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Former White House advisor Miles Taylor appeared last night on CNN with Abby Phillip, where he talked about Trump's real disdain for the military. As just one example, he cited his efforts to raise the flags when they were at half-mast for John McCain after his death. "Look here, Abby, there is a much bigger and disturbing picture here," Taylor said. "When you're president of the United States, commander in chief of the armed forces, you are supposed to look out for American service members and for its veterans.

Whenever former President Donald Trump tells a 'sir story' about big men who have never cried before(he did this yesterday again), who run to him with tears in their eyes to thank him for all he's done for them, it's a lie. The same goes when Trump says, "Some people are saying," or "Many people are saying." That translates to "Donald Trump is saying." Most of us know this.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said yesterday that her administration would effectively kick a Saudi-owned alfalfa farm off a critical stretch of state land, a move over the deepening dilemmas over water scarcity as climate change dries out the West. Via the Washington Post: The move will prevent the Saudi-owned company, Fondomonte Arizona, from pumping groundwater that could one day serve as backup for booming urban areas.

Many of the Republican caucus hates Gaetz, so there's that. But the Freedom Caucus nutjobs really, really, want to punish McCarthy. Democrats won't save his ass without some serious concessions -- if at all. Via the New York Times: Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida moved on Monday to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post in an act of vengeance that posed the clearest threat yet to Mr.

Celebrate Banned Books Week. Popular Information: Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters. News from Me: An account of the post-strike Writers Guild meeting last week, and what the writers won. Emptywheel: Dianne Feinstein and her legacy documenting the CIA's torture. Bluestem Prairie: Extremist school board candidates in Minnesota. This installment by Batocchio.

Stephen Colbert took a shot at Lauren Boebert and her groping incident during the Beetlejuice musical during his opening segment this Monday after a long hiatus due to the writers' strike. It's been a while since he was on the air, so Colbert had a bit of catching up to do. COLBERT: That same day we learned that Lauren Boebert got kicked out of a touring production of Beetlejuice after officials reported that she was “causing a disturbance,” which turns out was code for yanking her date's crank at the family friendly show. According to witnesses, she was apparently trying to start him like a lawnmower.