In This Episode
Trump hits a bump in the road on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans try their hardest to make 2018 about immigrant gang members, and 700 Trump investigation stories break in one day. Then Jason Kander joins Jon and Dan to talk about the midterms and the new season of Majority 54, and Inimai Chettiar of the Brennan Center for Justice talks about the prison reform bill moving through Congress.
Show Notes:
North Korea:
Washington Post – Trump says he will continue to insist on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
Vox: North Korea threatens to cancel Trump summit, reminds world it really loves its nukes
The Atlantic – North Korea’s Dangerous Game of Telephone With the United States – By Uri Friedman
New Yorker – Just How Fragile Is Trump’s North Korea Diplomacy? – By Robin Wright
New York Times – North Korea Threatens to Call Off Summit Meeting With Trump
Trump is an asshole and the Media doesn’t know how to cover it:
New York Times: Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ in Rant
New York Magazine: The Democratic Party Has an ‘MSNBC Problem’ – By Eric Levitz
Axios: 1 big thing: The rise of the pro-Trump media machine
The Russia stuff:
New York Times: Documents Show Promise, and Letdown, Around Trump Tower Meeting
Washington Post: 7 big things we just learned from the Trump Tower meeting testimony
Vox: Read: Donald Trump Jr.’s congressional testimony about the Trump Tower meeting
Washington Post: Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP
Associated Press: Senate Panel Backs Intelligence Agencies on Russian Meddling
Vox: Republican-run Senate committee says Russia tried to help Trump win
New York Times: Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation
New York Times: Trump Discloses Cohen Payment, Raising Questions About Previous Omission
New Yorker – By Ronan Farrow – Missing Files Motivated the Leak of Michael Cohen’s Financial Records
CNN: Novartis top lawyer quits over Cohen payments
Washington Post: Trump’s personal attorney solicited $1 million from government of Qatar
Washington Post: FBI agents said to be probing Michael Cohen’s deal with Korean firm
Reuters – Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas to Trump adviser’s social media consultant
Bloomberg – Mueller Turns His Focus to Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone
Inimai Chettiar:
Rolling Stone – ‘We Don’t Have to Worry About Senator Sessions’
Roll Call – Trump Renews Call for Cop Killers to Get Death Penalty
NPR – White House Adviser Jared Kushner Pushes Prison Reform Bill Forward
The Hill – Trump-backed prison reforms face major obstacles in Senate
Politico – Kushner-backed prison reform bill stumbles in House
Salon – Beyond “law and order”: Criminal justice reform looks like a winning issue in 2018
Daily Beast – The ‘Tough on Crime’ Wave Is Finally Cresting – By Inimai Chettiar
Marshall Project – Can Jared Kushner Save Criminal Justice Reform?
The Atlantic – By Inimai Chettiar – The Many Causes of America’s Decline in Crime
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