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Many of us bemoan Cancel Culture, but do we understand what rules actually govern it? In this episode, like cultural detectives, we do our best to discern the rules of Cancel Culture from recent events. Joined by Steve Moxey, we also analyze Trump's July 4th speech at Mt. Rushmore and consider whether we would have had the courage to be abolitionists in the antebellum South.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/undefinedterms)
The holiday weekend brought excitement to our lives with Hamilton on Disney+, but Andrew's got an even bigger life event hitting the airwaves this week! Apparently quarantine makes every day feel like the 4th of July to some - why all the fireworks?? Walmart is (for once) doing a public service and converting 160 of its parking lots into drive-in movie theaters. Universities have begun announcing their plans for returning to campus this fall, and we're already predicting hot spots on campus. This week in Trump associates who have tested positive: Herman Cain, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and multiple officials, oh my! Two thumbs way down to airlines already planning to fill planes completely. Young people in Alabama are throwing COVID parties, and offering payouts to infected individuals. Florida continues making new records with its daily cases count. SCOTUS has ruled that states can punish Electoral College voters who don't vote in line with their state's popular vote in federal elections. We got an insider scoop into the White House's requests for Trump's July 3rd Nazi Party rally/Frat kegger event. Why Mt. Rushmore's ugly history inspires so much backlash from protesters. Some of your favorite TV shows are pulling controversial episodes containing blackface, and we have a conversation about intent vs impact. Listener feedback asks... how would we want a teacher to handle a fellow student being racist, and how to handle an unexpected pregnancy? This week's recommendations are good for your brain and your mental health: Ron Chernow's Hamilton biography (Laura), 'The Babysitter's Club' on Netflix (Pam), and taking a deep sigh a few times a day (Andrew). This week's episode is sponsored by listeners like you (https://www.patreon.com/millennial) . Thank you to our latest Patrons Tanja, Art, VP, Joe, Lauren, Sam, and Emilee! And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon: Some required reading (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/virologist) to prime yourself for this discussion. JK Rowling is proving so desperate for allies, she has mischaracterized her long-time approach towards our old boss. How do we know? We were there when she was pissed at him. Speaking of, we have plenty of stories about how terrible it was to work for him. From withholding pay to taking credit for projects completed by unpaid staff, we've. got. the. tea. What was it like on the Potter convention circuit? (Mostly) wholesome fun, but we were party animals.
Hugh Hewitt dives into President Trump's July 4th speech at Mount Rushmore, which some in the media called "dark and divisive."
Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast "FAQNYC," politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), talks on local and national politics, including Trump's July 4th rally, racist mascots, and defunding the NYPD.
President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the firing of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council.The President complained about news coverage of the firing in a tweet, saying reporting was done "as though I should think only how wonderful he was. Actually, I don't know him, never spoke to him, or met him (I don't believe!)."On Friday, Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses, dismissing Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the council, and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. An adviser to Trump told CNN the firings of the major impeachment witnesses was meant to send a message that siding against the President will not be tolerated.Trump on Saturday claimed that Vindman "reported contents of my 'perfect' calls incorrectly," which those close to Vindman have disputed. Vindman reported concerns about Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to other officials with the National Security Council.The President also attacked Vindman's work performance, claiming he was given a "horrendous" report by his superior that he had problems with judgment and leaking information. Tim Morrison, Vindman's boss at the time and a former top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council, did question Vindman's judgment during congressional testimony in November. He testified he had been warned about Vindman's judgment when he took over the position and claimed Vindman did not keep him in the loop.Vindman defended himself during his testimony saying he reported his concerns about the July 25 phone call as he was directed to do. Also he brought with him a review from his former boss, then-White House Russia adviser Fiona Hill, who praised his performance, to rebut the issue Morrison raised.Morrison had testified it was Hill in addition to others who warned him about Vindman's judgment.When she testified as part of the impeachment inquiry two days after Morrison's testimony, Hill clarified the conversation she had with Morrison about Vindman. Hill said that she was aiming to convey a specific concern about Vindman transitioning to a more political role and not meaning to raise a general concern about his overall judgment."I was concerned that if, for example, Colonel Vindman might decide to leave the military, that perhaps he wasn't as well suited for something that would be much more political," Hill testified. "I did not feel that he had the political antenna to deal with something that was straying into domestic politics. Not everyone is suited for that. That does not mean in any way that I was questioning his overall judgment, nor was I questioning in any way his substantive expertise."Vindman's attorney criticized Saturday's tweets from Trump, saying the comments are "obviously false.""The President this morning made a series of obviously false statements concerning Lieutenant Colonel Vindman; they conflict with the clear personnel record and the entirety of the impeachment record of which the President is well aware. While the most powerful man in the world continues his campaign of intimidation, while too many entrusted with political office continue to remain silent, Lieutenant Colonel Vindman continues his service to our country as a decorated, active duty member of our military," attorney David Pressman said in a statement to CNN.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer weighed in on the President's Saturday tweets about Vindman, posting on Twitter, "Has any 'President' ever been more disrespectful to U.S. service members?"Vindman, a decorated veteran who was born in Ukraine, was escorted out of the White House by security and told his services were no longer needed, according to Pressman.Pressman said in a statement that it is clear his client was fired for testifying in the impeachment probe."There is no question in the mind of any American why this man's job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House,"...
