Summary: In this episode, Mike (@mikeskinnner) and Patrick (PatrickFO) go beyond the headlines and into the substance of the big news stories of the past week. Our “Lede” section is on Don Trump Jr’s emails and the political, moral, and legal fallout. Then: we argue about the new Senate healthcare bill, and healthcare in general. In our “Beyond the Lede,” Mike has a bone to pick with Bill Nye, and Patrick reviews scholarly literature on lobbying in D.C. All this plus music recommendations! Links to stories we discuss, and supplemental material we read to prepare, as well. Articles “Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign,” Jo Becker, Matt Apuzzo, and Adam Goldman, NYTimes.com, July 8, 2017. “The Benefit of the Doubt is Gone,” Jonah Goldberg, Nationalreview.com, July 14, 2017. “Week in Politics, Trump in Paris, Russia, Health Care,” interview by Steve Inskeep with Jonah Goldberg, NPR.org, July 14, 2017. “Trump Jr’s Meeting Might Not Rise to Treason,” David Harsanyi, Nationalreview.com, July 14, 2017. “If Donald Trump is a Crook, What Kind is He?” Susan Hennessey, and Benjamin Wittes, ForeignPolicy.com, July 6, 2017. “Is BCRA Better than Obamacare?” Chris Pope, Nationalreview.com, July 13, 2017. “DOJ announces charges against 400 people for $1.3 billion in health-care fraud,” Sari Horwitz and Renae Merle, WashingtonPost.com, July 13, 2017. “Ted Cruz’s Giant Leap Into the Known,” Paul Krugman, NYTimes.com, July 15, 2017. “NHS Chiefs Warn that Hospitals in England are on the Brink of Collapse,” Denis Campbell, TheGuardian.com, September 16, 2016. “We Started With 14 Possible Paths For Trump’s Presidency. Which Are Most Likely Now?” A FiveThirtyEight Chat, FiveThirtyEight.com, May 24, 2017. “Bill Nye Just Gave the Stupidest Definition of ‘Science,’” Hank Berrien, Dailywire.com, July 12, 2017. Study “Mirror, Mirror 2017: International Comparison Reflects Flaws and Opportunities for Better U.S. Health Care,” Eric C. Schneider, Dana O. Sarnak, David Squires, Arnav Shah, and Michelle M. Doty, The Commonwealth Fund, July 2017. Music Strawberry Girls Italian Ghosts (2017) Tinariwen Elwan (2017) Vince Staples Big Fish Theory (2017) Laura Marling Semper Femina (2017) Kendrick Lamar DAMN. (2017) Before Their Eyes Midwest Modesty (2015) Jason Richardson I (2016) Image Credit: thesource.com/2017/07/12/trump-s…ite-email-scandal/
