Bunker Politics

He's holding us hostage

• President threatens transgender people in the U.S. Military, and they're OK with the backlash?
• DOJ argues the Civil Rights act does not protect gay employees
• Ivan & Red recommend Radiolab Presents: More Perfect
• The Senate gets one through then is shot down a bunch
• Trump discusses pardons
• House votes for sanctions against Russia
• The Mooch

Come see Red August 3-6 in Sunnyvale, featuring for Michelle Wolf at Rooster T. Feathers!!!

Charity of the week:Trans Lifeline

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Presidents and their trucks

• We go in on the latest NYT interview with Trump
• Putin & Trump's secret meeting
• Muller gunna Mueller
• Manafort in debt to Russian Business interests
• The BRCA's collapse
• Repeal only?
• Trump knee-capping Obamacare
• Sessions allows police to seize property without proving guilt

Journalist of the week: Maggie Haberman & Peter Baker

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Conclusion? Not Collusion! (It is absolutely collusion)

• A 29 second handshake
• Donald Trump Jr. meeting with The Russian Government and documenting it via emails, which he then released
• • A Soviet counterintelligent officer was at this meeting
• The next round of Trumpcare
• Travel ban still awful! But very slightly less so
• White House releases comments on the election commission
• K.C. tries to be meme-able

Journalist of the week: Donald Trump, Jr.

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One day "HanA**holeSolo" is going to be an answer for an AP History test

• We catch Red Up with the CNN Wrestling Gif & Hobby Lobby funding ISIS
• Donald Trump forgets to book a hotel room for the G20 summit
• He kind of admits Russia may have been involved, who knows
• Democrats try to start a war with Russia
• NPR tweets The Declaration of Independence, people lose their mind
• North Korea goes full North Korea
• A federal court does its job!

Journalist of the week: Matt Pearce

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This might not be a great President

• All the President's tweets. Just today's, actually
• The Supreme Court rules on the Travel Ban
• New travel restrictions take place tonight, 8PM ET
• McConnell doesn't have the votes for the AHCA, but he hasn't given up

Journalist of the week: Chris Geidner

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Things can't stop happening!!!

• The Senate version of the AHCA is in the wild, differences with Obamacare can be found here
• • Speaking of Obama, he released a facebook statement about the AHCA
• Sean Spicer is doing fewer briefings
• More information about voting machines being hacked
• Trump's bizarre Iowa Rally
• Supreme Court agrees to hear Gerrymandering case
• Trump corruption continues unabated

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The podcast Trump will eventually describe as a "Witch Hunt"

• Trump is personally under investigation for Obstruction of Justice
• Trump considered FIRING THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR
• Russia hacked actual voting systems?!
• Senate approved sanctions with Russia, 97-2
• The Senate AHCA "reconciliation" continues behind closed doors
• Majority Whip Steve Scalise is shot at a congressional baseball game
• Trump hires his family's event planner to HUD

Also Sing Street is a great movie

Journalist of the week: Garrett M. Graff

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"I can't believe 'Trump stole money from kids with cancer' is like a second tier story today" - Sarah Jeong

• Comey Hearing #ComeyDay
• Previous day non-hearings
• Trump stole money from cancer kids
• House to vote on destroying the Dodd-Frank Act
• Friendly-fire: Cavuto criticizes Trump
• Kids bully by quoting Trump
• A US voting software supplier was HACKED, plus related ReplyAll episode on phishing attacks
• Trump's NATO speech

Journalist of the week: Sarah Jeong

Charity of the week: Cancer Research Institute

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This week it comes down to Russia, the environment, and Covfefe

• Trump pulls from the Paris Climate accord
• Did Sessions have a THIRD Russian ambassador meeting?
• Trump asked leaders to call him on his insecure cell phone
• Putin addresses hackers
• White House is done talking Russia
• Comey to testify next week

Journalist of the week: Elizabeth Spiers, make sure to read her article on working for Jared Kushner

Charity of the week: The Drug Policy Alliance

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This week it's all about Orbs, Bodyslams, and Handshakes. Ivan and Red talk:

• THE ORB
• Republican congressional candidate body-slamming a journalist the day before an election
• Special prosecutor Robert Swan Mueller III
• THE HANDSHAKE
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions committing some light federal crime
• An update on the location of 2 Nuclear Submarines from The Prezzy

Journalist of the week: Ben Jacobs of The Guardian

Charity of the week: The Drug Policy Alliance

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