Morrison Says He Had No Concerns About Pres. Trump's July 25 Call, While Volker Says He Wasn't Involved In Bribery; Ex-Ukraine Enovy Changes Past Testimony, Now Says Push To Investigate Burisma Connected To Biden; Volker Says He Found The Reference To Biden During Pres. Trump's July 25 Call Unacceptable; Key Witnesses Say They've Never Seen Aid Withheld "Because The President Wanted His Rival Investigated"; Morrison: Investigating The Bidens "Was Not A Policy Objective"; Volker: What Giuliani Was Saying About Ukraine Was A "Problem"; Morrison: Investigating The Bidens "Was Not A Policy Objective"; Ex-Ukraine Envoy Changes Past Testimony, Now Says Push To Investigate Burisma Connected To Biden; Volker: What Giuliani Was Saying; Ex-White House Aide: Highly Unusual Effort To "Lock Down" Transcript Of July 25 Call Was An "Administrative Error"; Ex-Envoy Says He Should Have Recognized Push For Probe Into Ukrainian Company Was Connected To Biden; Pres. Trump Tweets During Hearing: "A Great Day For Republicans"; Vindman, Williams Say They Are Not "Never Trumpers"; Videnman: "Improper" For Pres. Trump To Demand Investigation Of Biden; Vindman: Giuliani's Foreign Involvement "Wasn't Helpful"; Four Witnesses Testify Publicly, Three Were On Ukraine Call; Videnman Says He Told Ukraine's President Not To Meddle In U.S. Politics; Pres. Trump: GOP "Absolutely Killing It" At Impeachment Inquiry; GOP Fears EU Ambassador's Testimony Tomorrow And Whether He Will Turn On Pres. Trump; Vindman: "Improper" For Pres. Trump To Demand Investigation Of Biden; Admin. Official On Day's Testimony: "Somewhere Between A Tie And A Win..."
Kent: Giuliani wanted to discredit U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine; State Official Kent says Volker reached out to Giuliani because he "had influence" over Trump's thinking on Ukraine; Pence aide who was concerned about Trump-Ukraine call testifies; Source: Pence aide said Trump's July 25th call with Ukraine was political, not a normal diplomatic call; Trump denies AG Barr declined his request to hold news conference on Ukraine; Trump allies offer scattered defense of Trump's Ukraine call; NYT: Trump warned Jeff Sessions he'd attack him if Sessions ran for Senate in Alabama; VP Pence refuses to say if he'd campaign for Sessions in 2020; Macron: Trump doesn't share the same view of NATO alliance; Warren and Biden's escalating fight gets personal; Pence files for Trump-Pence 2020 ticket for NH Primary; Trump 2020 team organizing small gatherings in key states; Prosecution makes line chart showing Stone's close ties to Trump & Campaign associates; Steve Bannon & Rick Gates to testify against Roger Stone;
A crack in the White House impeachment wall: An aide to Vice President Pence who was central to Ukraine policy honors a subpoena and is testifying on Capitol Hill this hour. Plus, Bernie Sanders looks to make a 2020 move: A new immigration plan today, and clear strategy on health care: Keep the peace with Elizabeth Warren, but poke Joe Biden. And, we answer some of the impeachment questions submitted by viewers on Twitter. Today's Panel: Seung Min Kim with The Washington Post, Olivier Knox with SiriusXM, POLITICO's Laura Barrón-López, and Margaret Talev with Axios Also on the program: CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Evan Pérez, Manu Raju, Jeff Zeleny, and Shimon Prokupecz
Damning Testimony from Someone on Trump's July 25 Call; Protests Rage Across Latin America; Will There Be Justice for Kurds and Punishment for Turkey? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia
House Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday authorising the next phase of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump as Democrats move to nullify complaints from Trump and his Republican allies that the impeachment process is illegitimate and unfair.An eight-page resolution calls for open hearings and requires the House Intelligence Committee to submit a report outlining its findings and recommendations, with a final recommendation on impeachment left to the Judiciary Committee.Republicans would be allowed to request subpoenas, but such requests would ultimately be subject to a vote by the full committee, which Democrats control as the House majority.Democratic Rep. James McGovern of Massachusetts, the chairman of the House Rules Committee, said the resolution provides "a clear path forward" as the House begins a public phase of the impeachment inquiry, which up to this point has largely consisted of closed-door interviews."This is a sad time for our country," McGovern said. "None of us came to Congress to impeach a president, but each of us took a solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution.""The president's Republican allies in Congress