(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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