Morning Jolt: ‘Anonymous’ Falls Flat

On the menu today: The op-ed page of the New York Times made the deliberate decision to hoodwink America about the identity of "Anonymous"; the sense of guilt that pervades legacy media — a very apt label; and wondering whether or not we will even see long lines on Election Day with early voting being so massive so far.

Anonymous . . . Turned Out to Be a Guy Who Was Pretty Anonymous

"Anonymous," the unnamed Trump administration official who claimed in an infamous New York Times op-ed that he was secretly trying to "thwart" Trump's policies, turned out to be . . . Miles Taylor, a former policy adviser and deputy chief of staff to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielson, and eventually chief of staff in the department, although not until after the op-ed was published.

This revelation shouldn’t be a huge deal, and yet it feels like it just broke something important. It feels like the editors of the New York Times chose to play a massive prank on us. They watched the fervent Washington speculation that it was Mike Pence, James Mattis, Jared Kushner ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 29 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 29 2020 'Anonymous' Falls Flat On the menu today: The op-ed page of the New York Times made the deliberate decision to hoodwink America about the identity of "Anonymous"; the sense of guilt that pervades legacy media — a very apt label; and wondering whether or not we will even see long lines on Election Day with early voting being so massive so far. Anonymous . . . Turned Out to Be a Guy Who Was Pretty Anonymous "Anonymous," the unnamed Trump administration official who claimed in an infamous New York Times op-ed that he was secretly trying to "thwart" Trump's policies, turned out to be . . . Miles Taylor, a former policy adviser and deputy chief of staff to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielson, and eventually chief of staff in the department, although not until after the op-ed was published. This revelation shouldn’t be a huge deal, and yet it feels like it just broke something important. It feels like the editors of the New York Times chose to play a massive prank on us. They watched the fervent Washington speculation that it was Mike Pence, James Mattis, Jared Kushner ...   READ MORE

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