have tried to hide the president's conduct, but the American people will now see the facts firsthand," he added.White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the resolution merely "confirms that House Democrats' impeachment has been an illegitimate sham from the start as it lacked any proper authorization by a House vote."The resolution "does nothing to change the fundamental fact that House Democrats refuse to provide basic due process rights to the administration," she said, adding that the White House is barred from participating at all until after the intelligence panel "conducts two rounds of one-sided hearings to generate a biased report for the Judiciary Committee."Separate language covering Judiciary proceedings allows for Trump and his lawyers to attend all Judiciary presentations and hearings. Trump's lawyers will be allowed to question any witness, according to a copy of the proposed Judiciary proceedings obtained by The Associated Press. The president can call witnesses if the committee agrees the testimony is "necessary or desirable to a full and fair record in the inquiry," the three-page document says.The Judiciary language is expected to be incorporated into the larger resolution before the House votes on impeachment proceedings Thursday.The impeachment inquiry is looking into Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which he asked for a "favor" — to investigate a Democratic rival for president. Democrats say the request and other actions by the administration to push Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his family amounted to a quid pro quo for important military aid for Ukraine, providing sufficient grounds for impeachment.The House is expected to vote on the resolution Thursday amid complaints from Trump and his Republicans allies that the monthlong impeachment process is illegitimate and unfair.Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 2 House Republican, denounced what he called a "Soviet-style impeachment process" led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.More than 75% of House members have been unable to view what is happening in closed-door depositions conducted by the Intelligence panel and two other committees, Scalise said. "That represents more than 230 million Americans whose voices are denied right now," he said.Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said Democrats "have basically cooked up a process they have been conducting in secret" with the goal of preventing Trump's lawyers from asking questions of witnesses.Democrats "are now attempting to sort of put a cloak of legitimacy around this process by saying they're going to bring it to a vote on the floor," Cheney said. "They can't fix it. The process is broken. It's ta...
Millions in California are under red flag warnings as fires burn across the state, a top national security expert on Ukraine testified today in Capitol Hill that he was so troubled by President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president that he reported his concerns to a superior, and the Trump administration announces plans to return asylum seekers to Guatemala in a controversial agreement to get Central American nations to absorb more immigrants.
The White House has just released a summary of President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president. In that call, the president asked for an investigation of Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who used to be a director of a Ukrainian oil company. A whistleblower report, related to that phone call, led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to open a formal impeachment inquiry. A Justice Department statement this morning mentions the intelligence community's inspector general who investigated the whistleblower complaint. It says in part, "The inspector general's letter cited a conversation between the president and Ukrainian President Zelensky as a potential violation of federal campaign finance law."
New polls and fundraising numbers are out for the Democratic presidential candidates (2:12). We discuss the possible overlap of voters for whom Warren and Harris might be competing (8:35), Trump's July 4th fiasco and improving approval numbers (17:27), and our June Power Rankings (34:09).
Weeks before Donald Trump's Independence Day address, the mainstream media's Left side chose to attack the speech before it even happened.
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Although I was working, I fully expected to see news coverage of Trump's July 4th parade. There was absolutely no July 4th coverage on the morning news the next day. What really happened?
Trump's 4th of July celebration turned out non-partisan, but that didn't keep MSM from complaining anyway.
