Devon and Varsha discuss Trump revoking former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance, #NotedDickwad Alex Jones, Sarah Huckabee Sanders intentionally misleading the public about black unemployment, and Trump’s overt racism.
Devon also sits down with Janae Phillips, the Director of Leadership & Education for The Harry Potter Alliance, a group that “turns fans into heroes” and uses Harry Potter and pop culture as a whole to get people into activism.
Follow Janae @janaeisms
Learn more at The Harry Potter Alliance
Key Articles
- Trump Revokes Former CIA Chief John Brennan’s Security Clearance, Puts Other Political Nemeses on Review List by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
- U.S. Sues Operators Of Pirate Radio Station Broadcasting Alex Jones’ Show — Updated by Dawn C. Chmielewski (Deadline) – there was an update after the show aired: Alex Jones was not involved in the radio station. He is still a #NotedDickwad
- Twitter suspends conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week by Rob McLean and Oliver Darcy (CNN)
- Sarah Sanders ‘sorry’ for misleading black jobs numbers by Jonathan Aleen (NBC News)
This action is part of a broader effort by Mr. Trump to suppress freedom of speech & punish critics. It should gravely worry all Americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent. https://t.co/TNzOxhP9ux
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) August 15, 2018
Gratitude/Women Kicking Ass
- She works for Trump. He can’t stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. by Ben Terris (WaPo)
- This Former ‘Teacher of the Year’ Wants to Be Connecticut’s First Black Democrat in Congress by Astead W. Herndon (NYTimes)
- Christine Hallquist, a Transgender Woman, Wins Vermont Governor’s Primary by Jess Bidgood (NYTimes)
- Groundbreaking Night for Women and Diversity, While a Trump Critic Falls by Jeremy W. Peters and Jonathan Martin (NYTimes)
- We Researched Hundreds Of Races. Here’s Who Democrats Are Nominating. by Meredith Conroy, Mai Nguyen, and Nathaniel Rakich (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Democratic wave is growing by Chris Cillizza (CNN)
- Tim Pawlenty goes down and six takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann (NBC News)
Hellion of the Week: Aretha Franklin
- Aretha Franklin Offered To Post Angela Davis’ Bail In 1970 by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)
- Aretha Franklin, Indomitable ‘Queen of Soul,’ Dies at 76 by Jon Pareles (NYTimes)
Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. pic.twitter.com/bfASqKlLc5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 16, 2018
Action Items
- Please continue donating to these 3 very important causes:
- RAICES Texas – they are providing legal services to immigrants
- LEAF Project – universal representation for unaccompanied children
- Unidos Por Puerto Rico
