Donald Trump, in a White House meeting, asked that a military parade exclude wounded veterans, because "nobody wants to see" amputees. My story here:
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- New, from @TheAtlantic: Trump skipped a visit to an American military cemetery in France after calling the dead "losers" for getting killed: Full story here:
- Noting that Putin is demanding the "denazification" of a country led by an elected Jewish president.
- In his first interview, Alex Vindman tells me that Trump is Putin's "useful idiot." "In the Army, we call this ‘free chicken,’ something you don’t have to work for—it just comes to you. This is what the Russians have in Trump: free chicken.” Story:
- .@BarackObama: "I did not believe how easily the Republican establishment, people who had been in Washington for a long time and had professed a belief in certain institutional values and norms, would just cave.' Full interview comes tomorrow @TheAtlantic.
- This story by @CillizzaCNN fails to note, among other things, that Fox News and the Associated Press both corroborated the reporting in my piece for @TheAtlantic:We're left with this dilemma: Jeffrey Goldberg, who authored The Atlantic piece insists the story is true. President Trump insists the story is false. Both of those views can't be right, writes Chris Cillizza cnn.it/32WrLjw
- At this point, it would be newsworthy to find a gruntled ex-White House employee.
- To underscore: When given a chance, the president of the United States refused to condemn white supremacy.
- Donald Trump calls The Atlantic a "second-rate" magazine, a "third-rate" magazine, and a "failing" magazine. I call it America's best magazine. Who is right? Subscribe now and find out:
- Axl Rose and Steven Mnuchin are apparently fighting on Twitter. I don't think anyone saw that one coming.
- "If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn't work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis." - @BarackObama to @TheAtlantic, posting Monday.
- Fact check: @TheAtlantic is doing quite well. If you're interested in reading the excellent work of our journalists, here's a way to do so: accounts.theatlantic.com/products/The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but this is what we are up against. Just like the Fake Dossier. You fight and and fight, and then people realize it was a total fraud!accounts.theatlantic.comThe Atlantic Magazine & Digital SubscriptionsSubscribe to The Atlantic. Get unlimited access to theatlantic.com and home delivery. Find info on gift and academic discounts for US and International subscriptions.
- I can't get this bit of analysis, from Donald Trump, off my mind: "You can call it a germ. You can call it a flu. You can call it a virus. You know, you can call it many different names. I'm not sure anybody even knows what it is."
- "Don't ever use the word smart with me" is an inadvertently great line.
