My guess: a significant part of Trump's empire is built on promises to powerful people to protect them from what's in those files. As soon as he can't keep that promise it all deflates like a balloon. (With the same sound, I like to imagine.)

I also commend to your attention yesterday's "Explainer" video from Heather Cox Richardson. She persuaded me that there is so! damn! much! in play right now that it was (probably) better politics to concede this battle so all the rest of it can play out. youtu.be/TARui1T-S6Q

Every new outrage matters to some. All of those somes hasn't added up to enough yet, that's all. Soon...

There was always going to be a core of such diehards. The place to look is on the margins, where with each new outrage, supporters calve away like so many icebergs from a collapsing glacier.

Maybe an awkward time to point this out, but the jackbooted thugs who will be taking away our freedoms will also be wearing this nation's uniform.

Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.

I can help.

"People are saying" = "I am saying"

"Nobody knows" = "I don't know"

Everything else = "Fuck you, pay me"

I've got some receipts your senator might like to see.

Voting no is great! But it's not over yet, and you can do more, procedurally and behind the scenes. Please do them. I've got your back.

😢 Concepts of a knife.

Aaaaaand I'm back to political posts. Whew, I was almost not demoralized for a whole week!

Cornfield voice: "If you build it, he will slap his name on it and drive it to bankruptcy."

Nice mashup of pop-culture references!