Morning Jolt: Donald Trump, Raging at His Own Cabinet

President Trump, discussing repealing Obamacare, February 28: "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated."

A comment attributed to the president on infrastructure, earlier this week: "The president -- echoing his ill-received remarks about repealing the Affordable Care Act -- has told people around him that he did not expect the process to be this difficult, according to one longtime adviser."

"If [Attorney General Jeff Sessions] was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else," President Trump said in a New York Times interview last week.

"So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes and Russia relations?" -- President Trump on Twitter yesterday.

Yesterday: "Trump was asked by a reporter if Sessions should resign. As interns laughed ...

July 25 2017

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Donald Trump, Raging at His Own Cabinet Jim Geraghty President Trump, discussing repealing Obamacare, February 28: "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." A comment attributed to the president on infrastructure, earlier this week: "The president -- echoing his ill-received remarks about repealing the Affordable Care Act -- has told people around him that he did not expect the process to be this difficult, according to one longtime adviser." "If [Attorney General Jeff Sessions] was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else," President Trump said in a New York Times interview last week. "So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes and Russia relations?" -- President Trump on Twitter yesterday. Yesterday: "Trump was asked by a reporter if Sessions should resign. As interns laughed ... READ MORE Post-Christian America: Gullible, Intolerant, and Superstitious David French In some secular progressive circles, a certain myth persists. If you defeat the forces of traditional Christianity — you know, the rubes and fools who believe the Bible is the Word of God — then... John McCain: Homo Americanus Brian Stewart John McCain: Homo Americanus ADVERTISEMENT A Busy House Jim Geraghty 'Those knuckleheads in Congress never do anything!" is one of the most tired and commonplace complaints from callers on political talk radio. And yes, many Republicans have found 2017... Smarter Corporate Philanthropy James Piereson, Naomi Schaefer Riley The purpose of corporate philanthropy has been a subject of debate for several decades. Milton Friedman and others have said that corporate philanthropy should serve shareholders and employees,... Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Conservative Sex Comedy Kyle Smith Upon its release in 1982, no one would have expected Fast Times at Ridgemont High ever to receive the imprimatur of classic. The movie was engineered to make a quick buck at a moment when... School Vouchers Are Not a Form of 'Welfare' Will Flanders Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, well-known for his theory of moral foundations, argues that one of the most effective ways to sway an ideological counterpart to your side is to speak their moral... ADVERTISEMENT Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World Adrian Goldsworthy 'Goldsworthy brings a wonderful vitality to his subject; his account possesses an immediacy usually associated with contemporary history. The reader is treated to an enthralling view of a highly complex system of governance.' - Gerard DeGroot, The Times (London) LEARN MORE Venezuela Protests Faces of Comic-Con ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.