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Punya Krishnappa, Affordable Care Act Deputy Campaign Manager at Organizing for America, joins the podcast to talk about her journey in electoral politics as an Indian-American growing up in Illinois. We also take Trump White House Deputy Spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to task for calling Jeff Sessions a campaign “volunteer” to desperately do damage control from the fallout of his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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Episode Links:

• Sergey Kislyak profile #1 (Politico)
• Sergey Kislyak profile #2 (NY Times)
• White House Press Gaggle Transcript where Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls Jeff Sessions a “volunteer”
• Justin Hendrix’s informative counter-tweet-storm to Trump’s gaslighting
• Why Jeff Sessions will likely not be prosecuted for perjury
• How GOP’s “Replace and Repeal” of Obamacare will increase your medical cost
• FBI arrest of Juan Thompson for bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers
• Proposed 37% budget cuts to the State Department
• Proposed 17% budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration