In This Episode
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is fired because she’s not extreme enough on immigration, Trump courts Jewish voters while accusing them of dual loyalty, Nancy Pelosi counsels pragmatism while predicting a House victory in 2020, and another 40 candidates enter the Democratic primary. Then Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen talks to Tommy about building effective social movements.
Show Notes:
Trump, American Jews and Israel / The Weekend in Trump
- New York Times: Pushing for Tighter Borders, Trump Asks Jews for Support
- CNN: Trump belittles Democrats, says asylum seekers look like they’re ‘fighting for the UFC’
- New York Times: Trump Presses His Argument of a Border Crisis in California Visit
- New York Times: Waiting for Asylum in the United States, Migrants Live in Fear in Mexico
- Los Angeles Times: As U.S. releases thousands of asylum seekers at the border, volunteers struggle to keep pace
- Politico: Trump warns of ‘traffic’ and ‘commercial’ delays at U.S.-Mexico border
- Politico Magazine: Yes, There’s a Crisis on the Border. And It’s Trump’s Fault.
- Wall Street Journal: Trump Says Southern-Border Asylum Seekers Are Running a ‘Scam’
- Washington Post: Trump: Congress needs to ‘get rid of the whole asylum system’
- Washington Post: ‘Our country is full. . . . So turn around,’ Trump warns migrants during border roundtable
- Washington Post: Trump says ‘our country is full,’ but we could actually add a few trillion more people – Analysis
- Vox: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump rage continues
- New York Times: Kirstjen Nielsen Out as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary
- Washington Post: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants
- Washington Post: As Trump struggles to curb unauthorized immigration, his rhetoric gets tougher, but quick solutions are elusive
- Washington Post: Analysis: High-profile departures from the Trump administration
- CBS: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigning after clashes with Trump on immigration
- Los Angeles Times: Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security chief, quits after rocky tenure
- Mother Jones: Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Is Out
- Vox: Trump just withdrew his nominee to lead ICE — and didn’t really explain why
- Washington Post: Trump ditches his nominee to lead ICE, saying he wants someone ‘tougher’ for top immigration enforcement role
- CNN: Trump suddenly pulls ICE nominee to go with someone ‘tougher’
- BuzzFeed: Trump Suddenly Withdrew His Nominee To Lead The Top Immigration Enforcement Agency, Saying He Wants Someone “Tougher”
- Haaretz: ‘Such Statements Feed Bigotry’: Jewish American Groups Slam Trump for Dual Loyalty Comment
- The Intercept: Donald Trump, Not Ilhan Omar, Accused American Jews of Dual Loyalty
- Haaretz: Analysis Calling Out Omar and Democrats’ ‘anti-Semitism,’ Trump Pulls Jewish Dual Loyalty Trope
- Business Insider: Trump spoke to an audience of American Jews and referred to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu as ‘your prime minister’
- Talking Points Memo: Trump’s Consistent: Jews are Outsiders
- Politico: Pro-Trump Republicans plan big-money play for the Jewish vote in 2020
- The Forward: Trump, Pence Speeches At Republican Jewish Coalition Event Show Group’s Rise
- Vox: Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar hours after a supporter was charged with threatening to kill her
- Vox: “Jexodus,” the fake departure of American Jews from the Democratic Party, explained
- New York Times: Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
- Washington Post: Netanyahu said Israel would annex settlements in the West Bank. Palestinians pledge to ‘resist.’
- Reuters: Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card: settlement annexation
- Bloomberg: Netanyahu Floats Settlement Annexation After Trump’s Golan Move
- Associated Press: Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected
- New York Times: In Israel Election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot
- Washington Post: Israel’s Netanyahu, a political Houdini, is facing his toughest escape act yet
- NPR: How A Decade Of Netanyahu Has Reduced The Chances Of A 2-State Solution
- Wall Street Journal: Israel’s Election Is Seen as a Referendum on Netanyahu in a Country He Helped Transform
- New Yorker: Netanyahu, Gantz, and Five Scenarios for the Israeli Election
- Axios: Beto O’Rourke calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu racist
- Washington Post: No president has recognized Israel’s control of the Golan Heights. Trump changed that with a tweet.
