Today marked the first anniversary of President @realDonaldTrump's inauguration, and hundreds of thousands of Americans (or more) took to the streets nationwide to celebrate the occasion.
Some critics had predicted that after a year of non-stop winning, enthusiasm would fade—but they were so very wrong.
Suffice it to say, this was the largest gathering ever in support of a president—period.
Unfortunately, the rest of the federal government isn't in nearly as as good of shape as our Dear Leader is.
In fact, a strong argument could be made that many of our democratic institutions have faltered under the weight of his excellency.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR); Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Peter Alexander (NBC News), Republican Strategist Al Cardenas & Democratic Strategist Stephanie Cutter.
Face The Nation: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI); Roundtable: Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic), Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post), Ruth Marcus (Washington Post) & Ben Domenech (The Federalist).
This Week: White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL); Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC); Roundtable: TBA.
Fox News Sunday: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Roundtable: Michael Needham (Heritage Action for America), Former Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Republican Strategist Josh Holmes & Charles Lane (Washington Post).
State of the Union: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY); Roundtable: Former South Carolina State Rep. Bakari Sellers (D), Republican Strategist Amanda Carpenter, Former Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) & Rep. Nanette D. Barragán (D-CA).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Monday: Actress Selma Blair; Actor Derek Waters; Drummer Brann Dailor.
Tuesday: Comedian Michael Che; Actor Colin Jost; Musician Jack Antonoff; Singer-Songwriter Ashley McBryde; Drummer Brann Dailor.
Wednesday: Comedian Jim Gaffigan; Van Jones (CNN); Author Josh Gondelman; Drummer Brann Dailor.
Thursday: Actor Willem Dafoe,; Actress Dakota Fanning; Baker Amirah Kassem; Drummer Brann Dailor.
Friday: TBA.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Monday: Author Michael Wolff; Tuesday: Author Jason Reynolds; Wednesday: NHL Player P.K. Subban; Thursday: Cecile Richards (Planned Parenthood).
Elsewhere...
Sen. Tom Cotton demanded that his constituents cease and desist from contacting him.
A spokesperson for Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday that cease and desist letters sent to an unspecified number of individuals in October were sent because staffers were being harassed and have nothing to do with activists who have been protesting outside the senator's office this week or payback for constituents simply voicing opposing views.
Cotton's communications director Caroline Rabbitt Tabler told the Washington Examiner the practice of sending these types of letters is "rare" and "only used under extreme circumstances" when previous warnings have not been successful.
"Senator Cotton is always happy to hear from Arkansans and encourages everyone to contact his offices to express their thoughts, concerns, and opinions. In order to maintain a safe work environment, if an employee of Senator Cotton receives repeated communications that are harassing and vulgar, or any communication that contains a threat, our policy is to notify the U.S. Capitol Police’s Threat Assessment Section and, in accordance with their guidance, send a cease and desist letter to the individual making the harassing or threatening communication," Rabbitt Tabler said in a statement.
"This letter is immediate notification that all communication must cease and desist immediately with all offices of US Senator Tom Cotton. All other contact will be deemed harassment and will be reported to the United States Capitol Police," the letter states.
And, in other legal news...
It was revealed that former White House advisor Seb Gorka has an outstanding arrest warrant in his native Hungary.
Hungary's national police issued an arrest warrant for Sebastian Gorka, a Fox News analyst and former adviser to President Trump, in September 2016, and it is still active, The Associated Press and other media organizations report. That means Gorka was wanted in Hungary for unspecified "firearm or ammunition abuse" for the entire time he worked in the Trump White House, until his departure in August 2017. The warrant, still posted on the website of Hungary's national police, was first reported by the Hungarian news site 444.
Gorka served as a national security aide to Trump, but his role was never clearly laid out and, AP says, he never got clearance to work on the National Security Council due at least in part to a January 2016 weapons charge at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The unspecified weapons charge in Budapest could have been from an incident as far back as 2009, 444 noted, and Gorka points out that he moved to the U.S. from Hungary in 2008, without denying that the warrant exists.
We are a nation of laws, not of men.
– Trix