Sometimes, These F*ckers Lose
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Melissa and Justice Correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal sift through the results of last weekβs primaries, including good news from Missouri and Kansas, with a detour on why Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed needs to shape up on Court reform. Then, the latest installment of Todd Blancheβs confirmation process for Attorney General and the many misdeeds at the department he hopes to permanently lead: letting insurrectionists off the hook, the targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center as well as a progressive judge who used to work there, and assaults on the fourth estate. Also: welcome to the resistanceβ¦Jeanine Pirro? And finally, a late-breaking update on the Trump administration’s continuing war on birthright citizenship.Β
Favorite things:
- Elie: Jouppi v. Alaska
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Melissa:Crash Into Me, Robinne Lee
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