Dear Reader,

Yesterday, two important men said some important things.

Former president George W. Bush gave an impassioned, eloquent speech on the current moral, civil, and political climate in the United States and across the West.

John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, gave less formal, but arguably more powerful, remarks in the briefing room yesterday. Kelly scolded a Democratic congresswoman, Frederica Wilson, and, really, the entire country, much like a disappointed father or grandfather might.

But it seems like almost everybody is only hearing what they want to hear. Liberals, the media, and -- importantly -- President Trump's Amen Corner all heard the same thing in Bush's remarks: "Blah, blah, blah, blah, Trump Bad." That's why Bush is suddenly benefitting from a strange new respect from liberals and a ...

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