“This is just a nightmare” is the opening line of Radiohead’s “4 Minute Warning,” but Perfume Genius’ (real name Mike Hadreas) cover of the In Rainbows Disk 2 track is a dream. Perfume Genius recorded it at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios for Spotify’s Live At Electric Lady, released today (November 10).
Perfume Genius’ tender, paced vocals make “4 Minute Warning” even more delicate and ethereal. He also delivered live renditions of his 2020 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately tracks “Whole Life” and “On The Floor” and “Photograph” from his 2022 album Ugly Season.
Upon Ugly Season‘s June release, Perfume Genius explained to Uproxx the connection between it and Set My Heart On Fire Immediately.
“I think they’re united in that I was completely in an unhinged place when I made both of them,” he said, also noting that Ugly Season was made before Set My Heart On Fire. “I’m not that far from it now, but I’m a little more in control. Both of the records are born from the dance in a way. This record’s for the dance, and then Set My Heart On Fire is what happened to me as a result of the dance. Essentially, working with Kate [Wallich], me and Kate developed and still have a really intense relationship. I was getting more in my body, and I was around other bodies in this very strange dynamic, almost a cult-like thing. I might have been the only one who felt like I was in a cult, but I was really into it.”
While many people claim to really know Princess Diana, we will likely never know the actual circumstances surrounding her tragic Royal life and untimely death. There have been plenty of documentaries and award-winning portrayals of Diana over the years, and with every cinematic reincarnation, it becomes even more clear that the royals really failed her.
Still, there was one person who got to know Diana, biographer Andrew Morton, who says that the current season of The Crown is accurately portraying the Princess of Wales as he knew her. “I was blown away by how authentic Elizabeth Debicki was in her portrayal of Diana,” Morton told The Daily Beast. “It was unnerving. It was like being with a ghost. It spoke to me very clearly.”
Morton published Diana: Her True Story In Her Own Words in the early 1990s. He said he was often intimated by Britain officials who seemed to be following him. “Writing that book was the royal equivalent of All The President’s Men. You would see danger in the shadows,” he continued. He also confined that a scene of The Crown depicting his office being ransaked was very true. “My office was broken into. It happened just a few days after I had been warned, separately, by [journalists] Arthur Edwards and Richard Kay, that the security forces were looking carefully to find my source.”
The paranoia that Morton felt was translated to screen for The Crown, shown in episode two when Diana grew increasingly paranoid that she was being followed and her phone calls were being surveilled. Morton confirmed that this was all true, according to his experience. “Yes, we had Diana’s rooms swept for bugs. Towards the end, I would use payphones. The Crown shows the sense of un-named and anonymous watchers and it’s absolutely true, there is no need for Peter Morgan to make anything up.”
Still, the series has been quick to claim that the stories are all “inspired” by real events and should not be taken as concrete historical facts. One thing’s for certain: Princess Diana should have had a better ending.
The Crown season five is now streaming on Netflix.
It’s been over a week since Takeoff‘s — one-third of Migos — tragic passing. As fans and his friends and family prepare to celebrate the rapper’s life, many wonder who will perform at his upcoming funeral service.
Takeoff’s, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, memorial service will take place on Friday, November 11, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The stars rumored to perform include R&B legend Alicia Keys and pop star Justin Bieber, TMZ reports.
So far, organizers of the event have not confirmed any details, according to the LA Times.
The intimate affair is also expected to include appearances from other Grammy Award-winning artists, namely Drake. The Canadian rapper would push back his upcoming Apollo Theater performance to pay respects to his dear friend. His performances will now take place from December 6 to 7.
“The Apollo show has been moved to allow us to pay respect to our dear friend this weekend,” he wrote in a recent Instagram Story. “We have added a second date for the fans.”
While the funeral service will not be livestreamed, fans who could not secure tickets the past week were “strongly encouraged not to come to downtown” to pay tribute to Takeoff, the Times reported.
Blended Scotch is a great place to start your whisky journey. Very generally speaking, expressions are often softer and gentler. They’re also generally cheaper than Scottish single malts, which saves you a little coin while you find your footing on the Scotch playing field. To help you find your way, I’m going to conduct a blind taste test with new and classic blended Scotch whiskies.
