is there any source besides a blog to confirm this?
Not that I know of, however, President Trump has been bypassing the Ministry of Propaganda Media and sending stuff to the smaller players.
Plus, the behaviors of some of the players tells me there’s a lot more than just smoke, here. Rand Paul, John McCain himself, his favorite chick Lindsey Graham, and even Schumer went silent (until he realized his silence would be noticed, and piped back up today).