Sam hosts Emma Vigeland from The Young Turks (@EmmaVigeland) and comedian Judy Gold (@JewdyGold) to recap the week’s news, including impeachment, the 2020 democratic primary, and more.
On today’s show: Yovanovitch on her order to leave Ukraine because her safety was threatened. Trump tweets about Yovanovitch during her testimony.
Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland), correspondent and producer at The Young Turks, joins us to discuss the news of the day: Cenk’s run for Congress, Roger Stone’s conviction, Deval Patrick’s entry into the fray, Tulsi vs. Hilary, the effect of impeachment on various races, and more.
Comedian Judy Gold (@JewdyGold) joins us for some cathartic yelling. Happy birthday, Judy!
On the fun half: Laura Ingraham says there’s no attempted bribery in the Constitution. Wednesday: Trump says he never had a call with Sondland. ABC News talks to voters in IA, NH, SC about their thoughts on impeachment hearings. Charlie Kirk shouted down by Nick Fuentes fans at TP USA event. Charlie Kirk lies about his previous statement about why he didn’t get into West Point. New Bolivian President’s old tweet about ethnically cleansing the “Satanic” indigenous people. Stand-in president “brings back Bible” (literally) to Bolivian politics. Bernie Sanders speaks on paternalistic US foreign policy in Latin America. CBP commissioner Mark Morgan admits no new border wall construction has commenced.
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