Intergovernmental Immunity (Allison Gill and Andrew Torrez; Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcast episode #35)

This week: Allison and Andrew dive into the Justice Department’s suit against Texas over SB8; Columbus, Ohio enlists the help of DoJ to reform its police department, but the police don’t seem to be cooperating; DoJ and MALDEF file appeals in Texas over DACA; plus bye-bye to Spicer and Conway, hello to a good Judge Thomas; and more.

Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-35-intergovernmental-immunity/id1549502623?i=1000535395548

Kellyanne Conway didn't belong on the Air Force Academy board

… there's not a lot of room for any suit here. Appointees serve at the pleasure of the president no matter how long the term is — and the president ain't happy.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/kellyanne-conway-didn-t-belong-air-force-academy-board-n1278845

Biden asks Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway to quit military academy boards

…Psaki said: "I will let others evaluate whether they think Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others were qualified, or not political, to serve on these boards, but the president's qualification requirements are not your party registration, they are whether you're qualified to serve and whether you're aligned with the values of this administration."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/08/biden-sean-spicer-kellyanne-conway-military-academy-boards

Biden Gives Trumpy Military Board Appointees the Boot—but They Won’t Budge

Some officials booted from the cushy board positions included Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway, and H.R. McMaster...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-gives-trump-military-advisory-board-appointees-the-boot

Sean Spicer knocks Oprah’s political inexperience — after working for a game show host with no political experience -- Raw Story:

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer cautioned media mogul and actual billionaire Oprah Winfrey of thinking of a presidential run in 2020 because she has no experience. During a Monday appearance on "Good Morning Britain," Spicer seemed to dismiss the assumption that Winfrey has a shot at the high office. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/sean-spicer-knocks-oprahs-political-inexperience-after-working-for-a-game-show-host-with-no-political-experience/

Lawsuit Alleges Fox News And Trump Supporter Created Fake News Story : NPR

The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the death of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Wheeler alleges Fox News and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from growing concern about the administration's ties to the Russian government. His suit charges that a Fox News reporter created quotations out of thin air and attributed them to him to propel her story....
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story

US condemns Russia for protest arrests, says people deserve ‘transparent and accountable governance’

The White House has denounced the Russian government for its handling of a series of country-wide protests which resulted in the arrest of more than a thousand people, including President Vladimir Putin's leading opponent.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Monday that the arrests were an affront to "core democratic values" and said that the Russian people deserved a government that supports open ideas and "transparent and accountable governance."
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/13/us-condemns-russia-for-protest-arrests-says-people-deserve-
transparent-and-accountable-governance.html

‘Daily Show’s’ Trevor Noah Exposes President Trump’s North Korea-Style ‘Propaganda’

If a "normal" administration were facing as much scrutiny upon its return from a foreign trip as President Donald Trump's has been, Trevor Noah said Wednesday night that it "would work hard to defend itself" and address the substantive concerns. "But this is the Trump administration," he explained. "They didn't get here by being normal." ...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-trevor-noah-exposes-president-trumps-north-korea-style-propaganda?via=desktop&source=copyurl

‘This is Better Than SNL!’: CNN’s Don Lemon Can’t Contain His Laughter During Wall Discussion

Sean Spicer‘s heated exchange with Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering over border walls/fencing apparently tickled Don Lemon on Wednesday’s CNN Tonight, as the anchor laughed both before and after a clip of the argument between the two....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNHW_fjTS0

"Trump Brought This Mess!" Jake Tapper On Trump, Flynn And The Sally Yates Hearing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SamhXmHDXM&feature=youtu.be

White House Deflects Blame To Obama Admin For Insufficiently Vetting Flynn -- TPM

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday blamed former President Barack Obama's administration for insufficiently vetting President Donald Trump's embattled former national security adviser Michael Flynn, amid new questions about Flynn's apparent failure to disclose payments he accepted from foreign governments. ...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-white-house-blames-obama-flynn-vetting

How cartoonists are ridiculing Sean Spicer’s Hitler comments - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/04/13/sean-spicer-how-hes-feeling-the-full-court-press-of-satire/

Anne Frank Center Calls On Trump To 'Fire Sean Spicer Now'

The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect on Tuesday called for President Donald Trump to fire White House press secretary Sean Spicer "at once" for his comments about Adolf Hitler and chemical weapons.

"On Passover no less, Sean Spicer has engaged in Holocaust denial, the most offensive form of fake news imaginable, by denying Hitler gassed millions of Jews to death," Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the center, said in a statement....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/anne-frank-center-calls-on-trump-fire-sean-spicer-now

Sean Spicer’s Comments About Hitler Show Appalling Ignorance Of Basic Historical Facts

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dug himself into quite a hole when he made a terrible analogy about dictators Adolf Hitler and Bashar Al Assad. “You had someone who was as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Spicer told reporters in a failed attempt to highlight how brutal the Assad regime’s most recent chemical attack on Syrians was. “He [Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.”...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/sean-spicer-s-comments-about-hitler-show-appalling-ignorance-of-basic

Sean Spicer praises Hitler for his restraint, falsely claims he never gassed his own people

During his Tuesday news conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer compared Hitler favorably with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Referring to the recent sarin gas attack on Syrian civilians, Spicer said, “You had someone as despicable as Hitler, who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/spicer-praises-hitler-chemical-weapons-a45144ebb8ae

White House refuses to condemn murder of black man by white supremacist

Sean Spicer said he didn’t “know all the details.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-refuses-to-condemn-murder-of-black-man-by-white-supremacist-6adcfc0c30aa

Donald Trump claims to create jobs, but President Obama actually did the job

Every time Donald Trump needs a distraction, he claims to have created jobs that were already on the way. With the healthcare bill on the ropes Friday morning, Sean Spicer was sent out to announce that the regime has achieved a new record in job-creating time travel....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1646951

The White House is suddenly no longer concerned about leaks

As long as leakers disseminate information helpful to Trump’s cause, there’s apparently no issue....
https://thinkprogress.org/spicer-nunes-leaks-not-concerned-34c1f8733d84

Blow the whistle on Sean Spicer -- CNN

Research shows corporations can get infected with a culture of lies. The only recourse for a company — or a country — is to call out lies when you see them, Mel Robbins says.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/opinions/spicer-problem-with-truth-robbins/index.html

Sean Spicer’s False claim that Paul Manafort played a minor role in the Trump campaign

Press Secretary Sean Spicer tried to distance the White House from President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who has come under intense scrutiny recently for alleged ties to the Russian government.

Manfort’s name was mentioned more than two dozen times in a Monday hearing before the House Intelligence committee on Russian interference in the 2016 election, and exclusive reporting today by the Associated Press alleges Manafort worked to advance Kremlin interests years before his involvement in the Trump campaign.

"Obviously there’s been discussion of Paul Manafort, who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time," Spicer said in a March 20 White House press briefing, responding to a reporter’s question about references to Manafort during the hearing.

That struck us as wrong, and Spicer seemed to walk back his comments in a subsequent press conference -- while still downplaying Manafort’s role....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/22/sean-spicer/sean-spicers-false-claim-paul-manafort-played-mino/