On today's Daily Standard Podcast, frequent contributor Adam J. White joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the latest with the Mueller probe, Michael Cohen, and the National Enquirer.
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A recent piece in New York magazine caught our eye: “Michael Avenatti’s Campaign Failed Because Democrats Don’t Want Their Own Trump.” Avenatti, as readers may wish to forget, is the trash-talking attorney and left-wing bad boy who made himself famous by representing the adult film actress Stormy…
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To his credit, President Trump rose to the occasion on the death of George H. W. Bush. Among other things, his immediate response—on Twitter, of course—was a generous and eloquent tribute, mindful not only of the late president’s distinction but of his own obligation to the office he now inhabits.…
The president does not seem to understand the difference between democracies and autocracies.
Not by his critics but by his closest advisers.
Did you miss any of these details?
Is the criminal justice reform bill being considered in the Senate all it’s cracked up to be?
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An old meme, reimagined.
An old meme, reimagined.
The president suggests a new round of tariffs to conceal the damage of the last.
Conservatives play an essential role as gatekeepers. Vetting some of the left's perspectives and ideas, even in this polarized environment, could resonate with their base.
New court filing alleging lies to the special counsel comes just ahead of report that Trump’s campaign manager met with Julian Assange in 2016. But there are several possible explanations.
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No, he did not.
Texas v. Johnson v. incorrectly captioned photos.
Fletcher Knebel’s ‘Night of Camp David,’ re-released this week, is tamer than reality.
Democracy dies in memedom.
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Let’s be honest: The administration loves having CNN’s White House reporter in the spotlight.
The retiring senator is threatening to block advancement of judicial nominees.
Office of Legal Counsel says Whitaker’s designation “comports with the terms of the Vacancies Reform Act.”
Step 1: Propose something ridiculous. Step 2: Cause chaos but don't deliver it. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The new House Democrats have to figure out how to square opposition to Trump with skepticism about free trade.
From "fire and fury" to summits and appeasement.
Trump can maybe eke out victory in 2020 by trading suburban votes for greater rural turnout, but that doesn’t solve his House problem.
If the president wants to do deals with the Democrats, he probably can.
That is the lesson of the midterms
The suburbs spell trouble for Trump.
The real reason Jeff Sessions was fired.
If Trump wanted to "solve" abortion, he'd want people like Mia Love around.
Matthew Whitaker has called for Robert Mueller to limit his investigation into 2016 election interference.
The special counsel investigation is now under the purview of acting AG Matthew Whitaker.
He just doesn't realize it yet.
All the face of the world is changed.
No.
The Trump administration is directing transaction network to cut off Iranian banks.
As a confirmed "Never Trumper," I would be thrilled, if there were no other considerations, to see Donald Trump’s Republican Party get blitzed in these elections and Trump therefore be humiliated.
The polarization of American politics has done its work and we now have an especially ugly example of where it leads. I’m referring to the fight over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a justice of the Supreme Court.
How a good economy might not help the GOP this time but a downturn could cause pain in 2020.
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Defending the vaporware and setting up a scapegoat at the same time.
Government by fiat—again.
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Let us go back to the turn of the 20th century.
Trumpism (if not Trump himself) has given oxygen to some of the ugliest impulses among us.
He didn't start it, but he's joining it.
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Lock them both up?
Claims that the device sent to CNN was not delivered are pure bunk.
How Trump's Presidency Might Lead to the End of Walker's Governorship
Plus, who are the "Proud Boys?"
The administration plans to revoke the visas of the Saudi officials who are suspected of being involved.
An object lesson in Trumpism.
The retiring Arizona senator touted the benefits of foreign aid to the central American countries whose migrants are headed north to the U.S. border.
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Trump said he would erase America's debt in 8 years. It's now bigger than ever.
The Taliban, which knows the U.S. is desperate to leave, just attacked a meeting between Afghan officials and the top U.S. military commander.
The former can't admit that some good has happened during the last two years; the latter can't admit that plenty of bad stuff has.
The president has previously suggested that the dissident’s disappearance from the Saudi consulate in Turkey should not endanger a lucrative arms deal with the U.S.
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Donald Trump wants Jay Powell to stop raising rates. Like, now.
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"We are the tools and the vassals of the rich behind the scenes. We are marionettes. These men pull the strings and we dance."
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Let's roll the footage.
Plus, will eScooters survive the regulators?
So here's the thing about internet memes ...
President Trump gets a laugh out of his relationship with the world's worst mass murderer.
