Emotional support chicken

Donald Trump vs. Ron DeSantis — new post from the former president saying it’s “A BIG MISTAKE” for DeSantis to buck him on CO Senate

In spring 2021, I penned a piece in the WSJ Journal urging democrats to take control of the anti-crime message. They did not. Colossal mistake. Now, every Democratic campaign should run the following ad between now and election day...(½) on.wsj.com/3f5mdgy

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Taking everything else out of the equation, an prominent politician, let alone a former president, joking about prison rape as a form of punishment is remarkable

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OTOH: more than half the people who registered for the last five rallies were first-time attendees, and 38% did not vote in previous midterm

Signs the Trump show may be dimming...

Minden, NV, 9/12/20: 20,000
Minden, NV, 10/8/22: 10,000

Mesa, AZ, 10/19/18: 6,000
Mesa, AZ, 10/9/22: 4,000

washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

BIG Senate development: Spokesman for Senate Leadership Fund confirms the GOP super PAC canceling $5.6M in New Hampshire ads for Don Bolduc. All but throwing in the towel in a swing state.

Money being moved into a new battleground TBD...

Things moving in this direction in lots of races - from not granting interviews (understandable) to not doing media scrums (not great) to just not letting the legacy media see the candidates in person. twitter.com/reidepstein/st…

Scoop: Mar-a-Lago classified papers included highly sensitive secrets about Iran's missile program and US intel-gathering aimed at China washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

A few hours before the Dalton rally, she texted aides Taylor Brown and Stephen Lawson: “Please make sure Trump RTs my statement so I don’t get booed off the stage!!” using the shorthand term for ”retweet.” ajc.com/politics/texts…

Liz Truss may have not outlasted the lettuce. But in her six weeks, she was the last prime minister to meet the queen -- and got to read at her funeral!

But she outlasted the milk in the refrigerator. I wasn’t able to do that! Kudos.

Asked whether he’d support Trump as the GOP nominee in 2024, Pence said tonight at Georgetown: “Well, there might be somebody else I’d prefer more. You know, what I can tell you is I have every confidence that the Republican Party is going to sort out leadership.”

Shortly after the Nov 2020 election, then-Sen. Kelly Loeffler called for Brad Raffensperger to step down as Georgia Secretary of State.

Raffensperger’s wife responded with 🔥🔥🔥texts: “What kind of person are you?”

ajc.com/politics/texts… Via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Will never forget being in New Orleans on a Sunday & Spirit canceled my flight. Line to rebook was hours long. People were livid. Finally at front of line, I asked when next flight was. Clerk said: 'Maybe Wednesday but it might be full.' I said: 'Wednesday?' She shrugged. 'Next!'

It’s the little ⁦Maggie Haberman⁩ touches

“Mr. Rubashkin — who in fact was not a rabbi — was later convicted of bank fraud” nytimes.com/2022/10/19/us/…

'Federal officials working on the government response to Covid-19 made well-timed financial trades when the pandemic began—both as the markets plunged and as they rallied—a Wall Street Journal investigation found.' wsj.com/articles/covid…