Resistance Live

Today's topics: *the news on Cohen's cellphone in Prague *a brief review of the insanity defense *"is McConnell compromised?" *Trump's trip to Iraq *the latest on the government shutdown *and a few words about what to expect from Mueller between now and January 3rd

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Today's topics: *Seth Abramson's thread and why no one should panic *a few words on the grand jury subpoena that's now gone all the way to the Supreme Court *why you should ignore Trump's tweets and go read the new swath of conservative opinion pieces calling for his removal instead *what we know about the plans of the Democratic House come 1/3 *a few words on why the military can't defy orders *and some concerns about this addictive news cycle and the need to manage our expectations, our repsonses and our stress

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Today's topics: *Mattis' resignation, and what it means for the country and the world *Syria, Afghanistan, Putin and Trump *A brief review of the 25th Amendment *Mueller's investigation and what to expect between now and Christmas *And lastly, a long discussion on maintaining your sanity while the world is falling apart, and a particular note on not ramping up around conspiracy theories and websites that spout garbage; reality is rough enough, and we all need to stay grounded and connect

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Today's topics: *Roger Stone's impending indictment *Rosenstein's positive disclosure to the press this a.m. *Breaking news on Whitaker and Barr *Trump's insane behavior re: the goverment shutdown, and impending crisis *"how do we keep the President from doing crazy things?" *and programming for the next two weeks

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Today's topics: *the latest revelations about Facebook and what they mean for your data privacy, and also potentially for this broadcast *interpreting an "act of war" under the treason statute; some thoughts *Trump announces a withdrawal from Syria; what it means *"did the NRA fund congresspeople with Russian money and are those congresspeople in Mueller's sites as a result?" *more speculation about the nation-owned company fighting Mueller's subpoena before the grand jury *and a couple of words on indictments, the addictive nature of the news cycle, and keeping an eye on the big picture

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Today's topics: *Flynn's sentencing hearing (HOLY CRAP) *the Trump Foundation shuts its doors in an agreement with the NY AG, who will continue its criminal investigation *Pelosi calls Trump's bluff on the border wall, and wins *there is a growing swell of support amongst the nation's most prominent legal scholars for an indictment of the president *and what to expect as the dominoes continue to fall here. WOW.

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Today's topics: *new breaking indictments of two Flynn associates, and what they mean *Pence as potential secret subpoena target in last week's secret hearing *"how do we get all of Trump's people out of office?" *"will the Christmas holidays impact Mueller's investigation?" *a few words on the ACA ruling out of Texas, and why you shouldn't panic *two new reports out of Congress on Russian interference in the 2016 election, and why we need to keep doing the work on American racism both as individuals and collectively *and what to expect from what promises to be a BIG week from Robert Mueller

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Today's topics: *two new investigations into the inaugural committee broke last night-- one about payouts and another about incoming funds from foreign actors *as well, there is now a NEW investigation underway in the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) concerning potential Qatari influence over Trump *what this means for Trump's ability to control the investigations *a brief discussion of the non-prosecution agreement signed between the SDNY and AMI *the mysterious hearing this morning before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals *a discussion of statutes of limitation for campaign finance fraud and what it means for the President *a few thoughts on Mueller's timing *jury selection and bias *a seven year old girl died of dehydration in US custody at the border yesterday; where to direct your emotions *and it's Friday in Trumpland in the worst week of Trump's presidency; buckle up

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Today's topics: *A few words on social media trends to diminish the news, and why you should ignore them *Butina's plea *Cohen's sentencing *AMI's deal, and what it means for Ivanka, Eric, Don Junior and the President *Flynn's communications with the Russians during the campaign *Why no news is good news on some familiar names *and a brief interruption by a sick kid that required some hard edits (apologies)

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Today's topics: *Cohen's sentencing (it was ongoing while we were live) *Threats of "revolt" as voiced by the President and why it's nothing to worry about *What constitutes "consent" to a criminal conspiracy *Pelosi wipes the floor with Trump *A few words on ethical obligations and Stormy's case *The looming government shutdown and the fact that it won't stop Mueller *Butina's coming plea *And a little woo for the rest of the week

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