Andrew Sabisky: No 10 adviser resigns over alleged race comments https://t.co/Bh3bQpOt5y
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 17, 2020
Guardian front page, Tuesday 18 February 2020: New adviser to No 10 resigns over race and intelligence controversy pic.twitter.com/I9fJef43v8
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 17, 2020
Dominic Cummings got this badly wrong https://t.co/ompjgTXqv8
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) February 17, 2020
No surprise Boris Johnson hasn't sacked Sabisky for pushing eugenics. Johnson has flirted with similar ideas himself.
While Spectator editor he published a piece claiming: "Orientals.. have larger brains and higher IQ scores. Blacks are at the other pole" https://t.co/btqND7DVUC
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) February 17, 2020
In case anyone hasn’t clocked, there was way more about Sabisky than the eugenics stuff, some of it far more recent:
– in 2016 wrote that 'The White Death sits on a throne of ethnic diversity’ https://t.co/VZpqczaFNm
– this very weird stuff about sex https://t.co/4GI7EVhDid
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) February 17, 2020
#Sabisky’s reddit posts are straight out of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Do we really want the Sons of Jacob invited to serve in Number Ten? What does Commander Cummings have to say for himself? Not to mention Supreme Commander Johnson?
— Matthew d'Ancona (@MatthewdAncona) February 17, 2020
Johnson doesn't know what he thinks and has few fixed views on anything. And he is not in control of his government. This is not really very surprising. https://t.co/0L2j2krOGB
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) February 17, 2020
How can this not be have a damaging effect on Dominic Cummings… unless he really is untouchable and Boris Johnson is just his puppet. pic.twitter.com/1TVOAkNQYQ
— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 17, 2020
Meanwhile…
Excl: Downing Street plan to try to gain upper hand in EU trade negotiation by publishing draft text of a deal is shelvedhttps://t.co/4cYMaoolHp
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) February 17, 2020
— Aodhán Michael Connolly (@MichaelAodhan) February 17, 2020
Former UUP leader: Unionism must realise it is no longer a majority in Northern Ireland https://t.co/ldfMGb76S7
— Freya McClements (@freyamcc) February 17, 2020
Gibraltar encouraged by Spanish 'pragmatism' on post-Brexit ties https://t.co/5DpFPfmhnH pic.twitter.com/29OgX7D8r4
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 17, 2020
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WORLD
Michael O'Regan: Forget a grand coalition – here is what the next government will most likely look like https://t.co/4VP7znuAYx
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) February 17, 2020
Elsewhere..
China disinfects, destroys cash in effort to contain deadly virus https://t.co/cFcuvdP8QO
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) February 17, 2020
Apple, which is highly dependent on Chinese factories and Chinese consumers, said its supply of smartphones would be hurt…It's one of the first companies to publicly disclose the extent of the chain effect from China and the virus on the business world.https://t.co/4gsDOeVVXH
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 17, 2020
'Every scenario on the table' in China virus outbreak: WHO's Tedros https://t.co/OjtLOAnwAu pic.twitter.com/Tzn5XYTa8H
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 17, 2020
And…
Plymouth Rock vandalized ahead of 400th anniversary of pilgrims' arrival to America https://t.co/Bml7oCX9g8 pic.twitter.com/cZmWWu8wDA
— The Hill (@thehill) February 17, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
BREAKING: Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after Bill Barr attempts to overturn the Rule of Law in case of Trump ally Roger Stone https://t.co/Azf4rhSKXl
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 17, 2020
Thread..
SOON: Not D.C., but no less significant. @AmbJohnBolton addresses a packed house at @DukeU’s Page Auditorium. The official program, “The National Security Challenge of 2020.” The unofficial program, “What will Bolton reveal about @realDonaldTrump.” @ABC11_WTVD @ABC @ABCPolitics pic.twitter.com/LevXUWjknY
— Jonah Kaplan (@KaplanABC11) February 17, 2020
Bolton on Trump Iran strategy: "I think it’s failing because we don’t live up to the bumper sticker slogan of maximum pressure."
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) February 17, 2020
Pre-publication review certainly wouldn’t have prevented him from testifying before House Intel in closed session.
And, tbh, it shouldn’t have prevented him from voluntarily testifying in open session either. https://t.co/8MRR9GtjIM
— Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz) February 17, 2020
This sounds like a little bit of a mess, to me. https://t.co/5HJ88ogtZw
— Brendan Hasenstab (@pierrepont) February 17, 2020
In this climate, FOIA has become more important than ever. For more than half a century, the law has helped keep our elected officials honest, and info we often take for granted—from consumer safety to political surveillance—would never have seen sunlight. https://t.co/8ol2LnL5AQ
— Nieman Reports (@NiemanReports) February 17, 2020
Treating politics like a game to be won versus a means of improving the world has left America stuck in a perpetual cycle of anxiety and maddening strategizing, while robbing us of hope of a better future.https://t.co/GP55At9eqD
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 17, 2020
Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago https://t.co/WHqeOYeu1v
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) February 17, 2020
Meanwhile..
About that roaring economy:
The money we all owe to banks and credit card companies is now at an *all-time high* and credit card delinquency rates "have steadily risen since 2016, notably among younger borrowers."https://t.co/96DMs08joX— Tony Dokoupil (@tonydokoupil) February 17, 2020
This is becoming a G.O.P. narrative. So let's interrupt with facts. In Pres. Trump's first three years, 6.6 million jobs have been created. Not bad, juiced by $1 trillion deficits, but not as good as the 8.1 million jobs created in the last three years of Obama's presidency. https://t.co/aeRHkw81t0
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) February 17, 2020
The Overnight Note 