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On any given issue requiring Senate involvement, four Republican Senators joining with the Democrats have the ability to block Trump's worst attacks on the United States.

The report into Boris Epshteyn's "consulting" appears to be a failed attempt to suggest corruption would keep key advisors out of the casino.

Senate Republicans will enjoy their time in the majority, and most of the time most Republican Senators will gleefully support what Trump will do. But when given a choice to capitulate immediately by voting for Rick Scott to be Majority Leader or to uphold their own prerogatives by voting for someone more like Mitch McConnell, an overwhelming majority of Republican Senators voted to defend their own privilege.

Starting to shake off the defeat: fix up, assign blame, and work on projects.

We talked about Trump's continued impunity from the law.

What Trump will do to the United States is awful.  But because he hates the US government so much, he'll also make "America First" wildly vulnerable to hostile forces, at a time when they're already poised to undercut America's strength.

Already, in Trump's first term, crony US Attorneys managed to claim evidence was the opposite of what reality said it was. But in a Matt Gaetz DOJ, a willingness to sustain Trump's myth would be the price of admission. Trump's myth cannot fail, it can only be failed.

Jack Smith's declination decisions, which by regulation he must include in any closing report, may prove to be of great interest.

For many, last week's election was a paralyzing shock. But progressives in red states have proven that it is possible to push back against MAGA -- and win.