In This Episode
The President reprises his greatest hits from 2016 at his 2020 re-election kickoff, Joe Biden struggles to keep up with politics in 2019, and Bernie Sanders feels the heat from Elizabeth Warren’s rise. Then Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) talks to Dan about her decision to come out in favor of beginning an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s abuse of power.
Show Notes
Trump kicks off his campaign
- NYT: Trump, at Rally in Florida, Kicks Off His 2020 Re-election Bid.
- WaPo: Trump launches reelection bid with familiar themes, redoubling focus on his most avid backers
- NYT: What We Learned From Trump’s Orlando Rally
- NYT: Fact-Checking Trump’s Orlando Rally: Russia, the Wall and Tax Cuts
- The Atlantic: For True Trump Believers, the Magic Isn’t Lost
- Vox: Trump’s 2020 message: “Depraved” Democrats “want to destroy you”
- New Yorker: In Orlando, Trump Kicks Off His Reëlection Campaign with an Old, Divisive Message
- WaPo: Trump’s threat of mass arrests stinks of weakness and failure
- WaPo: ‘Fuel in the president’s engine’: Trump collects $30 million in two days as he kicks off reelection bid, campaign officials say
- Vox: Trump’s historic one-day fundraising haul, explained – Trump raised nearly $25 million on Tuesday. That’s a ton of money — but it comes with some caveats.
- WaPo: Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week
- NYT: ICE Signals Mass Immigration Arrests, but Not the ‘Millions’ Trump Promised
- WaPo: Trump renews pledge to deport millions, but ICE reality is far more limited
- Vox: Trump blindsides ICE with mass deportation announcement on eve of reelection rally
- BuzzFeed: The ICE Director Said The Trump Administration Will Remove Undocumented Immigrant Families
- NYT: $4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border
- Politico: Former ICE official Homan surprised by Trump’s ‘border czar’ announcement
- NYT: Trump 2016 Returns, This Time as Nostalgia Act
- NY Mag: Inside Trump’s 2020 Campaign Launch in Orlando, It’s Still 2016
- NYT: 2016 All Over Again
- Vox: Trump’s 2020 kickoff made it seem as though he’s still running against Hillary Clinton
- Vox: 2 winners and 4 losers from Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign launch speech
- Politico: Trump stages his greatest show yet
- CNN: The 34 most memorable lines from Donald Trump’s 2020 kickoff rally – By Chris Cilizza –
- CNN: Donald Trump’s secret 2020 weapon
- WaPo: At rally, Trump lied a lot about the economy. Here’s what’s worrying him.
- WaPo: The Daily 202: The Democratic establishment fears the economy, complacency and ‘Sandersism’ could let Trump win
- Vox: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders had 2 very different answers to Trump’s official 2020 campaign launch
- CBS: Trump campaign manager says he’d win in an “electoral landslide” as of today
- Politico: ‘The biggest joke in politics’: Trump campaign chief disses 2020 polling
- CBS: Trump campaign raises $24.8 million in one day for reelection campaign launch
- Vox: Why Trump is launching his reelection bid in Florida – Florida has been a good state for Trump. Democrats want to change that.
- CNN: New poll shows Biden and other top Democrats beating Trump in Florida
- FiveThirtyEight: Should We Take These Early General Election Polls Seriously? $#!% No!
- WaPo: Most GOP voters admit they are ‘embarrassed’ and ‘concerned’ about things Trump says
- FiveThirtyEight: How Front-Runners Can Fail
- Daily Beast: Police Stop Far-Right Proud Boys From Reaching Anti-Trump Protest in Orlando
- HuffPo: Trump’s 2020 Campaign Kickoff Attracted Extremists To A City That Hates Trump
- The Root: Trump Rally Brings Out White Supremacist ‘Proud Boys’ Wearing Matching Polos
- The Hill: Rubio responds to journalist who called it ‘strange’ to see him at Trump rally
- Esquire: Do Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio Look Comfortable in Their Seats on the Trump Train?
