In This Episode
Michael Flynn’s cooperation is rewarded, Republicans subvert democracy in Wisconsin, Trump’s tweets tank the markets, and Democrats begin the battle for the 2020 nomination. Then Senator Sherrod Brown joins Jon and Dan to discuss his conversation with Trump about GM, the Green New Deal, how he won Ohio, and his plans for 2020.
Show Notes:
Flynn
- New York Times: Michael Flynn Was a Key Cooperator and Should Serve Little Prison Time, Mueller Says
- Washington Post: Mueller seeks no prison time for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing his ‘substantial assistance’
- Washington Post: Some intriguing lines from Robert Mueller’s Michael Flynn filing
- Vox: 4 takeaways from Mueller’s sentencing memo for Michael Flynn
- New Yorker: Robert Mueller Says Thank You to Michael Flynn
- Daily Beast: Mueller Sends a Message to Targets: Be a Good Cooperator Like Flynn and Be Rewarded
- Lawfare: A Flynntriguing Sentencing Memorandum
- CNN: How to read between the lines of Mueller’s blacked-out memo on Michael Flynn
- The Atlantic: Mueller’s Sentencing Memo for Flynn Doubles as a Warning to Manafort
- Washington Post: The Daily 202: Flynn sentencing memo hints at how much Mueller knows that we still don’t
- Washington Post: Michael Flynn is only the latest shoe to drop. We know others are coming.
- Esquire: Michael Flynn Has Been Singing the Full Score of a German Opera
- Empty Wheel: THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION INTO WHICH FLYNN ASSISTED
- New York Times: As Flynn Case Winds Down, Investigation of Turkish Lobbying Persists
- Bloomberg: Mueller’s Flynn Memo Should Worry Kushner and Trump
- Newsweek: JARED KUSHNER ‘SHOULD BE WORRIED’ ABOUT FLYNN MEMO BECAUSE THEY WERE ‘DOG AND PONY’ CLOSE: CNN PANELIST
- Wired: 14 TRUMP AND RUSSIA QUESTIONS ROBERT MUELLER KNOWS THE ANSWERS TO
- Axios: Mueller spokesman says Manafort memo will be made public
- Yahoo News: Mueller preparing endgame for Russia investigation
- The Atlantic: House Democrats Shift Their Focus From Collusion to Leverage
- Washington Post: Trump’s latest tweets cross clear lines, experts say: Obstruction of justice and witness tampering
- Daily Beast: Trump: Cohen Deserves Prison, Family Getting Off ‘Scott Free’
Wisconsin/North Carolina/Michigan
- New York Times: Wisconsin Republicans Defiantly Move to Limit the Power of Incoming Democrats
- Vox: How Republicans are trying to strip power from Democratic governors-elect
- The Atlantic: ‘Wisconsin Has Never Seen Anything Like This’
- Washington Post: Wisconsin lawmakers vote to strip power from the incoming Democratic governor, attorney general
- Vox: North Carolina wrote the playbook Wisconsin and Michigan are using to undermine democracy
- New York Times: North Carolina Republicans Targeted Voter Fraud. Did They Look at the Wrong Kind?
- Washington Post: The shoe-leather reporting boosting North Carolina’s explosive election fraud investigation
- Washington Post: The man at the center of fraud probe in North Carolina may have been doing this for eight years
- CNN: Why the case for election fraud in North Carolina is strong
- Charlotte Observer: Hold a new election in NC’s tainted 9th District – Editorial
- Politico: Hoyer: House could refuse to seat N.C. Republican until fraud probe is settled
- Washington Post: House Democrat calls for emergency hearing into alleged election fraud in North Carolina
- Huffington Post: Paul Ryan Silent On GOP Power Grab In Wisconsin
Georgia
- New York Times: Republicans Keep Control of Georgia Elections With Runoff Victory
- New York Magazine: John Barrow, Who Inspired No One, Loses
- Vox: Republican Brad Raffensperger wins Georgia secretary of state runoff
Trade
- Vox: Stock market plunges as Wall Street gives Trump’s China deal another look
- Vanity Fair: TRUMP ADMITS HIS “INCREDIBLE” DEAL WITH CHINA IS BULLSHIT
- Washington Post: Trump welcomes optimistic China trade statement as details of negotiations remain vague
- The Atlantic: The ‘Madman’ Behind Trump’s Trade Theory
- Bloomberg: Tariff Man’s Trade War Will Claim Innocent Victims – Op-Ed
- New York Times: A Look at What Happened at the G-20 Summit in Argentina
- New York Times: Trump Warns China That He’s ‘Tariff Man,’ Spooking Stock Investors
- CNBC: ‘Not to sound naive or anything’: Trump says he believes China’s Xi means ‘every word’ on trade truce
- New York Times: DealBook Briefing: Even During a Trade Truce, Trump Is a ‘Tariff Man’ – Uncertainty hangs over the U.S.-China trade deal.
- MSNBC: Trump’s ‘incredible deal’ with China doesn’t appear to exist
- Washington Post: The Finance 202: Stocks tank as ‘Tariff Man’ sows confusion over U.S.-China trade
- Washington Post: The Finance 202: Stocks tank as ‘Tariff Man’ sows confusion over U.S.-China trade -The Trump team hasn’t helped provide clarity since the president’s dinner with Xi.
- Politico: ‘Incredible deal’ or face-saving punt? How the next 90 days must save the U.S.-China agreement
- Daily Beast: Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up
2020
- Washington Post: Beto O’Rourke, who’s pondering a 2020 presidential bid, met with Barack Obama
- CNN: Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum meets with Obama amid 2020 speculation
- CNN: Joe Biden believes he is the ‘most qualified person in the country to be president’
- Washington Post: Joe Biden says he’s ‘most qualified’ to be president. So what?
- Time: Bernie Sanders Is Mulling a ‘Bigger’ 2020 Presidential Bid Despite Signs of Cracks in His Political Base
- Politico: Avenatti announces that he will not run for president in 2020
- Buzzfeed: Deval Patrick’s Decision Not To Run For President Is Personal, His Allies Said
- Washington Post: Wary of repeating 2016 mistakes, Democrats prepare to shake up 2020 presidential debate plan
- Crooked: THE CASE FOR BETO O’ROURKE
- Axios:The Democrats’ wild 2020 free-for-all
- New York Times: For 2020 Democrats, There’s a Lot of ‘Thinking About It’
Sherrod Brown
- CNBC: Political rivals Trump and Sen. Sherrod Brown talk on the phone about how to keep Ohio GM plant open
- The Hill: Sherrod Brown: Trump ‘said he wants to help’ keep GM jobs in Ohio
- CNN: Ohio Senator: Trump said he ‘wants to help’ amid closing of GM plants
- New York Times: Sherrod Brown: Rumpled, Unvarnished and Just Maybe a Candidate for President
- Politico: Sherrod Brown: ‘I don’t know’ if I’m best person to run vs. Trump
- The Hill: Sherrod Brown says he is ‘seriously thinking about’ 2020 presidential bid
- The Blade: Sen. Sherrod Brown bright spot for Ohio Dems
