Well, the bad news is that I got a text from Jason Leopold at 3:30 this morning explaining that the situation near his home in LA has gotten much worse and that they have to leave. The good news is that they're evacuating and getting to safety, and we'll be able to reschedule Jason for when he's safe and sound, hopefully back home.
It just so happens that there's a lot of news to cover today, so it'll just be us and a bunch of audio and video...
The DoJ did release Jack Smith's report on The Convicted Felon's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election just after midnight last night/this morning. The bottom line, according to Smith, is that Trump would have been convicted at trial. We'll get a better analysis on that from Marcy Wheeler on Friday, but we'll talk a bit about it.
I spent four hours that I'll never get back this morning watching Pete Hegseth's Senate Armed Forces Commitee hearing on his confirmation to be Secretary of Defense. It's just so surreal. I'll share some of the more interesting exchanges. And Spocko will join me to add to the commentary!
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