For this exercise, I’m looking at blended Scotch whiskies that range from very affordable to outrageously expensive. I’m also mixing some mildly peated blends in with the sweeter stuff — trust me, there’s something to like in both styles. But in the end, this is about what tastes best and that’s the only metric I really used to rank these.
There’s a light sense of briny fruitiness on the nose with a sweet toffee candied malt, light pine varnish, and a hint of smoked pear and apple woods. The palate has a nuttiness that leans toward smoked pecans and marzipan with a light feel of minced meat pies cut with dark spices and just a whisper of vanilla that leads back to mild earthy peatiness with a whisper of smoked brisket fat. The end is all about stewed plums with a rum-raisin and winter spice feel.
This is delicious. The peat is so subtle and sweet with that twinge of brininess that speaks more toward a beach campfire than an ashy or tarmac vibe. Overall, this is a really good whisky.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Dark and meaty dates and figs are countered by a hint of vanilla cream, woody cinnamon, and … I want to say … oyster or clam shell. The palate is a classic malty experience with a touch of sage over caramelized root vegetables with a touch of vanilla cake filled with spicy stewed plums. The end has a mild woodiness that’s attached to the spices with a hint of oak and mustiness.
This feels purely classic from top to bottom. It’s fruity but dark with a nice malty base full of caramelization.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Butterscotch is the dominant note on the nose with a touch of vanilla and maybe some bran muffin batter. The palate is very light as well with a watery sense of orchard fruits next to indistinct woodiness and a hint of spice. The end does have a nice honeyed base with a little dry apple and pear next to woody winter spice and more of that proofing water.
This isn’t bad per se. It’s more that it’s just, “meh” with a shrug. That said, I’m sure this would be fine in a whisky and Coke.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is pretty light too. The nose has a hint of tangerine and vanilla, creating a sort of orange creamsicle next to Nutella and maybe a hint of charcoal ash. The palate is also pretty light with a note of red apple next to Palmolive, more tangerine, and maybe some apricot jam on a scone. The end has a soft vanilla base with more apricot and tangerine next to a singed sense of cigarette ash.
This was just fine. There was nothing really that jumped out as it was very light and proofed down pretty heavily.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
There’s an immediate wisp of old yet sweet charcoal embers on the nose with candied ginger, old orange rinds, apple cider spiked with clove and cinnamon, and a touch of a burnt cigar. The palate leans into the burnt cigar with oiliness and smokiness that’s bold as marzipan and dark chocolate offer a counterpoint. The end has a moment of burning wild sage next to singed menthol tobacco leaves with a hint of old oak staves and smoked cherry.
This was pretty damn good. It was boldly peaty but that peat was more tied to sweetness than bitterness or astringency. It was nice.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
The nose opens with pear and apple cut with a hint of lemon oils, cinnamon, and rum-raisin with a maltiness underneath. The palate leans into the citrus with an orange oil vibe next to cinnamon bark and rich toffee. The end has a butteriness thanks to the toffee with a bit of burnt orange and vanilla that ultimately ends very light.
This was pretty good overall but ended fairly quickly thanks to that low proof.
Taste 7
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This smells like classic “Scotch” from the first sniff thanks to layers of creamy dark chocolate, dried tart berries, buttery toffee, and a sense of marzipan just kissed with rose water and orange oils. The palate has a mild old leatheriness that leads to dried roses, salted dark chocolate bars, and smoked cranberry next to a whisper of raspberry vanilla cake. The end has a hint of dry and almost woody florals and winter spices next to smoked berries and dry cedar bark.
This is really good whisky.
Taste 8
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Hints of cream soda and orange marmalade mingle with caramel malts and dark winter spices with a hint of woodiness and sharpness. The palate leans toward a moist and dark holiday cake full of spices, candied fruits, and plenty of vanilla with a rum-raisin vibe. That cream soda smoothness hits again late as the finish fills with caramel malts and woody winter spice.
This is pretty damn fine. It’s nothing crazy or mind-blowing but it feels almost … quintessential.
This Speyside whisky is sourced for Trader Joe’s and bottled before being shipped over to the U.S. The juice in the bottle is a standard single malt aged for eight years before blending, filtering, and proofing.
