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Anna Palmer
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Anna Palmer
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Founder/CEO Punchbowl News. NYT’s best-selling author of “The Hill to Die On.” Follow on insta @apalmerdc. Sign up: punchbowl.news
- ALSO: @JenniferJJacobs deserves a BIG hat tip here ... She broke Hope Hicks had covid. It was not disclosed by the W.H.
- I get it's the holidays ... but Trump being in Mar-a-Lago, Pence being in Vail & Mnuchin being in Mexico is such a dramatic split screen from the pain and suffering that so many Americans are feeling right now when it comes to just being able to afford food and housing.
- Flags in honor of the 200,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus on the National Mall.
- Punchbowl AM: House GOP divided over impeachment ... Kevin McCarthy opposes it but House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming told Republicans she sees this as a vote of conscience
- As Trump gets set to take centerstage at the GOP convention -- more than 100 former GWB, McCain & Romney staffers are endorsing Joe Biden this AM. Quite the split screen & another indicator of how Trump's politics don't sit well with more institutional/traditional GOPers.
- The number of exes who have played a role in turning in people who took siege on the Capitol is really something.FBI: PA rioter Riley Williams told former “romantic partner” she intended to ship a computer device from House Speaker Pelosi’s office to Russia. @Tom_Winter: the woman planned to send the device to a friend, who would sell it to Russia's intelligence service.
- Trump put out a statement about a massive GOP donor on the same day he died. It took him days to lower the flag at the W.H. after a Capitol Police officer died and as of 2 days ago Trump hadn't reached out to the officer's family.Trump statement on the death of casino billionaire and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson:
- 🚨🚨 House Dem aide: “[A]fter Wednesday, I, and other staffers I've spoken to, all agree that anyone that doesn't, at a minimum, stand up and speak out publicly, will be black balled if they try to lobby us. ...
- Spotted: Rep. Jim Jordan R-Ohio standing in line at DC with a LaGuardia “closed” sign static.politico.com/ec/14/7e0fce89…
- Just Announced: @apalmerdc, founder & CEO of @PunchbowlNews, joins @MSNBC as a contributor. Welcome Anna!
00:00 - Replying to @apalmerdc"I won't just refuse the meeting I'll call their client's government affairs team and tell them they need to find a new lobby shop if they want any face time with me or my bosses. K Street needs to know that these people aren't just toxic, they're caked with anthrax.”
- News: U.S. Capitol Police may be forced to furlough officers as soon as August unless Congress acts. Officers have wracked up massive amounts of overtime in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack.
- Who could have foreseen problems with Ronny Jackson for VA Sec? A question no one should be asking. Wasn’t vetted. No interview. No Oppo review.
