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Katherine Krueger
katherinekrueger
Managing Editor, Splinter

Lawyers for President Trump pushed the bizarre argument in federal court on Tuesday that Congress has only narrow powers to investigate presidents. Per USA Today, when the judge pushed back, Trump’s lawyers reportedly said even the Watergate probe might not have been kosher.
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According to NBC News, new data shows TONS of kids born in 2018 were given Game of Thrones names. (Arya is the favorite with 2545, followed by Tyrion, 58, and Brienne, 33.) Pour one out for seven Samwells (future cowards) and 14 Theons (bad guys—as a Thrones knower I will not accept debate on this topic). Read more

The only political news today (not kidding): The O’Rourke family turtle, once lost, is now found. More good news: The family dog, suspect in his disappearance, has been FULLY EXONERATED. Get a little GPS tracker on that little guy!! Read more

This is a disheartening take from Booker which falls back on reactionary framing. Sanders’ whole point is that everyone in prison should have their voting rights restored—even those we view as the worst of them—in a country where we lock up black and brown people at stunningly disproportionate rates. Read more

Here are two sides of the same coin that are worth holding in your hand simultaneously: Joe Biden’s potency as a

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation to President Trump on Monday, finally making a move

Quite likely the most cursed tweet I’ve ever read, designed in a laboratory to make me insane. Read more

Stephen Moore, Trump’s nominee to sit on the Federal Reserve board, is many things. Now, thanks to this flashback, we can add slavery defender to the list. A clip resurfaced today shows Moore on CNN defending Robert E. Lee and arguing the Civil War was really about state’s rights and “economics.” Read more

Hmmm, so Mayor Pete says South Bend is a “welcoming city” that doesn’t task police with enforcing federal immigration law. He also seems to recognize that cops enforcing immigration law terrorizes immigrant communities. He even goes to pains to say the city’s not full yet. So why not just answer “yes”? Read more