Bottom Line:
There you go. I called this a “whisky and Coke” pour and that’s exactly what this is.
7. The Last of Us Moth & Wolf Blended Scotch Whisky — Taste 4
This brand-new whisky is a collaboration with Naughty Dog and The Digital Spirits Project to celebrate The Last of Us Part II and the forthcoming HBO show. The whisky in the bottle is a blend of grain and malt whiskies that went in old American oak barrels back in 2013. Fast-forward to 2022 when those barrels were vatted, proofed, and bottled.
Bottom Line:
This was very light. It had a nice balance but needed a few more percentage points on the ol’ ABV to really pop.
This is part of Dewar’s “Smooth” line. The juice takes classic Dewar’s and finishes it in Calvados casks from Normandy, France. Those barrels are then batched and proofed way down for bottling.
Bottom Line:
This was really nice overall. It 100% presents as a mixing whisky for highballs, but that’s fine as not everything needs to be a $1000 sipper extraordinaire. Mix this with some good fizzy water and maybe a fruity garnish and you’ll be set.
This old-school brand just expanded into 18-year territory this year for the U.S. market. The juice is made from malts and grain whiskies mostly pulled from the famed Cragganmore distillery. Those whiskies are vatted/batched, proofed, and bottled in this old-school stubby bottle.
Bottom Line:
This is an old-school blended whisky and it feels like it. It’s kind of like taking a time machine to the 1970s when everyone was drinking “Scotch on the rocks” and that’s why it’s good. It’s balanced, fresh, and tastes pretty damn good.
This brand-new release from Compass Box blends some serious malts from Laphroaig, Caol Ila, and Talisker with their signature Highland Malt Blend that spent five years mellowing in Compass Box’s bespoke toasted French oak casks. Those whiskies along with several others were vatted for this release of only 9,606 bottles this year.
Bottom Line:
This was a subtle yet clearly peated whisky. There was a nice sweetness to it that transcended just “peat” or “smoke.” There was nuance afoot.
This Speyside blend is crafted as a workhorse whisky. The juice is drawn from the William Grant & Sons distilleries, focusing on Kininvie, Glenfiddich, and The Balvenie. The juice is then rested for up to six months after blending to let it mellow even more before proofing and bottling.
Bottom Line:
Am I surprised to see this one so high in the blind ranking? Not really. This is pretty good whisky with a real depth that also doesn’t overdo anything. I stand by my assessment in the blind tasting notes — this is quintessential blended whisky. The only reason it’s third today is that it wasn’t a “wow” when I tasted it.
Chivas 18 is the brand’s signature higher-end blend. The juice is built around a specially made Strathisla 18 single malt. That juice is supported by 20 other single malts from around Scotland with various casking processes.
Bottom Line:
This hits both the “quintessential” vibe while also tasting really f*cking good. It’s so deep yet light. It’s fresh yet feels like you’re transported to a different time. There’s nuance here that’s both fun and comforting. Pour this over a rock or two and you’ll be all set.
This brand-new whisky from Compass Box is part of the Extinct Blends Quartet they’ve been releasing. The blend is about 50% malt whiskies from Caol Ila and Glendullan distilleries and grain whiskies from Cameronbridge and Girvan distilleries and 50% malt and grain whiskies from seven other lots from all over Scotland. The end result is bottled as-is without coloring, filtration, or proofing.
Bottom Line:
This was the most “wow, that’s tasty” whisky of the day. It’s just super easy to drink while offering the biggest and most satisfying flavor profile.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
Compass Box Ultramarine was hands down the best whisky today. That said, it’s not going to be the easiest to get as it’s pricey and unique. Still, I’d argue it’s worth at least trying if you see it at your local whisky bar.
You can easily find Chivas 18 at pretty much any liquor store. That bottle is excellent. Sure, it’s going to be around $80 for one bottle, but it’s worth it this time of year to have something a little special on the bar cart.
And if those prices are prohibitive, then grab a Monkey Shoulder. It stood out in a blind tasting among scotches two, three, and even five times its price tag.
So how did the new blood stack up again the classic whiskies? I’d say it was a pretty even split. A brand-new whisky won the day, but two classics were hot on its tail in this blind tasting. I think the point is to find the tasting notes that speak to you and give that whisky a shot.
