Well, it's another Rapid Response Friday, and we're here with everything you need to know about Yodel Mountain, including:
Breaking news regarding the wiretap of Michael Cohen's office several weeks before the search warrant issued and that the SDNY has at least one conversation between Cohen and Trump
Rudy Giuliani's rather bizarre appearance on Hannity, during which he admitted that President Trump is DD and paid Michael Cohen back for the $130,000 in hush money paid to Stormy Daniels -- directly contradicting the President's own earlier statement
Whether the repayment scheme alleged by Giuliani (a) makes sense and/or (b) constitutes money laundering
The "leaked questions" regarding Mueller's efforts to interview Trump
Trump's decision to replace Ty Cobb with Emmett Flood
The House Freedom Caucus's efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein; and, of course
Stormy Daniels's latest defamation lawsuit against President Trump
Our tip to journalists -- the question you want to ask is "What 'information' does Stormy Daniels have under Paragraph 2.1 of the Agreement?" Finally, we end with an all new Thomas (and next week's guest Andrew Seidel) Take The Bar Exam #74 that's not about real property, but is instead about the rules of evidence and whether a particular line of questioning is permissible. If you'd like to play along, just retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess. We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Andrew was just a guest on Episode 141 of the God Awful Movies podcast, reviewing "Cries of the Unborn." Check it out! Show Notes & Links
Rudy Giuliani potentially incriminates Donald Trump during his first television appearance as the President's new lawyer, Mueller has many questions about crimes of collusion, and Marco Rubio and Tom Price cut a few very effective ads for Democratic campaigns. Then Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow joins Tommy Vietor to talk about his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence."
Tenderloin residents wanted to preserve its affordability. But will they be forced out as improvements come to the neighborhood?
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What would a credible challenge to ever increasing spending look like? Kurt Couchman, a Vice President at Defense Strategies, has written some of those kinds of plans for lawmakers.
In which John explains why it's a bad idea to smelt iron on your deck or patio, a seemingly obvious life tip that seems to have escaped Chairman Mao. Certificate #30148.
Today, we're talking about President Trump repaying 'hush money' to his lawyer and the controversial data firm that says it's forced to shut down.
Plus: another Southwest Airlines cracked window, Boy Scouts is changing its name and more Amazon Prime perks.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Then, hang out after the news for the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're hearing from Libby Bush. She's the founder and CEO of Tandem Entertainment, which specializes in strategic and creatively led partnerships for media companies & celebrity clients like Walt Disney Studios, Ryan Seacrest, STX Entertainment, Funny or Die and Rachel Zoe, to name a few.
Gen. Michael Hayden was running the National Security Agency and then the CIA, he couldn’t talk about our national security risks. If he could have, most people would have listened to him. But things are different now. Hayden talks about the decline of fact-based arguments, the Iran nuclear deal, and the future of privacy. His latest book is The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies.
In the Spiel, Kanye West knows he has flaws. He just can’t learn from them.
