I agree about the latter, he's a centrist Democrat at best, but he's got a lot at stake directly opposing the Trump administration on their latest actions as the US slips into dictatorship, and I'd hardly call that cowardice.
I've never read about this! It cost $200 million and was a failure - the soil microbes used much more oxygen than expected and the resulting carbon dioxide reacted with the concrete walls to make calcium carbonate, so neither the human "crew" nor the plants had enough to breathe.
Quick reminder that if we're hearing it from Bannon, there's an agenda being pushed, and it'll be in Trump's best interests. Nice to hear about infighting, though.
I like the suggestion that the witch hadn't cast a spell before this point because they thought it was a social faux-pas. Confrontation anxiety strikes again.
My best efforts from the script, but it ultimately goes to show that you're right: