A Song of Slights and Ire

This week the ladies dive into the recent Iran drama with Ariane Tabatabai. Next, they revisit some recent election results before turning to whirlwind trade developments, as talks with China fall apart and new restrictions are levied against Huawei. White House Mayhem never disappoints, and the ladies sound off on the moral and strategic bankruptcy of pardoning war criminals. Pop-culture brings us home.   Links Elections Damien Cave, "," New York Times, May 18, 2019 Hywel Griffith and Jay Savage, "," BBC, May 19, 2019 Douglas Schorzman and Kai Schultz, "" New York Times, May 19, 2019 Trade Brendan Murray, "," Bloomberg, May 19, 2019 China Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher, "," New York Times, May 16, 2019 Eamon Barrett, "," Fortune, May 18, 2019 Michael Schuman, "," Atlantic, May 18, 2019 Julia Horowitz, " ," CNN, May 16, 2019 Mexico – Canada Kayla Tausche and Jacob Pramuk, "," CNBC, May 17, 2019 Iran "," BBC, May 08, 2019 Becca Wasser and Ariane Tabatabai, Washington Post, "," May 21, 2019 Eric Brewer, Elisa Catalano Ewers, Ilan Goldenberg, Peter Harrell, Nicholas Heras, Elisabeth Rosenberg, and Ariane Tabatabai, "," CNAS, January 29, 2019 Ariane Tabatabai, "" New York Times, May 10, 2019 Huawei Frank Bajak and Tali Arbel, "," AP News, May 16, 2019 Emily Feng, "," NPR, May 16, 2019 Emily Stewart, "," Vox, May 21, 2019 War Crimes Dave Philipps, "," New York Times, May 18, 2019