a horrible idea, a bad idea — no chance in hell.’”

SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:

Two tweets from Capitol reporters yesterday nicely capture John McCain's sense of humor:

In a morning tweet, Trump referred to his White House Counsel as a "Council." The dictionary corrected him:

Desperate to change the narrative, Trump went on an anti-Yates tweetstorm last night -- with posts that were misleading at best:

(What he actually said was that he didn't know of any, and that he was unaware of what the FBI counterintelligence investigation has found.)

(Not true.)

(This is the president weighing in on an active FBI investigation into his associates.)

(Trump badly wants the conversation to be about unmasking, not coordination.)

Perspective:

Fact check:

In Cruz v. Yates, the Internet's verdict was Yates, hands down:

A lot of thought leaders called Cruz patheticfor some 30 miles after they disagreed with him about the cab fare. Authorities said the women were ultimately able to escape by wrangling open a locked door and jumping from the moving vehicle. (Victoria St. Martin )

-- Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a Democrat-backed bill that would put a nonpartisan committee in charge of drawing state congressional districts pending agreement from five other states -- describing the measure as a “phony bill masquerading as redistricting reform.” His rejection of the measure sets up a veto override effort in the legislature next year. (Josh Hicks)

-- Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam called for a cap on campaign donations and a ban on corporate contributions, ramping up tensions in an already-heated Democratic primary race. (Fenit Nirappil)

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