This is a confirmation that 1) the Jodi Kantor story is accurate 2) he had a general awareness that an upside-down flag was an emblem of Trump's rejection of a a free and fair election.

UMich regent Mark Bernstein on the protest at his house:

“This conduct is where our failure to address antisemitism leads: literally to the front door of my home.”

To the protestors:

“The rhetoric that we are not listening is utter nonsense. There is a difference between

Another advantage of adopting 19-year term limits for Supreme Court justices: a term-limited court would generate retirees who could act as an ethics council to enforce rules on serving justices, without compromising separation of powers.

.David Frum reacts to Michael Cohen's testimony: 'The Trump defense is that everyone in the Trump organization was a criminal and a liar and a crook, except for the boss, who was not.' Kasie Hunt

.Sarah Longwell on what her focus groups are saying about Congress:

“They very much want results, but they do not want compromise. Voters in this country seem to have lost the plot that it requires compromise to get results.”

Ontario has its first death from measles in over a decade. A small child who was unvaccinated.
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As a reminder, measles is also spreading in the U.S. It's a nasty, painful disease, that can end in lifelong disability or death. But anti-vaccine activists

.David Frum reacts to Michael Cohen's testimony: 'The Trump defense is that everyone in the Trump organization was a criminal and a liar and a crook, except for the boss, who was not.'

Better excuses than 'my wife did it.'

1) 'I have a processing handicap, I perceive up as down and down as up.'

2) 'You have to understand, it was the 2020s, a very different time.'

3) 'The house was sinking and we needed the Coast Guard to rescue us.'

Not sure folks appreciate this, but most senior Dems fully expect RFK will be on the ballot in most swing states, and despite what polls say now, he's likely to help Trump.

On today's pod, Dem strategist Stephanie Schriock is highly illuminating on all this👇
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Thirteen weeks ago today, I received the terrible news that my daughter Miranda had died. I've since heard from so many people who have walked this terrible path before me. They have shared their griefs and comforted mine. What little strength I now have is all borrowed.

I'll join Kasie Hunt panel on CNN in the 6 AM ET hour

The Trump defense is that everybody in the Trump organization was a criminal except the boss.

IDF spox Daniel Hagari announces that intel has confirmed 2 Thai hostages held in Gaza, Sonthaya Oakkharasri and Sudthisak Rinthalak, were murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7 and their bodies kidnapped.

Six other Thai hostages are believed to be still held; 23 were freed in November.

Has there been a good piece on just how, after decades of 'nakba' being coined and used by Arab intellectuals for the sole purpose of describing the combined armies' failure to destroy Israel, it got successfully appropriated by a different cause, the Palestinian refugees?

Trump in 2024: 'I never said I'd never come back [to Minnesota].'

Trump in 2020: 'I lose Minnesota, I'm never coming back ... I'm never coming back!'

Seven yrs ago -- Trump reveals secret intelligence to Russians

Excellent question.

Reality bites. Tariffs do raise prices - otherwise they would have zero effect.
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Young voters are just young normies.
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