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Devon & Sarah emerge from hibernation/their first break since they started on this bananas train to discuss the G-20 Summit, Donald Trump, Jr. and a quick (and partial) list of the Trumpland bullshit they missed last week. They “award” the Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery.
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Key Articles
- Report: Trump considers shutting down Council on Women and Girls by Aida Chavez (The Hill)
- Science division of White House office no longer staffed: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Walter Shaub’s Brave, Quixotic Ethics Battle with Trump by Sheelah Kolhatkar (The New Yorker)
- Exiting Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Calls Trump White House ‘A Disappointment’ by Peter Overby (NPR)
- Justice Department’s Corporate Crime Watchdog Resigns, Saying Trump Makes It Impossible To Do Job by David Sirota (IB Times)
- Trump D.C. Hotel Contractors Say They’re Owed Millions by Jackie Northam (NPR)
- GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn by Shane Harris (The Wall Street Journal)
- GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials by Shane Harris, Michael C.
Bender and Peter Nicholas (The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. Confirms North Korea Fired Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by Choe Sang-Hun (NYTimes)
- s Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit closes by Michael Birnbaum and Damian Paletta (WaPo)
- Trump is meeting key world leaders at the G20 summit. He forgot to book a hotel. by Lindsay Maizland (Vox)
- Russia Crows Over Putin’s Meeting with Trump
by Neil MacFarquhar (NYTimes) - Putin points at journalists and asks Trump ‘are these the ones hurting you?’ during press conference by Emily Shugerman (Independant)
- Donald Trump: CNN Took Wrestling Meme ‘Too Seriously’ by Megan French (US Weekly)
- The Reddit user behind Trump’s CNN meme apologized. But #CNNBlackmail is the story taking hold. by Abby Ohlheiser (WaPo)
- Lawmakers Note Absurdity Of Trump, Putin Working Together On Cybersecurity by Marina Fang (HuffPost)
- Russians Are Suspects in Nuclear Site Hackings, Sources Say by Michael Riley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy, and Bryan Gruley (Bloomberg Politics)
- U.S. Government at Risk of ‘Terrifying’ Hacking Attack, but Trump Won’t Do More to Fix the Problem by Graham Lanktree (Newsweek)
- s Ivanka Trump takes father’s seat at G-20 leaders’ table in break from diplomatic protocol by Abby Philip (WaPo)
- The tale of the dictator’s daughter and her prince by Sarah Kendzior (DeCorrespondent)
- A Tale of Two First Daughters by Sarah Lerner (DAME Magazine)
- People Are Sharing This Australian Journalist’s Brutal Takedown Of Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Lane Sainty (BuzzFeed News) - Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton by Jo Becker, Matt Apuzzo, and Adam Goldman (NYTimes)
- s Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to father’s effort by Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger (WaPo)
- Trump Aides: Russia Flap Proves Don Jr. Is the ‘Fredo’ of the First Family by Asawin Suebsaeng and Lachlan Markay (DailyBeast)
- Maddow warns other media of fake NSA documents by Joe Concha (The Hill)
Gratitude Check Links
- Emmanuel Macron’s ‘Portrait Officiel’ Will Have You Le Shewk by R. Eric Thomas (Elle)
- NJ Sand Sculpture Mocks Gov. Christie’s Viral Beach Outing by Brian Thompson and Michael Catalini (NBC Washington)
- Feminist Knock-Knock Jokes by Kimberly Harrington (The New Yorker)
- Conspiracy Theories: The Reptilian Elite – Time Magazine
- Ava DuVernay Is Making a Miniseries on the Central Park 5 for Netflix by Madison Sherman (The Grapevine)
- Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey on Changes to ‘Queen Sugar’ in Season 2 – Variety
- Malala Yousafzai Graduates High School—and Finally Tweets for the First Time by John Bonazzo (The Observer)
Action Items
Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery Links
- The Trump Administration’s Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly by Ari Berman (The Nation)
- Kentucky secretary of state: ‘Not enough bourbon in Kentucky’ to make me release voter data by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Colorado Voters Are Canceling Their Registrations After Trump Request For Voter Data by Same Levine (HuffPost)
- This Arkansas Bill Would Force Rape Survivors To Notify Their Attacker If They Need An Abortion by Nicole Einbinder (Bustle)
49 states haven't given any voter data to Trump commission yet. Still time to resist https://t.co/Jiz7cY1WIa
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 9, 2017
It becomes harder and harder to believe Trump isn't counting on massive voter disenfranchisement and Russian aid to win re-election in 2020.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 7, 2017
Twitter Index
Listener Feedback
Oh how I've missed listening to @hellbentpod this week-can't wait for Monday's episode. So much dishonour in dickwaddery to be raged about!
