I'll be in Eugene and Portland next week for a series of book talk events -- and I'll be in Portland tomorrow/Friday for the PacTrans conference, and back for MPACT at the end of the month. Come find me if you're around!

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Stephen froze like a deer in the headlights and pretended to have connection issues because he unintentionally gave away the game plan.

“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."

Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.

I’m here at Broadview about 10 minutes ahead of the city’s curfew. A lone counter protester is shouting back at them. State police are hanging out in their cruisers.

Mike Johnson swore in 2 GOP Members during a pro forma session but refuses to swear in the 218th signature to ...
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Now do drivers.

Also, people on bikes are not required to stay in bike lanes. They aren't prisons.

Stop private equity from buying single-family homes.

Instead, give young Americans low-interest mortgages & downpayment help to buy them.

Homes for young families, not Wall Street.

That’s new economic patriotism.

I'm not aware of any Attorney General, no matter how harshly grilled by the opposing party, who conducted themselves at a hearing with the hostility and open contempt that Pam Bondi did today.

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

I went with Divvy tonight.

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

Made plans with a friend to go to a place on Orleans around Erie. This is the text I got back. Why the hell does anyone want to drive there (they live in the west loop).

Love getting to the Jefferson Park Blue Line stop and seeing all 3 possible buses home are a 20+ minute wait.

I do think we can now forever bury the argument that the main purpose of the Second Amendment is to give the good patriots of the land the means to defend against tyrannical government.

Chicago residents get ahead of ICE so everyone knows where they're at.

I LOVE THIS! They're protecting their fellow man, woman & child from ICE terror. Those brave, strong Chicagoans!

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

“.. the package won’t be coming out any time soon. The timeline has been further delayed because some USDA political appointees have been furloughed during the shutdown.”

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Looks like temps will be dropping this week. Check out my guide if you want some tips on dressing to ride in the cooler weather. Might be a good refresher, even for experienced all-weather cyclists!

NEW: Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban.

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

Today at Law Dork:

1. A new poll shows that Virginia voters prefer Democratic Governor candidate Abigail Spanberger's approach to trans issues over Republican Earle-Sears by a wide margin.

She's ahead 10 points in the race now, and voters prefer her 50-37 on trans issues.

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CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

Broadview police are investigating.