0:08 – Today, a jury in Alexandria, VA will hear closing arguments in the trial of Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in the first trial stemming from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the Presidential campaign and election. Manafort faces 18 counts of tax and bank fraud stemming from money he earned while working for the pro-Russian political party in the Ukraine and from Russian oligarchs. If convicted, he could go to prison for the rest of his life.
Ken White is a former federal prosecutor, is a criminal defense attorney, and First Amendment Litigator at Brown White & Osborn LLP in Los Angeles. His podcast “Make No Law” (@Popehat) explores the history of the First Amendment.
0:34 – What to do about fake news and conspiracism on the social web. April Glaser (@aprilaser) writes about tech for Slate, and joins us to discuss.
1:08 – You’ve likely seen the news coverage on a newly released climate change study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Journal , dubbed “Hot House Earth,” with headlines breathlessly declaring, “Hell on Earth?” “Paradise Lost” and worse. But the study could just as easily have been dubbed using the OTHER term discussed in it by its authors, “Stabilized Earth,” but only if we heed their warnings and take actions outlined in the study. We’re joined by one of the report’s authors. Professor Diana Liverman (@DianaLiv) teaches in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She’s co-author of a new paper published by the National Academy of Sciences titled “Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene.”
1:34 – Andrew Janz (@JanzforCongress) is the Democratic candidate running to unseat House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes in California’s 22nd Congressional District.