— Mands (@b_mands) July 8, 2017
@hellbentpod Just listened to Episode 40. That lyft driver was 100% wrong. I need your 2 pods a week + my patreon specials MINIMUM to cope.
— researcher ruby (@mostdays) June 30, 2017
@hellbentpod I feel deeply that LA Hellians should be called AngHellinos but that might be the rosé talking
— Big Heart Energy (@SwoozyC) July 6, 2017
@hellbentpod just finished Thursday's episode and I am literally crying at @DevonHandy's gratitude check #harrypottersaveslives #always
— Sarah 🧜🏻♀️ (@sarahh529) July 1, 2017
Twitter References
NYT: W.H. advisers have discussed using Time Warner's pending merger with AT&T as a point of leverage over CNN. https://t.co/mxzkOmmaLX
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 6, 2017
BREAKING: US officials now confirm North Korea successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM for the first time
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) July 4, 2017
Hawaii takes fight over Trump's travel ban rules to appeals court, saying grandparents and others should be let in. https://t.co/R6dZlmgh68
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) July 7, 2017
In a span of 13 minutes, on foreign soil, Trump trashed the American free press, the U.S. intel community, and Obama https://t.co/rMljkC0oXH
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 6, 2017
Lavrov: #Trump said he accepted statements from #Putin that #Russia had not hacked election.
— Neil MacFarquhar (@NeilMacFarquhar) July 7, 2017
Putin said this at a press conference he's holding—like most world leaders are. Trump isn't holding one. If he were—the press would ask him. https://t.co/Re1JU8zVQx
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 8, 2017
Tillerson: Trump "pressed" Putin on Russia meddling in US election
Lavrov: Trump said meddling was "exaggerated" & "accepts" Putin's denials— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) July 7, 2017
Differing US, Russian accounts of Trump-Putin bilateral is one reason you have an NSC aide attend important meetings as note taker
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) July 7, 2017
Forming a working group on cyber interference in elections with Russia is akin to inviting North Korea to lead one on nonproliferation. https://t.co/KICb2aTkxb
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 7, 2017
FFS he already has. All the "cybersecurity group" does is create an official pretext for ongoing crimes. It's sanctioned collusion. https://t.co/iwGKh8T40v
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 9, 2017
Bloomberg article on hacked nukes notes Russian threat to power grid. My old thread on that. We've been warned. https://t.co/E0mTqzwI5w
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 7, 2017
Nikki Haley defended Ivanka Trump at G-20: "I think she sees herself as part of a public servant family" https://t.co/949D8CnhbC
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 8, 2017
Reminder: in the days after this meeting…
1) 1st Russian-hacked email were released
2) Trump agents made RNC platform pro-Putin https://t.co/ZXFm6pMPp2— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) July 9, 2017
To be clear, Jr.'s defense here is that he went to meeting in order to collude against Hillary but it turned out to be just about adoptions. https://t.co/HI8qaii30q
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) July 9, 2017
Clapper: It's "within the realm of possibility" the Russians could have mailed the apparently fake NSA doc to @maddow's team to discredit. pic.twitter.com/VeQAA9lxJG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 7, 2017
Fake Maddow document produced so fast it had to come fm a source in Army CID, FBI or White House. Someone Politically weaponized to #Ambush https://t.co/5cMRP6ynes
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) July 7, 2017