Source: Persuasion
by Richard Aldous
“‘The thing is, he’s an old man,’ said one cabinet secretary interviewed for the book [Original Sin. ‘His guard was down [and] I think people around him had their own agenda.’ But anyone who said so at the time found themselves subject to the full force of the White House operation, led by the ‘Politburo’ of advisers like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, and Anita Dunn. Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips — the heroic figure who destroyed his career trying to engineer a challenge to Biden — was traduced, belittled, and cast out. So too was Robert Hur, the special prosecutor who called Biden an ‘elderly man with a poor memory.’ Merrick Garland, the attorney general who had employed Hur, was told he could not expect to keep his job in a second term. Even Democratic Party legends like David Axelrod — guru to Barack Obama — were slammed for suggesting that Biden should step aside.” (05/28/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-crimes-of-the-politburo