Morning Jolt: Collusion Out (For Now), Tillerson Out (For Good)

It's Election Day in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district! Get out and vote if you live there. Of course, if you live there, you probably just want the endless campaign ads inundating the airwaves to stop.

Our unpredictable president strikes again, firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this morning. The move itself had been rumored since at least November, but apparently as of four hours ago, Tillerson was operating normally at the State Department. (Word is Trump asked Tillerson to step down on Friday.) CIA director Mike Pompeo will take over at State, and Gina Haspel, who became deputy director of the agency last month ...

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Collusion Out (For Now), Tillerson Out (For Good) Jim Geraghty It's Election Day in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district! Get out and vote if you live there. Of course, if you live there, you probably just want the endless campaign ads inundating the airwaves to stop. Our unpredictable president strikes again, firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this morning. The move itself had been rumored since at least November, but apparently as of four hours ago, Tillerson was operating normally at the State Department. (Word is Trump asked Tillerson to step down on Friday.) CIA director Mike Pompeo will take over at State, and Gina Haspel, who became deputy director of the agency last month ... Read More Top Stories GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Need to School Themselves on Education Policy Frederick M. Hess and Sofia Gallo It's early yet, but so far this year's field of prospective Republican governors hasn't offered enough leadership on the... Georgia Tech Has a Two-Page 'Inclusivity Checklist' for Events Katherine Timpf Georgia Tech Has a Two-Page 'Inclusivity Checklist' for Events ADVERTISEMENT Ten Reasons We Can't, and Shouldn't, Be Nordic Jim Geraghty Americans are not a few policy changes away from becoming... There's Less than Meets the Eye to Mueller's Russian-Organized Rallies Philip H. DeVoe There's less than meets the eye... Who Are the Luckiest Jews, Blacks, and Latinos? Dennis Prager You'll find them in... The New Left Trumps the Old Right Victor Davis Hanson Anti-Semitism, racism, deception, and dirty tricks: For progressives, the ends justify the... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." — Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 13th, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: March 12th, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.