Maddie just did a line-by-line recitation of an episode of “Peaky Blinders.” It was good. Sorry we didn’t instagram it but the moment passed. Read more

Jezebel regrets the error. Read more

We are not in a Bronco... Read more

Majored in puss studies. Read more

Anna and Brendan are talking about sports now. These are not the NY THOTS I was promised. Read more

We’re editing blogs aloud in this car. Get ready, readers—blogs comin’ your way! Read more

I’m balancing my coffee between my knees in the other car—my preferred form of birth control. Read more

Everyone is gonna wanna turn up the volume because we’re entering the TORT REFORM part of the program over here at the Ross hearing. Read more

Ross just admitted that, like me, he doesn’t totally know what Brand USA is. It’s this, I guess: https://www.thebrandusa.com/ Read more

Ross is now asked about cybersecurity. The lack of specificity with which he talks about this subject is unnerving! Read more

The Ross hearing is all about driverless trucks so I’m gonna go take a nap, excuse me. Read more

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) says Ross has “been around the track” which is kind of rude, frankly, to a guy who is 79 years old. Read more

One of the strangest things about this Haley hearing, which on some level feels very pro forma, is that she seems to have a somewhat low opinion of the U.N. Read more

Is it acceptable to have a registry for “sub-groups” of Americans? Haley answers that she does not believe there should be a registry of American citizens, but we should “vet” people from other countries. Read more

Cardin now asking if Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has violated human rights with his anti-drug regime, which Haley says, yes, she believes he has, and promises to “speak up” about this at the U.N. This is the same man Trump has had “animated” relations with: Read more

Does she support additional sanctions against Russia? Haley says she wants to make a “plan for Russia” with the Security Council. Read more

Sen. Cardin is asking about Putin, who “imprisons his opponents and kills them if need be,” asking about how she will deliver on her promise not to “stay silent” with regard to Russia. She thinks Russia is “showing their muscle.” Asked if Russia has legitimacy in Ukraine, she can’t quite answer. Read more

In fact, this did not turn into a question—we’re still in the intro. Read more

Senator Ben Cardin, Democrat from Maryland’s first question frames climate change as one of the most important issues facing the U.N. Curious to hear how Haley will answer given that she has said that Washington should “stay out of the way” when it comes to climate change and jobs. Read more

Here’s a reminder of who we’re working with with Tom Price, HHS Secretary: Read more