19:28:30 I honestly really don’t understand demands to “give back the money” donated from people who have been found to do b… https://t.co/MvGNzVT5eZ
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the politics of the short government shutdown and what that means to the continuing immigration debate, then they move on to reviewing many of the latest developments related to the various scandals surrounding the Trump White House. Along the way, Ivan also reports on his recent trip to Thailand.
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Recorded 2018-01-25
Length this week – 1:39:38
(0:01:20-0:22:18) But First
Agenda
Ivan in Thailand
Ivan on a Zipline
Baby on a plane
Climate change migrations
(0:24:21-0:54:17) Shutdown and Immigration
Should the Dems have forced this?
Should the Dems have agreed to end shutdown?
What next?
(0:56:00-1:39:18) Trump and Mueller
Wendy Murdoch and Jared Kushner
Russia to NRA to Trump?
Mueller/Trump negotiations
Trump’s prospects if he testifies
Discrediting Meuller
Release the Memo
Trump and McCabe
Are we near the end?
Trump Live
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01:33:05 Lol. But this will be a real argument promoted by Trump supporters by tomorrow, if it isn’t already. https://t.co/bd2QDjoCOh
02:29:20 Honest question for my lawyer followers: McGahn is the White House Council. He represents the Presidency as an inst… https://t.co/DwfoJmeMwX
04:26:06 Once the narrative starts taking hold that Trump’s will is easily stymied by his staff saying no and threatening to… https://t.co/j7I5aORBGe
20:08:51 Of course it does. -> Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Includes at Least One Facebook Employee Interview | WIR… https://t.co/NWZCt13X0E
22:20:33 Good redustricting thread responding to the 538 interactive/analysis from earlier this week. https://t.co/sLqlyJPxR1
15:43:17 I know there are some issues with ANY redistricting method, but I’d be for just going with the algorithmically comp… https://t.co/jj3TfDaSbo
19:47:21 Companion to the interactive I linked to earlier, Wasserman describes the process that went into creating the diffe… https://t.co/2NFANsPwDq
04:49:10 Of course he did. -> Trump asked the acting FBI director how he voted during Oval Office meeting – The Washington P… https://t.co/A0kLMJNMnd
03:52:28 Basically the same strategy they used in the last couple weeks before the election. Restrict Trump’s use of Twitter… https://t.co/Z51coqfqHH
16:24:05 The big question is not if the D’s did the right thing to end the shutdown, it was if forcing the shutdown in the f… https://t.co/cki9fHgkgn
03:52:59 My guess is they won’t be able to do it quite yet. Need time to get Good polling on who is getting hurt. https://t.co/C7ecuLiYEC
04:17:43 Clueless, confused, and manipulated by everyone around him. -> A President Not Sure of What He Wants Complicates th… https://t.co/xUG8KBfVuj
16:52:59 This may or may not be the time. But the end of the legislative filibuster is inevitable. One day, there will be so… https://t.co/Gmwsw7rhVf
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Jenn joins Sam as cohost and does the major rant on gender issues she didn’t get to do last time she was on the show. She covers Aziz Ansari, different standards for men and women, what people are taught is “normal”, the pitfalls of zero tolerance, and the built up anger that is exploding from women (and many other groups that aren’t straight white males) these days. Being a straight white male, Sam mostly tries to keep his head down during this part. Then of course they hit some of last week’s Trump craziness, from porn stars to girthers to shithole countries. Finally they wrap it up with a bit on the government shutdown (sorta), FusionGPS again, and the grand bargain Republicans are making with Trump.
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Recorded 2018-01-19
Length this week – 1:38:41
(0:00:15-0:10:48) But First
Agenda
Corrections and Updates
(0:12:04-0:51:17) Gender
Aziz Ansari
Standards for men and women
Zero tolerance
Built up anger
(0:52:26-1:19:16) Trump I
Stormy Daniels
Changing rules
Medical review
Ed’s comment
Shithole countries
(1:20:55-1:38:20) Trump II
Government Shutdown
FusionGPS House testimony
Grand bargain
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03:45:58 I take back what I said before. They are up to 50. So it is only the filibuster blocking this. Makes the blame game… https://t.co/YTNCZaAo19