"Woodward and Costa write that Milley, deeply shaken by the assault, 'was certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, with Trump now all but manic, screaming at officials"https://t.co/Adg722AwPO
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 14, 2021
In the book’s telling, Milley went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, stressing the rapport they’d established through a backchannel. https://t.co/7nCDFPhLBo pic.twitter.com/NkrK9p6rGv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021
“There’s no question [Donald Trump] was unfit and that he met every standard you could’ve possibly thought through for invocation of the 25th amendment.” @SteveSchmidtSES on @DeadlineWH pic.twitter.com/qbjyrstoX0
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 14, 2021
"The revelation that it took a military intervention from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to avert a soft coup by President Trump should terrify you," writes @WajahatAli. https://t.co/0J2oMABxfa
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 14, 2021
No one should be comforted by the Milley news. Trump's instability and effort to overturn the election unfortunately inspired a new kind of norm violation. However well-intentioned it may have been, we don't want generals deciding to take over foreign policy from civilians. https://t.co/Ddq41NZH3J
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) (@BrendanNyhan) September 14, 2021
This is not good. It's not the job of military men to serve as a restraint on a dangerous, lawless president. That's the job of congress. https://t.co/JKzwxmRSHY
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 14, 2021
Milley had no choice but to do what he did, but his actions will further enrage the right.
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) September 14, 2021
If Trump or a Trump loyalist comes into power in 2024 or 2028, expect a purge of officers who are deemed loyal to the Constitution rather than to the president. https://t.co/vEAjGdIiUB
"All of these norms that we thought were laws, are not in fact laws… Trump has been testing the guardrails, not testing them, trying to go over the last four years, and we need to start strengthening them, that's the lesson of the last four years" – @stengel w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/vOhF9CsN8G
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 14, 2021
WATCH: Trump predicts America will end in three years during unhinged Newsmax videohttps://t.co/zA79NzVBoN
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 14, 2021
And…
A big and underappreciated revelation in the new Woodward and Costa book: Pence said he tried *everything he possibly could* to help Trump subvert the election.
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 14, 2021
Pence is no hero.@RepRaskin tells me the 1/6 committee will fully flesh out Pence's role:https://t.co/kgOFlMiCB6
Pence could have folded. Will the next person in his situation? What happens then? https://t.co/f4cpCJDCEl pic.twitter.com/b6zPKkmCLG
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) (@BrendanNyhan) September 14, 2021
Insane to realize how close we came to absolute chaos but "Mr Potatoe," Dan Quayle, steered Pence away.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) September 14, 2021
Wowe. pic.twitter.com/aaoUc1xyRO
Really…. pic.twitter.com/DeoSpapyXL
— Charles T. Barreca (@chuckbarr21) September 14, 2021
Meanwhile…
Follow live results in California's recall election after the polls close at 8 p.m. Pacific time: https://t.co/Dw7YyMjUF4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 14, 2021
Polling for the California recall once showed a tight race for Gov. Gavin Newsom — but now his support seems to be growing. @SalvantoCBS breaks down demographic obstacles that California's Republican voters would have to overcome to vote Newsom out https://t.co/cagDpkFQdS pic.twitter.com/iYZKrxfYUe
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 14, 2021
Before there are any results from the recall, Elder’s campaign is promoting a petition “demanding a special session of the California legislature to investigate and ameliorate the twisted results of this 2021 Recall Election of Governor Gavin Newsom." https://t.co/LYBMZF0zBO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 14, 2021
New: The swift embrace of false allegations of cheating in the California recall reflects a growing instinct on the right to argue that any lost election, or any ongoing race that might result in defeat, must be marred by fraud. https://t.co/10FdiFaoDc
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) September 12, 2021
WATCH: @JacobSoboroff asks Gov. Newsom about opponent Larry Elder refusing to commit to accepting the results of the recall election
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 14, 2021
"The irony of it, it's going to hurt the Republican party. Because they're telling their voters their votes don't even matter," Gov. Newsom says. pic.twitter.com/fnwYuZOPfq
The subpoena will come before the Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations committee tomorrow morning for a vote, but is likely to pass as the GOP are in the majority.
— Danielle Ohl (@DTOhl) September 14, 2021
In the UK…
“In one way our position today is more challenging”
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 14, 2021
PM Boris Johnson says despite higher cases and deaths compared to last September, the British people are “incomparably better placed to fight” Covid
Latest: https://t.co/VLQcdlQXgi pic.twitter.com/zz4Xj2TVvj
💼Businesses are greeting Boris Johnson’s winter Covid-19 plan with dismay.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 14, 2021
❌They have warned it could create more damaging uncertainty after learning that staff could once again be told to work from home where possible.
Thread 🧵👇https://t.co/PqzsWv2jjI pic.twitter.com/XuPGKtkTdY
"PM under fire as senior Tories forgo masks on same day he urges public to wear them in crowded spaces"
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) September 14, 2021
Gaslighting continues… https://t.co/IeuyHzEr4q
It will come as no surprise that Boris Johnson has backed Priti Patel over allegations she met two airline executives & a billionaire Tory donor to discuss Covid-19 travel rules without Home Office officials present – a third breach of ministerial codehttps://t.co/AZlqWvJa1t
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) September 14, 2021
Just SIX Tory MPs rebelled against Boris Johnson's tax hike – story by @alethaadu https://t.co/afNkKqnwta
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) September 14, 2021
Finally…
Today is a sad day. All of us here at SNL mourn the loss of Norm Macdonald, one of the most impactful comedic voices of his or any other generation. pic.twitter.com/KQYuuz5eM9
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) September 14, 2021
The Overnight Note 