In This Episode
Marcy Wheeler joins Jon and Dan to break down Individual-1’s very bad day and discuss the future of the Trump investigation, Pelosi wins her caucus vote for Speaker, Schumer kicks off shutdown negotiations, and Sherrod Brown shows Democrats how to talk about Trump and the economy.
Show Notes:
ACA deadline
Mississippi election
- New York Times: In Electing Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Stays True to Its Conservative Roots
- CNN: Mississippi runoff: What we learned from 2018’s last Senate race
Congress
- New York Times: Democrats Nominate Pelosi to Be Speaker but With Significant Defections
- Vox: It’s official: Nancy Pelosi is Democrats’ nominee for speaker
- Roll Call: Problem Solvers to Back Pelosi for Speaker After Reaching Agreement on Rules Changes
- Washington Post: House leadership elections: Pelosi seeks to shore up votes for speaker
- The Nation: How Nancy Pelosi Won Over Progressive Insurgents in Her Fight to Run the House
- The Atlantic: Nancy Pelosi Wouldn’t Cut a Deal That Would Ensure Her Speakership
- Vox: The latest government shutdown talks hinge on Trump’s border wall, again
- Politico: Exclusive: Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall funding
- Think Progress: WTF is Schumer doing?
- New York Magazine: Trump: The Dreamers Are My Hostages – But the Wall Is Not My Ransom
Economy
- New York Times: For the American Economy, Storm Clouds on the Horizon
- CNBC: Economists see the Trump economy slowing drastically next year before a possible recession in 2020
- New York Times: G.M. to Idle Plants and Cut Thousands of Jobs as Sales Slow
- NBC News: After General Motors layoffs, more bumps ahead for U.S. auto industry
- Washington Post: GM to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers, halt production at five plants in U.S. and Canada
- Washington Post: Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post
- Washington Post: The Finance 202: Trump blames Fed Chair Powell for GM closures, too
- ABC News: Why Trump’s threat to pull GM subsidies is empty fumes
- Chicago Tribune: Trump’s threat to kill GM’s subsidies draws plenty of skepticism
- Akron Beacon Journal: Trump blames Sherrod Brown for GM’s decision to cut Lordstown jobs
- Politico: Sherrod Brown: Any year-end tax bill must address GM layoffs
- Associated Press: Sen. Sherrod Brown urges action on auto bill; wants to save GM jobs
- Mansfield News Journal: Sherrod Brown says he will continue to fight for Lordstown autoworkers
- Dayton Daily News: Trump blames Ohio senator for part of GM decision
- Washington Post: The Daily 202: GM layoffs show why there’s a crisis of confidence in American capitalism
- The Atlantic: Women May Earn Just 49 Cents on the Dollar
- Washington Post: Three ways of looking at public attitudes about the Trump economy
- CNN: Voters mostly dislike Trump even as they like how he’s doing with the economy — which could mean trouble for his 2020 re-election campaign
- CNN: GM layoffs spell serious trouble for Trump
- Vox: US farms are going bankrupt at an alarming rate. Trump’s trade war is partially to blame.
- CNN: Trump’s unconventional presidency is hurting his 2020 chances
Yo, Collusion
- Vox: The past 24 hours in Trump-Russia news, explained
- CNN: Manafort lied after pleading guilty, Mueller’s team says
- Wall Street Journal: Manafort Lied About Business Dealings, Mueller’s Team Believes
- Crooked: HOW BIG IS MUELLER’S LATEST BOMBSHELL?
- CNN: Manafort deal collapses: What it means for Mueller
- New York Times: Manafort’s Lawyer Said to Brief Trump Attorneys on What He Told Mueller
- Washington Post: Giuliani’s bizarre bragging about the Manafort-Trump alliance highlights new obstruction questions
- The Guardian: Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy, sources say
- Vanity Fair: “IT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST GET THIS YEAR”: HOW THE GUARDIAN’S BOMBSHELL SET OFF ITS OWN LITTLE MEDIA WORLD WAR
- Washington Post: Conservative author and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi says he is rejecting plea deal from special counsel
- The Atlantic: A New Indictment Looms in the Mueller Probe
- Vox: Jerome Corsi, the conspiracy theorist now entangled in the Mueller investigation, explained
- Washington Post: Jerome Corsi is a Harvard-trained conspiracy kingpin. But is he the link between WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign?
- NBC: Mueller has emails from Stone pal Corsi about WikiLeaks Dem email dump
- New York Times: Roger Stone Sought WikiLeaks’ Plans Amid 2016 Campaign, Associate Says
- Wall Street Journal: Jerome Corsi Says Roger Stone Sought ‘Cover Story’ for 2016 Tweet
- Daily Beast: Trump and Jerome Corsi Have a Defense Agreement, Giuliani Says
- Washington Post: Corsi provided early alert to Stone about WikiLeaks release, according to draft special counsel document
- Politico: Trump claims ‘heroes’ will emerge from Mueller’s Russia probe
- Washington Post: Trump calls Mueller a ‘conflicted prosecutor gone rogue’
- CNN: Exclusive: Two key answers from Trump to Mueller
- Politico: Republicans block Mueller protection bill from Senate floor vote
Marcy Wheeler
- Huffington Post: Paul Manafort’s Nonstop Lying May Have Done Robert Mueller A Huge Favor
- Empty Wheel: TRUMP’S TWO DENIALS COULD PROVIDE REASON FOR MUELLER TO DEMAND AN INTERVIEW
- Empty Wheel: JEROME CORSI PREPARED THE LIES HE TOLD SPECIAL COUNSEL
- Empty Wheel: MUELLER JUST GUARANTEED HE CAN ISSUE A PUBLIC REPORT
