OF THE MOMENT
A collection of voices, tweets and posts from the week.
Jeff Flake
@JeffFlake
As of today, 9,944 Arizona Republicans have changed their party registration since the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Please, fellow Republicans, we cannot continue to excuse former President Trump’s behavior and promote falsehoods about the election.
The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
EXCLUSIVE: More than 100 Politico staffers signed onto a letter sent to publisher Robert Allbritton, expressing disgust with allowing rightwing firebrand Ben Shapiro to guest-author one day’s edition of the Playbook
Meghan McCain
@MeghanMcCain
ONE conservative guest edits ONE newsletter and all hell breaks loose @politico?! What a bunch of absolute baby snowflakes, my god. I am SO sick of this type of thing. GROW UP, this is an industry full of different people and perspectives and @benshapiro is a powerhouse.
David Burge
@iowahawkblog
I put on 17 masks yesterday and have now achieved immortality.
THEY SAID IT
“It is almost as if people have been in a war too long and they don’t remember what peace is.”
— Doris Kearns Goodwin Historian (commenting on the end
of the Trump White House)
“Frustrated progressives should thank Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for saving them from themselves.”
— Mike Lee U.S. Senator (R-Utah)
“In truth, the vaccination program already underway, combined with the naturally acquired immunity of people previously infected with the virus, would probably get the U.S. close to herd immunity by the summer, even if Joe Biden spent the next six months just riding his Peloton.”