In This Episode
Ben Rhodes joins Jon and Tommy to talk about the aftermath of the North Korea summit, Trump’s family separation policy at the border, and why senior Republicans are calling their own party a cult.
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Show Notes:
North Korea Summit:
- Washington Post: Trump and Kim declare summit a big success, but they diverge on the details
- New York Times: Trump Team Sees ‘Major Disarmament’ of North Korea in 2.5 Years
- Politico: ‘Ludicrous’: Pompeo snaps at reporters seeking clarity on North Korea deal
- Vox: The big winner of the Trump-Kim summit? China.
- BuzzFeed: These Are The 12 Weirdest Moments From Trump’s Meeting With Kim Jong Un
What did we get out of the summit?
- Vox: Trump just struck a shockingly weak deal with North Korea – The agreement that Trump and Kim made consists of four main points
- The Atlantic: Donald Trump Actually Seems to Believe He Denuclearized North Korea
What did Kim Jong-un get out of the summit?
- New York Times: What Happened in the Trump-Kim Meeting and Why It Matters
- Washington Post: The good and the bad from Trump’s North Korea summit
- Washington Post: Reporters thought this video was North Korea propaganda. It came from the White House
- New York Times: Opinion: Trump Was Outfoxed In Singapore
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Effusive, Unsettling Flattery of Kim Jong Un
- Washington Post: ‘A great honor’: In a bid for history, Trump flatters North Korea’s totalitarian leader
GOP reaction:
- Think Progress: These senators worked to undermine Obama’s 2015 Iran deal. Now they are cheering Trump
- Daily Beast: GOP Lawmakers Confused by Trump’s Flattery of Kim, Want Buffers on Nuke Deal
- Daily Beast: The GOP Loves Diplomacy—When It’s Not a Democrat Doing It
- Rolling Stone: Republicans Are Straining Themselves to Praise Trump’s North Korea Meeting
Immigration:
- New York Times: Ryan Sets Votes on Immigration as Moderates’ Revolt Falls Short
- Wall Street Journal: House GOP Leadership Gets White House Support on Immigration Vote Plan
- Politico: GOP’s DACA feud lands in Trump’s lap
- Bloomberg: Immigration Rebellion in House Quelled With Promise of Votes
- Daily Beast: Migrant Claims ICE Took Her Baby While She Was Breastfeeding
- NPR: Farmworkers In California Fearful After Immigrant Couple Dies While Fleeing ICE
- New York Times: ICE Came for a Tennessee Town’s Immigrants. The Town Fought Back.
- ABC News: California siblings say ICE detained 62-year-old father despite legal status
- BBC: Judge temporarily halts deportation of NYC pizza delivery man
- Washington Post: Scanning immigrants’ old fingerprints, U.S. threatens to strip thousands of citizenship
- McClatchy: Exclusive: Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children
- Vox: Trump might temporarily house immigrant kids taken from parents in “tent cities”
Trumpification of the GOP:
- Vox: Virginia Republicans just nominated an alt-right hero to run for Senate
- Washington Post: Virginia’s Corey Stewart disavows ties to ‘pro-white’ candidate he once befriended
- ACLU: Documenting the Debate around a “Show Me Your Papers” Policy
- Think Progress: The Group Behind The Harshest Immigration Bill In America
- New York Times: How Corey Stewart Could Endanger Other Virginia Republicans
- Vox: Rep. Steve King retweeted a neo-Nazi, and doesn’t seem sorry about it
- DesMoines Register: Iowa Republican Steve King’s retweet of prominent Nazi sympathizer sparks controversy
- New York Times: Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
- Vox: Paul Nehlen, the alt-right candidate running for Paul Ryan’s seat, explained
- Huffington Post: All The White Supremacists Running For Office In 2018
Is this a good thing for Democrats or just an awful thing for America?:
- New York Times: Democratic Candidate Who Criticized Israel Faces Charges of Anti-Semitism
- New York Times: Virginia Primary Puts Democrats’ Spirit of ’17 to the Test
- CNN: Democratic women win big in key Virginia House primaries
- FiveThirtyEight: What went down in Tuesday’s primary elections
- Sioux City Journal: Scholten wins Iowa 4th primary, advances to face Rep. Steve King
Is this why no Republicans will ever criticize Trump?:
- Washington Post: Rep. Mark Sanford defeated in South Carolina after critical Trump tweet
- New York Times: In the Age of Trump, Mark Sanford’s Political Career Fades
- The Atlantic: Mark Sanford’s Unforgivable Sin
- CNN: Trump ignored advice when he went after Mark Sanford
- Politico: ‘This is the new Republican Party’
- NBC News: Republican Sen. Bob Corker calls GOP ‘cultish’ and ‘fearful’ under Trump
