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The WP article is a bit out of date, as the messaging campaign has clearly come together. But this is a good bit:

Thread: I'm actually grudgingly glad he's putting himself out in front of this, bc it leaves the burnout left with very little room to maneuver:

It was one reporter from the NY Post, lol. They got roasted for it. It's not an actual controversy, the public loves the dogs. As Psaki said the dogs will be back shortly, probably when the First Lady returns to town.

I do think that narrative is something the Beltway has tried and, according to polling and public reaction, failed to put over with the relief bill because they are always sympathizing with Republicans, even if IMO Josh Krashaaur and the National Journal are largely irrelevant and not wholly representative of the Beltway at large at this point. I disagree with Hasan on any number of things, but this is a good interview and a very good point.

IIRC Griffith did the Jigsaw/Tobin Bell story along with the Ciara rape, Bo's death, Aidan the Necktie Killer copycat, Hope killing Stefano, etc. Higley was co-HW part of the time.

And finally:

I can't take people like Ryan Grim, who dogged the relief bill the entire time, seriously when they're now feigning outrage that it won't have Biden's name emblazoned on the checks. Now they want the credit of supporting what is turning out to be a very substantial bill. I'm sure they'd be thrilled if Bernie's was on there too. Do I think it would hurt Biden to put his name on them? No. But I understand why he hasn't, and it's clear his team has learned lessons from 2009 because they talk about those lessons constantly and have made it clear to the Dem Congress that they will not tolerate running from the bill or not promoting it and tying themselves to its success. I suspect that is part of what his televised address on Thursday night will be about; linking him further to the bill. Meanwhile, this I didn't know: This is slight hyperbole, but it's still important: The Hyde amendment prohibits federal funds for abortion except in the case of rape, abuse or incest. To be clear, the Senate version of the relief bill specifically does not offer protections for the Hyde amendment, which many budget bills have in the past, meaning some of the money in the bill will be free to be given for abortion funding. Also: Politico once again uses a Dem-negging headline to try to get clicks and bury the lede on what we noticed about Manchin a few days ago: That he is prepared to at the very least gut the filibuster or reform it, if not dump it outright when given verifiable proof in this term that the GOP will abuse it (and that is an exercise that will 100% have to play out first on some bill in order to move a real change, to give those waffling Dem Senators political cover). When guys like Adam Jentleson and others are all saying the same thing about Manchin, when Manchin is stridently in favor of H.R. 1 while knowing it can't pass without either reconciliation or filibuster nuking, it is time to listen.

Of course. But those are two different factors. I don't believe Whitney hid/ended her relationship with Robyn Crawford or her trauma for any reason but her family's pride, her label's demands and the sociocultural mores of the time. My point is, I think if Whitney had felt free to pursue her relationships and her career in the ways that were the most healthy for her she'd probably still be alive today.

The closet and a history of abuse - all of which her family forced her to hide away - killed Whitney Houston, IMO. Period. I thought J-Lo should've been nominated for Hustlers in Best Supporting. Not every choice she's made has exactly been gold, but she's always worked hard and people don't give her enough credit.

The subheader is typical Politico concern trolling of Dems and an overblown extrapolation of Psaki's quote from last week. Biden will absolutely go along with filibuster reform if not more.

I keep hearing about this show. Guess I should give it a whirl since we're now just about over a year in lockdown here.

The WHPC are deeply stupid:

Phew:

We're still waiting on your thoughts, @DRW50!

Burnout. I think you only see hints of his past obsessions in stuff like the Delia story and the endless trauma they keep rehashing with it years later.

AFAIC, the show was dead without him. The Max/Kyle relationship was the core of the show. I don't know when this Kim Fields interview happened, but the Source has it dated in December.