Ethan Plotkin

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Total loyalty above all else. That is, and will be, the throughline with all of President Trump's cabinet nominees. As I hoped, Treasury went to a much more traditionally qualified pick.

Great chat with @FT's @SonjaHutson + @LaurenFedor
🎧 https://t.co/DFdO3tZ1mb

[Ossoff's Office @SenOssoff]

Sen. Ossoff's remarks on resolutions of disapproval with respect to two U.S.-Israel weapons sales:

[Ethan Plotkin @EthanPlotkin_]

We've got @Scaramucci on this weekend's Swamp Notes pod... tune in to hear how many Scaramuccis he thinks Trump's other nominees will last

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

Matt Gaetz didn’t last a @Scaramucci

[Ethan Plotkin @EthanPlotkin_]

There is a Florida senate seat that's likely to become vacant in January...

[kevin smith @kevin_smith45]

Remember that time the next Governor of Tennessee @GlennJacobsTN Tombstoned the next Department of Education Secretary @Linda_McMahon

What a time to be alive!!!

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

If only DOGE had been around in the 2010s to prevent Tesla from getting these public investments

[Oliver Barnes @mroliverbarnes]

Surely not? 🤣😂 @jemimajoanna

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

John Cornyn says he’s “still trying to absorb all this” when asked about Gaetz for AG and Gabbard for DNI.

Cornyn visiting raised his eyebrows when first informed by the press of the Gaetz pick

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

Demanding Senate Republicans back Gaetz as attorney general and Hegseth as Defense Secretary is the 2024 version of forcing Sean Spicer to say it was the largest inauguration crowd ever.

These aren't just appointments. They're loyalty tests. The absurdity is the point.

[Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin]

Well, if there’s a limit to Senate confirmation we are going to find out early

[Ethan Plotkin @EthanPlotkin_]

Trump has the opportunity to do something very funny

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

Netanyahu and his coalition partners can't "get it over with fast" in Gaza because they don't want to get it over with; they can't "finish the job" because they won't talk about post-war arrangements. If the plan to end the Gaza war is deferring to Israel, it's not much of a plan

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

somehow forgot about this - a reminder via today’s Mail on Sunday

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Democrats “original sin” was a belief that Donald Trump would be inherently unelectable bc of Jan. 6 and legal problems — which took root among party leaders after the midterm elections and gave them cover for unwisely consolidating behind Biden

On @CNN w/ @andersoncooper

[Ethan Plotkin @EthanPlotkin_]

Wow, Dean Phillips the only candidate running ahead of the top of the ticket. He should consider a run for president

[Drew Savicki @TheDrewSav]

I have completed results for the following congressional districts.

[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

Seems like half the Democratic Party wants to dissolve the American people and get a new one. Not convinced that blaming the voter is the right way to climb out of this hole.

[Yachad UK @YachadUK]

Our statement on yesterday’s horrific events in Amsterdam:

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

Global leaders skipping UN climate talks next week at #COP29:

🇺🇸 Joe Biden
🇨🇳 Xi Jinping
🇮🇳 Narendra Modi
🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron
🇩🇪 Olaf Scholz
🇧🇷 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
🇨🇦 Justin Trudeau
🇪🇺 Ursula von der Leyen

[Tim Bale @ProfTimBale]

Worth remembering before the blame-game gets too personal: "Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents", @jburnmurdoch https://t.co/2S3Y9JMpk6 via @ft

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

In 2022, Dems won voters who said abortion should be “legal in most cases” by 22 points, 60-38.

Today, those voters split 49-49.