- Washington Post: Netanyahu faces pressure for tougher Gaza response on return home from Washington
Pelosi and the House
- Washington Post: Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020
- Politico: Inside Pelosi’s playbook to wrangle the freshmen
- Vox: Barack Obama warns against a “circular firing squad” over ideological purity in politics
- New York Times: Obama Evokes Nostalgia in Germany, but Message Focuses on Future Struggles
- Washington Post: Obama says he worries about ‘rigidity’ among liberal Democrats
- CNN: Obama worries about progressives’ ‘rigidity’ leading to ‘circular firing squad’ among Democratic Party
- Washington Post: ‘I’m agnostic’: Pelosi questions whether Medicare-for-all can deliver benefits of Obamacare
- Politico: Pelosi aide sought to undercut Medicare for All
- The Intercept: TOP NANCY PELOSI AIDE PRIVATELY TELLS INSURANCE EXECUTIVES NOT TO WORRY ABOUT DEMOCRATS PUSHING “MEDICARE FOR ALL”
- NBC News: Nancy Pelosi urges caution on ‘Medicare for All,’ says Obamacare is best path to ‘quality, affordable’ health care
- Mother Jones: Why Progressives Are Divided on Pelosi’s Obamacare Bill
- BuzzFeed: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Formed An Unlikely Alliance With Nancy Pelosi. Now It’s Facing Its First Real Test.
- Huffington Post: Progressives Support Shoring Up ACA Before Tackling Medicare For All
- Vox: The progressive base is more pragmatic than you might think
- New York Times: House Democratic Campaign Arm Nears War With Liberals Over Primary Fights
- Politico: Cheri Bustos takes on the new left
- Roll Call: Campaign consultants frozen out of DCCC money create ‘The Blacklist’
- Washington Post: Ocasio-Cortez, other House freshmen resist new incumbent-favoring DCCC rule
- The Intercept: PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS SLAMS DCCC HEAD CHERI BUSTOS FOR HER ASSAULT ON PRIMARY CHALLENGERS
2020
- Washington Post: Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio joins Democratic presidential race
- Axios: Tim Ryan: Everything you need to know about the 2020 candidate
- FiveThirtyEight: How Tim Ryan Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination
- New York Times: Where Tim Ryan Stands on the Issues
- Washington Post: Tim Ryan is running for president. He may not be what you think.- Plumline
- Plain Dealer: Tim Ryan could boost Ohio’s claim as the mother of presidents
- The Atlantic: Eric Swalwell Is Running for President on Gun Safety
- San Francisco Chronicle: Eric Swalwell looks like he’s running for president. The question is why
- Axios: Rep. Eric Swalwell expected to announce 2020 presidential run
- CNN: Rep. Eric Swalwell eyeing 2020 announcement this month
- CNN: Bennet says despite cancer diagnosis, he’s ‘looking forward to running in 2020’
- Bloomberg: Michael Bennet Says He’s Planning 2020 Democratic Bid Despite Cancer
- Washington Post: Sen. Michael Bennet has an ‘unanticipated hurdle’ in potential 2020 bid: prostate cancer
- Denver Post: Michael Bennet introduces Obamacare expansion in U.S. Senate
- New York Magazine: Senate Democrat Apologizes for Putting Too Little Trust in Mitch McConnell
- Politico: Colorado Sen. Bennet says he’s ‘very inclined’ to run for president
- Washington Post: The Daily 202: Decrying court packing, Michael Bennet pleads with Democrats to care more about electability
- New York Times: Is Bill de Blasio Running for President in 2020? Sure Looks Like It
- Politico Magazine: Too Many Democrats Are Running in 2020, According to Science
- NBC News: Where will it stop? The overwhelming, ever-expanding Democratic field
- Politico: Why not me? After Beto, House Dems pile into 2020 contest
- Washington Post: The Trailer: Answers to your questions on Biden, health care and campaign tunes
- Washington Post: With the most diverse presidential field ever, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump
- Washington Post: The Trailer: In the Sharpton primary, Democrats put civil rights and reparations at center stage
Amanda Nguyen
- NPR: Rise CEO Amanda Nguyen Coaches A New Generation Of Civil Rights Fighters
- Shondaland: Meet the Woman Who Changed the Law to Protect Survivors of Sexual Assault
- Forbes: Forbes 30 Under 30 Alumna Amanda Nguyen Launches Rise Justice Labs, An Incubator For Civil Rights Movements
- The Cut: The Changemakers: Inside the #MeToo and Time’s Up Revolutions
- Newsweek: Innovator: Amanda Nguyen
- Mogul: #IAmAMogul: An Interview with Amanda Nguyen, CEO and founder of Rise, a national nonprofit working to implement a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights.