2020
- Vox: Joe Biden’s controversial comments about segregationists and wealthy donors, explained
- The Hill: Biden says he doesn’t want to ‘demonize’ wealth: ‘Rich people are just as patriotic as poor people’
- Politico: Biden promises wealthy donors he would not ‘demonize’ the rich
- HuffPo: Joe Biden Promises Rich Donors He Won’t ‘Demonize’ The Wealthy If Elected President
- NYT: Joe Biden Draws Fire from Rivals Over Remarks about Segregationist Senators
- WaPo: ‘We got things done’: Biden recalls ‘civility’ with segregationist senators
- Politico: Biden faces backlash for citing his work with 2 segregationists as a sign of ‘civility’
- Politico: Black lawmakers get Biden’s back amid ‘segregationist’ uproar
- Axios: 1 big thing: Biden’s race backlash
- WaPo: Why Biden can’t take us back to normal
- WaPo: Booker presses Congress to seize ‘historic opportunity’ on back reparations for slavery
- The Atlantic: Read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Testimony on Reparations
- WaPo: Where Mitch McConnell’s rationale for not exploring reparations falls short
- The Atlantic: Everyone Wants to Talk About Reparations. But for How Long?
- The Atlantic: There is not middle ground on reparations
- Vox: The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained
- CNN: Polls: Warren rising, but Biden tops in perceived electability
- CBS News: CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: The “Beat Trump” factor shapes Democratic field
- NY Mag: Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump
- Mother Jones: Joe Biden and the Phantom “Electability” Argument
- WaPo: Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake
- The Atlantic: Trump Has Killed Democrats’ Sense of the Possible
- CNN: Joe Biden announces massive $20 million raised as first debate approaches
- CNN: To beat Biden, his rivals must win in Iowa and New Hampshire
- Politico: Trump’s plan for the Dem debates: Make it about him
- Politico: Biden’s rivals aren’t willing to touch one part of his record
- Politico: Bernie slams Democrats’ ‘corporate wing’ as it warms to Warren
- CNN: Polls: Warren rising, but Biden tops in perceived electability
- Politico: Warren emerges as potential compromise nominee
- WaPo: Sanders wants Democrats to think that Warren’s gains are a function of moderates. They aren’t
- Vox: Are Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders the same? The debate, explained.
- New Yorker: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Two Paths for the American Left
- CNN: Elizabeth Warren’s rise opens a new chapter in the progressive primary
- NYT: Pelosi Dismisses Censuring Trump: ‘If the Goods Are There, You Must Impeach’
- Politico: Pelosi rules out censuring Trump
- Politico: Schiff: House in the dark about DOJ’s 2016 campaign spying probe
- NYT: Buttigieg Tells Police Recruits of the Burden of Racial Injustice
Hope Hicks testimony clips
- Politico: ‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions
- Daily Beast: Hope Hicks Stonewalls, Enrages House Democrats
- NYT: Hope Hicks Declines to Answer Lawmakers’ Questions on Transition and White House.
- Politico: ‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions.
- CNN: Hope Hicks won’t answer questions about the White House in congressional interview.
- WaPo OPED: New Hope Hicks fiasco shows how dangerous a risk Democrats are taking.
Katie Porter
- Politico: Pelosi rules out censuring Trump.
- Politico: Democratic Voters Say Impeachment Proceedings a “Top Priority”
- NYT: Full List: Who Supports an Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump?
- Politico: Moderate Dems push election security to pivot from impeachment debate.
- Politico: Poll: Democratic support for impeachment grows.
- NYT: Liberals Want Trump Impeached, but Centrist Freshmen May Have the Final Say
- Politico: Pelosi holds the line on impeachment.
- NYT: Democrat in Competitive California District Joins Call for Impeachment Inquiry.
- WaPo: Why support for an impeachment inquiry is growing.
- CNN: Democrat who won GOP district in 2018 says she’s in favor of impeachment investigation.
- BuzzFeed: Rep. Katie Porter, Who Flipped A Seat In A GOP Stronghold, Is Calling For An Impeachment Inquiry
- LA Times: Rep. Katie Porter is latest Democrat to support impeachment inquiry.
- LA Times: Here’s where each California Democrat stands on opening an impeachment inquiry on Trump.
- WaPo: For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a personal struggle transcending politics.
- SFC: Rep. Katie Porter backs impeachment inquiry, but her Orange County voters may not.
- LA Times: Katie Porter shows courage on impeaching Trump. Is Pelosi watching?
- NYT: In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic.
- NowThis: Katie Porter Asks Student Loan Servicer About Responsibility to Borrowers.
- CNN: A lawmaker asked Carson about foreclosure properties. He thought she was talking about Oreos.
- MoJo: Watch the Comedy Stylings of Rep. Katie Porter.
- Bloomberg: Lawmaker Challenges Dimon Over JPMorgan Arbitration Plan.
