Morning Note

Watching the Trump administration hold the media accountable for its lies is one of the most satisfying things about America’s leadership change. The press deserves to be called out to its face.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller did just that on Thursday, lambasting the propagandists who spent years ignoring the rise of Washington’s unchecked bureaucracy for now pretending to be outraged by Elon Musk and Donald Trump implementing the agenda that Americans actually voted for. 

“So I’m glad for the opportunity for a brief civics lesson," he said during yesterday’s briefing. "A president is elected by the whole American people. He’s the only official in the entire government that is elected by the entire nation… What President Trump is doing is he is removing federal bureaucrats who are defying democracy by failing to implement his lawful orders, which are the will of the whole American people."

Miller also adopted one of the fake news’ favorite terms, describing the unelected lifetime bureaucracy that Trump and Musk are tearing down as "the threat to democracy, indeed the existential threat to democracy.” That is certainly true.

Read more and watch Miller eviscerate the press here.