On The Up highlights five artists each month that you should definitely be listening to right now. November’s picks are especially intriguing because they all have a lot of energy coming into the new year and you’re certain to be hearing a lot from them in 2023. There’s a Bristol rocker with an album out in January, a Brazilian artist who just appeared on a Fleet Foxes track, a Brooklyn trio of singers with head-turning harmonies, a Japanese-Canadian multi-instrumentalist about to drop an album produced by Badbadnotgood, and an R&B singer who slipped through the cracks for us this year. Check them all out and listen in below.
Billy Nomates
Bristol’s music scene is a storied one for its decades of innovation and pioneering acts like Portishead and Massive Attack. Now with her Billy Nomates project, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Tor Maries is primed to join Idles as the next breakout act from the British city. Dare you to spin “Blue Bones (deathwish)” and not feel totally moved. It has a palpable ’80s influence, with its upbeat synths and Maries’ unapologetic lyrics like, “Death don’t turn me on like it used to.” “Balance Is Gone” is just as arresting, with a punishing bass line that gets a boost from quick-paced drums and Maries’ vocal layers. Her new album, Cacti is out January 13 on Invada Records, run by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, and they’ve found a powerful singular force in Billy Nomates. This music takes exciting, unpredictable turns and this is nothing short of one of the most exciting artists coming into 2023.
Jonah Yano
If you’re a fan of Badbadnotgood, then you’ve come to the right place. In fact, Jonah Yano’s upcoming album, Portrait Of A Dog, is co-produced by BBNG and is due out on January 27 on the Innovative Leisure label. Yano is a Hiroshima, Japan-born, Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist with a voice as sublime as tranquil Japanese cherry blossoms. He supported Clairo on tour this year and his beautiful songs are etched with jazz instrumentals and mellow folk sensibilities. Yano’s latest songs purposefully weave through his ancestry and a meaningful love that came and went. The album’s title track is a perfect place for an introduction, with lush strings, steady jazz drums, and Yano’s pensive coo on the chilled out tune.
Yaya Bey
File this as one you might’ve missed earlier this year, but should definitely have on the radar. Yaya Bey’s latest album, Remember Your North Star, came out this past June on Big Dada and it’s a glorious confluence of R&B, jazz, soul, hip-hop, and Caribbean music. She’s an incredibly honest songwriter, who asserts her strength and agency as a multi-faceted Black woman throughout the album. “Reprise” hits like a rhythmic spoken word diatribe at a jazz club, punctuated with Bey spitting, “I put a brick through your window boy, ‘Cause you ain’t gone just play me like Nintendo boy.” Then on “Meet Me In Brooklyn,” a reverb reggae swing lays the canvas as she teases her sweet side and co-existing nasty streak: “Come little baby, tell me that you love me so. Come little baby, never wanna let me go. Come little baby. Tell me what I wanna know.”
Tim Bernardes
In 2018, São Paulo’s Tim Bernardes received a Latin Grammy nomination for his debut album, Recomeçar, in the Best Alternative Album In Portuguese category. As his star slowly started to rise, he drew the attention of Fleet Foxes, who tabbed Bernardes as the opener for their tour of the US and Europe this year. Bernardes was also recently featured on the latest Fleet Foxes track, “A Sky Like I’ve Never Met,” but it’s imperative that you backtrack slightly and journey into his latest album, Mil Coisas Invisíveis, as well. Bernardes is one of the most accessible Brazilian artists making music right now, influenced by ’70s Brazilian titans from the psychedelia of Os Mutantes to the rock and roll of Raul Seixas. But his blissful sound, forged atop acoustic guitar, imaginative arrangements, and his evocative delivery, feels decidedly of this present.
Say She She
Led by the trio of singers Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik, and Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, Say She She are a Brooklyn group making inviting psychedelic indie pop. Their debut album, Prism, came out last month on Karma Chief Records and it’s a delightful offering of throwback soul and funky disco diva harmonies. “Fortune Teller” might be the best example of how they blend silky Rhodes keys, groovy ’70s bass lines, and three equally head-turning voices in harmony, while “Apple Of My Eye” pairs spaced-out guitars and popcorn snares as the three vocalists soar. Their album tour is currently wrapping up with a slate of West Coast dates.
