The President reprises his greatest hits from 2016 at his 2020 re-election kickoff, Joe Biden struggles to keep up with politics in 2019, and Bernie Sanders feels the heat from Elizabeth Warren’s rise. Then Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) talks to Dan about her decision to come out in favor of beginning an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s abuse of power.

Show Notes

Trump kicks off his campaign

• NYT: Trump, at Rally in Florida, Kicks Off His 2020 Re-election Bid.
• WaPo: Trump launches reelection bid with familiar themes, redoubling focus on his most avid backers
• NYT: What We Learned From Trump’s Orlando Rally
• NYT: Fact-Checking Trump’s Orlando Rally: Russia, the Wall and Tax Cuts 
• The Atlantic: For True Trump Believers, the Magic Isn’t Lost
• Vox: Trump’s 2020 message: “Depraved” Democrats “want to destroy you”
• New Yorker: In Orlando, Trump Kicks Off His Reëlection Campaign with an Old, Divisive Message
• WaPo: Trump’s threat of mass arrests stinks of weakness and failure
• WaPo: ‘Fuel in the president’s engine’: Trump collects $30 million in two days as he kicks off reelection bid, campaign officials say
• Vox: Trump’s historic one-day fundraising haul, explained – Trump raised nearly $25 million on Tuesday. That’s a ton of money — but it comes with some caveats.
• WaPo: Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week
• NYT: ICE Signals Mass Immigration Arrests, but Not the ‘Millions’ Trump Promised
• WaPo: Trump renews pledge to deport millions, but ICE reality is far more limited
• Vox: Trump blindsides ICE with mass deportation announcement on eve of reelection rally
• BuzzFeed: The ICE Director Said The Trump Administration Will Remove Undocumented Immigrant Families
• NYT: $4.6 Billion in Aid Advances to Help Cope With Migrant Surge at Border
• Politico: Former ICE official Homan surprised by Trump’s ‘border czar’ announcement
• NYT: Trump 2016 Returns, This Time as Nostalgia Act
• NY Mag: Inside Trump’s 2020 Campaign Launch in Orlando, It’s Still 2016
• NYT: 2016 All Over Again
• Vox: Trump’s 2020 kickoff made it seem as though he’s still running against Hillary Clinton
• Vox: 2 winners and 4 losers from Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign launch speech
• Politico: Trump stages his greatest show yet
• CNN: The 34 most memorable lines from Donald Trump’s 2020 kickoff rally – By Chris Cilizza –
• CNN: Donald Trump’s secret 2020 weapon
• WaPo: At rally, Trump lied a lot about the economy. Here’s what’s worrying him.
• WaPo: The Daily 202: The Democratic establishment fears the economy, complacency and ‘Sandersism’ could let Trump win
• Vox: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders had 2 very different answers to Trump’s official 2020 campaign launch
• CBS: Trump campaign manager says he’d win in an “electoral landslide” as of today
• Politico: ‘The biggest joke in politics’: Trump campaign chief disses 2020 polling
• CBS: Trump campaign raises $24.8 million in one day for reelection campaign launch
• Vox: Why Trump is launching his reelection bid in Florida – Florida has been a good state for Trump. Democrats want to change that.
• CNN: New poll shows Biden and other top Democrats beating Trump in Florida
• FiveThirtyEight: Should We Take These Early General Election Polls Seriously? $#!% No!
• WaPo: Most GOP voters admit they are ‘embarrassed’ and ‘concerned’ about things Trump says
• FiveThirtyEight: How Front-Runners Can Fail
• Daily Beast:  Police Stop Far-Right Proud Boys From Reaching Anti-Trump Protest in Orlando
• HuffPo:  Trump’s 2020 Campaign Kickoff Attracted Extremists To A City That Hates Trump
• The Root: Trump Rally Brings Out White Supremacist ‘Proud Boys’ Wearing Matching Polos
• The Hill: Rubio responds to journalist who called it ‘strange’ to see him at Trump rally
• Esquire: Do Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio Look Comfortable in Their Seats on the Trump Train?

