Morning Jolt: The Manafort-Papadopoulos Drama Is Relatively Unsurprising

Happy Halloween! Try your best, ghosts and goblins. We live in a world with North Korean nukes, opioid addiction, Antifa, Russian hackers, a mass shooting in Las Vegas that still lacks a revealed motive, and Harvey Weinstein. Honestly, by comparison, ghosts and goblins are kind of relaxing.

Making the click-through worthwhile: why yesterday's indictments and plea deals were less dramatic than the news media made it sound, some really ominous news out of North Korea, fallout from the allegations against Kevin Spacey, and why we need your help.

Mueller Strikes: The Thrilling, Exciting Drama That Isn't That Thrilling or Exciting

I know everyone else in the Washington press corps is treating the first indictments and plea deals with special counsel Robert Mueller as a combination of Christmas and Watergate. But in the clear light of Tuesday morning, don't Monday's events feel predictable?

As everyone who bothered to look could see, Paul Manafort always had some unusual and shady ...

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The Manafort-Papadopoulos Drama Is Relatively Unsurprising Jim Geraghty Happy Halloween! Try your best, ghosts and goblins. We live in a world with North Korean nukes, opioid addiction, Antifa, Russian hackers, a mass shooting in Las Vegas that still lacks a revealed motive, and Harvey Weinstein. Honestly, by comparison, ghosts and goblins are kind of relaxing. Making the click-through worthwhile: why yesterday's indictments and plea deals were less dramatic than the news media made it sound, some really ominous news out of North Korea, fallout from the allegations against Kevin Spacey, and why we need your help. Mueller Strikes: The Thrilling, Exciting Drama That Isn't That Thrilling or Exciting I know everyone else in the Washington press corps is treating the first indictments and plea deals with special counsel Robert Mueller as a combination of Christmas and Watergate. But in the clear light of Tuesday morning, don't Monday's events feel predictable? As everyone who bothered to look could see, Paul Manafort always had some unusual and shady ... READ MORE Swamp Things Kevin D. Williamson Who is Paul Manafort? If you believe the federal indictment handed down against him, he is a pretty serious criminal, having engaged in a sprawling tax-fraud and money-laundering scheme to... An Earthquake That Shouldn't Shake Trump Jonathan S. Tobin An Earthquake That Shouldn't Shake Trump ADVERTISEMENT The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump Andrew C. McCarthy The Paul Manafort indictment is much ado about nothing . . . except as a vehicle to squeeze Manafort, which is special counsel Robert Mueller's objective — as we have been arguing for three... A Guide to Understanding the Manafort Indictment David French For once, the Twitter speculation was mainly correct. When news broke Friday night that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had obtained an indictment, the smart money pegged former Trump campaign... The Papadopoulos Case Andrew C. McCarthy As related in my earlier column on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Paul Manafort and an associate, today on balance is a good day for the Trump administration. Of course, you... 60 Minutes' Blind Love of Whistleblowers Jim Geraghty It's not quite the all-powerful television-news icon that it used to be, but few programs on television have a pedigree that equals 60 Minutes, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this... ADVERTISEMENT Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 Gordon S. Wood 'A bold, intelligent, and thoroughly engaging interpretation of the period...an immensely important book that deserves a wide readership.' - The Providence Journal-Bulletin LEARN MORE Defending America Halloween World ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.