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As they did in 2020, voters gave democracy another lifeline. They voted, affirmatively, for democracy. But it's not clear the press view protecting democracy, as opposed to protecting access, with anywhere near the same urgency.

A document found in a desk drawer in Trump's Mar-a-Lago office shows he was commingling stolen classified documents with his ongoing affairs after leaving the White House. The document gets investigators far closer to showing that Trump was using government secrets for his own personal affairs even after he left the White House. 

Not only was there Trump-related rat-fuckery in Broward County in 2018, but DOJ is already reportedly investigating it. It just pertains to the Proud Boys and Roger Stone rather than DOJ.

The excerpt of Mike Pence's book includes descriptions of 11 conversations with the former President, all of which have been covered by a year of Executive Privilege claims.

It'll be unclear what happens with the election for days, if not months. But the results clearly demonstrate what a disaster Trumpism has been for the Republican Party.

Imagine if every time Trump toyed with the press about announcing his candidacy, Trump beat reporters instead described the institutional support in the Republican Party for fraud and political violence?

Critical to the massing of insurrectionist rioters on January 6 is a group of elected Republicans, several of which are running for re-election.

WaPo confirms something long hinted at: One reason Boris Epshteyn was not hired in the Trump White House was due to concerns about whether he could get clearance. That's the guy advising Trump on ways to refuse to give some of the most sensitive classified documents back.

The tea leaves surrounding a Trump prosecution won't be entirely clear for some time. But the swirling cup of leaves suggests a prosecution is going somewhere.