Joe Biden just stuck it to Donald Trump

– President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he’s lined up non-government national security experts to brief him. This is exactly how you do it. Biden is making clear to Trump that he can’t get anything in return for withholding briefings, which makes Trump more likely to cave on it. If Biden were to angrily stomp his feet about the briefings, Trump would conclude that he’s got something valuable to hold over Biden in exchange for concessions, and Trump would thus be more likely to dig in his heels for even longer.

– Donald Trump hasn’t tweeted anything in sixteen hours. He’s not dead, he’s just dead inside.

– Lindsey Graham told reporters today that he spoke with Donald Trump last night about “national security.” Let us translate that for you: Lindsey Graham spoke to Donald Trump last night about getting a pardon on Trump’s way out the door.