politicnewsbusterinsiderpostreview: Trump just logged on to his toy blog to blast Liz Cheney

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Trump just logged on to his toy blog to blast Liz Cheney

May 12, 2021

In a move we all knew was coming, House Republicans this morning voted to oust Liz Cheney from her leadership position after she repeatedly told the truth about Donald Trump. In a voice vote too! Harsh. But while Cheney's removal was all but certain, her comments after the closed-door meeting offered a bit more surprise.

"I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office," Cheney told reporters, adding that she believes "it's very important that we make sure whomever we elect is someone who will be faithful to the Constitution."

So, could the Wyoming Republican be hinting at a possible run against Trump? Do we even care? Well, our former president seems to.

"Liz Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being," Trump wrote on his toy blog shortly after Wednesday's vote. "I watched her yesterday and realized how bad she is for the Republican Party." He continued, "She is a warmonger whose family stupidly pushed us into the never-ending Middle East Disaster, draining our wealth and depleting our Great Military, the worst decision in our Country's history."

Well, there you have it.

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SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE

In a Hard Year of Pandemic, the Village Vanguard Wins Livestream Producer of 2021

The Jazz Journalists Association has named the Village Vanguard the livestream producer of the year, a major rebound for a club that’s been hammered by the pandemic but adapted with unparalleled resourcefulness in weekly livestreams by legends of jazz, from David Murray to Andrew Cyrille, George Cables, Immanuel Wilkins, and Ron Carter.

Carter, the most-recorded bassist in history, won the lifetime achievement award, beating out nominees Pharoah Sanders, Roscoe Mitchell, and Charles Lloyd. No question Carter deserves recognition, but someone tell me how on earth Sanders didn't win. Sanders all day: "I think he's probably the best tenor player in the world," Ornette Coleman told me in 2006. (I'm also a JJA member, for disclosure, but this isn’t even a controversial take. Sanders released Promises this year; can't multiple lifetime achievement awards be given during the pandemic?)

Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington rightly won musician of the year; Maria Schneider pulled in four awards; Ambrose Akinmusire took the trumpet title; Branford Marsalis scored for soprano saxophone; Anat Cohen for clarinet; and Linda May Han Oh for bass. The full list of winners is an exceptional roll call.

Bonus Recharge: Tyshawn Sorey is headlining the Vanguard this weekend, and this Saturday is the second-ever livestream from the Van Gelder Studio, with organist Joey DeFrancesco on the same Hammond that Jimmy Smith recorded on. DeFrancesco joins drummer Billy Hart, saxophonist Houston Person, and guitarist Peter Bernstein. Tickets here. To gear up, sample the Van Gelder archives: the rejuvenating “Willow Weep for Me” by Stanley Turrentine and Gene Harris. Recharge tips at recharge@motherjones.com.