President Trump told allies he plans to pardon his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to a source https://t.co/zkBOFUZn6a pic.twitter.com/aFJAYAcHS1
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 25, 2020
I actually prefer this outcome to corrupting the Justice Department to achieve the same result by scuttling the case. A pardon voids the conviction but it doesn’t implicate the courts, and it doesn’t negate history. https://t.co/MnivDSRbLk
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) November 25, 2020
After Trump kinda-sorta-maybe admitted defeat in the election this week, we are now about to enter the extreme pardon phase of his presidency. https://t.co/00rcqLm5ae
— Slate (@Slate) November 25, 2020
Here come the pardons.
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 25, 2020
The difference with this President is these pardons impact his own transgressions. A self-pardon would surprise nobody. https://t.co/8yEInV06US
The president pardons a turkey, one of the more normal things he’s done this month https://t.co/JlFmIMfyBl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 25, 2020
All hail great copy editors (in this case, The Washington Post’s Doug Norwood) pic.twitter.com/5qd1tVFMUm
— Marc Fisher (@mffisher) November 25, 2020
President Donald Trump plans to travel to Pennsylvania today to appear alongside Rudy Giuliani at a meeting of state Republican lawmakers examining accusations of election impropriety. The event is not yet listed on his public schedule https://t.co/U5UYqfery4
— Emma Kinery (@EmmaKinery) November 25, 2020
Let's be 100% clear: Rudy Giuliani/Trump's hearing today in Gettysburg, Pa on "Voter fraud" is not about legally changing the results of the election-that's over. The goal is to delegitimize our democracy so that Trump or another GOP fascist can be an unelected dictator in future
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) November 25, 2020
do important functions of government usually happen at the Wyndham hotel pic.twitter.com/cGub5vwAwG
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 25, 2020
This I did not know.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 25, 2020
"The Wyndham Hotel in Gettysburg gets 3.5 stars on Yelp. Visitors praise the comfy beds, but complain about the overpriced breakfast, which many agree is the kind of buffet option often served for free at other chains."https://t.co/NHwNTcnMt4
🗳️ Representative Bill Pascrell, a Democrat, on Friday called for Giuliani and other members of the legal team to be stripped of their law licenses for bringing 'frivolous' lawsuits and allegedly attempting to help Donald Trump steal the November vote from Joe Biden 2/3 pic.twitter.com/4s7UwDDWux
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 25, 2020
Hot damn, this @TimAlberta analysis of the Michigan debacle has to be the best post-election piece yet.
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) November 25, 2020
There are too many charlatans and hypocrites in this tale to count, but this evisceration of Ronna (Romney) McDaniel is among the best. https://t.co/9YwjprODwM pic.twitter.com/UdNmrFtw5M
NEW: More Americans are going hungry now than at any point during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, new data show.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) November 25, 2020
1 in 8 Americans say they don't have enough to eat.
1 in 6 families w/kids don't have enoughhttps://t.co/A0FL8fhXk5 via @tcfrankel @andrewvandam @alyssafowers pic.twitter.com/8rVxDCfTWy
SCOOP: Israeli military prepares for possibility Trump will strike Iran https://t.co/uwtCDmRKxW
— Axios (@axios) November 25, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Economy forecast to contract by 11.3% – "the largest fall in output for more than 300 years," says Chancellor Rishi Sunak
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 25, 2020
"The economic damage is likely to be lasting"https://t.co/ryFND49vxa pic.twitter.com/3dqUhzAZjS
The Chancellor didn’t mention Brexit but as we absorb the consequences of an 11% fall in GDP, reminder that virtually every independent body assesses that even a Free Trade Agreement with the EU will lead to less economic growth in the long term. No deal would be even more severe pic.twitter.com/exCYVidQcz
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 25, 2020
Interesting that @BBCr4today dedicates a long slot to the devastating economic damage the pandemic will do without even asking a single question how a hard Brexit will accelerate it.
— Annette Dittert (@annettedittert) November 25, 2020
It will be all Covid's fault eventually.
Perfectly predictable, clear rules. Everyone knows where they stand. The Uk has had ample time to prepare. But when rules become inconvenient, Gove wants to wish them away. Again, quite revealing of Gove’s disdain for a rules-based order and the rule of law more generally. https://t.co/ZgpRh3sQkr
— John Cotter (@John_Cotter) November 25, 2020
How significant were @vonderleyen's remarks to the European Parliament this morning?
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) November 25, 2020
One senior EU diplomat says takes note in particular of her opening words. "Frankly, I cannot tell you today if in the end there will be a deal."
EU sources tell me that no decision has yet been formally taken about Michel Barnier’s movements once he comes out of #COVID19 quarantine (Friday). He had been expected to go to London to continue negotiations but this is not confirmed. Talks are NOT going well, say EU sources /1
— Katya Adler (@BBCkatyaadler) November 25, 2020
The Overnight Note 