News stories of the day with some analytical commentary.
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Senator Johnson Requests Clarification From FBI Director Wray
Senator seeks more information from FBI …
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Wednesday Lenny Polls 5/23/18 (Open Thread)
Creamy Bagels | Time Travel | Animal Crackers II | Yesterday’s Poll Results …
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Cohen Business Partner Accepts Plea Deal to Cooperate with Investigators
…a development that could be used as leverage by prosecutors to encourage Cohen to “flip” on his former partners… …
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Primaries! GA, KY, AR & TX (runoff) (Final)
Primary day! Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas & the Texas runoffs …
News Notes (Open thread)
The Post It Note: 5/22/18
An Open Thread round up of the day’s news …
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Monday Trump Tweets, Tuesday He Met with South Korean President Moon
President Trump welcomes President Moon of South Korea into the Oval Office …
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Trump’s Phone at Risk for Hacking
Donald Trump has refused to comply with requests that he switch out his phones monthly, saying that doing so is “too inconvenient” …
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Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration In Split Decision
The conceit that law is typically obvious does not hold to even casual scrutiny, but it is how legal decisions are typically presented. …
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Don Blankenship To Run as Third Party Senate Candidate
On May 8th, 2018, West Virginia held their state primary, the Senate race garnered national …
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Venezuela’s Maduro Wins Presidency in ‘Sham’ Election
Reaction from the rest of the world has been swift and largely critical of the election process. …