The show notes for Episode 32 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/05/episode-32-live-debbie-john-dingell-talk-healthcare-impeachment-and-a-president-who-lost-an-aircraft-carrier.html
We’d like to thank all the folks who came to our annual fundraiser at the Corner Brewery (aka “ABC Microbrewery”) in Ypsilanti last Friday night and were there for a live recording of today’s podcast. We’d like to thank some folks for their help in making the event a smashing success:
Hosts
Matt and Rene Greff
Front table volunteers
Ted Lawson
Deb Leonard
Brett Foreman
Cody Winchester
Podcast sound/recording
Brian Greminger from Honey Creek Video
Dessert Chef
Paul Cousins
Personal Support
Anne Savage & Wendy Welch
We’d like to thank our sponsors, as well:
Protector of the Public level – $180
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan
Barb Fuller – MI List
American Federation of Teachers – Michigan
12th District Democrats
Zack Pohl
LJ Gallagher PsyD & Associates
Eli Savit & Amanda Rice
Jane Forman
Washtenaw County Clerk/Register of Deeds Larry Kestenbaum & Janice Gutfreund
Tim Lange (Meteor Blades), Senior Political Writer at Daily Kos
Andy Spencer
Champion of the Commons level – $300
Matt & Rene Greff and all the staff at ABC Microbrewery (“Corner Brewery”)
Disano Strategies
Rosemary Franklin
Doug Scott
State House Representative Donna Lasinski
State House Representative Sam Singh
State House Representative Adam Zemke
Equality Evangelist – $600
ACLU of Michigan
Michigan Democratic Party
Change Media Group
Gerald & Christine Erickson
Guardian of Good Government level – $1,200
Progress Michigan
Michigan Nurses Association
Michigan House Democrats
Democracy Defender – $2,500 or more
Michigan Education Association
UAW Community Action Council
American Federation of Teachers – National
Wesley Lowery at the Washington Post: Read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote opposing Sessions’s 1986 federal nomination
Bob Bryan at Business Insider: Trump adviser Steve Bannon attributes his worldview to a simple stock-investing mistake his dad made after listening to Jim Cramer
Emma Green at The Atlantic: It Was Cultural Anxiety That Drove White, Working-Class Voters to Trump
David Roberts at Vox: The question of what Donald Trump “really believes” has no answer
LOLGOP at The National Memo: Mitch McConnell Didn’t Just Steal A Supreme Court Seat
The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell by Alec MacGillis, available on Amazon.com
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Political Life, Examined, In ‘The Cynic’ on NPR’s Fresh Air
Philip Rucker at the Washington Post: Trump threatens to cancel White House briefings because it is ‘not possible’ for his staff to speak with ‘perfect accuracy’
Debbie Dingell on Twitter: @DebDingell
John Dingell on Twitter: @JohnDingell
How in the world do you lose a damn aircraft carrier?
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) April 20, 2017
FLINT UPDATE
MLive: See the damage done by vandals to water service line equipment in Flint
Leonard N. Fleming at The Detroit News: Charges dismissed against Flint water official
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Intro and Outro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre from the album Zoolook.
The Sit and Spin Room logo by Anne C. Savage.
