In This Episode
Trump embraces lawlessness on immigration, congressional Democrats press for Trump’s tax returns, and the 2020 candidates hit the trail in an economy that is growing while growing more unequal. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan and Demos’s Heather McGhee live on stage in Boston.
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Show Notes:
Purging leadership
- Vox: The post-purge agenda: what the White House wants next on immigration
- Politico: White House eyeing former head of anti-immigration group for DHS job
- Politico: Another top immigration official to leave Friday
- Washington Post: Senate Republicans push White House to stop purge at Homeland Security
- New York Times: The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point
- Axios: Trump’s hardline border plan
- NBC News: Trump admin wants to make asylum harder by putting border agents in charge
- New York Times: Trump Administration to Push for Tougher Asylum Rules
- New York Times: Trump Signals Even Fiercer Immigration Agenda, With a Possible Return of Family Separations
- Politico: It’s Trump vs. Trump as immigration divides White House
- Washington Post: Miller and Kushner on a potential collision course in Trump’s border crisis
- Washington Post: Trump administration considers revised version of family separation tactic
- Politico: Top aides appear to contradict Trump on family separation
- Washington Post: DHS lawyers signal agency will not send migrants back to Mexico, abiding by court ruling
- Washington Post: U.S. asylum process is at the center of Trump’s immigration ire
- The Atlantic: Kirstjen Nielsen’s Job Prospects Are Probably Pretty Slim
- Washington Post: As Trump pushes Kirstjen Nielsen out the door, liberal groups try to prevent a soft landing
- CNN: Trump pushed to close El Paso border, told admin officials to resume family separations and agents not to admit migrants
- Vox: Trump laments that US troops can’t get “rough” with migrants at the border
- New York Times: In San Antonio, a Preview of How Immigration Could Play Out in 2020
- Bloomberg: Trump’s Weaponization of Border Crisis Pressures 2020 Democrats to Offer Their Own Vision
- Los Angeles Times: Trump’s immigration chaos gives Democrats an opening
Tax returns
- New York Times: Treasury Dept. Declines House Request for Trump’s Tax Returns
- Washington Post: Treasury says it will miss Democrats’ deadline for turning over Trump tax returns, casts skepticism over request
- Axios: IRS commissioner: No rule against releasing Trump’s tax returns while under audit
- Washington Post: Trump’s tax return scam has taken yet another turn
- Washington Post: Mulvaney says Democrats will never see Trump’s tax returns
- New York Times: Donald Trump’s Tax Returns: What We Might Learn
- CNN: Democrats cry foul over Mnuchin role in Trump tax return drama
- Vox: The fight for Trump’s tax returns is just getting started
- Slate: How Democrats in Congress Could Easily—and Quickly—Get Their Hands on Trump’s
- New York Times: To Get Trump’s Tax Returns, N.Y. Democrats Try a New Strategy
- New York Times: Attorney General William Barr Thinks ‘Spying Did Occur’ on Trump Campaign
- CNN: Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence
- Washington Post: Adam Schiff just issued a stark warning about William Barr – Plumline
- Politico: Pelosi: Barr is ‘going off the rails’
- Associated Press: AP Interview: Pelosi: ‘I don’t trust Barr; I trust Mueller’
- CNN: Barr obliterates honest broker persona with ‘spying’ comment
- CNN: Barr is doing exactly what he came to do: Protect Trump
- Daily Beast: Barr Sounds More and More Like Trump’s Roy Cohn
- Washington Post: William Barr is doing exactly what Trump hired him to do – Plumline
- Washington Post: William Barr’s highly questionable use of Trump’s ‘spying’ talking point
2020
- NBC: Many People Aren’t Noticing Their Tax Cuts
- Washington Post: Is America divided between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’? Most people say no.
- CNBC: Americans don’t support Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to break up big tech: Poll
- Quinnipiac: Biden Is On Top Of Democratic Presidential Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Voters Say They Definitely Won’t Vote For Trump
- Quinnipiac: 75% Of Americans Optimistic About Financial Future, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Economic News Does Not Reflect Real World, They Say
- Morning Consult: Trump’s Popularity Unchanged After Completion of Mueller Probe
- CNN: CNN Poll: 7 in 10 say economy in good shape — and Trump may reap the benefits
- Vox: Taxing the rich is extremely popular – A 70 percent top rate polls well; Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax polls even better.
- Pew: Public’s 2019 Priorities: Economy, Health Care, Education and Security All Near
