Special council Robert Mueller sent his first âwitchâ to trial Tuesday morning in Virginia. Over the next three weeks, Paul Manafort, Trumpâs campaign manager, will face 18 felony counts of tax fraud and bank fraud. Itâs an airtight case likely to land Manafort in jail for life, but it apparently has nothing to do with Trump-Russia collusion. Or does it? In Eli Sandersâs absence, Rich Smith asks Dan Savage and Katie Herzog about what Muellerâs really trying to squeeze out of Manafort.
Then, Dan and Katie stick around for a grab-bag second segment. Topics under discussion include: Twitter drama, the media making the same mistakes it made in 2016, and âQuiet Skies,â a secret government operation designed to spy on U.S. citizens in airports.
Speaking of secret operations: Sean Nelson, the Strangerâs Editor at Large, joins Dan and Rich in the third segment to talk about Mission: ImpossibleâFallout, the latest action film in the series starring Tom Cruise. Is it awesome? Is it not awesome? Is Tom Cruise hiding something? Does anybody care? We do.
Plus, as always, the music of Ahamefule J. Oluo.