Who does Mike Lindell think he is? On today’s @newabnormalpod, @MollyJongFast discusses the Trump fanatic’s surprise appearance at the Republican Governors Association meeting (which he got thrown out of).
"Spoiler: Making MyPillows does not make you my governor," @MollyJongFast quips. "Now, chances that Lindell could actually become governor of a small Republican state, 80 percent."
“I think we need to understand that being in politics leads to governing and governing is boring. It is not a PR operation,” she says. “And I feel like we have made these jobs celebrity roles.”
Also on @newabnormapod, Politico’s @tarapalmeri talks about her search to find Liz Cheney supporters in Wyoming. And “Battle for the Soul” author @IsaacDovere gives us a peek into how Biden sees the political landscape.
In the past few weeks, two people close to Trump told The Daily Beast, Trump had begun increasingly quizzing confidants about a potential August return to power. What’s more, he claimed that a lot of “highly respected” people have been saying it’s possible thedailybeast.com/mypillow-guy-m…
NEW: Glenn Greenwald has admitted that Fox News airs “horrific, toxic, damaging, destructive, and bigoted” content. Yet he’s racked up 72+ appearances on Fox in recent years. trib.al/LtTexds
It’s one of the many ways in which Greenwald, once a progressive star, appears to be pulling the strings behind right-wing media, @justinbaragona and @TheLloydGrove report. trib.al/q15wIzu
Greenwald is operating as something of a Fox News assignment editor, with his posts serving as the basis for dozens of articles on Fox’s website—sometimes multiple per day. trib.al/q15wIzu
All hail @willsommer and the dedication to his craft. Our resident QAnon reporter did his journalistic due diligence at QCon. He spills the beans about what went down on today’s FEVER DREAMS podcast.
Before Dallas PD gave @willsommer the boot, he took in the scene.
QAnon fandom paid $500 a pop to play trivia games, attend an auction featuring a picture of Flynn as a minuteman, and watch videos of WWG1WGA stormtroopers dethroning Joe Biden.
It’s “the most serious threat to the core underlying principles of American democracy since at least the Civil War,” @RonBrownstein tells @MollyJongFast on this bonus episode of @newabnormalpod.
And Joe Biden is barely doing a thing to stop it. trib.al/vSYYmPs
So how does Team Biden see it?
"They argue—and this is an exact quote from a very senior official—that the best chance to prevent Republicans from undermining the 2024 election is to hold the House and the Senate," @RonBrownstein says. trib.al/vSYYmPs
For Biden, @RonBrownstein says, that means "lowering the temperature in politics and working with Republicans wherever possible to get his agenda passed" trib.al/vSYYmPs
NEW: As two separate investigations into the Trump Organization heat up, a series of subpoenas show how prosecutors are probing one particular land deal—a tax write-off tied to Trump’s failed attempts to develop a golf course north of NYC thedailybeast.com/prosecutors-ze…
The requested documents and subsequent court filings show that investigators are examining whether The Trump Organization inflated the value of a 212-acre, forested estate that spans across three towns thedailybeast.com/prosecutors-ze…
The Daily Beast has learned the state Attorney General’s Office issued a round of subpoenas in November 2019. At question is the dense forest that surrounds a 60-room chateaux that includes three pools.
.@jiveDurkey says: “Biden is going to get behind every opportunity to say, ‘Well, at least I tried, at least we, you know, we tried to lower our price point. We tried to meet Republicans where they are. We tried to work in good faith.’” trib.al/sEfCzYZ