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I'm sure it's fine

 

James Mattis's Resignation Leaves Congress With No Excuses - The Atlantic

"For almost two full years, James Mattis has provided the nation with a collective security blanket—and national-security-minded Republicans with a credible excuse. Whatever outrageous or weird or even suspicious things President Donald Trump might do, Mattis was at the head of the order of battle: an American through and through, untainted and uncompromised.

Now Mattis has quit. His letter of resignation stated explicitly that the secretary and the president disagreed about “treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors.” It omitted the customary courtesies to the president: no statement that it was an honor to serve him, no words about common purposes, not even a final “Respectfully yours” before the signature."

Good stuff.

 

its not really true. They may say things about trump, but publicly, they have no willingness to cross the most powerful conservative in US history

 

The two words that continue to define the Trump administration.

 

I was not a Jeb guy by any means... but listen to this and tell me that the country would not have been better off.

 

I'm beginning to think stupidity and lying are inherited traits among Trump and his cronies. And then nurture makes the disease more virulent.

 

The face Trump makes at the 52-second mark when Jeb calls him "a chaos candidate" is the look a 14-year-old makes behind his parents' backs when he's told to clean his room. A third of the country loved it. And here we are.

 

Non-politics (well, sort of, since there are a lot of political articles on the list): The best longform articles of the year.

https://mailchi.mp/sundaylongread/the-sunday-long-read-best-of-2018-edition

 

Maybe I missed this if it was already posted. If not, enjoy.

 

I believe a good looking gentleman posted it last night.