Sunday newsletter: Thoughts on Bill Barr, Alexander Hamilton, Kristi Noem, universities, antisemitism, Tiktok, and non-competes.
And, of course, more dog pictures.
“Without Jennifer Jacobs, a dogged Bloomberg reporter who broke the story about Hicks’s illness, the world might still be in the dark about the sickness sweeping through the West Wing and the highest levels of our government. “
WATCH: Dr. Fauci calls out
@RandPaul
*to his face* for creating a permission structure for armed extremists to target him and his family -- putting their lives at risk.
Fauci brings the receipts -- clearly showing how Paul is fundraising off of his attacks against Fauci
In re: Romney.
His vote won't change the outcome, but it's striking how one man alone can dramatically change the mood, the tone, and the moral character of this final vote....
Before TrumpWorld tries to memory-hole this... a Thread -->
January 22:
Trump: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
February 2:
Trump: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
Well, some personal news: just became a grandpa... again. First girl!
Mom, dad, granddaughter all doing well...Charlotte is 6 lbs 10 oz... 19”...waiting on pictures. 🥳
My best buddy and constant companion passed away last night. Pete was 17 1/2 years old.
He had a great run. And many bonus years. I was lucky enough to be able to hold him in his last moments.
Pete
2005-2022
Yesterday Pete had a sausage biscuit; spent a day in the sunshine with his brothers; got lots of love; and ate roast chicken for dinner. He died suddenly less than an hour later in his Daddy’s arms. He was 17.
I think the best tribute is just one word:
PETE!
❤️
Re-upping this from May: "We should be clear about this. John McCain haunts the Trump White House, not because of his votes or policy disagreements, but because he represents the man that Donald Trump cannot ever be."
We come from different ends of the political spectrum and often disagree, but I’m sick at heart over all this.
@mehdirhasan
is
a once in a generation talent; The most gifted interviewer in US media, and nothing has changed my opinion about that
Prominent GOPer just texted:
“If the CEO of a company announced major initiatives or changes for the company and got three main points wrong, the board of directors would rightly question what the hell is going on.”
Despite Graham’s compulsive turd-polishing of the last few years, Trump didn’t even consult him before making the decision to abandon the Kurds. Graham was not even in the room. He didn’t even get a text.
A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America”, doing everything possible to....
How about this for a modest proposal: channeling Reagan and the air traffic controllers… Revoke the licenses and permits for any trucker engaged in this illegal stoppage?
“I believe that the president has learned from this case...The president has been impeached. That’s a pretty big lesson. I’m voting to acquit...I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future.” - Susan Collins
What does
@SenatorCollins
have to say about Roger Stone?
This was not Kaitlin Collins’ fault. The format was impossible and CNN’s bosses should have known that.
Chris Licht is rapidly becoming the Elon Musk of CNN…
—
@PaulaReidCBS
to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local health officials...How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?"
In Miami. Walked into restaurant...picked up at least 5 different languages being spoken. Did not think “we are losing the country.”
Thought: dam this country is great ....
Maybe Barr really is angry. Perhaps his institutionalist instincts really did finally kick in... the vestiges of his conscience stirred... and dammit, he just had to take a stand for the rule of the law. Maybe.
Or maybe he was just annoyed that Trump was giving away the game.
Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.
NEW: Trump is expected to give Rep. Devin Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — on Monday, and to give the same award to Rep. Jim Jordan next week.
Strong speech by President Trump about the winning policies of his administration and what the party needs to unite behind moving forward. The liberal media wants a GOP civil war. Not gonna happen.
Prediction: The MAGAverse and media satellites will:
(1) Vigorously oppose all of Biden's pandemic mitigation efforts in re: social distancing, masks, lockdowns.
AND *SIMULTANEOUSLY*
(2) Blame Biden for all COVID deaths that take place after noon on January 20.
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Trump “has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin during World War III and even encourage him to do as he pleases to America’s allies.”
Liz Cheney: "Defeating Trump means reelecting President Biden and rejecting third-party candidates, she said forthrightly. Though she disagrees with Biden on many policy issues, she said his victory in November is necessary to save the country from potential dictatorship."…
But thank God that at a moment like this, he can rely on his brain trust of Jared, Ivanka, Judge Jeanine, Charlie Kirk, Jeanine Pirro, and Sean Hannity ...
“Trump is livid” and “screaming at everyone,” after last night’s disappointing midterm results for GOP, according to a Trump adviser. The adviser went on to slam the former president’s handpicked contenders: “they were all bad candidates.” “Candidates matter,” the adviser said.
Adam Schiff is hailing Alexander Vindman as an American patriot.
How patriotic is it to badmouth and ridicule our great nation in front of Russia, America’s greatest enemy?
Johnson: We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ
"Here's the truth. The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election," President Biden says.
"Because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution. He can't accept he lost."
No one can truly imagine what these girls have survived.
The silence over their continuing captivity from so many in positions of influence and power is deafening.
Liz Cheney: "As a criminal defendant, Mr. Trump has long had access to federal grand jury material relating to his Jan. 6 indictment and to all the testimony obtained by our select committee. He knows what all these witnesses have said under oath and understands the risks he…