Samantha Bee joins Alyssa to guest host while Erin is out on maternity leave! They dish about Trump’s guilty verdict, Republican buffoonery, and the latest abortion news ahead of the 2-year anniversary of Roe being overturned. Then, Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan discusses working for the CIA, Congresspeople who aren’t “in it for the right reasons,” and her 2024 Senate race. Finally, Sani-Petty (what is Pride Month without Dolly Parton?). 

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Show Notes

Samantha Bee: podcast, Substack

Elissa Slotkin for Michigan, Instagram, TikTok

Get involved: votesaveamerica.com/2024 

What the first polls after Trump's conviction show — and don't show (NBC)

 Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes (AP)

Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz (CBS)

Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial (CNN)

Johnson in Trump verdict aftermath: 'I do believe the Supreme Court should step in' (Politico)

Republicans vow to upend Dem-led Senate after Trump's guilty verdict (Fox)

Trump fans turn US flags upside down to protest former president’s conviction (CNN)

Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democratic lawmakers about ethics flap and Alito’s flags (CNN)

Texas will continue its ban on abortions in medical emergencies, state Supreme Court rules (The 19th)

There’s No Bottom: Texas Professors Sue for Right to Fail Students for Having Abortions (Jezebel)

She is set to be Mexico’s first female president. But who is Claudia Sheinbaum? (CNN)