Trump lashes out as investigators close in, Democrats introduce a Green New Deal, and former Mayor Mitch Landrieu joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett live on stage in New Orleans.

Show Notes:

Trump Investigation

• Washington Post: Whitaker agrees to testify before Congress after saying he wouldn’t if under subpoena threat
• Vox: The showdown between Democrats and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, explained
• New York Times: After Heated Exchange, Matthew Whitaker Says He Will Testify Friday Before the House
• Empty Wheel: BIG DICK TOILET SALESMAN MATT WHITAKER CRAMS FOR HIS OPEN BOOK TEST
• Daily Beast: ‘They Hate This Guy’: Matt Whitaker Braces for Showdown With Dems
• CNN: Acting AG Whitaker undergoing significant prep ahead of Friday testimony
• Politico: Trump’s attorney general nominee clears Senate Judiciary Committee
• Bloomberg: Trump Fears Schiff Is Recruiting White House Employees for Probe
• Washington Post: Tensions quickly spiral as Democrats ramp up investigations of Trump administration
• Washington Post: The Mueller investigation has sprouted. Therein lies the jeopardy for Trump.- Op-Ed
• CNN: As Mueller probe winds down, House Trump investigation powers up – Analysis By Stephen Collinson
• Politico: Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over Trump’s tax returns
• New York Times: House Democrats Begin Push to Secure Trump’s Tax Returns
• Washington Post: House Democrats begin hearings on obtaining President Trump’s tax returns
• Washington Post: ‘Unlimited Presidential Harassment’: Trump lashes out again at Democrats for stepped-up oversight
• Washington Post: The many investigations into the administration of Barack Obama – President Trump woke up on Thursday feeling persecuted.
• Washington Post: Trump keeps complaining about ‘presidential harassment’ — which is actually just ‘oversight’
• Washington Post: Trump says Democrats investigating him is ‘PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT.’ He’s called for at least 18 investigations of his opponents.
• Politico: Mueller: Manafort downplayed Russian associate’s conduct even after plea deal
• New York Times: Prosecutors Told Judge That Manafort Might Have Lied in Hopes of a Pardon
• NBC News: Manafort kept working in Ukraine after Mueller indictment, transcript shows
• Washington Post: Sergei Millian, identified as an unwitting source for the Steele dossier, sought proximity to Trump’s world in 2016
• Medium: No thank you, Mr. Pecker
• Washington Post: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos
• Washington Post: Ronan Farrow says he also received ‘blackmail’ threat over reporting on the National Enquirer and Trump
• Wall Street Journal: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Accuses Tabloid of Attempted Blackmail
• Vox: Jeff Bezos says the National Enquirer’s owner threatened to release his “d*ck pick,” so he described it himself
• The Guardian: Bezos blackmail claims add new twist to tale of Trump, Russia and the media
• Boing Boing: Jeff Bezos’ investigator suspects ‘a government agency’ intercepted Amazon CEO’s text messages
• Lawfare: Jeff Bezos Accuses the National Enquirer of Sextortion
• The Atlantic: Jeff Bezos Brings the Receipts
• Politico: 2020 Dems see danger in the Mueller probe
• Politico: DOJ must release redacted Michael Cohen search warrant, judge says
• Wired: WHAT ROBERT MUELLER KNOWS—AND ISN’T TELLING US

Green New Deal

• New York Times: Liberal Democrats Formally Call for a ‘Green New Deal,’ Giving Substance to a Rallying Cry
• Vox: The Green New Deal, explained
• Washington Post: The Energy 202: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey unveil Green New Deal with backing of four presidential candidates
• Axios: The Green New Deal resolution is here
• New Yorker: With the Green New Deal, Democrats Present a Radical Proposition for Combatting Climate Change
• Washington Post: The Green New Deal is more New Deal than Green
• The Atlantic: The Millennial Era of Climate Politics Has Arrived
• Washington Post: The Trailer: 2020 Democrats embrace the Green New Deal litmus test
• Vox: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making the Green New Deal a 2020 litmus test
• Politico: The Impossible Green Dream of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Grist: The Green New Deal is quickly becoming a test for 2020 Democrats
• Think Progress: Ocasio-Cortez inspires Democratic presidential hopefuls to come out swinging on climate change
• Axios: 2020 pressure for Green New Deal
• Washington Post: The Green New Deal? A Green New Deal? Whatever it is, 2020 Democrats support it.
• Washington Post: 2020 hopefuls hesitate to define ‘Green New Deal’
• Bloomberg: Some Climate-Hawk Democrats Cool on Green New Deal
• Politico: The trouble with the Green New Deal
• Washington Post: Is socialism on the rise in the United States?
• Vox: Nancy Pelosi embraces the “enthusiasm” behind the Green New Deal
• Washington Post: Pelosi announces ‘visionary leaders’ for new climate change committee. One name is missing: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
• The Intercept: THE GREEN NEW DEAL TAKES ITS FIRST CONGRESSIONAL BABY STEP, AS PELOSI MOCKS “GREEN DREAM OR WHATEVER”

Mitch Landrieu

• New York Times: Will Mitch Run?
• Politico: Former New Orleans mayor on 2020 run: ‘I don’t think I’m going to do it’
• New Yorker: A Racial Reckoning for Democratic Leaders in Virginia
• New Yorker: The Battle Over Confederate Monuments in New Orleans
• The Advocate: Grace Notes: With Mitch Landrieu likely out of presidential race, the South is, too
• CityLab: Mitch Landrieu Is Not Running From Race
• Politico: Mitch Landrieu Wants to Know: Does He Have to Run for President?
• Politico: The Southern Democrat who could shake up the 2020 field
• The Advocate: Mitch Landrieu: President Trump is ‘stuck on stupid’ regarding partial federal shutdown
• Washington Post: ‘It’s like he took a knee to Putin’: Mitch Landrieu on Helsinki, race, Democrats’ identity crisis
• The Advocate: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu unveils plan to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030
• Washington Post: NOLA mayor: Why I’m taking down my city’s Confederate monuments
• The Advocate: At Welcome Table New Orleans, race is a tough but necessary topic