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Devon and Sarah discuss the DOJ’s obsession with leakers and reporters, Mueller cranking up the heat on the Trump/Russia scandal, top officials testifying agains Trump, and caftans. They give the Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery to a real piece of work. (Spoiler alert: He works at Fox News.)
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Key Articles
- Trump administration goes on attack against leakers, journalists by Julia Edwards Ainsley (Reuters)
- Jeff Sessions might subpoena journalists to reveal leakers. Mike Pence once fought against that. by Callum Borchers (WaPo)
- Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas related to Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 meeting by Kevin Liptak and Pamela Brown (CNN)
- What to know about Mueller’s use of a grand jury in the Russia probe by Mike Levine (ABC News)
- Mueller’s Grand Jury: What It Means by Andrew C. McCarthy (National Review)
- CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI’s Russia investigation by Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, and Pamela Brown (CNN)
- Robert Mueller Impanels Grand Jury In Russia Investigation – All Things Considered (NPR)
- Senators Introduce 2 Bills To Try To Keep Trump From Firing Mueller by Doreen McCallister (NPR)
- Exclusive: top FBI officials could testify against Trump by Murray Waas (Vox)
- Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn by Matthew Rosenberg, Matt Apuzzo, and Michael S. Schmidt (NYTimes)
- GOP campaigns took $7.35 million from oligarch linked to Russia by Ruth May (Dallas News)
- U.S. Reportedly Intercepted Suspected Russian Agents’ Chatter That Manafort Asked for Their Help With Clinton by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Gratitude Check Links
- Just 9 Things Trump Said On Calls With World Leaders Over Pictures Of Lucille Bluth by Ellie Hall (BuzzFeed News)
- EMILY’s List Expands After 16,000 Women Reach Out About Running For Office by Ruby Cramer (BuzzFeed News)
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduces legislation to protect immigrant vets from deportation by Gabe Ortiz (Daily Kos)
- The Number of Women of Color in the Senate Is About to Quadruple by Christina Cauterucci (Slate)
- There’s no such thing as a Trump Democrat by Dana Milbank (WaPo)
- Are Mermaids Real? – National Ocean Service (Ed. Note: I couldn’t help myself -D)
Action Items
- Donate to Lambda Legal
- OurStates.org
- The voting rights manifesto: a state-by-state plan to defend democracy by Daniel Nichanian (Vox)
Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery Links
- Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ by Louise Matsakis (Motherboard)
- Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say by Yashar Ali (HuffPost)
- Eric Bolling suspended from Fox News amid lewd texting scandal by Jackie Wattles and Brian Stelter (CNN Money)
There are many people at Google who share this guy's views. They do peer performance reviews and interview people. They discriminate.
— Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok) August 5, 2017
It’s almost as if @FoxNews, the favorite channel of @POTUS, has a rampant culture of misogyny, toxic masculinity, and sexual harassment.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 5, 2017
Twitter Index
Great interview and loved in particular his comments on CNN. I too have to watch them for work and it's an exercise in hair pulling tbh
— 越觅越开心 (@wonderchul) August 5, 2017
I guess Patreon offers the ability to have an RSS link for audio content so every new post just automatically comes into podcast apps pic.twitter.com/mqBinZ7yTt
— Bryn Behrenshausen (@brynbehr) August 6, 2017
Not sure why all the hyperventilating re: Russia grand jury. Mueller hired 16 prosecutors. Of course there would be GJ. This will take time.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) August 4, 2017