Status Updates From HRC: State Secrets and the ...

The most credible Benghazi critique from Utah’s Jason Chaffetz (summarized): “Chris Stevens died doing what he had signed up to do: venture into one of the most dangerous parts of the world with a small enough security footprint to avoid intimidating the very people he hoped to create partnerships with. But the ARB found [State] too willing to let him operate without a fully functioning [safety] net.”

Funny to hear how people close to them admire the Clintons’ “genuine personal touch” when the full picture has you completely guessing how much is personal versus calculated. I suppose a good politician must be a seamless blend of both

RIP Chris Stevens. What a terrible fate for someone who wanted to represent a future partnership for Libya and the US

It still astounds me A) How Bill Clinton is so effortlessly popular, B) How solid Hillary and Bill’s loyalty to each other is portrayed. Like they are two halves of the same (poison?) apple, and operate in total sync with each other professionally. Weirdly ideal marriage? Partnership? Whatchacallit?

Settling four-year old scores vs party objectives. Also hundreds of thousands of dollars changing hands. Ugh politics is so petty and transactional

Tell us what you really think of Pakistan 😬 “An apology was in the best interests of the US preserving its tenuous relationship with a country that was both infested with terrorists and armed with nuclear warheads.”

Again, depressing to see the hopes placed on Libya as a prospective crowning achievement, surging popularity numbers. Some wisdom here about what takes to be a “retail politician” … read, have no shame

Ugh your heart just drops seeing Anthony Weiner’s name appear. I suppose this book wasn’t published late enough to cover the ultimate finishing move his crimes laid on Clinton, Inc. Hillary’s first two years summed up as spectacular service to the President. And what would she earn for it… 😣

The team-up at Copenhagen is an encouraging anecdote; when roles are clear, Hillary and Barack fall into step and improvise well together.

Technology as democratizing? Or extending her inner circle? Although I am happy tech bros didn’t get bulldozed by the bureaucracy

Forgot to mention about how all the cited Washington gossip mill fuss about secrecy, missing tax returns, and COI concerns about the Clinton Global Foundation pale in comparison to the ACTUAL abuse of power later experienced under the Trump administrations. These kerfuffles look petty in comparison

Raising a cool $60M from your friends & family in <12 months requires both a vast and loaded network. Maybe this is why most successful politicians are old people…

Ick. The first two chapters are peak Clinton entitlement and dysfunction. I hope this is a redemption arc for how Hillary finds a purpose for power instead of consolidating power for power’s sake