.@AOC ain't nothing but s Hounddog just crying/lying all the time.. do you think the news covers her way too much?Ocasio-Cortez continues to compare border conditions to 'concentration camps,' critics accuse her of misinformation campaignU.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has sparked controversy in recent weeks with arguably increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in her conversations about the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite coming under fire last month for saying the U.S.government is "running concentration camps on our southern border," Ocasio-Cortez once again made the same comparison on Twitter on Tuesday. On Monday, after traveling to a border detention center in El Paso, Texas, with almost a dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, she blasted border officials as “violent” and “inhumane” while claiming agents forced detained migrant women and children to drink toilet water.Current and former immigration officials rejected the congresswoman's allegations and accused her of pulling a political stunt. Hispanic pastors who toured the same facility Ocasio-Cortez visited said the conditions at the detention center were "drastically different" than what she described. They said they were "shocked at the misinformation of the crisis at the border." The controversy over AOC's latest comments come as afederal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot categorically detain asylum seekers while they pursue their cases.Navy SEAL rejoices in not guilty verdictNavy SEAL Edward Gallagher said he feels thankful and vindicatedafter a jury on Tuesday found him not guilty on almost all charges he was facing, including murder and attempted murder, in the 2017 killing of a teenage ISIS war prisoner in Iraq. "I'm happy and I'm thankful," Gallagher told reporters after the verdict, as he joked with his legal team that "it's Independence Day," his freedom coming days before the Fourth of July. Jurors did find him guilty of the seventh charge, posing for a photo with a corpse, considered the least egregious of the crimes, which carries a maximum prison sentence of four months. Having already served seven months in confinement ahead of the trial, Gallagher, a Bronze Star recipient, is expected to go home a free man after his sentencing, his defense lawyers said.Trump detractors sound the alarm as military vehicles roll in for July 4 celebrationsAppearing on "Deadline: White House," MSNBC's Joy Reid insisted on Tuesday that President Trump is using the upcoming Fourth of July "Salute to America" celebration as a "threat" to Americans who oppose him. Trump has longed talked about showing off America's military capabilities in celebration of Independence Day, and now his vision is coming to fruition as tanks arrive in Washington, D.C., ahead of Thursday's festivities. Reid claimed that Trump aspires to be a "mini" North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Fox News' Geraldo Rivera, these kind of complaints are the ramblings of Trump haters.Still, as preparations were underway Trump's July 4 celebration, a few problems emerged along the way as military vehicles were hauled into the capital city. On Tuesday, a flatbed carrying the tanks was apparently unable to clear an underpass, according to photos tweeted by a Politico reporter. A crane was later employed to resolve the issue. Retired U.S. Army Gen. Thomas Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense, told the Daily Reporter that some local roads are ill-equipped to handle the weight of the tanks.Missing Connecticut woman’s estranged husband maintains innocenceFotis Dulos, a Connecticut real-estate developer charged in connection with the disappearance of his estranged wife Jennifer Dulos, maintained his innocence Tuesday during his first sit-down interview about the case, claiming he's "worried" about his wife and never wished her "ill in any way." “I know what I’ve done, I know what I haven’t done,” the 51-year-old Greek immigrant told New York City’s WNBC-TV. “I have to stand and fight and hope that the truth is going to come out.” Jennifer Dulos, 50, hasn't been seen since dropping her children off at school in New Canaan, Conn., on May 24.Remembering Lee IacoccaLee Iacocca, the father of the Ford Mustang and former chairman of Chrysler, has died of natural causes at his home in Bel Air, Calif., his family said Tuesday. He was 94. Iacocca, born in Allentown, Pa., on Oct. 15, 1924 as the child of Italian immigrants, started working at Ford Motor Co. in 1946 and is heralded as the leader of the team that created the first Mustang in 1964. He ascended to CEO of the company in 1970 but was fired by Henry Ford Jr. in 1978. He moved on to Chrysler Corp. in 1978 and became the CEO a year later, pulling the company out of bankruptcy after taking it over. Iacocca successfully persuaded the federal government to provide the company a $1.2 billion loan in 1979 and made major cuts to the workforce, slashing wages -- including his own, which he shrunk to $1 a year -- and closing plants. He also introduced fuel-efficient cars and the minivan. His effortswere successful and Chrysler made a comeback, profiting $20 million. The turnaround made Iacocca a media star. Later, he was a key figure in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and creation of the Ellis Island museum.TODAY'S MUST-READSDOJ says citizenship question being dropped from 2020 Census.Former Google exec ran 'sex ring,' estranged wife claims in civil complaint.Vatican to open two tombs in decades-old disappearance of teen.MINDING YOUR BUSINESSCharlie Ergen presents significant obstacle in T-Mobile-Sprint negotiations with DOJ.WATCH: Facebook, YouTube tweaking algorithms to fight misinformation: Report.These are the highest paid White House employees.
In news and pop-culture this week Sarah and Paul discuss Kevin Hart cheating, President Trump's July 4th military parade, and why we're often attracted to people with qualities that will drive us nuts down the road. Plus, Sarah's embarrassing fashion show story and Paul Wharton's thank you to Paula Deen.
(Bloomberg) -- Fred Tecce, a partner at Ice Miller, discusses President Trump's July 28th speech during which he instructed police officers to not be "too nice" to criminals, a position many police departments have quickly distanced themselves from. He speaks with June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."