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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. I’m Abby
Livingston.
Flags are at half-staff across the country today to honor the life of Jimmy Carter, the oft-maligned one-term president who became a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and diplomat after leaving the White House. (Somewhat unfairly blamed for the Iran hostage crisis, Carter is now one of the most popular ex-presidents in history.) There’s a poignancy to the timing
of his passing, with memorial services—scheduled for January 8 at the National Cathedral—taking place just as Joe Biden, a young first-term senator at the time of Carter’s election to the presidency, departs the office.
Of course, these gatherings always make for intriguing people-watching (and “power mourning,” as Mark Leibovich once wryly observed), especially when the
capital’s high church hosts the ex-presidents club. Whether or not Donald Trump will be invited, or will attend, the once-and-future president released a gracious pair of statements, calling Carter “a truly good man.” One hopes this tactfulness will last.
In tonight’s edition, news and notes on the Kay Granger situation—the so-called “case of the missing
congresswoman,” which is more complicated than it’s been portrayed.But first, here’s my partner Dylan Byers, in conversation with John Heilemann, on what the Washington greenroom class can expect from CNN’s newish C.E.O., Mark Thompson, in the new year…
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John Heilemann
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Dylan Byers
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John Heilemann:Mark Thompson seems to be not as
adrift as other recent leaders of CNN, but he doesn’t really seem to be wowing anybody over there with his clear, powerful, visionary, well-articulated vision of the post-linear digital future that CNN has to forge if it’s gonna survive. How’s it possible this is the same guy you...
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The disappearance of the 81-year-old congresswoman, who stopped
casting votes in July and was recently revealed to be residing in an assisted living facility, has reignited a debate on Capitol Hill about how aging members can retire with dignity.
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On the Saturday before Christmas, as Congress was racing to approve a new
spending package to keep the government open, my phone started lighting up with messages about a different, more mysterious Washington scandal. Rep. Kay Granger, the long-serving Texas Republican and former chair of the House Appropriations Committee, hadn’t cast a vote since July. Her office never disclosed where she had disappeared to, or why she had missed so many...
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