Bunker Politics

This week on the #1 Fake News Podcast

• Jeff Sessions did not disclose meeting with Russians. Sidebar, Al Franken as a presidential candidate?
  • Sessions recuses himself from any Russia investigation
• NY Times listicle on Trump's Speech, & fact check
• Republican health care plan, which only Republicans are allowed to see
• News on the delayed and modified Travel ban E.O.
• Ben Carson CONFIRMED as HUD Secretary
• Ryan Zinke CONFIRMED to lead Department of the Interior, rides in on horse
• Betsy DeVos and HBCUs, her top twitter photo featuring her surrounded with African American students in an attempt to literally shield her from criticism
• Trump ok'd Spicer checking aides' phones

Activist of the week: Resistance Recess by MoveOn

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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Enemy of the American People was our 2nd favorite title for this podcast. This week's episode discusses:

• Trump reverts bathroom protections for transgender students
• Last week's Trump press conference
• Trump confidante Roger Stone admits ties to wikileaks
• Scott Pruitt is confirmed as EPA administrator
• Trump's 3rd choice for National Security Advisor
• Deportations and DACA
• Clarence Thomas and the Travel Ban
• The wait for a new travel EO
• Christie getting power moved to death

Journalist of the week: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com by @matt_kiser

Charity of the week: Lambda Legal

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• Michael Kristoff article with great summary of Russian ties
• 46 percent of the people in this photo were given the Stone Cold Stunner
• Trump's North Korean missile crisis response from Mar-a-Lago
• Your complete guide to Trump's Cabinet Confirmations
• Pudzer withdrawing from nomination from Labor Secretary
• Stephen Miller is a nightmare and has been since high school
• This Week in Possibly Impeachable Offenses

Journalist of the week: Mary Emily O'Hara

Charity of the week: Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

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SHOW NOTES!

• #TrumpShake
• State of the Executive Order Travel Ban 1 week later
  • Lawfare blog quoted by Trump
• Trump and the "New START" Nuclear Treaty
• Confirmation of Jeff Sessions, Betsy DeVos, and Tom Price
• Michael Flynn and the Logan Act
• Trump vexed by the scale of the presidency

Journalist of the week: Chris Geidner

Charity of the week: Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

SHOW NOTES

• Donald Trump's first 100 days plan
• 538's profile on Neil Gorsich
• Up-to-date information on Trump's immigration ban

Journalist of the week: Maggie Haberman

Ad-hoc bonus journalist of the week: Lewis Wallace, especially his article "I was fired from my journalism job ten days into Trump"

Charity of the week: National Immigration Law Center

SHOW NOTES

• Executive order banning foreign aid to health providers who discuss abortion
• Executive order blocking immigrants from entering the country
• Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, cleared to serve as an advisor
• Trump pulled out of the TPP
• Book discussed by Red: Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday

Journalist of the week: Laurie Penny, especially recommend her article "The Triumph of the Won't"

Charity of the week: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

The first public Bunker Politics and the last episode of the Obama administration.

• Trump odds of leaving office on betfair
• Charity of the week: Planned Parenthood
• Follow us on twitter->@bunkerpolitics

SHOW NOTES:

• ReplyAll's Voyage Into Pizzagate
• Deep NY Times article on Russia's hacking of the DNC
• 125 Billion of waste
• Incredible Radiolab episode 23 Weeks 6 Days

Journalists to follow:

• Red recommends Julia Ioffe
• Ivan recommends Anna Massoglia

Charity of the week: International Rescue Committee

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Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Bob Dole's involvement with the Trump-Taiwan call
• Soft Bank's $50 billion pledge
• Trump's possible softening on DACA

Red recommends you follow Clare Malone

Ivan recommends you follow Sarah Jeong

They both recommend you support any number of organizations that benefit the Ghost Ship Fire victims.

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Links mentioned in the podcast

• NPR's map of most common jobs in every state
• Before and after the voting rights act
• Precincts closed down because of the voting rights act
• Trump seems ignorant as to what a president does
• Ivan's running thoughts on Fidel Castro's death

Red recommends you follow McKay Coppins for Trump coverage and donate to the ACLU

Ivan recommends you follow Matt Pearce and donate to the Standing Rock Sioux