Daily Standard: Is Mueller's Job Still Safe?

[View this as website]( [SUBSCRIBE - Get Print and Full Digital]( [daily standard header] Thursday, November 15, 2018 [Is Robert Mueller's Job Still Safe?]( On today's Daily Standard podcast, chief elections analyst David Byler and reporter Andrew Egger discuss the latest news from the midterm recounts and Sen. Jeff Flake's last-ditch effort to get a vote on legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller as President Trump's attacks on the investigation grow more and more unhinged. [Read More]( [Flake Battles GOP Leadership Over Protecting Mueller]( The retiring senator is threatening to block advancement of judicial nominees. [Read More]( [Our Tribalism Is Nearly Complete]( Republicans and Democrats have almost stopped winning on the others’ home turf. [Read More]( [Death by Brexit]( More ministers resign as May faces the axe. [Read More]( [The Substandard on Stan Lee, The Good Place, and Fanta]( On this week's episode, the Substandard reflects on the death of Stan Lee and the greatness of The Good Place. JVL has an origin story—about Fanta. Vic hates philosophy. And Sonny Bunch returns! [Read More]( [Did Second-Wave Feminism Really Leave Motherhood Behind?]( A historian recalls the women’s movement’s forgotten work for working mothers. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [TWS CRUISE 2017 FALL]( Afternoon Links Broken trust. The Columbia Journalism Review[has this look at the curious case of the Houston Chronicle's Mike Ward]( who was fired after accusations about the veracity of his work were raised. After a thorough review, it turns out a lot of it didn’t pan out. The Watcher. A college friend sent[me this story]( which I mistakenly read (and was subsequently hooked on) while walking my dog at 2 in the morning. Be sure to read it well before bedtime, lest you get nightmares. Putting the “Me” in GoFundMe. Sometimes, feel-good stories[are too good be true](. Wait, North Korea is conning us… again? Say it ain’t so! Eli Lake[has this write-up at Bloomberg](. The “junkyard dog” bites back. Our assistant opinion editor Adam Rubenstein was on the business end of Rep. Steve King’s Twitter feed. Rep. King dared TWS to release audio confirming Rubenstein's reporting of a King campaign even, and well, we did.[Here’s Adam on the whole experience in the New York Times]( talking about a Congressman who denies referring to immigrants as “dirt” all the while calling a reporter a “dog.” Weird! Of course St. Louis is the test market for an alcoholic Keurig. Isn’t the point of enjoying cocktails knowing how to make them? Perhaps not. My former hometown is[yet another test kitchen for booze]( as was the case when I was in college. (Reminds a bit of this half-decade old ad[for a home tap system called Tap King sold in Australia]( Looking back at Alan Greenberg’s memos. The former head of Bear Stearns[certainly had a way with words](. Bold strategy, Cotton! Let’s see if it pays off for him. Huffington Post reporter Zach Carter has a new strategy for reporting, and it’s called[“burn all your potential sources.”]( It hasn’t seemed to work for him just yet. Maybe after a few more it will catch on. For the foamers among us. Here’s some[old time train stuff](. “Time will tell… Sooner or later, time will tell...” If you’re about my age, you remember[this]( (and many other quotes) from the best video game of the 1990s, Command & Conquer’s Red Alert. The game exists 20-plus years later as a freebie, and there’s even a fan-made reboot. But[the original team is coming back together to give us a glorious proper remake](. Uh, what? The FBI is apparently probing a sexuality wellness company. It gets much weirder,[but only if you dare click through](. Do you love smart speakers? What about getting your news on them? NiemanLab[thinks that this is a growth industry](. What are your thoughts? Would you like to get more TWS content on your smart device? (Email me below!) Move over, HQ2. Elon Musk is already building tunnels and[telling the public about them when they’re nearly done](. Voters aren’t happy. The Aldi/Lidl effect. The pair of German discount grocers is changing the way America does business,[especially when it comes to private label groceries](. A new podcast to bookmark! My former roommate Andrew Heaton has a great new podcast with The Blaze.[I joined him today for episode No. 4 to talk about Jeff Bezos and crony capitalism](. Make sure to subscribe! Another podcast to try out. Audrey Scagnelli[has launched her “Sanity” podcast]( which is also a few episodes in. A little bit about her podcast: “If you find yourself exhausted by the 24/7 news cycle, if you feel hungry for optimism, and if you’re resisting the urge to stick your head in the sand, our hope is Sanity is the platform for you. Here you’ll hear from moderates, liberals, conservatives – and some non-politicals, too – united by a common belief in the importance of listening to each other, and in the possibilities of pragmatism and collaboration.” Be sure to check it out! Is time travel real? That’s what[one client of a company acting attorney general Matt Whitaker worked for believed]( among other interesting ideas... —Jim Swift, deputy online editor. Please feel free to send us comments, thoughts and links to dailystandard@weeklystandard.com. —30— ADVERTISEMENT [Free Luggage Tag]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe from this List]( [Update Subscription Preferences]( The Weekly Standard | [1152 15th Street NW Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005](