Episode 17: America, Season 240: Election 2016
This week, Morgan and Gavia finally go deep on their favorite show, the long-running America, in its historic 240th and final season. They discuss the surprising twist in this season's Republican primary, how the internet fueled Trump and Sanders fandom, perennial representation issues, and what the last few months of the most popular TV show in the country might have in store.
Links
REPUBLICANS
"The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker," Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
"The Anxiety Of Being Marco Rubio," McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed
"As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause," Jason Horowitz, The New York Times
"After His Honeymoon, Ted Cruz Immediately Bought 100 Cans Of Soup," Ashley Feinberg, Gawker
"A Breakdown of Jeb Bush's Weird Noises," The Rachel Maddow Show
"How Trump Happened," Jamelle Bouie, Slate
"Melania Trump on Her Rise, Her Family Secrets, and Her True Political Views: 'Nobody Will Ever Know,'" Julia Ioffe, GQ
DEMOCRATS
"There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement," Jamelle Bouie, Slate
"Hillary Clinton vs. Herself," Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine
"It’s time to admit Hillary Clinton is an extraordinarily talented politician," Ezra Klein, Vox
"Understanding Hillary," Ezra Klein, Vox
"Race, Activism, and Hillary Clinton at Wellesley," Charles Bethea, The New Yorker
CONVENTIONS
"'Please ignore the man with the bullhorn': A reporter's diary from outside the GOP convention," Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
"What 'great' America are they talking about? A reporter's journal outside the Democratic convention," Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
"What A British Woman Learned About America During The Conventions," Bim Adewunmi, BuzzFeed
"The R.N.C. on TV: Ivanka’s Weaponized Graciousness," Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker
Khizr Khan's speech at the DNC
TWITTER ROLL
Chris Murphy / John Lewis / Jamelle Bouie / Jill Filipovic / Chris Hayes / Jeet Heer / Emily Nussbaum / Matt Pearce / Joy Reid / Rebecca Traister / Matthew Yglesias