Party Politics, Ep. 71: White House Horrors! (Repost)

On Party Politics this week, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus are going to catch you up on the week’s political news:The week's big news was the conviction of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. Party Politics Co-Hosts, Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus look at what this might mean for President Trump, and whether this signals a new direction in the on-going Russia investigation. Finally, they look at what the impact on the midterms will be. National Topics:Stripping John Brennan’s Security Clearance creates big pushback from intelligence community.EPA power plant revisions look to boost coal--but will it work?Congressman Duncan Hunter and wife indicted for campaign fund misuse. When is a cyber attack not an attack? Ask the DNC.GOP house candidate—endorsed by the Miami Herald says she was kidnapped by aliens!Texas Topics:Abbott—surging in the polls, say some teachers should get 100K a year.VP Pence comes to Texas and Houston.Beto-Mania hits Houston!Harvey-1 year anniversary--how are we doing?TX Court of Appeals blocks Austin paid sick leave ordinance.Rep Travis Clardy announces for Speaker. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tweet us using #PartyPoliticsPod or email [email protected]. Party Politics is produced by Don Geraci, the audio engineer is Todd Hulslander and our digital editor is Al Ortiz.