The Morning Joe host called for Congress to create more laws to stop would-be tyrants.

Hey, an oil lobbyist was confirmed as Trump's Interior Secretary four days ago, so he's not "acting" secretary. Though it looks like he's STILL a lobbyist, because why would anyone give up their "business" [...]

Trump continues to want to keep strong ties with Saudi Arabia and does not share the view of Congress that the kingdom needs to be punished for the killing of Khashoggi, aides told the Washington Post.

Said Daddy Trump, "She would’ve been great at that because she’s very good with numbers.”

"There have been, quote, numerous conversations with White House lawyers well ahead of the report's release," said Rachel Maddow, quoting a breaking New York Times story.

As the Deadline White House panel tried to make sense of the breaking news that AG Barr was having a press conference on Thursday morning, she threw out the real possibility that Barr would swim deeper into the conspiracy theory pool.

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The flip-flop double standard of Fox News, propaganda network for Trump, via NowThis. (open thread)

“Obviously,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin, a senior member of the committee, “we will use the subpoena power to the full extent of the law.”