Tick tock? The Witcher: Blood Origin teaser trailer didn’t have the greatest release timing — shortly after the John Wick 4 trailer came out swinging — but fans of the Netflix franchise should dig it. That’s still (as of now) the case even though we know that Henry Cavill will leave the franchise’s building after the flagship series’ Season 3.
The prequel, however, takes the story back over 1000 years prior to when Geralt of Rivia grunted through his life as an unappreciated monster hunter. There shall be no Jaskier spinning song-tales with bangers here, but we do have a lot of (much like the new John Wick) swinging swords and axes. This four-part “event” is scheduled to land on Christmas Day with The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich onboard as executive producer. There shall be elves in a time when elves were regarded very differently than in the series proper. In fact, Michelle Yeoh portrays Scian, an elven swordmaster whose ferocious reputation may precede her in this franchise.
We’ll also see the rise of the first monster hunter. From the synopsis:
Set in an elven world 1200 years before the time of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri, The Witcher: Blood Origin will tell a tale lost to history: the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that led to the pivotal Conjunction of the Spheres, when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. This four-part prequel series premieres on Netflix on December 25.
Christopher Landis, a choir director at Hingham Middle School in Massachusetts, didn’t tell his students he was engaged to Joe Michienzie three years ago. According to Inside Edition, whenever they asked who Michienzie was, Christopher would say, “That’s Joe. He’s my friend.”
Landis kept his relationship a secret in front of his students because he wasn’t sure how their parents would react. Sadly, even today, LGBTQ people still have to be discreet about their personal lives in some professions.
This is sad for the teachers who have to stay closeted and also for the LGBTQ students who miss out on having a positive role model.
However, somehow the secret got out and two mothers of Landis’ students, Margit Foley and Joy Foraste, approached Michienzie to see how they could get the students involved in their wedding.
“At the end of the summer, Margit and I heard he was getting married. He’s the best teacher, and he’s got this great energy, and he makes every school function fun. We thought, wouldn’t it be awesome to do something for his wedding?” Foraste said according to The New York Times.
The women emailed the other choir parents to see if their children could perform at their teacher’s wedding rehearsal dinner.
“We hoped we’d get at least 15 kids to do it,” Foraste said. But 50 of the 70 kids in the chorus said they’d be there to support their teacher’s wedding. They secretly rehearsed for four Sundays in a row at a local library so Landis wouldn’t catch a whiff of the plan they hatched.
The kids and their parents kept the secret for four months before the big day and had to get off school and travel 30 miles to the event. Landis had no idea what was about to happen but he felt something was up when people at the dinner started picking up their phones.
Out of nowhere, 50 kids filed into the room, songbooks in hand. After Dona Maher, a colleague of Landis’, banged out the first few notes of the French National Anthem on her keyboard, the kids began to sing the word, “Love.” It was the perfect song for the occasion, “All You Need Is Love” by the Beatles.
Video taken by the bartender at the event shows Landis unable to hold back the tears as his kids sang their hearts out. It was a beautiful moment of acceptance for a teacher who wasn’t sure if his kids and their parents would understand his love for his husband-to-be.
After the performance, Landis turned to the crowd with a huge smile and said, “These are my kids.”
“It was so wonderful for the kids to see him with his family and his close friends, and they saw him as a person, not just their teacher,” Foraste told The Patriot Ledger. “They saw how much it meant to him. He immediately started crying and the kids started crying. It’s something they’ll never forget.”
The U.S. has just voted in the 2022 midterm elections, with millions of Americans participating in one of the great gifts of democracy. Our free and fair elections are foundational to the success of our democratic experiment, but unfortunately, unfounded claims of widespread election fraud have served to shake that foundation to its core and tragically deepen divisions among the American citizenry.
That’s one reason a letter written by “Peanuts” comic creator Charles Schulz exactly 52 years ago is resonating with many.
According to KQED, a fifth grade class at a Beverly Hills elementary school had been given an assignment to write a letter to a person they admired and ask them, “What makes a good citizen?” A 10-year-old named Joel Lipton sent his letter to Schulz, and the comic writer responded.
