Originally published at: On Not Losing Perspective In The Trump II Madness
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Gracias! Many thanks to Sarah Posner, John Light, and Nicole Lafond for keeping Morning Memo going so I could get away for a couple of weeks. It was a particularly bad time to be gone:…
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DIY to avoid defenestration? Russian transport minister kills self after being dismissed from his post a few hours earlier.
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WELCOME BACK, David
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Did he shoot himself in the back from 20 feet away, only stopping to reload once?
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One of the things that useful for me (and I’m not sure for others) is that Morning Memo also helps you keep track of some of the longer running chaos elements/stories with Trump II. I’m not sure if infographics in the Morning Memo with breezier indicators on assaults on immigration, state’s autonomy, etc… might be a useful small footprint way to indicate things and then click into stories on a specific topic from TPM coverage.
But I’m sure you’re certainly thinking of a number of things, as well.
-J
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov
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David - not many people come back from a R & R refreshed and revitalized as it appears you have.
I have looked forward to your MM (and Where We Stand) as it gives the important news that other places miss or sane wash. I look forward to your new outlook.
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OT. Paid very little attention to the Diddy trial but did pick up a small detail. It appears that Diddy is a member of the Falwell Jr “I like to watch,” club.
Just weird.
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Dunno about “breezier” – maybe “mocking” or Onionesque? – but, yeah, accessibility seems good: the fire-hose of awful can be tiring unless there is some leavening, maybe a note on what or who is working defense?
Welcome back in any case.
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[Morning Memo] has eschewed alarmism and regularly spared you from devoting your limited attention to news that didn’t deserve it.
That’s what the comment section is for.
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Oh please, could you do this for me Pam? It would make applying for refugee status here in France by degrees easier!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doj-opens-door-to-stripping-citizenship-over-politics
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Depressing piece and this morning Noem is blaming Biden.
Trump gutted the weather service. Then Texas flooded.
What new technology?
work… but that installation is not complete"
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**It was a particularly bad time to be gone: the end of the Supreme Court term, the final passage of the centerpiece legislation of President Trump’s second term, and the culminating rulings in some of the most important deportation cases threatening the rule of law. **
I dunno, sounds like a good time to be away, if you want to preserve your sanity.
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There are no “Epstein files.” Which begs the question, whether there once were Epstein files (not to mention tapes).
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