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, reporter Haley Byrd and deputy online editor Jim Swift join host Charlie Sykes to discuss the latest with the Kavanaugh nomination and Trump's recently inked NAFTA remix. Will the "USMCA" get a vote in Congress?
The pact should be met with a degree of both optimism and skepticism
The tribalization of conservatism.
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It would have been too much news for the world to handle in one day.
Nope. No. Uh uh.
"People want fame, they want money, whatever."
New series of polls by Ipsos has no good news for Republicans.
The president vows to keep sanctions in place 'until denuclearization occurs.'
Not a McNaughton painting.
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In February, one reporter filed to have information about Carter Page’s warrant released. Now? The paper worries about ‘security concerns.’
Woman tells the New Yorker the nominee exposed himself to her at a party at Yale in the early 1980s.
Source tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that comment about wearing a wire was ‘sarcastic.’
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, Politico's Alex Isenstadt joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the latest developments in the Kavanaugh nomination and whether or not Rep. Ron DeSantis will pay a price for disagreeing with President Donald Trump over his Hurricane Maria tweets.
So much for restraint.
Eyebrows were raised in Washington when President Trump responded to an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The president didn’t mention the accuser. He said the Senate Judiciary Committee would go through “a process and hear everybody out [and] I’d like…
On Tuesday, September 11, as Hurricane Florence lumbered through the Atlantic toward the Carolinas, we received a text from a Weekly Standard colleague asking how long it would take for the hurricane to become political. Somebody would blame Trump or the GOP for something—it was just a matter of…
Is Trump's adviser going rogue, or have we seen this show before?
The politics of protectionism mean it's here to stay.
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Trump's former campaign manager pleads guilty to two different conspiracy counts before his second trial.
Rep. Tom Cole says problem is similar to 2014 but the problem has a different cause.
Michael Warren reviews Bob Woodward’s book about life in Trump World
Lessons of fidelity to something greater than a ruler.
Running for local office in Trump era.
Ways and Means members suggest a trade deal with Mexico might not be legal under fast-track authority.
Just Do It™. Whatever it is.
The media exec never denied saying that Trump was good for business.
Yes. And no.
Pompeo, Coats, Pence, Mattis, and others have issued statements distancing themselves from the article.
Huh?
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If you're putting yourself in the shoes of the author, consider the possible audiences he or she was trying to reach.
And spikes one more argument against his nomination
What's really going on here?
"Come on!"—Gob Bluth
This is normal. Everything is fine.
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Kiss up, kick down.
President Trump says that the Department of Justice had been investigating Collins and Hunter since the Obama years.
A special politics chat featuring writers from THE WEEKLY STANDARD and FiveThirtyEight.
With Bloomberg denying, could it be someone within the West Wing?
Jay Powell continues to show his independence from Donald Trump.
Especially those who live in districts full of civilian federal employees.
The personalized presidency and the degradation of constitutional norms.
If all this blustering is a preface of a policy reversal, it can’t come sooner.
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The establishment-backed former fighter pilot beat out two candidates who courted the lunatic fringe in Arizona's Senate primary.
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Donald Trump just couldn’t help it.
The Fed chairman stands up to President Trump at Jackson Hole.
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, Ben Schreckinger of Politico joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the Mueller investigation, the various probes into President Trump's business and charitable operations, and whether or not Jeff Sessions will keep his job.
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, Ben Schreckinger of Politico joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the Mueller investigation, the various probes into President Trump's business and charitable operations, and whether or not Jeff Sessions will keep his job.
After Manafort and Cohen, the Democrats are struggling not to overreach.
Only .03 percent of the electorate needed to be persuaded.
Chairman of AMI, which publishes the National Enquirer, is cooperating with the feds against Michael Cohen.
Not everything is about sex.
Congressional Republicans react to President Trump's suggestion that cooperating with prosecutors "almost ought to be illegal."
Trump's defense of Manafort betrays his campaign's promise to crack down on lobbyists.
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No.
The Republican Party will have to answer for Trump, Manafort, and Cohen.
It’s what happens when loyalty—to a party or president—trumps everything else.
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With Cohen and Manafort going to jail, the president could choose to burn the system down.
There’s a reason U.S. presidents don’t normally have fixers.
Trump’s most prominent evangelical supporter displays an incredible mix of historical ignorance mixed with moral vacuity.
With the Cohen-Manafort one-two punch, Trump’s choices come back to haunt him in a big way.
The president's former fixer said illegal payment to Stormy Daniels was 'for the principal purpose of influencing the election.'
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He was actually associate deputy attorney general until recently.
