Trumpβs Assault on the Free Press
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Melissa and Leah cover this weekβs legal horrors out of the Trump administration, including the Presidentβs ban on certain media outlets from the White House, as well as his attacks on the Kennedy Center and the Presidential Records Act. Also covered: Kash Patel on bestiality, ammosexual wins of the week, a proposed ballot measure in Idaho to protect reproductive freedom, and Donald Trump Jr.βs Russian oligarch sugar daddy. Then, Melissa sits down with Crookedβs very own Alex Wagner to talk about her new book The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America’s Courts. Check out Alexβs show, Runaway Country, wherever you pod.
Favorite things:
- Leah:Alex Wagnerβs The Steal; PONIES (Peacock); The Women of Yesteryear, Kate Manne (More to Hate); The Retirement Plan, Sue Hincenbergs
- Melissa: The Steal; Kash Patel getting roasted on social media
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