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Devon and Sarah discuss Russia bullshit, healthcare bullshit, and Supreme Court bullshit. They also discuss their post-Trump impeachment party looks. They award the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery.

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Key Articles

  1. AP Exclusive: Before Trump job, Manafort worked to aid Putin by Jeff Horowitz and Chad Day
  2. Trump campaign guts GOP’s anti-Russia stance on Ukraine by Josh Rogin
  3. Trump Stuns U.S. Allies with Terrifying Comments About NATO by Abigail Tracy
  4. Russia’s radical new strategy for information warfare by David Ignatius
  5. New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges by Andrew Roth
  6. US officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians by Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, and Jim Sciutto
  7. A Russian Lawyer Involved In A US Prosecution Mysteriously Plunged From His Apartment Window by Mike Hayes
  8. Exiled Former Russian Lawmaker Shot Dead In Kiev Reuters/HuffPost
  9. Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War by Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa Ed. note: This piece is a MUST READ if you are interested in the Trump/Russia ties
  10. FBI reportedly looking into Breitbart, InfoWars as part of Trump–Russia probe by Andrew Couts
  11. The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia by Philip Bump
  12. Republican Congressman Leading Russia Probe Says He’s Never Heard of Key Figures in the Scandal by David Corn
  13. What the Hell Did Devin Nunes Just Say About Trump and Surveillance? by Joshua Keating
  14. Trump, House Freedom Caucus Negotiating Last-Minute Changes to Health Care Bill by Leigh Ann Caldwell
  15. Updated: These Republicans Could Doom Their Party’s Health Care Bill by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Alex Moe
  16. Freedom Caucus Closing In On Deal To Rewrite Health Care Bill At 11th Hour by Matt Fuller
  17. Live updates: Decision day for health care, Trump and Russia by Daniella Diaz, Amanda Wills, and Sophie Tatum
  18. Can Neil Gorsuch Answer a Question? by Mark Joseph Stern
  19. Don’t Be Fooled: Neil Gorsuch Is Having It Both Ways On Gay Marriage by Michelangelo Signorile
  20. Gorsuch: Roe v. Wade Is the ‘Law of the Land’ by Matt Ford
  21. While Gorsuch was testifying, the Supreme Court unanimously said he was wrong by Ian Milhiser
  22. Gorsuch Told Class ‘Many’ Women Manipulate Maternity Leave: Student by Daniella Silva
  23. Democrats weigh deal to let Gorsuch through by Burgess Everett
  24. The path ahead for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee by Darla Cameron
  25. Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination by Robert Barnes, Ed O’Keefe and Ann E. Marimow

Gratitude & Sanity Check Links

  1. Donald Trump Is Not Having Fun by Katy Waldman
  2. A Tale of Two First Daughters by Sarah Lerner Ed. note: This is an AMAZING piece, guys. READ IT.

Maxine Waters Update & The Maxine Waters Award in Badassery


Women Wore ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Robes To The Texas Senate by Catherine Pearson

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‘Ethnic Cleansing’ versus Genocide? by Benjamin Lieberman

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