COOK POLITICAL REPORT’S DAVE WASSERMAN (@redistrict): “Fact: when President Trump took office in January 2017, there were 241 Republicans in the House. Since then, 115 (48%) have either retired, resigned, been defeated or are retiring in 2020.”

Colorado Rep. SCOTT TIPTON lost his primary to LAUREN BOEBERT, who has suggested that she hopes QAnon is real. (If you don't know about Boebert, she runs a restaurant whose claim to fame is that all the waiters & waitresses practice open carry -- at the restaurant.)

TIPTON had TRUMP’S endorsement -- he’s the second candidate the president backed to lose in the last two weeks.

NYT: “Suspicions of Russian Bounties Were Bolstered by Data on Financial Transfers,” by Charlie Savage, Mujib Mashal, Rukmini Callimachi, Eric Schmitt and Adam Goldman: “American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, evidence that supported their conclusion that Russia covertly offered bounties for killing U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.

“Though the United States has accused Russia of providing general support to the Taliban before, analysts concluded from other intelligence that the transfers were most likely part of a bounty program that detainees described during interrogations.

Finally, there is a debate within the White House as to whether or not Bunker Boy should resume the Covid Daily Briefing. For now, Pence and Pompeo (for resuming) are being stifled by Meadows, McEnany, Hope Hicks and Jared. You read correctly, our national leadership on the Pandemic that has killed 130,000 Americans (25% of the world's deaths) is being lead by McEnany, Hicks and Jared. Jesus wept.

Courtesy the Playbook and the N&O

Oh and Bunker Boys disapproval, 59%. #laughingstockoftheworld
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