Grief overwhelms the soul. Children slaughtered. Lives extinguished. Parents’ hearts wrenched. Incomprehensible. I offer prayer and condolence but know that it is grossly inadequate. We must find answers.
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to How the Social Spending Bill May Burn Through Christmas and Into January
Just a couple of things on the timing of the social spending bill.
Today they're both with @axios ...
but 20 years ago this summer (June 17, 2001), when they jointly appeared on C-SPAN, @mikeallen and @JimVandeHei were with competing news organizations.
https://t.co/B5PLDtgeOS
BREAKING @ABC — US special operations forces race to save former Afghan comrades in jeopardy. US operatives and ex-officials band together to help Afghan operators, assets and interpreters escape from Taliban hunters.
By @meekwire & @MattSeyler
https://t.co/OFZa1hgGGB
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“After years of renting, [Julie Brown] was recently able to buy a condo. ‘I’ve been able to pay down some of my horrible debt that I have accumulated,’ she said. But she’s 59 and still doesn’t have a retirement account.” https://t.co/pImPkWAy3R
Has the White House spoken to any of the alleged victims? They were going to make the mayor a member of the cabinet but postponed his appointment for more than six months — because of the Rick Jacobs scandal. Did they really conclude all of those ex-staffers were in a conspiracy?
Highly credible former @CREWcrew spox Naomi Seligman raised troubling allegations about Garcetti, viewed as likely Biden pick for Ambassador to India. So much for #MeToo
Former Garcetti staffer describes unwanted kissing by aide - L.A. Times https://t.co/vGhPBui7Uq
It's a safe bet no other SecDef than Donald Rumsfeld will ever be molded into a Talking Action Hero..w his numerous colorful, often confounding witticisms or rash remarks like 'you go to war with the Army you have --not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time"
Scoop from @Isikoff: Saudi assassins picked up illicit drugs in Cairo to kill Khashoggi. https://t.co/A5QWdtZHfE Points to possible existence of Egyptian accomplices in Khashoggi’s death.
Today is 2-month anniversary of @Sen_JoeManchin oped in WaPo telling the world he wouldn't blow up filibuster (and therefore HR1 was DOA).
He's said the same thing for 5+ months now.
We should probably start taking his words literally & figuratively.
https://t.co/S76fYF1lAx