Trump’s Tweets

I've said from the beginning that the press should not call them "tweets" but "statements." We've given Trump's statements through twitter a special status. Because they mostly seem like nonsense, and because they tumble out like jazz improvisations, they don't get any real scrutiny from the press and public. As a result, they shield the President from the outrage that they should produce. We've laughed at a shrugged off the most appalling changes in our democracy that Trump has made because they were made through Twitter. Now Trump states on Twitter that he reserves the right to obstruct justice and use the power of Presidential pardon to free Paul Manafort if Manafort continues to obstruct the investigation into Russian interference in the election. Trump reserves the right to obstruct justice by pardoning Paul Manafort. He said it on Twitter.

Coons lends his empty “hopes and prayers” to the nation

Coons just got a chance to promote his prayer breakfast on Morning Joe. The MSNBC panel ate it up, of course. Nobody seemed to recognize the irony of Coons extolling the value of praying with his GOP buddies every week just after stating that he is "puzzled" by why Mitch McConnell continues to block all efforts to protect the Special Counsel. Coons...Puzzled BTW - I missed most of Coons' segment. I'm sure his commitment to bipartisanship is fixing many problems because... reasons.