It'll Do  —  In 1955, a junior United States senator named John F. Kennedy published Profiles in Courage, a collection of short essays about eight of his predecessors who had risked their careers for their ideals over the previous 150 years.  —  In one single day in 2021 …

First They Guarded Roger Stone.  Then They Joined the Capitol Attack.  —  Oath Keepers guarding Roger Stone on Jan. 5 ...  Roger  —  Stone  —  ... and participating in the  —  Oath Keeper  —  Oath Keeper  —  Oath  —  Keeper  —  Oath  —  Keeper

POLITICO Playbook: The fallout from Donald Trump's acquittal  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DONALD TRUMP teased his political comeback.  Democrats did a victory lap in defeat, pointing to the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict.  And Republicans face a future haunted by a damaged ex-president who won't go away.

McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer  —  With his words and deeds, Mitch McConnell has shown how to retain power when you no longer hold it.  —  Why it matters: Perhaps the most powerful Senate leader since LBJ, McConnell sets the chamber's agenda whether in the majority or, as he is now, the minority.

Tom Perez on Democrats' Mistakes and Why Iowa Shouldn't Go First  —  In an interview, the former D.N.C. chairman discussed a possible bid for Maryland governor and said Iowa and New Hampshire starting the presidential nominating process was “unacceptable.”  —  For the past four years …

Statement on New York Times Article  —  There was recently a negative article about me and my blog in the New York Times.  Most of you already know the history behind this, but for anyone referred here by NYT, this is where I give my side and defend myself.

As COVID variants spread, Florida refuses to release data  —  For weeks as a more contagious mutation of COVID-19 has spread across Florida, top state health officials have kept secret the location of those cases.  —  Since Jan. 7 — one week after a COVID variant first found in the United Kingdom …

Lindsey Graham: 'I don't see how Kamala Harris doesn't get impeached'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said that he expects Republicans to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris if the party takes control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  During an appearance on Fox News Sunday …

The massive GOP betrayal of our democracy requires a forceful Democratic response  —  Now that the vast majority of Senate Republicans voted to acquit former president Donald Trump of inciting violent insurrection, as we all knew they would, Democrats should immediately respond as follows:

Ben Sasse's Conviction: Trump's Lies Caused This  —  In a series of interviews leading up to Saturday's impeachment vote, the GOP senator described the stakes as he sees them: nothing less than the integrity of the Constitution.  —  What happened on January 6 of this year …

Executive Order on the Establishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to better serve people in need through partnerships with civil society …

After impeachment, bipartisanship is dead — and so is the immoral Republican Party  —  The Republican Party was born on March 20, 1854, the green shoots of a political spring.  Unlike America's other parties that were often shotgun weddings of convenience, the Republicans burst forth around moral ideas …

FBI Informant Panic Is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right  —  TRUST NO ONE  —  From Proud Boys panicked about the revelation that their leader was a snitch to the racist America First crowd, old pals are now enemies.  —  As federal authorities crack down on the far right …

This is Trump's heaping list of legal problems post-impeachment  —  (CNN)After averting a conviction in his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump faces significant new legal threats as prosecutors in Georgia have joined those in New York to conduct criminal investigations into his actions.