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Pragmatism adopts the approach of the scientific method as a tool for working out whether our opinions conform to reality.

After a new report in Washington Post about the ODNI whistleblower's complaint, we're still wondering what the complaint is about. Is it a Trump-Russia issue alone, or does it also include a promise related to another country — like North Korea or Iran?

A big Yahoo scoop includes the detail that Russia seemed to have identified FBI assets as part of a larger compromise. That's particularly interesting given that at least two former FBI assets floated dangles from Russia during the 2016 operation.

Given what we know about the defector Oleg Smolenkov, it's remarkable that both Mike Flynn and Jared Kushner appear to have ignored advise to reach out to his boss, Yuri Ushakov. Because Kushner and Flynn did not (apparently) communicate with Ushakov, they did not alert CIA in real time to their efforts to set up back channels. 

The ODNI is withholding a whistleblower complaint; what could it have been about, assuming there are other related matters in the public eye? A timeline might help--let's build one.

Sidney Powell says she's asking for Brady material. But she's actually asking for Giglio material. It'll be interesting to see whether Emmet Sullivan will consider that to be included in the scope of his standing Brady order.

Sidney Powell told several lies in court today. Remarkably, Emmet Sullivan didn't call her on it. Yet.

Republicans continue sucking up to Russia and Trump while Democratic freshmen drag their feet about doing the right thing. This is an open thread.

Judge Emmet Sullivan is going to make Sidney Powell explain why she asked for access to totally irrelevant classified information the other day. That may not go well for her.

The government may introduce Andrew Miller's testimony to explain Roger Stone's motive for lying to Congress.