Dear Reader (Including all you mole-rat monarchists),

One or two times a year I wake up in a Japanese family's living room with people screaming at me (oddly, they scream at me in flawless Gaelic). But none of that is important right now. Unrelatedly, one or two times a year I also write this "news"letter in advance of the morning it's due.

For reasons I'll explain at the end of this "news"letter, today is a crazy day for me. But it's also turned out to be a crazy day for everyone else (or at least for everyone else in the world of politics and eccentric parenthetical stylings). General Mattis's resignation, the border funding fooferall (which is not a real word, but I'll neologize as much as I want), Trump's capitulation to both Ann Coulter and the president of Turkey, and whatever happened in the last few minutes since I checked Twitter has people across Washington lamenting that they picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

All of this came after a federal judge floated ...

December 21 2018

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Conservative Facts Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including all you mole-rat monarchists), One or two times a year I wake up in a Japanese family's living room with people screaming at me (oddly, they scream at me in flawless Gaelic). But none of that is important right now. Unrelatedly, one or two times a year I also write this "news"letter in advance of the morning it's due. For reasons I'll explain at the end of this "news"letter, today is a crazy day for me. But it's also turned out to be a crazy day for everyone else (or at least for everyone else in the world of politics and eccentric parenthetical stylings). General Mattis's resignation, the border funding fooferall (which is not a real word, but I'll neologize as much as I want), Trump's capitulation to both Ann Coulter and the president of Turkey, and whatever happened in the last few minutes since I checked Twitter has people across Washington lamenting that they picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. All of this came after a federal judge floated ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Kicking Our Allies Mona Charen President Trump's decision to pull all 2,000 American troops from Syria is a gift to our enemies and a betrayal of our friends -- especially the Kurds, who fought ISIS when no one else would, and the Israelis, who will now have Iran more firmly on their doorstep. Apollo 8 and Our Privileged Planet Guillermo Gonzalez and Stephen C. Meyer The first astronauts to the moon saw what astronomers later concluded: that Earth is a life-friendly oasis. Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration's Effort to Tighten Asylum Rules Jack Crowe The Supreme Court upheld a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from immediately enforcing new rule changes on migrants seeking asylum. ADVERTISEMENT The Insufferable James Comey Rich Lowry Comey has revealed himself to be a politically savvy operator who matches his bureaucratic skills with an impregnable sense of self-righteousness. Welcome to Marwen Augments Political Reality Armond White This new movie takes on a tragedy -- only to dumb it down and politicize it. NR Won't Be Cowed by a Litigious Michael Mann The Editors To those who would abridge, undermine, or attempt to circumvent the First Amendment, our response is, as it ever was: Get Lost. Republicans Should Fight into January for the Wall Deroy Murdock Trump should use all his assets to ensure a border security win. Graham Demands Congressional Hearings on Syria Troop Withdrawal Mairead McArdle Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday demanded that Congress hold hearings on President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: December 21, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: December 20, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.