Zandar Versus the Stupid: Unhappy with Dan Coats’ warnings about election security, Trump may replace him with a John Bolton acolyte as Director of National Intelligence.
Lawyers, Guns and Money: The late John Paul Stevens didn’t start as a great liberal Justice; he evolved into one.
Balloon Juice: Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst says the refugee crisis at the border is just like a Thanksgiving dinner.
Naked Capitalism: Senator Elizabeth Warren is targeting the private equity industry’s “heads I win, tales you lose” business model.
Speaking of which, your quote of the day:
"It is one thing that if I had a chance to go back I would be more sensitive to. It is always a balance. Great care has got to be taken not to take a dividend or a distribution from a company that puts that company at risk. [Taking a big payment from a company that later failed] "would make me sick, sick at heart." (Mitt Romney, June 4, 2007)
Guest blogging Mike's Blog Round Up this week is Jon Perr from Perrspectives. Send your tips, recommendations, comments and angst to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.