The Donald’s 100% complete Muslim ban now has exemptions, it seems, for US servicemembers abroad, foreign leaders, and maybe athletes or something. I’m not going to call that “moderating”, exactly, but I think this might be the first time he’s stepped back even a millimeter from some crazy-ass hairbrained insanity he’s spewed. It’s the exact opposite of his usual trajectory, which is to say something regular-grade crazy, then let it spiral into highly-enriched crazy in retellings over the next few days.

I wonder if that’s signal or if it’s noise.