[Don't] Sing a Song About the Heartland
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg ignited a social media explosion when he tweeted that having his vision shaped in the “American Heartland” rather than by "the ineffective Washington politics we've come to know" was an advantage in his run for the presidency.
Democrats and the left unleashed a torrent of angry pushback, over the implication that places like Indiana (where Buttigieg hails from) or Iowa (where the most important contest in the primary is mere days away) might have insights into American ideals that one is hard-pressed to find in the cynical capitol. Obviously an incredibly offensive notion, right?
As a result of that torrent, Buttigieg later had to clarify and walk back his plainly evil statement.
"The values we hold aren’t exclusive to the middle of the country," said Buttigieg via a campaign statement. "What we all have in common is a feeling politics in Washington has failed us."
Schiff v Dershowitz Trump team attorney Alan Dershowitz continues to be a major part of this week's impeachment trial story. His argument on Wednesday -- that the President can't be impeached because he believed his re-election was in the national interest -- took up a huge share of coverage on into Thursday.
In fact, his argument had such a profound effect, Rep. Adam Schiff singled it out in a presser as being "absurdly dangerous."
Everyone v Dershowitz It wasn't just Schiff, though. CNN's Joe Lockhart, for example, said Dershowitz's argument is like something Hilter would say.
In fact, nearly everyone had a take, which prompted Dershowitz to claim that the media was "willfully" distorting his actual argument. But that didn't go so great, either.
And even Kellyanne Conway demurred when asked if she agreed with him. Ouch. Whistles, Rand and Roberts It's not a weird new law firm, it's how we're describing the drama that unfolded in today's session of the impeachment trial. Sen. Rand Paul attempted to have Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding, read aloud the name of the alleged Urkaine whistleblower.
Roberts did not, as promised.
Paul split after that, and claimed victory on social media. His premise is that it was a clever ruse, and by refusing to say the name aloud, Roberts was confirming that the individual is in fact the whistleblower. Billionaire Buffet's Berkshire Bails on Buffalo News Not JUST Buffalo News, Warren Buffet is dumping the news industry as a whole. His holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is selling its stable of 31 newspapers to the Iowa media operation Lee Enterprises for $140 million in a deal announced Wednesday morning.
But the story as it relates to the Buffalo News is particularly interesting. Coronavirus The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a "global public health emergency." Happy Thursday. 6.5.0 | 
