THE TAPPER FILES, Part 1

Any conservative writer can tell you that @JakeTapper is the Beetlejuice of Twitter, except he will appear to angrily denounce you in DMs if you only say his name *one* time. 1/n For that reason I had long stopped mentioning @JakeTapper on Twitter. I instead would refer to @CNN, but he would also appear like Beetlejuice if I just said that, so I would say "CNN," no @ symbol. That also didn't fool Twitter Beetlejuice. 2/n

There is a rift on the right over foreign policy. The hardcore America Firsters tend to speak as if supporting Israel somehow involves American troops fighting Israel's war. There is a shaky peace between the wings, so long as no one proposes actually going to war for Israel. As an Israel supporter, I want to say, this claim that America will fight Israel's wars is delusionary -- everyone accepts that that would blow up the Middle East.