2020

• Vox: Joe Biden’s controversial comments about segregationists and wealthy donors, explained
• The Hill: Biden says he doesn’t want to ‘demonize’ wealth: ‘Rich people are just as patriotic as poor people’
• Politico: Biden promises wealthy donors he would not ‘demonize’ the rich
• HuffPo: Joe Biden Promises Rich Donors He Won’t ‘Demonize’ The Wealthy If Elected President
• NYT: Joe Biden Draws Fire from Rivals Over Remarks about Segregationist Senators
• WaPo: ‘We got things done’: Biden recalls ‘civility’ with segregationist senators
• Politico: Biden faces backlash for citing his work with 2 segregationists as a sign of ‘civility’
• Politico: Black lawmakers get Biden’s back amid ‘segregationist’ uproar
• Axios: 1 big thing: Biden’s race backlash
• WaPo: Why Biden can’t take us back to normal
• WaPo: Booker presses Congress to seize ‘historic opportunity’ on back reparations for slavery
• The Atlantic: Read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Testimony on Reparations
• WaPo: Where Mitch McConnell’s rationale for not exploring reparations falls short
• The Atlantic: Everyone Wants to Talk About Reparations. But for How Long?
• The Atlantic:  There is not middle ground on reparations
• Vox: The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained
• CNN: Polls: Warren rising, but Biden tops in perceived electability
• CBS News: CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: The “Beat Trump” factor shapes Democratic field
• NY Mag: Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump
• Mother Jones: Joe Biden and the Phantom “Electability” Argument
• WaPo: Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake
• The Atlantic: Trump Has Killed Democrats’ Sense of the Possible
• CNN: Joe Biden announces massive $20 million raised as first debate approaches
• CNN: To beat Biden, his rivals must win in Iowa and New Hampshire
• Politico: Trump’s plan for the Dem debates: Make it about him
• Politico: Biden’s rivals aren’t willing to touch one part of his record
• Politico: Bernie slams Democrats’ ‘corporate wing’ as it warms to Warren
• CNN: Polls: Warren rising, but Biden tops in perceived electability
• Politico: Warren emerges as potential compromise nominee
• WaPo: Sanders wants Democrats to think that Warren’s gains are a function of moderates. They aren’t
• Vox: Are Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders the same? The debate, explained.
• New Yorker: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Two Paths for the American Left
• CNN: Elizabeth Warren’s rise opens a new chapter in the progressive primary
• NYT: Pelosi Dismisses Censuring Trump: ‘If the Goods Are There, You Must Impeach’
• Politico: Pelosi rules out censuring Trump
• Politico: Schiff: House in the dark about DOJ’s 2016 campaign spying probe
• NYT: Buttigieg Tells Police Recruits of the Burden of Racial Injustice

Hope Hicks testimony clips

• Politico: ‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions
• Daily Beast: Hope Hicks Stonewalls, Enrages House Democrats
• NYT: Hope Hicks Declines to Answer Lawmakers’ Questions on Transition and White House.
• Politico: ‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions.
• CNN: Hope Hicks won’t answer questions about the White House in congressional interview.
• WaPo OPED: New Hope Hicks fiasco shows how dangerous a risk Democrats are taking.

Katie Porter

• Politico: Pelosi rules out censuring Trump.
• Politico: Democratic Voters Say Impeachment Proceedings a “Top Priority”
• NYT: Full List: Who Supports an Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump?
• Politico: Moderate Dems push election security to pivot from impeachment debate.
• Politico: Poll: Democratic support for impeachment grows.
• NYT: Liberals Want Trump Impeached, but Centrist Freshmen May Have the Final Say
• Politico: Pelosi holds the line on impeachment.
• NYT: Democrat in Competitive California District Joins Call for Impeachment Inquiry.
• WaPo: Why support for an impeachment inquiry is growing.
• CNN: Democrat who won GOP district in 2018 says she’s in favor of impeachment investigation.
• BuzzFeed: Rep. Katie Porter, Who Flipped A Seat In A GOP Stronghold, Is Calling For An Impeachment Inquiry
• LA Times: Rep. Katie Porter is latest Democrat to support impeachment inquiry.
• LA Times: Here’s where each California Democrat stands on opening an impeachment inquiry on Trump.
• WaPo: For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a personal struggle transcending politics.
• SFC: Rep. Katie Porter backs impeachment inquiry, but her Orange County voters may not.
• LA Times: Katie Porter shows courage on impeaching Trump. Is Pelosi watching?
• NYT: In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic.
• NowThis: Katie Porter Asks Student Loan Servicer About Responsibility to Borrowers.
• CNN: A lawmaker asked Carson about foreclosure properties. He thought she was talking about Oreos.
• MoJo: Watch the Comedy Stylings of Rep. Katie Porter.
• Bloomberg: Lawmaker Challenges Dimon Over JPMorgan Arbitration Plan.