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Devon and Sarah discuss voter suppression, drug sentencing, freedom of speech, and updates on the Comey firing and related Trump Russia investigation. They “award” the Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery.

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Key Articles

  1. Trump’s Commission on ‘Election Integrity’ Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression by Ari Berman (The Nation)
  2. x There have been just four documented cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election by Philip Bump (WaPo)
  3. Editorial: Kobach proves how prevalent voter fraud is by The Kansas City Star Editorial Board (Kansas City Star)
  4. Vice Chair of Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission has been successfully sued four times for voter suppression by Lucy Pasha-Robinson (Independent)
  5. In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters by Christa A. Cassidy and Ivan Moreno (AP)
  6. Texas voter ID law was designed to discriminate, judge rules by Madison Park and Ralph Elis (CNN)
  7. Attorney General Sessions Orders Tougher Drug Crime Prosecutions by Pete Williams (NBC News)
  8. Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy by Sari Horwitz and Matt Zapotosky (WaPo)
  9. MAP: States Where Convicted Felons Can’t Vote by Matthew Green (KQED)
  10. Gingrich urges Trump: ‘Close down the press room’ by Jesse Byrnes (The Hill)
  11. In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred. by Michael S. Schmidt (NYTimes)
  12. Clapper says Comey firing is a ‘victory’ for Russia by Lindsay Gibbs (ThinkProgress)
  13. Trump Told He Would Not Be Greeted Warmly at FBI: Officials by Kalhan Rosenblatt and Ken Dilanian (NBC News)
  14. Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on ‘Tapes’ by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear (NYTimes)
  15. Lawmakers want answers from the White House after Trump’s ‘tapes’ tweet by Tony Romm (ReCode)
  16. Source: Comey is ‘not worried about any tapes’ by Pamela Brown (CNN)
  17. Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations by Alexandra Berzon (WSJ)
  18. Comey willing to testify, but only in public: report by Alicia Cohn (The Hill)
  19. A Look at the Candidates Trump Is Considering to Head the F.B.I. by Maggie Haberman and Jeremy W. Peters (NYTimes)
  20. Top Democratic senator: The Senate should not vote on FBI director until a special prosecutor is appointed by Maxwell Tani (Business Insider)
  21. NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump’s Firing of James Comey by Mark Murray (NBC News)
  22. The 3 ways to do an independent investigation of Trump and Russia, explained by Jennifer Williams (Vox)
  23. Treasury unit to share records with Senate for Trump-Russia probe: WSJ by Reuters Staff (Reuters)
  24. Inside Trump’s Coming War with the F.B.I. by Chris Smith (Vanity Fair)
  25. Former Trump Adviser Paul Manafort’s Bank Records Sought in Probe by Michael Rotheld, Mark Maremont, and Rebecca Davis O’Brein (WSJ)
  26. Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings by Natha Layne, Ned Parker, Svetlana Reiter, Stephen Grey, and Ryan McNeill (Reuters)

Gratitude Check Links

  1. Merriam-Webster’s genius Trump trolling: 454,000 followers and counting by Jackie Waters (CNN Money)
  2. U.S. to stop seizing tax refunds to pay off old family debt by Marc Fisher (WaPo)
  3. ‘Rare as winning the lottery’: New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue by Travis M. Andrews (WaPo)
  4. France’s New President Just Displayed His Commitment To Gender Equality by Willa Frej (HuffPo)
  5. New Orleans Removes Confederate President Jefferson Davis Statue by Alexander Smith (NBC News)
  6. DNC Chair Hires New CEO As Reorganization Begins by Ruby Cramer (BuzzFeed News)

Action Items

  1. Resist with Quist: Phone Bank House Party
  2. State Voting Laws – Let America Vote
  3. Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment
  4. Your voting primer to Tuesday’s LAUSD school board election by Mike Szymanski (LA School Report)
  5. 2017 L.A. City Council Elections
  6. How would Charter Amendment C affect the LAPD’s disciplinary system? by Kate Mather and David Zahniser (LATimes)
  7. Regulations.gov