Episode

5/25: David Dayen: Montana Goes Down to the Wire & The GOP’s Healthcare Nightmare

May 25, 2017

Journalist David Dayen, disusses Republican Congressional candidate Rob Gianforte’s assault of a reporter. Will progressive candidate Rob Quest make an upset in Montana? Why Gianforte lost it over the new CBO score for the Republicans healthcare plan. The CBO documents the endless failures and cruelties of the Republican healthcare bill. Is GOPCare in trouble in the Senate? Why the “choir” matters in politics. Will Democrats go populist and talk about monopolies and anti trust policies? Sinclair Broadcasting and monopolies. Jess Sessions lied on his security clearance form. Why Trump did not need to obstruct justice because the powerful don’t face the legal system in modern America. Arthur Anderson, the Obama Administration and the creation of to big to jail.

On The Fun Half: Trump is a jerk, Mitch Landrieu gets real about why confederate monuments need to come down. What Trumpcare will do to healthcare in this country. Betsy DeVos is a danger to the nation’s children. A racist outburst in Arkansas. Rush Limbaugh rambles about the future of Fox News and your calls and IMs.

 

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