Rudy Giuliani's instant meme is even worse than it looked at first.
Trump says that Robert Mueller makes Joe McCarthy look like a baby. But was McCarthyism really a "rigged witch hunt"?
It’s been a while since a New York Times story has spun up Donald Trump enough to prompt an angry tweet storm. On Saturday, the Times published a lengthy report on the cooperation of White House counsel Don McGahn with Robert Mueller’s office of the special counsel. The paper reported that over the…
It's Trump's economy against the rest of the world—and as of now, America is winning.
Plus, how the CIA blew its cover in China.
The former CIA director is no hero.
“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast"—the Queen.
Congressional Republicans have no opinion whatsoever about Trump's White House nondisclosure agreements.
Jim Jordan’s bid to succeed Paul Ryan.
Plus, move over Paw Patrol.
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And Omarosa is, once again, the star.
But if there is …
Farmers are the first to feel the squeeze.
During a briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to comment on questions surrounding the unprecedented use of non-disclosure agreements for senior White House staff, which some employees were asked to sign at President Donald Trump’s behest in order to…
Also, Sean Spicer says "the president was aware of my book"
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If the Chinese buy Steinway, we fully expect to see an epic America-First meltdown.
The meeting that launched a thousand controversies.
How the Trump era has inspired women—mostly Democrats—to run for office.
President Donald Trump and his allies have recently touted the existence of nondisclosure agreements with White House employees as a response to estranged former employee Omarosa Manigault Newman’s attacks on Trump.
Who signed them, who are they with, and what about Jared and Ivanka?
It's long been suspected that Trump took the unprecedented step of having his White House staff sign NDA's. For the first time, it's now been confirmed.
Getting out of the Paris Agreement was just the first step on the road to a realist global energy policy.
With the November congressional elections only 87 days away, Donald Trump has added to his revolutionary use of tweets what might prove to be an outdated reliance on two old-fashioned electoral winners to pull Republican candidates through tough elections: a booming economy and promise-keeping.…
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George Conway said Friday morning that former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman’s claims that President Donald Trump used racist phrases when discussing Conway, who is half Filipino, are “ridiculous” and not credible.
"This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics—and it went nowhere. I did not know about it!” So tweeted President Donald Trump on August 5. He was referring to members of his immediate family and his campaign team having met with Russian…
Taxes pay for public schools. Water still wet.
As goes Trump, so goes the conservative movement.
The latest, paying down the national debt, met mixed reception from congressional Republicans (when it wasn't muted altogether).
Two years after First Boy Donald Trump Jr. accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer in the hopes of getting damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the story is continuing to give the White House headaches. The Washington Post reported this weekend that President Trump was worried Don Jr. might…
Are you Trumpy enough?
Growth trumps decline. That’s what President Trump is gambling on to hand him victory if the trade skirmish morphs into a trade war. The U.S. economy is growing at an annual rate of 4.1 percent and continues to create jobs. According to yesterday’s jobs report, the economy added 157,000 new jobs in…
For President Trump and his foreign policy team, cracking the Islamic Republic is job one.
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, has made it his business to ‘own the libs,’ and business is booming.
Press secretary says the president's call for the attorney general to fire special counsel
It’s not quite that simple.
Hey, is that the Rubicon?
As far as I know, Time magazine never ran a cover calling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker the “Republican Savior.” But at one time, he fit the bill.
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“Good for the country, good for them, good for us.”
Plus, when you should leave the ballpark.
Mere days ago he condemned Hassan Rouhani’s ‘demented words of violence & death' in a tweet.
Giuseppe Conte heads a right-wing and populist coalition government
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As the comedian pivoted from political comedy to become a legend, so too will another generation of funny-men and -women—and soon.
On July 25, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, the tweets fell silent, and a truce was declared on the European front of the trade war between the United States and, well, the rest of the world. President Donald Trump of the United States of America, and President Jean-Claude…
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"Well, I call it stupid."
Rob Rogers, cartoonist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for 25 years, was recently fired. Rogers was known for drawing acerbically satirical cartoons about Donald Trump. It follows, at least in the minds of the #resistance, that he was fired because he was anti-Trump. The Scrapbook knows about this…
Did Trump’s coddling of Putin damage his approval rating?
Analyzing the trade "deal" Trump made with the European Union.
The White House disinvites Kaitlan Collins.
Trump's anger about the Mueller investigation will make any meeting counterproductive.
The secretary of state faced lawmakers still angry about the president’s Helsinki press conference.
(Spoiler: Yes.)
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