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In which a few birds are killed with one post: an open thread published, a discussion thread launched on a topic in which most of us have an interest, and address an essential issue critical to our survival over the next several years. LFG!

Mike Johnson was able to cheat and leverage blind fealty to Trump to become Speaker.

Leo Wise argues that you should face six years in prison if you to try to frame Joe Biden. But his retelling gave a virgin birth to Alexander Smirnov's willingness to frame Joe Biden. Wise buries all the Republicans, starting with Bill Barr, whose concerted efforts ensured that Smirnov's effort to frame Joe Biden got aired over and over and over again.

Beware South African oligarchs pitching fascists and technological fixes. Because you may often overlook the technological underbelly.

You have a choice. You can spend the next few weeks making a big stink about the fact that the aspiring FBI Director tried to help Trump steal classified documents. Or you can spend it clinging to false claims about Merrick Garland so you can blame him rather than John Roberts for the fact that Trump won.

Jeff Bezos' response to being targeted by the same kind of gossipy dick pic sniffing that WaPo has picked up from NYPost was to demand the kind of corrections WaPo hasn't made.

The relationship between Trump and Elon Musk seems to be more complex than just two Malignant Narcissists in a room together.

An article on the ABC News settlement published by Jeff Bezos' rag collapsed the distinction between media companies, including a multinational company built off a century of IP protection for its cartoon mouse, and the journalism small corners of those media companies might do.

We talked about the continuing resolution and the Barry Loudermilk report.

One big problem with Barry Loudermilk's referral of Liz Cheney to aspiring FBI Director Kash Patel for criminal investigation is that Loudermilk also referred Kash's DOD colleagues Christopher Miller and Ryan McCarthy for investigation of imagined misconduct in which, Kash has repeatedly claimed, Kash himself was centrally involved.