From Politico's emailed Breaking News! — and why I didn't bother noting the issue yesterday:
Sen. Marco Rubio will support the compromise tax legislation crafted by House and Senate negotiators. The Florida Republican was a key holdout [Ha!], and his backing suggests Republicans are on track to send the sweeping tax code rewrite to President Donald Trump next week.
Was there a person alive who didn't know, that for Rubio, it would end this way?
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Oh, and Sen. Bob Corker now supports the bill, even though his fellow senators have done nothing to address the deficit issue that caused Corker to oppose it originally. His spinelessness is a true marvel. But what I imagine went on in the wishy-washy brain of Bob Corker is that he didn't want to be labeled an anti-tax-cut guy — no matter how insane that tax cut might have been — when he runs for the White House. For Republicans, it's always all about politics — never the country.
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Speaking of no-news news, I have been greatly puzzled by the shocked reception to the Washington Post's "bombshell" story yesterday, "Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked." Trump isn't receiving complete national security briefings on Putin's scheming hellhole because he might become "upset"? This is news? That Trump prefers ignorance over enlightenment has been a rock-solid feature of his presidency. Why have so many been astonished by WaPo's reporting? Anyway, its thorough familiarity was why I didn't bother commenting on it, just as I did with Rubio's non-intransigent "holdout."