The letter Lipton received from Schulz was dated November 9, 1970, was typed on Schulz’s letterhead and included a cartoon of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. The sentiments in the letter may be brief, but they feel just as relevant today as they were back then.
Schulz wrote:
Dear Joel,
I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen then [sic] it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call ‘American Virtues’ who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.
Sincerely yours,
Charles M. Schulz
u201cOn this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had asked u201cWhat makes a good citizen?”u201d
Indeed it is difficult to define what makes a “good citizen” these days, as the measures we use for such a judgment are subjective and Americans have a hard time agreeing on what goodness even means. Schulz’s advice to follow our consciences and retain faith in our democracy is solid, as it feels as if faith in democracy has taken a beating on all sides of the political spectrum.
His point about those who cry out for “American Virtues” speaks to what life in America was like in 1970—Richard Nixon was president, a backlash to the civil rights reckoning of the 1960s was underway and a new conservative populism lamenting the loss of “traditional values” was rising—but it feels just as true today.
Schulz’s comment about protecting minorities was reflective of his own values. The “Peanuts” comic made some social ripples when Franklin, the comic’s first Black character, was introduced in 1968. According to NPR, Schulz had been hesitant about creating a Black character as he worried that it might seem condescending, but with some input from Black Americans on how to write the character, he successfully brought Franklin into the “Peanuts” world. Portraying interracial friendship as normal led to protests from Southern segregationists, but Schulz kept writing him into the comic strip.
It’s been 52 years since Schulz wrote that letter, and it’s remarkable how prescient it feels today. May we all strive to be good citizens by following our consciences, keeping our faith in democracy and always protecting the marginalized minorities among us.
Every day, Upworthy shares stories that spotlight the very best of humanity. But if there’s one cause that unites us all, it’s solving child hunger.
In a recent poll of our followers, we found that child hunger is the issue they care about most. So today, we’re doing something about it. We’ve joined forces with humanitarian snack brand This Saves Lives to end child hunger.
This Saves Lives co-founder, actress Kristen Bell.
This Saves Lives was founded in 2013 with the goal of ending early childhood severe acute malnutrition. Its solution is simple, for every snack you purchase, they give life-saving food to a child in need. This Saves Lives has already donated over 30 million packets of lifesaving food in Haiti, Guatemala, Kenya and beyond. We hope our new partnership works to feed millions more.
“Will you join us? It’s easy and delicious.” — Kristen Bell.
For many one-time MAGA Republicans, Donald Trump may officially be yesterday’s news. For Rupert Murdoch, the former president is still front-page-worthy — but only mockingly. At least that seems to be the message the 91-year-old media mogul is sending with the New York Post’s latest cover, which depicts the toddler-esque former president as Humpty Dumpty, complete with the terrible nursery rhyme: “Don (who couldn’t build a wall) had a great fall — can all the GOP’s men put the party back together again?”
Maggie Haberman shared an early peek at the cover on Wednesday evening via Twitter, and couldn’t help but note the “rather stark pivot” from the formerly Trump-friendly publication:
Even more surprising to Haberman, The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the recent Trump tell-all Confidence Man, was the fact that within the Post’s pages, columnist Michael Goodwin — a longtime Trump loyalist and Fox News contributor— declared Ron DeSantis “the future of the GOP” in an op-ed that begins:
“An old proverb says that the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. In an updated version, Donald Trump plays the noisy dog as Ron DeSantis marches to victory.”
More shocking than that front page is Michael Goodwin also ditching pleasantries about Trump and declare DeSantis the future https://t.co/2rx819AOdP
But Haberman also clearly saw this coming; as she noted, Murdoch suggested abandoning Trump two years ago — an idea that now seems to be coming to fruition. (Even former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has seemingly turned on her former boss.)
“We should throw this guy over,” Murdoch said in Nov. 2020. Two years later, he basically is.
Given that Trump is already seething over the “humiliating” failure of the candidates he endorsed in the midterms, and that some conservative media outlets have branded him a “loser” — not to mention the fact that he has pathetically been boasting about how he actually got more votes in Florida (in a totally different election) than DeSantis did — it’s hard to imagine that the former president is going to save this cover for his scrapbook.
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