The show notes for Episode 83 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2018/05/episode-83-your-antidote-to-trumps-tweets-with-special-guests-jordan-zakarin-emily-crockett.html
LOLGOP at Eclectablog: The case against repeating or retweeting Trump
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Jordan Zakarin’s website: ProgressivesEverywhere.org
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The Good:
David Wasserman at The Cook Political Report: The Drive to Elect Women Is Defining 2018’s Democratic Primaries
Melissa Nann Burke and Jonathan Oostin at The Detroit News: ‘Pink wave’ of Michigan women seeks to change the face of power
The Bad:
Emily Crockett on Twitter: @EmilyCrockett
HOMEWORK! Read this thread:
UPDATE: The rule doing this has now been released.
Some news coverage of it has been an absolute garbage fire, so let me break it down for you with some #DomesticGagRuleFAQs. https://t.co/xTNVaJWAEv
— Emily Crockett (@emilycrockett) May 23, 2018
National Family Planing & Reproductive Health Association’s Domestic Gag Rule explainer is HERE.
ACTION –> Submit an official comment to the Department of Health and Human Services telling them you oppose the Domestic Gag Rule HERE.
The Shrugly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:
AFL-CIO’s Freedom to Join website: https://aflcio.org/freedom-to-join
Mark Joseph Stern at Slate: Epic Distortion – Neil Gorsuch’s ruling on mandatory arbitration clauses doesn’t reflect the reality of American labor relations
FLINT UPDATE
Ron Fonger at the Flint Journal: Flint estimates 14,000 lead water service lines still in the ground
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Music & audio clips
Intro clip from Preet Bharara’s Stay Tuned with Preet podcast with Bassem Youssef, live at the Apollo Theater
Intro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads
Dancing in the Dark by Rihanna
Unclaimed by Mike Wagner/Total Strangers
Outro music: Complain (from the movie Bob Roberts) by David Robbins & Tim Robbins
