The show notes for Episode 76 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2018/03/episode-76-are-we-misunderestimating-betsy-devos-and-the-gop-with-special-guest-mitchell-robinson.html
Mitchell Robinson on Twitter: @MRobMSU
Mitchell Robinson’s website: Keep Talking
Mitchell Robinson at Eclectablog:
- The stunning hypocrisy of Betsy DeVos
- Betsy DeVos is wrong about competition improving public schools
- The sinister motive behind Trump & DeVos’ plan to “harden schools”
- Betsy DeVos attacks teachers as “defenders of the status quo”–here’s why that makes no sense
- Betsy DeVos says charter schools are the Uber or Lyft of “school choice”–and that’s not a good thing
- Why underestimating Betsy DeVos is not just wrong–it’s dangerous
The Good:
Jessica Durando at USA TODAY: March for Our Lives could be the biggest single-day protest in D.C.’s history
Got it! Everyone should call for a town hall with their representative on April 7th. Your town hall should be 2hrs and start between 8am and 4 pm call your rep today to organize it and if they refuse to show up just invite their opponent. LETS GO!! Visit @townhallproject for help
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 25, 2018
The Bad:
George Will at The Washington Post: The second-most dangerous American
Colin Kahl & Jon Wolfsthal at Foreign Policy: John Bolton Is a National Security Threat
Here is John Bolton, in his memoir, admitting that he supported talks with North Korea in 2002 only because he expected them to fail, which he could then use to discredit diplomacy and pursue more hawkish policies on North Korea. pic.twitter.com/6nVcDuUuzW
— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) March 25, 2018
Dana Milbank at The Washington Post: For John Bolton, war is the answer
The Shrugly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:
Pema Levy at Mother Jones: Democrats Would Need to Trounce Republicans to Overcome Gerrymandering and Take the House
LOLGOP at Eclectablog: The GOP can lose the popular vote by 3 times the margin Trump did and keep the House
Jason Sattler at USA TODAY: Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump, brought to you by Mike Pence and the religious right
FLINT UPDATE
Paul Egan at the Detroit Free Press: Flint investigator says greed and fraud led to drinking water crisis
Kristen Jordan Shamus at the Detroit Free Press: Study: Flint children’s blood lead levels hit historic low in 2016
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Music clips
Intro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson
Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
Unclaimed by Mike Wagner/Total Strangers
Outro music: Complain (from the movie Bob Roberts) by David Robbins & Tim Robbins
[CC Betsy DeVos image credit: Gage Skidmore | Flickr]
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