The Morning Dispatch: Where the Democrats Stand

Plus, how compromised is William Barr, really?

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Happy Monday! We’ll try to keep today’s Morning Dispatch brief so you can spend as much time as possible soberly reflecting on … the presidents.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • Former FBI official Andrew McCabe will not be charged with lying to investigators, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice announced on Friday. 

  • Attorney General William Barr assigned an outside prosecutor to look into the charges against Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser.

  • Bill de Blasio—mayor of New York and former presidential candidate—endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.

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    A Citizen

    James Garfield, while at student at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was promoted from janitor to assistant professor. Destiny of the Republic, Chapter 2

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    Butch Earl

    Herbert Hoover on fishing:
    "To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish." ~ Herbert Hoover

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    David

    James and Dolley Madison were known to serve bowls of oyster ice cream at official government functions.

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      Linda Beggs

      Yikes--sounds horrid!

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    Bill Nelson

    Washington never liked Jefferson. Jefferson was the governor of Virginia when the British invaded during the revolution, and failed to call the militias. Washington found that a huge failure.

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    Linda Beggs

    George Washington actually has two birthdays: Feb. 11, 1731 and Feb. 22, 1732.

    The reason? Due to Protestant foot-dragging, the British Empire waited a couple of hundred years to replace the Julian calendar for the more accurate Gregorian calendar (named for Pope Gregory). In 1752, September 2 was followed by September 14 (no doubt creating havoc for financial arrangements like wages and rents). To accurately reflect his age, Washington used the 'new style' calendar to determine his birthday: February 22, 1732.

    The history of the calendar is fraught with politics, religion, and science. To learn more, visit: https://www.livescience.com/33022-when-is-george-washingtons-real-birthday.html

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    Kevin Durant?

    “In honor of the holiday, pass along your favorite tidbits of presidential trivia.”

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    Dwight D Eisenhower lobbied to have a tree cut down on the 17th at Augusta National. They told him to buzz off, kept the tree, and it was mockingly named after him (LOL Ike 😂😂). Just in case you were wondering if it’s harder to defeat Germany or get Augusta to change its layout

    🌲💀

    (Trump would never try this because he doesn’t believe in compromising the integrity of golf and also because the tree was 210 on the left and Trump drives it 320-330 average)

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      Kevin Durant?

      https://www.augusta.com/masters/story/news/latest-news/augusta-nationals-eisenhower-tree-removed-after-storm-damage

      Eisenhower Tree link

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  7. Collin Saunders

    I think the craziest presidential trivia I know is that John Tyler, the 10th president of the U.S., had grandsons living in 2018. I don’t know if they’re still living today but it’s still crazy: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-president-tyler-born-in-1790-still-has-two-living-grandsons/

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      Kevin Durant?

      I didn’t know there was a President named John Tyler so you could have just put that as trivia and blown my mind 😬😬

      (sorry Mrs. Clifton, I forgot)

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    Jenny

    George Washington had an alien encounter. It's true, I saw it on the History Chanel. They wouldn't lie, right?

    https://www.history.com/shows/in-search-of-aliens/season-1/episode-7

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    Ray Salemi

    Regarding McCabe, how is it that Republicans get away with launching fruitless investigation after fruitless investigation? Lindsey Graham is reported to be starting another one now.

    Conservative support for this behavior over the years is another thing that led us to an aggrieved Republican Party that loves Trump and, get this, accused the Democrats of launching fruitless investigations despite all the fruit.

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      Kevin Durant?

      If only there was someone who lied to investigators recently who has gotten a WORSE deal than CNN Contributor Andrew McCabe (D)

      Sadly there isn’t such a person so I have no counter argument ☹️☹️☹️
      /s

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        Ray Salemi

        Except I think the FBI just said he didn't lie.

        So why repeat an untruth?

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          Kevin Durant?

          Oh did Comey find that he didn’t have ‘intent’ LOL

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            Ray Salemi

            Complaining about Trump and then repeating Trumpian complaints about the FBI seems to be at odds.

            This is my point about NeverTrumpers having had a hand in creating Trump.

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            Ray Salemi

            Comey didn't do the investigation, right? So I don't get this.

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