(Recorded December 08, 2018) This Week: (1) the Republicans are really, really sore losers; (2) Democrats in Congress; and (3) the news roundup.
This Week’s Links:
Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.
Republicans are really, really sore losers
- Stung by Election Losses, Republicans in the States Seek a Way to Neutralize Democrats – The New York Times
- Wisconsin Republicans Defiantly Move to Limit the Power of Incoming Democrats – The New York Times
- The Wisconsin Debacle Wasn't Worth It for the GOP – The Atlantic
- The Wisconsin power grab is part of a bigger Republican attack on democracy – Vox
- North Carolina wrote the playbook Wisconsin and Michigan are using to undermine democracy – Vox
- MI Legislature Guts Citizen-Initiated Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Laws – Talking Points Memo
- Chart of the Day: Wisconsin Gerrymandering Was Awesome – Mother Jones
- Are Lame-Duck Sessions Undemocratic? | FiveThirtyEight
- Michigan GOP wants to vandalize the state that evicted them
Democrats in Congress
- The Pelosi Playbook
- Error
- The Nancy Pelosi Problem – The Atlantic
- Pelosi shuts down critics in tense meeting – POLITICO
- Opinion | Only One Democrat Deserves to Be Speaker – The New York Times
- Pelosi grabs momentum with big speaker vote – POLITICO
- Here Are the Democrats Who Voted Against Nancy Pelosi – The New York Times
- Pelosi Turns to Arm Twisting After Resounding Vote Leaves Her Just Short of Speakership – The New York Times
- House leadership election: Democrats’ new generation – Vox
- Pelosi rejects wall funding ahead of Trump meeting | PBS NewsHour
- Pelosi casts doubt on passage of Trump's new NAFTA without changes – POLITICO
News Roundup
- Huawei Executive’s Arrest Intensifies Trade War Fears – The New York Times
- Huawei executive’s arrest is a “warning shot” in US-China relations – Vox
- Trump changes his tone on China deal after market slide – CNNPolitics
- A trade truce between America and China is over as soon as it began – Peace in our time
- October trade deficits way up, including record gap with China – POLITICO
- Rudy Giuliani Says Twitter Sabotaged His Tweet. Actually, He Did It Himself. – The New York Times
- Mueller Reports Michael Flynn Is Singing Like a Canary
- Mueller investigation has gotten closer to Trump – Vox
- Giuliani: The Dog Ate My Counter-Report to Mueller
- Trump blames Mueller probe for low approval rating, calling it 'presidential harassment' – POLITICO
- Mueller: Flynn gave ‘substantial assistance’ to probe, deserves little to no prison – POLITICO
- North Carolina Republicans Express Increasing Doubts on Disputed Election – The New York Times
- GOP hit with election fraud claims after using issue as rallying cry – POLITICO
- Avenatti Failed Because Democrats Don’t Want Their Own Trump
- Kelly Craft, Trump's Ambassador to Canada, Believes Both Sides of Climate Science
- Kathy Kraninger is confirmed as director of the CFPB – Vox
- Senate confirms Trump nominee Kraninger to lead consumer bureau – POLITICO
- Senate Confirms Trump Energy Pick Who Said Renewable Energy ‘Screws Up’ Grid – Talking Points Memo
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