The Morning Dispatch: The Great GOP Crack-Up

Plus: Christmas cooking with your Morning Dispatch crew.

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Happy Thursday! And we hope all who are celebrating this week have a very merry Christmas. 🎄🎁🎅🏼 We’ll see you on Monday.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • President Trump issued pardons and commutations for 29 more people on Wednesday, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime adviser Roger Stone, and Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner.

  • Pfizer and BioNTech reached a $1.95 billion agreement with the federal government on Wednesday to provide the United States with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July.

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    Paul Montagu

    Too many elected Republicans catered to Trump's insanity and they'll be remembered. They should all be ashamed.

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    Victor Clairmont

    Merry Christmas all!

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    Bill

    "...and be exact with the sugar measurements...."
    "¾+ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed"

    Now, that's funny.

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    DougCLE

    Posting here because where else would I put it? Please enjoy this taste of Beethoven from everyone’s favorite Christmas movie: https://youtu.be/JMKQVPV1pf0

    And if I may add an old German holiday greeting, “Schieß dem Fenster!”

    Merry Christmas, everyone!

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  5. Lylegruby

    Mcconnell should have...been honest? Why couldn’t he have said right after the election that, absent widespread, unprecedented levels of fraud, Biden won the election. He could have then taken a firmer stance once the lawsuits rolled in, and it became obvious they didn’t have a shred of actual evidence of fraud. I’d hope that the GOP dealing in reality would have resulted in support from actual conservatives and the sidelining of Trump Truthers.

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  6. Gene

    Here’s an article critics of Campbell likely should consider:

    http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/07/china-study-author-colin-campbell-slaps-down-critic-denise-minger.html

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    1. deathtomcmansions

      I skimmed that. Minger isn't a serious source, period -- all I needed to see to know that is that she is a raw animal products advocate. Even worse, she's supported by the Weston Price people: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/sbm-weston-prices-appalling-legacy/ -- they are rabid antivaxxers, to boot.

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  7. Gene


    Thanks. I expect to look into these arguments.

    My wife and I have had excellent results over a few years now being just about wholly on
    plant-based eating. Of course, we might be anomalies or both have wonderful genes.

    There are quite a few medical scientists who share the basic approach of that study and have compiled data on its success with many of their patients.

    There does seem to be a consensus among many hundreds of doctors and scientists that the average American diet is terrible for health, which appears definitely indicated by constantly increasing heart disease, cancers and obeisity.

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    1. deathtomcmansions

      Well, like most things, moderation has a lot to do with it. Portion control is a major factor according to several articles at SBM based on studies, and SBM is in favor of the MyPlate apportionment. I enjoy vegetarian food, but my husband has to be pushed hard to fill even a third of the plate with vegetables and he generally dislikes a lot of vegetarian flavors and common ingredients like garbanzo beans and most squashes. There's a way to eat meat without settling for poor nutritional quality in the entire meal.

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  8. John Matthew IV

    Love the recipes. Include a few more in the future.

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

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    Dona Dunsmore

    Republicans could have done something about the President when he was impeached. No whining and shifting the blame now. They have all those judges to keep them warm and cozy.

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    Everybody Digs Bill Evans

    Just curious -- Will we see an article in The Dispatch by Steve Hayes sometime in the new year? Maybe if the Packers make it to the Super Bowl?

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