We unpack Saturday night’s timeline after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and how it unfolded across town at the Substack party for new media.

It’s being reported the security checkpoint was breached at 8:34 p.m. I received a text from my mom 9 minutes later telling me there was a shooting at the WHCA dinner at the Washington Hilton. I looked around the room at the Renwick Gallery, just across the street from the White House, and party goers were seemingly unaware of what was happening.

We started to get bits of information from different reporters in the room at the Hilton—but it wasn’t clear to anyone exactly what happened. At one point we heard the shooter was dead only to then hear there were no injuries. Then we heard there were injuries and someone else heard there were two gunmen.

It was a chaotic night and we still have a lot of questions to get answered about how this unfolded. Sending love to all of my friends who were at the event.

Talking with Scott MacFarlane was a great way to kick off the new week, even if it had to start in the 6:00 a.m. hour in Montana because of seeding on the Tester farm.

Scott (NOT SETH) joined the independent media space earlier this year after leaving his correspondent role at CBS News.

We talked extensively about his indefatigable reporting on January 6 defendants, why traditional journalism rules don’t apply today, and how to restore the norms. Plus, we discuss the regularity in which legacy media platforms misinformation, what he tells his kids about the future of politics in the U.S., and his favorite congressional cafeteria food. And no, he’s not related to Seth MacFarlane.

Don’t miss the seeding progress update at the end!

On Jan. 23, 2020, then-Rep. Adam Schiff delivered his closing arguments in the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

“No constitution can protect us if right doesn’t matter any more. And you know you can’t trust this President to do what’s right for this country," Schiff said at the time.

We discuss the relevance of those words when applied to Trump 2.0, how the conflict with Iran compares to the intelligence he received during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and his concerns about the end game. Plus, what’s next for California’s jungle primary to elect the next governor now that Eric Swalwell has withdrawn from the race amid sexual assault allegations.