(Recorded May 06, 2018) This Week: (1) the news round-up; plus (2) Mueller and Giuliani.

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Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.

News Roundup

• The Slow, Awkward Death of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner – The Atlantic
• Michelle Wolf Responds To Correspondents’ Dinner Backlash: ‘I’m Glad I Stuck To My Guns’ : NPR
• A Running List Of Cowards, Courtiers, Strivers And Suck-Ups
• Did Michelle Wolf Kill the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
• The Irony of the Trump White House’s Response to Michelle Wolf – The Atlantic
• White House Correspondents Dinner Issues Weak Response to Michelle Wolf Controversy
• Pruitt’s Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One – The New York Times
• Two Top Aides to Scott Pruitt Quit the E.P.A. Unexpectedly
• California Sues Trump Administration Over Car Emissions Rules
• A Pruitt Aide’s Attack on Zinke Angers the White House – The Atlantic
• Public affairs official is third aide to leave EPA this week
• Scott Pruitt’s EPA Staffers Resign Fearing He Will Throw Them Under the Bus – Bureau of Indian Affairs Scandal
• In Kanye West, the Right Sees Truth-Telling and a Rare A-List Ally – The New York Times
• The Battle for Kanye West Is Happening in Real Time
• Kanye West thinks slavery was a choice. He’s not the only one. – Vox
• The Lesson in Kanye West’s Tweets on Slavery, Harriet Tubman | Time
• “He’s Never Been Happier”: Inside the Red-Pilling of Kanye West | Vanity Fair
• House Chaplain Was Asked to Resign. He Still Doesn’t Know Why. – The New York Times
• Lawmakers push for Ryan to keep House chaplain he asked to resign – CNNPolitics
• Ryan Reinstates House Chaplain After Priest Decided to Fight Dismissal – The New York Times
• Mike Pence just gave Joe Arpaio a boost in Arizona — and it could lead to disaster for Senate Republicans – CNNPolitics
• Pence: Arpaio a champion of rule of law – CNN Video
• Senator Rubio says US workers get little benefit from tax reform: Report
• Why Marco Rubio keeps attacking the tax bill he voted into law – Vox
• Marco Rubio’s Body Rejects New Spine | Vanity Fair
• Don Blankenship
• In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post – The Washington Post

Mueller and Giuliani

• The Questions Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Obstruction, and What They Mean
• Donald Trump’s Possible Response to Robert Mueller’s Questions | The New Yorker
• Hiring Emmet Flood Signals a Big Shift for Trump’s Defense – The Atlantic
• Trump Adds Clinton Impeachment Lawyer, Bracing for a Fight on Multiple Fronts – The New York Times
• Lessons Trump’s new lawyer could teach him from Clinton impeachment – CNNPolitics
• Did Trump Bribe Ukraine to Stop Cooperating With Mueller?
• “There’s No Question That He Loses”: Why Trump May Plead the Fifth | Vanity Fair
• Trump Says Payment to Stormy Daniels Did Not Violate Campaign Laws
• Rudy Giuliani’s Revelation About Trump’s Stormy Daniels Payment Only Raises More Questions | The New Yorker
• Did Giuliani Just Admit Trump Broke Federal Campaign-Finance Law? – The Atlantic
• Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s phone calls pulled by federal prosecutors – Vox
• On Hannity, Giuliani Blows Up Trump’s Arguments in 3 Cases
• Trump doctor Harold Bornstein says bodyguard, lawyer ‘raided’ his office, took medical files

Image Credits: Rudolph Giuliani

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