“The G.O.P. Is Full of Morons”

[View this email in your browser]( [images-hive-logo (1).jpg]( “The G.O.P. Is Full of Morons” Good morning! It was a particularly head-spinning day in the Hive newsroom, dear reader, as our crack team of reporters diligently gathered the news on the race to [replace Gary Cohn]( the [succession battle]( at Goldman Sachs; the [last-minute rebranding]( of the G.O.P. after Parkland; the [semantic debate]( over Trump’s race-baiting; and the creation of a [much-needed safe space]( for resistance-media snowflakes at South by Southwest. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today we lead with Abigail Tracy’s delectable investigation into Foggy Bottom, where the aggrieved rank and file are suddenly terrified about the “secretary of war” replacing Rex Tillerson. Meanwhile, Tina Nguyen reports on the latest consternation emanating from Breitbartland as Bess Levin probes the president’s latest arithmetic regarding his erogenous fantasy of a border wall. And Peter Savodnik explains why a shocking political assassination on the streets of Salisbury could happen here. We hope that you are enjoying what you are reading. Have a great day! [Rex Tillerson] “A ‘W.T.F.’ Moment”: Shock and Relief at State as Trump Expunges Tillerson By Abigail Tracy Inside Foggy Bottom, staffers are unsurprised by Tillerson’s ouster but freaked about the dawn of the Pompeo era. As one staffer characterized it to me, Pompeo “would be the secretary of war, not state.” “The G.O.P. Is Full of Morons”: Even the Pro-Trump World Gave Up on Rick Saccone By Tina Nguyen To many Trump supporters, Saccone’s travails, much like the recent spate of prickly Republican experiences in post-2016 special elections, appeared to have come out of nowhere. Tech Bros Are Lining Up to Have Their Brains Preserved Forever By Maya Kosoff Nectome wants to upload your mind to a computer. The only catch? The process is “100 percent fatal.” Putin Already Has Trump in a Soviet Sleeper Hold By Peter Savodnik We should be deeply troubled by the attempted murders in Salisbury, and we should ask the president, our would-be tsar, what he plans to do when the real tsar launches a similar attack here. Local Moron Now Claiming Wall on Mexican Border Will “Pay for Itself” By Bess Levin Stay tuned for next week when Trump claims Rex Tillerson will pay for the wall as part of a reverse severance package. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, [vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com]( to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.