Morning Jolt: It’s Easy to Overlook the Faults of Our Leaders When We Catastrophize the Alternative

Making the click-through worthwhile: Justin Trudeau wins again, and Virginia Democrats appear set to win again, yet people still wonder why Trump voters stand by their man; some Democrats wonder if they have any more options in 2020; and the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrives, greeting a much more wary fanbase.

Almost Everybody Finds a Way to Excuse the Sins of the Leaders They Prefer

You hear this question from a lot of people, including from colleagues I respect a great deal: "How can Trump voters/Republicans/evangelicals just shrug their shoulders at President Trump and his pressure on Ukraine/abandonment of the Kurds/sordid payoffs to Stormy Daniels/warm and fuzzy talk about Putin and Kim Jong-Un/[insert scandal du jour here]?"

Trump voters shrug their shoulders at these scandals probably for the same reasons that so many in the Canadian Liberal party shrugged their shoulders ...

October 22 2019

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It's Easy to Overlook the Faults of Our Leaders When We Catastrophize the Alternative Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Justin Trudeau wins again, and Virginia Democrats appear set to win again, yet people still wonder why Trump voters stand by their man; some Democrats wonder if they have any more options in 2020; and the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrives, greeting a much more wary fanbase. Almost Everybody Finds a Way to Excuse the Sins of the Leaders They Prefer You hear this question from a lot of people, including from colleagues I respect a great deal: "How can Trump voters/Republicans/evangelicals just shrug their shoulders at President Trump and his pressure on Ukraine/abandonment of the Kurds/sordid payoffs to Stormy Daniels/warm and fuzzy talk about Putin and Kim Jong-Un/[insert scandal du jour here]?" Trump voters shrug their shoulders at these scandals probably for the same reasons that so many in the Canadian Liberal party shrugged their shoulders ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Nobel Committee Dreams of a Post-Fossil-Fuel Future Mark P. Mills Using today's Nobel-class lithium magic, it still costs over 100 times more to store energy in a battery than it costs to store the same amount of energy as natural gas or oil. Even a twofold improvement in lithium technology won't come close to closing that cost gap and bring us any closer to a "rechargeable" and "fossil fuel-free" world. The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency Ilya Shapiro The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concentrates power in the hands of a single, unelected, unaccountable official. Connecticut College Students Charged With Violating State Law Prohibiting 'Ridicule' after... Tobias Hoonhout Students Jarred Karal and Ryan Mucaj were arrested by campus police Monday night after using a racial slur in an incident captured on video. ADVERTISEMENT For Laughter and Lawyers Katherine Timpf Freedom of speech takes many forms, and we need your support for both of these. Elizabeth Warren's Financial Berlin Wall Kevin D. Williamson Elizabeth Warren proposes to lock in high-earning, highly taxed Americans. Bernie's Big, Bolshie, Biden-Boosting Bash Kyle Smith Sanders's speech was characteristically Sandernista stuff: Droning, badgering, meandering, enervating, needlessly, endlessly long. In Defense of Tulsi Michael Brendan Dougherty The idea that the Kremlin is getting ready to support a third-party Tulsi Gabbard run is a form of madness, one that is becoming distressingly common among the septuagenarian outpatient group that America knows as its political-leadership class. Establishment Dem Donors Muse About Late Clinton 2020 Entry Mairead McArdle High-dollar donors also mused whether power players like Michelle Obama or Michael Bloomberg could be convinced to throw their hat into the primary. ADVERTISEMENT WHAT NR IS READING Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead Jim Mattis and Bing West Call Sign Chaos the #1 national bestselling book by General Jim Mattis and Bing West, is a clear-eyed account of Mattis's lifelong dedication to America, and his journey from marine recruit to four-star general to Secretary of Defense! LEARN MORE Photo Essays Hong Kong Protests Ancient Egyptian Coffins 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.