Neal Katyal says he's working on a TV show that he describes as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court," and my question is, have We As A Society not suffered enough

Making sense (not easy) of the week’s fire hose of news with @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief @nationaljournal.com, @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Congress Reporter @politico.com and @hunterw.bsky.social, investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/A-TvXJ8jpUc

Gary Hart's boat, "Monkey Business," would like a word.

In his Monday column, my colleague Charlie Cook listed a 10-item scorecard of races that would determine how well Democrats did on Tuesday. They went 10/10. 🔓 www.nationaljournal.com/s/730083/an-...

Nearly two years ago, the company that owns Trump's Truth Social sued the Guardian, Forbes, Reuters and more than a dozen other news orgs for defamation, over supposedly misrepresenting their financials. Yesterday, Trump's company dropped their case altogether

It's a privilege be a colleague of @TomDeFrank, who's covered every president since Nixon—and the DoD even longer than that. Here, he reflects on 60 years in the Pentagon as a soldier and reporter, which effectively ended with Hegseth's new media policy. www.nationaljournal.com/s/730026/rem...

I'd prefer a Gronkipedia

Then things really go up a notch when we get into "person, woman, man, camera, TV."

My colleague George Condon goes deep into the history books to debunk the White House's argument that Trump's ballroom construction "echoes the storied history of improvements and additions" to the building. 🔓 www.nationaljournal.com/s/729980/no-...

Sometimes she just says the thing explicitly.

If a president can't be indicted by the DOJ while in office, then surely he cannot demand restitution from that same DOJ while in office. Right? The problem is this wouldn't have to go to a jury as a civil tort case, as long as he's got a DOJ atty who will sign off on a "settlement."

He is literally not paying for it. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Not kids that want to be the next generation of political leaders.

A consequential week and our panel puts it all in context. With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @nationaljournal.com, @bennettjohnt.bsky.social, WH Correspondent at CQ @rollcall.com and @miacmccarthy.bsky.social, Political Reporter @politico.com m bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/r4PhUaFtQqE

This is interesting because on Apr 11 he had his "annual physical examination" at Walter Reed. (Link below.) I wonder how that differs from a "routine yearly checkup." www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

On this episode, @dcdufour.bsky.social and Charlie Cook discuss the latest news on redistricting, the impending government shutdown, and how thermostatic politics could affect the dynamics of the midterm elections. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6FWE...

He just huddled with Zelensky. So this seems to be another case of him parroting the positions of the person he last spoke with.

It wasn't until yesterday that I realized how much I missed the stemwinding "Trump, MD" press conferences of the COVID era.

In this episode, @dcdufour.bsky.social talks to Max Stier of Partnership for Public Service about the disruptions to the federal workforce. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4Ln6...

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

As political violence becomes more common, I argue that the nightmare scenario isn't another North vs. South–style Civil War. It's the Troubles in Northern Ireland. www.nationaljournal.com/s/729578/its...

The shooter is not in custody. None of them know who he is, much less his motive. Is there a good chance he's on the Left? Sure. Is it a guarantee? Not even close. Could be someone who had a personal beef with Kirk. Could be someone who had a psychotic break.

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

A lively and insightful panel today: With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief at @NationalJournal.com, @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thnews.org and @delaneyrules.bsky.social,Senior Politics Reporter @huffpost.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen You Tube: youtu.be/R3jU1Rc2rCs

Antonin Scalia would like a word. “If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag,” Scalia said in November 2015. “But I am not king.” He cast the deciding vote in 1989 to uphold flag burning as protected speech.

How does the Interior Secretary have any idea about the state of restaurant reservations in DC?

Seeing a lot of comments like this lately from R officeholders. They're afraid to take their kids to see the monuments, etc. Let me just say when I arrived here 30 years ago, they may have had a point. Now, there aren't many neighborhoods I wouldn't walk in, much less drive.

The sandwich thrower is a hero to many, though he may want to try a submarine delivery versus overhand. I would further suggest someone create an app to connect the country's hoagie-throwing population. You could call it "Grinder."

This is how they managed statistics in the old USSR.

This seems ... overstated. The guests aren't walking across the South Lawn to get there. They're entering through the White House.

The lesson for today is that good spa workers are hard to come by ... in South Florida.

Yep. You can tell from their behavior which jurisdictions are trying to encourage traffic safety and which are just trying to collect money.

George Condon writes that Trump's trip to Scotland is quite unique in presidential history because it combines official business with family business. njour.nl/s/729167?unl...

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Trump’s trip to Scotland will include a bilateral meeting on trade with UK PM Starmer. But it also includes a ribbon cutting at his family's new golf course, and visits to his 2 other courses there, in an unprecedented mix of official business and family business. njour.nl/s/729167?unl...

Epstein. Epstein. Epstein. (And other news, too!) With ‪@BennettJohnT.bsky.social‬, White House Correspondent, @RollCall.com, ‪@SarahDWire.bsky.social, Senior National Political Correspondent @USAToday and @DCDufour.bsky.social‬, Editor-in-chief @NationalJournal.com. ‬‬ bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

In this free Q&A, @dcdufour.bsky.social discusses with @executivefunctions.bsky.social the legal changes that Trump and SCOTUS have brought about in the last six months. Read here: www.nationaljournal.com/s/729053/qa-...

Reposting this from last night. The interactive visualization offers a quick glimpse into the X conversation around Epstein (among high follower accounts) without having to go there yourself. It should be usable on most browsers. faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot...

I think I'm sunk. They're going to be too caught up in their own emotional baggage to help much.

Great insights today from ‪@linda-feldmann.bsky.social DC Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor-in-chief @NationalJournal.com and ‪@evanmcs.bsky.social‬, Reporter @notusreports.bsky.social‬‬‬ bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

Sen. Thom Tillis’s surprise announcement that he will not seek reelection next year frees him from having to worry about facing a MAGA-approved challenger in North Carolina’s March 3 primary. @charliecookDC with the latest Off to the Races: www.nationaljournal.com/s/728917/the...

On this episode @kirk-bado.bsky.social talks to @nenonicolosio.bsky.social about his forecast of the Senate battlefield. Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/5G3r...

This is a telling message to start the day.

See, you just have to be open-minded, then you'll see how successful they were.

You don't "not recall" telling DOJ lawyers to say "fuck you" to court orders. You either remember saying it, or you remember that you definitely didn't say it. Emil Bove saying he doesn't recall means he definitely said it, and there's a roomful of people that can testify to it.

The former president of Children's Health Defense, Lyn Redwood, isn't just presenting at tomorrow's ACIP about thimerosal We're told that CDC is also going to hire Redwood to work in the agency's Immunization Safety Office www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-vac...

Before you know it, Trump is going to send infantry troops into Iran just so they can verify that the bombs did in fact obliterate everything.

A must-read from my colleague George Condon with everything you ever wanted to know about presidential cursing. (free link) njour.nl/s/728836?unl...

Per Scott McFarlane: Multiple Jan 6 defendants have filed legal motions asking that the legally-required Jan 6 honorary plaque at US Capitol also include ... a "recognition" of the "experiences" of the Jan 6 defendants Y'all see this ish???

So I saw this as kind of an error message yesterday when the site wouldn't load properly. But I found it pretty amusing. No truths here!!