President-elect Donald Trump made good on his promise late Monday to sue The Des Moines Register, the newspaper's former pollster, Ann Selzer, and the paper's parent company, Gannett. His lawyers argue that Selzer's early November poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris beating Trump in Iowa amounted to "election interference." The suit comes on the heels of ABC News' decision to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Trump. Dylan Byers, media reporter and founding partner of Puck News, explains what it could mean for coverage of Trump's second term. Later in the show, Crooked correspondent and longtime climate reporter Stephanie Ebbs breaks down the Biden Administration's rush to spend funds for clean energy projects tied to the Inflation Reduction Act. And in headlines: Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly beat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in the contest to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect is charged with murder, and Ukraine claimed credit for the killing of a senior Russian general in Moscow.
It's Wednesday, December 18th.
I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a day.
The show that will not be bidding on an ancient tablet containing nine of the Ten Commandments that Sotheby's is putting up for auction.
Because honestly, where would we put it?
With the Ark of the Covenant and the One True Cross and the Shroud of Turin already taking up a lot of space in our apartment, we are reaching our limit on possibly haunted religious relics.
On today's show, Biden's inflation Reduction act spending spree and AOC loses her bid for top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
Let's get into it.
I frequently say that President elect Donald Trump just says a lot of stuff.
He makes a lot of promises that he can't possibly keep and probably doesn't want to.
He's the kid running for sixth grade class president.
Pizza and ice cream for everyone all the time.
But there's one promise he's actively working to keep.
Suing the media.
Late Monday night, Trump filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines registered its former pollster Ann Seltzer and the paper's parent company, Gannett.
Why?
Because of Seltzer's poll published right before the election showing Vice President Kamala Harris with a three point lead in the state.
Turns out Seltzer was wrong, very wrong.
Trump won Iowa by 13 points, but never one to just take the win and move on.
Trump says Seltzer's poll amounted to election interference.
He previewed the suit during a press conference at Mar a Lago.