Crash Course: James Comer's big "informant" against Joe Biden goes "missing" — but MAGA won't care

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James Comer's big "informant" against Joe Biden goes "missing" — but MAGA won't care "Well, unfortunately, we can't track down the informant," Comer told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, making up some wild story about how "informants are kind of in the spy business" and thus this disappearing act is no surprise. Rather than point out how convenient it is that Comer can't produce the evidence for his claims, Bartiromo gave Comer the full Sidney Powell treatment, declaring it is a "stunning breaking news story this morning that some of these people now may be missing." The possibility that Bartiromo is ignoring: One cannot be "missing" if one never actually existed. 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When understood in that way, Trump's CNN town hall was a promise of more misery, fear, and even worse and more cruel policies that will shorten lives, tear the country even more apart at the seams, and imperil democracy and the civil and human rights and freedoms of not just black and brown people, the LGBTQ community, women, the poor and working class, Muslims, Jews, and other targeted groups but all Americans. [Read more from Chauncey DeVega.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvejdjdHpiMGhjOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) - [Trump's dogwhistle to the Christian right](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNXY1b3RqcmF2Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is a permission slip to openly hate women - [James Comer mocked](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvODBmMzdhNXNxdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) after claiming informant his “entire charade was built on” is “missing” - Fox News [host calls out GOP claims](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbjBpZmJ6YmFydS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) about the Bidens: “Jared and Ivanka made up to $640 million” - [Cousin Greg](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYXZwOXVzNHZtei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall - "What was gained from this?": Trump's [CNN town hall was a failure](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvajFmdHFleHh0NC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Long ago, younger viewers wanted their [MTV News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva3FhZmZndGN4bC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Can we learn from what it did right in its prime? - I’m immunocompromised. I’ve been cautious about COVID. [Thanks to everyone else, it doesn’t matter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVxeDRramc3My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Legal expert: [Jim Jordan’s demand](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYnh1cmh4czVjYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) for Manhattan prosecutor to testify just backfired on him - [“Defense attorney’s nightmare”](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaWF1czJqMXA3cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): Trump’s “incriminating statements” are a "gift" to prosecutors - How [autistic comedian Fern Brady](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveDJhaGNrbnJobS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) made it in the comedy world - Climate change is [making crabs lose their sense of smell](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY214Z2FwanVnaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — and seafood may never be the same - [Get a little fancy schmancy at home](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbGxyNXpnYmFkZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) with this recipe for a restaurant-style composed dish If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZHh0dWZ4Yzl3Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGEmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! Ron DeSantis goes to Iowa — and the press goes wild There is no way the mainstream media is going to let Trump just run away with the nomination as long as they can keep DeSantis viable. So we can expect to see him rise and fall more than once, usually in relation to whatever Trump is doing. The Iowa DeSantis coverage is a good example of how these storylines are concocted from the most banal circumstances. All DeSantis did was show up in Iowa in a pair of jeans and give a couple of speeches but it was reported as if he was greeted like he was Bruce Springsteen. 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Rich People Won," [The Atlantic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvanNiZ3d0djlwcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGFXA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Mormon who left Wall St to work for charity blows whistle on what he says is his church's 'clandestine hedge fund,'" [CBS News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdXV5aDc3Ym1lMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGFXA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners," [The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvazRkNG83bHI1OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGFXA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) "Unconscionable and devastating": Democrat's staff attacked with baseball bat at district office Connolly told [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmRec8P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOTJvM3o1N2xiYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTdidm1rdWxkOGFXA3NwY0IKZGI9YmNkeSJoTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that the assailant attacked two of his staffers with a metal bat. The congressman said the attacker hit a senior aide in the head and hit an intern — who was on her first day on the job — in the side. Connolly, who was at a ribbon cutting at a food bank at the time of the incident, told the outlet that the attacker was a constituent that he does not know and that he also caused damage to the office, smashing glass and computers. "He was filled with out-of-control rage," Connolly said. 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