Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

I guess I should also add that a key difference between the Trump investigation and the Comey indictment is that *Trump did something obviously and significantly wrong*. Like, if you can't grok that distinction as important, I don't know what to say.

Johnson on Trump: "He is getting some legal analysis and advice that others are looking into this and questioning whether all furloughed federal employees should receive backpay."

Well, remember, this is a trade magazine for the entertainment industry. When Costner had his clashes with the people behind Yellowstone and released that terrible western Horizon, I thought: What is going on with this guy? As did many people in the biz. This is THR's answer, which is their job.

The Hollywood Reporter has a compelling story on Kevin Costner's slide from one of the industry's biggest movie stars, to a guy whose diva-ish behavior led him to leave TV's hottest show for an uphill struggle to build a new western franchise. https://loom.ly/t5CHYc4

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Kate: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Abigail: Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
Zeph: The Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Can you hear a collective "Ewww!" from women across the US?

Bessent on Trump's bailout of Argentina: "America first doesn't mean America alone ... what you don't want are these failed economic models. Argentina has 100 years of decline and President Milei is working against history. He's done a fantastic job."

Bessent on China: "At the meeting in Geneva when I asked them, 'Why didn't you continue buying soybeans and the other products' then had one word, and guess what it was? Biden."