Homework and first segment here FREE. To hear the entire show daily subscribe to our podcast.

Right click on any link to open in a new tab.

After “technical difficulties” in Georgia’s 6^th district delayed the vote count, Jon Ossoff just missed receiving 50% of the vote. There will be a runoff in June between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel.  Ossoff was raised in the 6^th District, was a mentee of Congressman John Lewis and a legislative aide to Congressman Hank Johnson for five years, while Karen Handel, a chronic politician, born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C was fired from the Susan G. Komen organization for trying to defund Planned Parenthood breast cancer screenings.  Feel good about this matchup!

ARMADA?  WHAT ARMADA?  After Trump, Spicer, H.R. McMaster and others told us we were sending an Armada to the Korean Peninsula, Defense News breaks the bad news, the administration lied to us.

A Dreamer under the protection of DACA was deported by Trump landing him in Mexico where he hasn’t lived since he was 9 years old.

Was racism the motivating factor for Trump voters?  This new study says YES.

New York Magazine is reporting the Murdoch Family is ending Bill O’Reilly’s 21 year run on Fox News.

Weigh in on any of these stories today Live at 4PM Eastern Time, call-in line: 561 370 2844.

JON OSOFF JUST MISSED THE 50% THRESHOLD FOR AN OUTRIGHT WIN – HE WILL FACE REPUBLICAN KARYN HANDEL ON JUNE 20 FOR THE WIN

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/18/georgia-special-election-jon-ossoff-republican-seat-congress?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=222343&subid=19773679&CMP=GT_US_collection

WHAT ARMADA?

TRUMPS MADMAN THEORY IS DANGEROUS

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/18/trumps-madman-theory-isnt-strategic-unpredictability-its-just-crazy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FP%20again&utm_term=Flashpoints

DEAR LEADER KIM OUR PRESIDENT IS CRAZIER THAN YOU

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dear-kim-jong-un-watch-out-for-trump-hes-even-crazier-than-you/2017/04/18/68360786-2458-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.ea1fc7574083&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

TRUMP’S ARMADA WAS NEVER HEADING TO NORTH KOREA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/18/524560773/that-armada-heading-to-north-korea-actually-it-sailed-south

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/18/the-white-houses-misleading-statements-about-trumps-armada-heading-to-north-korea/?utm_term=.4644fed932f8

H.R. MCMASTER SAID SENDING THE CARRIER GROUP TO NORTH KOREA WAS PRUDENT

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/hr-mcmaster-aircraft-deployment-korean-peninsula-237041

DEFENSE NEWS WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT THAT THE STRIKE GROUP WAS NEAR INDONESIA

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/us-carrier-still-thousands-of-miles-from-korea

THE NAVY SAID THE SHIP WAS BEING TURNED FROM AUSTRAILIA TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130123

MAP OF CARL VINSON

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sunda+Strait/@3.2688001,103.9161117,5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x2e418a39b3a0f867:0x2a01e8f229efc380!8m2!3d-5.920556!4d105.885833

JAPAN TO JOIN US IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

http://www.newsweek.com/japanese-warships-join-us-aircraft-carrier-east-china-sea-582893

…AND JUSTICE FOR NONE

AFTER FIRING US ATTORNEYS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HASN’T REPLACED A SINGLE ONE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-month-after-dismissing-federal-prosecutors-justice-department-does-not-have-any-us-attorneys-in-place/2017/04/18/d94c4bd0-2442-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.6528969a5000

BILL O’REILLY FIRED?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/sources-fox-news-has-decided-bill-oreilly-has-to-go.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-oreillys-fox-news-future-is-increasingly-in-peril/2017/04/18/aa5fc14a-2496-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.a708e8b13920&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-oreilly-accuser-says-he-called-her-hot-chocolate-leered-995158

RACIST?  YES!

NEW STUDY SHOWS RACISM MOTIVATED TRUMP VOTERS MORE THAN AUTHORITARIANISM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/17/racism-motivated-trump-voters-more-than-authoritarianism-or-income-inequality/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.42b794340f58

FIRST DREAMER UNDER PROTECTION DEPORTED

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/18/trump-first-deportation-dreamer-daca-mexico?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=222343&subid=19773679&CMP=GT_US_collection

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-deport-dreamer-daca_us_58f68d19e4b05b9d613e3d47

TURNING THE WHITE HOUSE INTO TRUMP TOWER

IVANKA TRUMP WINS CHINESE TRADEMARKS THAT SHE COULDN’T GET ON HER OWN

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-chinese-trademarks_us_58f618cbe4b0da2ff8633591?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

WHAT A MESS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-business-erdogan_us_58f66bbae4b0de5bac41a125?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

MEANWHILE…