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The breathless, in-the-moment coverage of the current news cycle might make it appear that for various big-time actors, the walls are closing in.
Let’s take a look.
SCALE
5: Done and dusted; lock ‘em up and throw away the key.
4: Greater peril than previously faced; could go either way, but it doesn’t look promising.
3: Definitely a threat beyond the norm; however, likely to survive to fight another day.
2: Routine threats; all hubbub and not existential.
1: Another day at the office; not even the hair will be mussed.
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Fed topper Jerome Powell
Said Wednesday, “No one knows whether this process will lead to a recession or, if so, how significant that recession would be.”
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Russian despot Vladimir Putin
Denounced at United Nations, facing threats at home, turns to blustery calls for buildups and nukes.
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Donald John Trump
Federal appeals panel (including two judges he put in place) repudiates both district court judge and former president’s “legal” arguments, while New York state brings massive civil case, mocking his claims of alleged wealth and (apartment) size, while even Hugh Hewitt says his personal jury is out (but he’s saying there’s a chance); and/but.
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Ginni Thomas
Date with January 6 committee probers pushes her role into a new realm.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi
The unforgiving math of the majority is both unforgiving and mathy.