In the wake of , it looked as if Twitter was about to get fucked and fucked hard by Donald Trump. The platform’s decision early Friday morning to —so that users had to see that disclaimer first, and then click through to see the tweet itself—was stunning, and suggested that it just might be willing to fuck him right back. Trump’s tweet, quoting an infamous 1967 threat from then-Miami-Dade County Sheriff Walter Headley about how “When the looting starts, the shooting starts”—a threat —represented a new low even for President Good People on Both Sides. Trump’s eagerness to call out the...…In the wake of , it looked as if Twitter was about to get fucked and fucked hard by Donald Trump. The platform’s decision early Friday morning to —so that users had to see that disclaimer first, and then click through to see the tweet itself—was stunning, and suggested that it just might be willing to fuck him right back. Trump’s tweet, quoting an infamous 1967 threat from then-Miami-Dade County Sheriff Walter Headley about how “When the looting starts, the shooting starts”—a threat —represented a new low even for President Good People on Both Sides. Trump’s eagerness to call out the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe authors are on the advisory board of .This November, Americans will cast their most consequential votes since Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864. We confront a constellation of crises: a public health emergency not seen in a century, an economic collapse set to rival the Great Depression, and a world where American leadership is absent and dangers rise in the vacuum.Today, the United States is beset with a president who was unprepared for the burden of the presidency and who has made plain his deficits in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe authors are on the advisory board of .This November, Americans will cast their most consequential votes since Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864. We confront a constellation of crises: a public health emergency not seen in a century, an economic collapse set to rival the Great Depression, and a world where American leadership is absent and dangers rise in the vacuum.Today, the United States is beset with a president who was unprepared for the burden of the presidency and who has made plain his deficits in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRepublicans Reed Galen, Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson are co-founders of the Lincoln Project. Stuart Stevens is a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project. This is for the many men and women in Washington with whom we have worked over the past 30-plus years. Some of you hold elected office. Some are officials in the Trump administration. Many of you are members of the consultant and lobbyist class.In two weeks, the most consequential election of our generation will come, and your time for choosing will arrive. As...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRepublicans Reed Galen, Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson are co-founders of the Lincoln Project. Stuart Stevens is a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project. This is for the many men and women in Washington with whom we have worked over the past 30-plus years. Some of you hold elected office. Some are officials in the Trump administration. Many of you are members of the consultant and lobbyist class.In two weeks, the most consequential election of our generation will come, and your time for choosing will arrive. As...WW…

CATACLYSMIC DEFEATThere’s no repairing the damage he’s done until you confess to the normalization and rationalizations that let him bring us to the edge of a conspiracy-driven insurrection.onald Trump is . Before he was the leader of , he was a man that came dangerously close to incinerating the Republic.It’s time for Donald Trump and his allies to surrender unconditionally, permanently, and On September 2, 1945, representatives of the Japanese Imperial Government stood on the hot teak deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Clad in the formal diplomatic regalia of the time—top hats, formal...…CATACLYSMIC DEFEATThere’s no repairing the damage he’s done until you confess to the normalization and rationalizations that let him bring us to the edge of a conspiracy-driven insurrection.onald Trump is . Before he was the leader of , he was a man that came dangerously close to incinerating the Republic.It’s time for Donald Trump and his allies to surrender unconditionally, permanently, and On September 2, 1945, representatives of the Japanese Imperial Government stood on the hot teak deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Clad in the formal diplomatic regalia of the time—top hats, formal...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 17, 2021 at 8:22 amOn Wednesday, a new president will put his hand on the Bible and repeat an oath that the current president has degraded and despoiled. That new president, Joe Biden, says he wants to bring the nation together — even as his Democratic Party, and some members of the Republican Party, are demanding Donald Trump and his enablers be held accountable for what they have just done to America.Some say these two objectives, unity and accountability, are at odds with one another. In fact they are inseparable. Without accountability, unity will...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 17, 2021 at 8:22 amOn Wednesday, a new president will put his hand on the Bible and repeat an oath that the current president has degraded and despoiled. That new president, Joe Biden, says he wants to bring the nation together — even as his Democratic Party, and some members of the Republican Party, are demanding Donald Trump and his enablers be held accountable for what they have just done to America.Some say these two objectives, unity and accountability, are at odds with one another. In fact they are inseparable. Without accountability, unity will...WW…

MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEENHe lost the election, but his true believers, denying that defeat to the bitter end and already preparing to sabotage everything the Biden administration does, are the party now.he death of illusion is a cruel, sharp sensation. There is no Santa. Mommy and Daddy are splitting up. Reality television is neither reality nor television. Time and experience are harsh teachers, and they will be administering their lessons to the Trump Republican Party for a long time to come. Some of those lessons will be politically painful and, since in politics pain is the...…MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEENHe lost the election, but his true believers, denying that defeat to the bitter end and already preparing to sabotage everything the Biden administration does, are the party now.he death of illusion is a cruel, sharp sensation. There is no Santa. Mommy and Daddy are splitting up. Reality television is neither reality nor television. Time and experience are harsh teachers, and they will be administering their lessons to the Trump Republican Party for a long time to come. Some of those lessons will be politically painful and, since in politics pain is the...WW…

Published inhen I read Maggie Haberman and Katie Benner’s excellent New York Times story “,” I knew that, unfortunately, the smoke would get more attention than the fire. Sure enough, the political class in our…What matters now. A publication from Medium about politics, power, and culture.ininNYT #1 bestselling author, Lincoln Project co-founder, ad-maker, writer.…Published inhen I read Maggie Haberman and Katie Benner’s excellent New York Times story “,” I knew that, unfortunately, the smoke would get more attention than the fire. Sure enough, the political class in our…What matters now. A publication from Medium about politics, power, and culture.ininNYT #1 bestselling author, Lincoln Project co-founder, ad-maker, writer.WW…