Morning Jolt

Making the click-through worthwhile: There’s a clear theme this Monday — why you shouldn’t trust Broward County sheriff Scott Israel, why you shouldn’t trust big corporations, why you shouldn’t trust Elizabeth Warren, and why you shouldn’t trust Richard Wolff.

You can trust me, though.

‘If Ifs and Buts Were Candy and Nuts,’ the Sheriff of Broward County Would Be Coherent

The moment on CNN’s State of the Union when all of America realized that the Sheriff’s Department of Broward County, Florida, had been run by a lunatic since 2012:

TAPPER: The last question, sir. Do you think that if the Broward Sheriff’s Office had done things differently, this shooting might not have happened?

ISRAEL: Listen, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, O.J. Simpson would still be in the record books.

TAPPER: I don’t know what that means. There’s 17 dead people, and there’s a whole long list of things your department could have been done differently.

ISRAEL: How could — listen, that’s what after-action reports are. That’s for — ...

The Broward County Sheriff Is Fumbling His Public Statements

Jim Geraghty

You can trust me, though.

‘If Ifs and Buts Were Candy and Nuts,’ the Sheriff of Broward County Would Be Coherent

The moment on CNN’s State of the Union when all of America realized that the Sheriff’s Department of Broward County, Florida, had been run by a lunatic since 2012:

TAPPER: The last question, sir. Do you think that if the Broward Sheriff’s Office had done things differently, this shooting might not have happened?

ISRAEL: Listen, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, O.J. Simpson would still be in the record books.

TAPPER: I don’t know what that means. There’s 17 dead people, and there’s a whole long list of things your department could have been done differently.

ISRAEL: How could — listen, that’s what after-action reports are. That’s for — ... Read More

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