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Devon and Sarah discuss the Syrian strikes and what they mean in a broader political context, more Trump administration staff shake ups, and self-care. They award the Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery.

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Key Articles

  1. The war in Syria, explained by Zack Beauchamp
  2. Trump’s Syria Strike Was Unconstitutional and Unwise by Conor Friederdorf
  3. Trump’s senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothing By Moustafa Bayoumi
  4. Striking at Assad Carries Opportunities, and Risks, for Trump by David E. Sanger
  5. The Scariest Part About the Syria Attacks Is What Donald Trump Will Learn from Them by Jay Willis
  6. McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power by Jennifer Jacobs
  7. Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms by Jo Becker and Matthew Rosenberg
  8. APRIL 10 2017 SAVE PRINT Programmer Pyotr Levashov reportedly suspected in US election hacking arrested – Reuters
  9. Job Growth Loses Steam as U.S. Adds 98,000 in March by Nelson D. Schwartz
  10. Pres. Trump plays at Trump International Golf Course; 16th trip to golf club since taking office by NBC4 Staff
  11. Every 2.8 days, Trump visits a Trump-owned property. Every 5.6 days, he plays golf. by Mathew Rodriguez
  12. Donald Trump’s travel expenses in 10 weeks cost US taxpayers as much as Barack Obama spent in two years by Niamh McIntyre
  13. A Democrat Tries to Pull Off a Kansas Miracle by Ron Knox
  14. Money is flooding into a Georgia congressional race to boost — or crush — a 30-year-old Democrat by Jacob Pramuk and John W. Schoen
  15. Democrats Continue To Turn Out In Second Week Of Early Voting For Jon Ossoff by Sam Levine
  16. A Montana Special Election Nobody Is Following Could Deal A Huge Blow To Trump by Alexander C. Kaufman and Ryan Grim
  17. Ahn and Gomez appear headed to a runoff in L.A.’s congressional race by Christine Mai-Duc
  18. Robert Lee Ahn could be first Korean American member of Congress in 20 years by Javier Panzar

Gratitude & Sanity Check Links

  1. A History of Self-Care by Aisha Harris
  2. State legislators approve ‘California Values Act’ in rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda by Gabs Ortiz
  3. New York Is First State to Pay for All Immigrants’ Defense Lawyers by Kaitlin Menza

Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery Links

  1. In Alabama, a Slow-Burning Scandal Engulfs the Governor by Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder
  2. Tulsi Gabbard ‘skeptical’ Assad regime behind gas attack by Nikita Vladimirov
  3. Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Lauren Kirchner, and Surya Mattu

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