’s wrong
- Vox: Trump: “Tariffs are the greatest.” Also farmers need $12 billion in aid because of tariffs.
GOP reaction to the bailout:
- Washington Post: Trump’s farmer bailout is backfiring among Republican lawmakers
- Politico: ‘Like a Soviet-type economy’: GOP free traders unload on Trump
- NBC News: Senate Republicans pan Trump farm relief, call for end to trade wars
- CNBC: House Financial Services chairman splits with Trump on farm relief plan: ‘I think Donald Trump has too much power’
- Cleveland.com: John Kasich calls Trump’s farm bailout plan ‘terrible, terrible policy’
- Axios: What they’re saying: Republicans diss Trump’s aid to farmers
Trump Avoids tariff war with Europe:
- New York Times: United States and Europe Avoid Trade War With Preliminary Agreement, Further Talks
- Vox: “A semi-truce”: Trump makes an EU deal to avoid a trade war
- Washington Post: Trump, E.U. announce deal to avert escalation of trade tensions
- Wall Street Journal: U.S., EU Agree to Resolve Trade Differences
- Washington Post: Top American brands say
Sinclair:
- Politico: FCC sends Sinclair mega-deal to likely doom
- The Atlantic: The Sudden Demise of Sinclair’s Merger With Tribune
- Vox: Sinclair’s plan to take over local news just hit an unexpected roadblock: Trump’s FCC
- Washington Post: Trump criticizes FCC for moving to block Sinclair-Tribune merger
- Vox: Trump needs his alternate reality to survive — and he knows it – An important part of “Donald Trump’s success has been his cultivation of a base that lives in an alternate reality
- New York Times: Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality
- Politico: Pai stands by Sinclair decision in face of Trump’s outrage
- Politico: Kushner: We struck deal with Sinclair for straighter coverage
Is this really “a new low” for the White House?:
What does it look like when people really cover this White House crew honestly?:
- BBC: Sean Spicer: I became the story too often
- Huffington Post: BC Reporter Grills Sean Spicer For Pushing Trump’s Lies
Danny O’Connor:
- O’Connor for Congress
- Cleveland.com: Aug. 7 special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District could be seen as a referendum on Trump: Thomas Suddes
- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s 12th District special election: Republican Troy Balderson banking on historically red district to carry him to Congress
- Los Angeles Times: Trump endorses Balderson for 12th Congressional District
- The Guardian: Democrats look for balancing act to win key Ohio district from Republicans
- Washington Post: Ohio Democrat learns that any comment about Nancy Pelosi can and will be used against you
- CNN: Outside money pours into Ohio special election
- Los Angeles Times: Can moderate Democrats rise again? The answer may be in Ohio
- CNN: Democrats look for a Conor Lamb redux in Ohio’s special election
- ABC6: 12th Congressional race now called a ‘toss up’
- The Columbus Dispatch: After long dissing Pelosi, O’Connor now says he could vote for her as speaker
- Washington Post: In Ohio, less GOP talk about tax cuts and more about ‘the resistance’
- Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: How the Final GOP-Trump Tax Bill Would Affect Ohio Residents’ Federal Taxes,
- National Institute on Drug Abuse: Ohio Opioid Summary
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Medicaid Expansion Dramatically Increased Coverage for People with Opioid-Use Disorders, Latest Data Show
- WOSU: Opioids Dominating Bigger Chunk Of Ohio’s Medicaid Program,” by Associated Press,
- WOSU: Kasich Warns Fellow Republicans Against Undercutting Ohio’s Medicaid Expansion
- Cleveland.com: Trump tariffs produce winners, losers, and worriers in Ohio
