March 2, 1974: The Watergate Seven: fifty pages of new info - and what it means for today.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I'm re-reading the Woodward-Bernstein book "The Final Days,"

which is about the time just before the Saturday Night Massacre and after that, up to Nixon's resignation. It's fascinating how many similarities there are between the Watergate situation and what's going on now, and even between Nixon and Trump. Like the fact that when Nixon invited members of Congress to dinner he'd serve them $6 wine (which wasn't actually terrible in 1974) while having the steward serve him a $30 Chateau Margaux ($200+ these days), wrapped in a towel - sounds like Trump's two scoops of ice cream while guests were served only one. And Nixon's son-in-law David Eisenhower acted as a WH adviser, like Jared Kushner. And the fact that by the time Nixon resigned he had become completely isolated and incoherent. History doesn't necessarily repeat itself but there are a lot of echoes.