“America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.
“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots”
Jonathan Lemire
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Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
Co-host: @Morning_Joe, @MSNOWnews; Staff Writer: @TheAtlantic; Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-@AP, @Politico. Dad, Mr @carriemelago, Red Sox [email protected]
- The Epstein Letter Is Real, and It’s Bad
- “Patel’s handling of the Kirk investigation is a reminder that the skill set required to succeed as an influencer is not the same as what is required to effectively run the FBI. It’s not just amateur hour at the FBI, but influencer hour”
- NEW: The government is closed. The President is MIA Believing Democrats would splinter, Trump deliberately ignored the shutdown. But his polls have tumbled. And more Americans will hurt in the days ahead Now even some in GOP think Trump needs to act
- “The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the case of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to deny a request from NBC News to unseal the names of two associates who received large payments from him in 2018”
- “Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest”
- “Trump’s unabashedly public and explicit orders to Bondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the Watergate scandal”
- Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects. Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage
- Evidence suggested that the North Korean crew had been civilians diving for shellfish. All were dead, including the man in the water. The SEALs pulled the bodies into the water and punctured their lungs with knives to make sure their bodies would sink
- “In less than a year, Trump has drained many of the most important sources of American power. He is unwinding the country’s alliances, degrading its principles, walling off its economy, and subverting international institutions that serve its interests”
- “None of this is really about immigration. It is about the administration’s attempt to inflame racial tensions and divide Americans, and to acclimate them to the militarization of their streets and the stripping away of their constitutional protections”
- “If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted”
- The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
- “This is not just how authoritarianism happens. This is authoritarianism happening”
