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5-Alarm Fire!

The big hearing in the Flynn case just took a dramatic turn when the judge demanded to know whether Flynn’s lawyer had discussed the case with President Trump.

Buckle Up. It’s Getting Wild Already

Nothing at all reassuring here about the role Barr’s DOJ will play in the election. You gotta see this.

Overlooked News Of The Day

California will outlaw the sales of all new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035.

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GOP is now claiming Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) made it too easy to vote.

In McConnell’s Grasp

Lindsey Graham is exactly who we knew him to be. Susan Collins? She’s not as she usually is, notoriously concerned. But let’s wait and see.

Susan Collins: Ginsburg Seat Should Be Filled By The President Elected Nov. 3
McConnell Trashes McConnell Rule

Mitch McConnell just consigned the McConnell Rule to the same trash bin of history as the non-precedential Bush v. Gore ruling. Another shoddy expedience momentarily gilded until it was no longer expedient.

Monumental News

Justice Ginsburg is dead, and one can barely utter the words without thinking of the battle to fill her seat, not out of disrespect for her and her enormous imprint on the course of American legal history, but because of how quickly Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump will move – tonight – to lock down that Trump will fill the seat before his term ends. The mourning will inevitably be colored by the rush to lock in a historic conservative majority on the court.

Intentional

Federal judge rips Trump’s USPS “reforms” as a clearly intentional effort to undermine the pandemic election.

Long Violent History

To send you into the weekend with conviction, a striking bit of BLM music and oratory from Kentucky musician Tyler Childers:

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