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May 01, 2018
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"Zombie Correspondents’ Dinner."

In This Episode

Michelle Wolf destroys democracy with jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and Trump moves closer to withdrawing from the Iran deal. Then CNN’s Jake Tapper joins Jon, Jon, and Tommy to talk about politics, the press, Trump, and his new book, The Hellfire Club. And DeRay Mckesson calls in to talk about Seattle’s move to abolish marijuana convictions, and the brand new season of Pod Save the People. 

Show Notes:
Correspondents’ Dinner
  • NYT: Michelle Wolf Sets Off a Furor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
  • WaPo: The harshest jokes from Michelle Wolf’s correspondents dinner speech
  • Daily Beast: Michelle Wolf’s WHCD Honesty Is What America Needs Right Now
  • WaPo: The news media just handed Trump a big win
  • CNN: 5 takeaways on Michelle Wolf’s hugely controversial speech at the White House correspondents’ dinner

North Korea

  • USA Today: Trump: Killing Iran nuclear deal will send ‘right message’ to North Korea ahead of talks
  • NBC – Kelly thinks he’s saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers
  • NBC News: Trump poised to kill Iran deal after Macron’s last-minute mission to America fails
  • Vox: The past 72 hours of North Korea news, explained