* White House aides must be working furiously today because we’ve heard nothing directly from the Tweeter-in-Chief about Michael Flynn’s plea agreement. Nevertheless, we’ve been subjected to a ridiculous level of spin and dodge from second-hand sources.
Good Lord. Trumpers roll out what I guess you’d call the I.F. Stone defense abt Flynn. “Everyone lies!” https://t.co/ksLozUPzIl pic.twitter.com/ysfCKcVJQM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 1, 2017
White House goes to Cirque du Soleil levels of contortion on Flynn. Calls him “a former Obama administration official” pic.twitter.com/o742OrgHC9
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) December 1, 2017
lol wut? White House now saying Obama “authorized” Flynn’s conversations with Russian Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/0VVl0TN2ci
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 1, 2017
* The news about Flynn made this a perfect day for twitter reactions. Here are some of my favorites:
In a little more than six months, Bob Mueller has indicted two high-ranking Trump campaign officials, reached a plea deal with a lower-level campaign advisor, and reached a plea deal with Trump’s first national security advisor. That’s pretty damn efficient.
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 1, 2017
Maybe Ty Cobb was right about this all being over by the end of the year.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) December 1, 2017
Never forget that Mitch McConnell knew. And blocked disclosure.
— Karoli (@Karoli) December 1, 2017
* Of course, the best of the day came from @TheTweetofGod.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards impeachment.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 1, 2017
* James Comey posted on Instagram for the first time today.
* As if this day wasn’t bad enough for Trump:
Wow. Trump in the midst of a dive in the Gallup approval even before this AM. At 34/60. https://t.co/JX6eF1POaS
— Steve Singiser (@stevesingiser) December 1, 2017
* Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is experiencing a bit of karma.
When it came to sexism and the media, it was Weiner who brought up the elephant in the room, reading out a section of What Happened about the September 2016 Commander-in-Chief Forum on NBC, in which the host separately interviewed both candidates but was notably tougher on Clinton than Trump. That host? Matt Lauer.
“Every day I believe more in karma,” Clinton said to that, referring further to several “men who shaped the narrative” during the campaign who have since been sidelined in the wave of sexual harassment scandals.
* Finally, this is a day to honor another woman whose courage transformed our history into the present.
On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. pic.twitter.com/vCpqXM32Yw
— Battleground Texas (@BGTX) December 1, 2017
