I didn’t think we’d have to be in the Bunker this long

• Trump “thought it would be easier”
• 2nd failed Obamacare repeal
• Mnuchin Tax plan would heighten a “mountain of debt”
• Sessions recuses himself from Flynn investigation, Rosenstein takes over the Senate Russia probe
• Sessions says DREAMers are subject to being deported, Trump says they should “rest easy”
• Flynn is somehow Obama’s fault

Charity of the week: Teach for America

Journalist of the week: Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star

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Day 92 of Trump's presidency and there’s only 8 days left to meet your terrible goals!!!

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It's Day 85 of Trump's presidency and the Russian connections keep coming

No detailed show notes this week as Red is sick and he barely crawled to the mic to record this podcast.

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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We’re going to War and it’s only the 78th Day of the Trump Administration!

• Oh yeah the Senate legislative Filibuster is dead and Neil Gorsuch was confirmed, but 538 says it may not be that bad?
• We have a notoriously slapdash crash course of Syrian history, and it’s depressing.
• The deal with Syria & Russia
• The scale of the crisis in Syria
• RadioLab's episode on Nuclear Control and Command (Nukes)
• Eric Schlosser's book Command and Control
• Trump’s tweets and so much more

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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Day 69 of the Trump Presidency

• Trump approval rating drops
• A new EO dismantling the Clean Power Plan
• New 2020 census modified to not count LGBTQ
• Breitbart hounds Paul Ryan who threatens the Freedom Caucus
• Republicans move from complicated health care to… tax reform?
• What’s going on with Senate Republicans and Gorsuch?
• Meanwhile in Russia, people take to the streets while back home the administration tries to silence Sally Yates
• House Dems propose MAR-A-LAGO act

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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An episode on the rise and fall of Trumpcare

• Outline of the AHCA, AKA Trumpcare
• Congressional Budget Office: Costs more, insures less
• Pete Souza, Obama’s photographer and instagram hero
• Republicans have forgotten how to govern
• Republicans talk consequences of Trumpcare failure

Journalist of the week: Glenn Thrush

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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Federal judge institutes Travel Ban Ban, GOP Health Care Plan isn’t, Scott Pruitt continues to be a nightmare

• Hawaiian Federal judge freezes Trump’s Travel ban
• Congressional Budget Office releases report on Trumpcare
• Trump challenged on Americans losing coverage
• Only 24% of voters support Trumpcare
• His budget it also a nightmare
• The stupid Rachel Maddow tax story
• Scott Pruitt is unfit to teach high school science
• Comey will PUBLICLY testify on Russia investigation next week
• Also Kellyane can turn microwaves into cameras, Rex Tillerson used the email alias “Wayne Tracker”, and Breitbart is taking a hit out on Paul Ryan

Journalist of the week: Michelle B. Van Dyke

Charity of the week: Action Against Hunger

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Trumpcare, Obama tappin’ them wires, and more

• Republican plan clears committee at 4:30 in the morning
• AMA opposes Republican plan
• Pre-emptively criticizing the Congressional Budget Office report, which doesn’t yet exist
• The new plan restricts abortion coverage drastically
• The poor could afford healthcare if they just didn’t buy so many iPhones
• New Travel Ban Executive Order is in place
• Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping his phones, apparently referencing a Breitbart article
• Obama denies he wiretapped any citizen, Trump doesn’t believe it
• Trump is FURIOUS at Jeff Sessions recusing himself
• Supreme Court will not hear Transgender Rights case

Activist of the week: Pro Publica

Charity of the week: Planned Parenthood

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This week on the #1 Fake News Podcast

• Jeff Sessions did not disclose meeting with Russians. Sidebar, Al Franken as a presidential candidate?
  • Sessions recuses himself from any Russia investigation
• NY Times listicle on Trump's Speech, & fact check
• Republican health care plan, which only Republicans are allowed to see
• News on the delayed and modified Travel ban E.O.
• Ben Carson CONFIRMED as HUD Secretary
• Ryan Zinke CONFIRMED to lead Department of the Interior, rides in on horse
• Betsy DeVos and HBCUs, her top twitter photo featuring her surrounded with African American students in an attempt to literally shield her from criticism
• Trump ok'd Spicer checking aides' phones

Activist of the week: Resistance Recess by MoveOn

Charity of the week: The White Helmets

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Enemy of the American People was our 2nd favorite title for this podcast. This week's episode discusses:

• Trump reverts bathroom protections for transgender students
• Last week's Trump press conference
• Trump confidante Roger Stone admits ties to wikileaks
• Scott Pruitt is confirmed as EPA administrator
• Trump's 3rd choice for National Security Advisor
• Deportations and DACA
• Clarence Thomas and the Travel Ban
• The wait for a new travel EO
• Christie getting power moved to death

Journalist of the week: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com by @matt_kiser

Charity of the week: Lambda Legal

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SHOW NOTES!

• #TrumpShake
• State of the Executive Order Travel Ban 1 week later
  • Lawfare blog quoted by Trump
• Trump and the "New START" Nuclear Treaty
• Confirmation of Jeff Sessions, Betsy DeVos, and Tom Price
• Michael Flynn and the Logan Act
• Trump vexed by the scale of the presidency

Journalist of the week: Chris Geidner

Charity of the week: Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

SHOW NOTES

• Donald Trump's first 100 days plan
• 538's profile on Neil Gorsich
• Up-to-date information on Trump's immigration ban

Journalist of the week: Maggie Haberman

Ad-hoc bonus journalist of the week: Lewis Wallace, especially his article "I was fired from my journalism job ten days into Trump"

Charity of the week: National Immigration Law Center

SHOW NOTES

• Executive order banning foreign aid to health providers who discuss abortion
• Executive order blocking immigrants from entering the country
• Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, cleared to serve as an advisor
• Trump pulled out of the TPP
• Book discussed by Red: Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday

Journalist of the week: Laurie Penny, especially recommend her article "The Triumph of the Won’t"

Charity of the week: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

The first public Bunker Politics and the last episode of the Obama administration.

• Trump odds of leaving office on betfair
• Charity of the week: Planned Parenthood
• Follow us on twitter->@bunkerpolitics

SHOW NOTES:

• ReplyAll's Voyage Into Pizzagate 
• Deep NY Times article on Russia's hacking of the DNC 
• 125 Billion of waste 
• Incredible Radiolab episode 23 Weeks 6 Days 

Journalists to follow:

• Red recommends Julia Ioffe 
• Ivan recommends Anna Massoglia 

Charity of the week: International Rescue Committee

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Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Bob Dole's involvement with the Trump-Taiwan call
• Soft Bank's $50 billion pledge 
• Trump's possible softening on DACA 

Red recommends you follow Clare Malone

Ivan recommends you follow Sarah Jeong

They both recommend you support any number of organizations that benefit the Ghost Ship Fire victims. 

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Links mentioned in the podcast

•  NPR's map of most common jobs in every state
• Before and after the voting rights act
• Precincts closed down because of the voting rights act 
• Trump seems ignorant as to what a president does 
• Ivan's running thoughts on Fidel Castro's death 

Red recommends you follow McKay Coppins  for Trump coverage and donate to the ACLU 

Ivan recommends you follow Matt Pearce  and donate to the Standing Rock Sioux