The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office  —  John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer.  Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election.  — Read in app

Dear Colleague: It's About Time!  —  Good morning.  —  It's about time!  Yesterday, we extended the Thursday, September 30th legislative day to Friday, pushing to passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and to advance Build Back Better.  But more time was needed to reach our goal of passing both bills, which we will.

Biden's Agenda in Doubt as He Aids Progressives in Fight With Moderates  —  Progressives flexed, but remain empty-handed.  Moderates feel betrayed.  The outcome of their battle could determine Democrats' fate in the midterms and the success of the Biden presidency.  — Read in app

POLITICO Playbook: 'The strangest thing I've ever seen'  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “The fact that the president came to the Hill and whipped against his own bill is the strangest thing I've ever seen.”  —  That late-night observation was just one of many we heard from frustrated lawmakers …

Sinema slams delay of infrastructure vote: ‘Inexcusable’  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Saturday slammed the decision to delay a vote this week on the bipartisan infrastructure deal that she helped negotiate, calling it “inexcusable.”  —  Good-faith negotiations, the Arizona centrist argued, “require trust.”

EXCLUSIVE: Married Trump donor tells police she feared for her safety when Corey Lewandowski told her ‘he stabbed a man in the back of the head and killed him’ as her husband slams the political operative's ‘violent and harassing’ behavior  — Super PAC donor Trashelle Odom has made a statement …

Sinema Stars in Her Own Film  — Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — Just like the original Sphinx, the Phoenix Sphinx is blocking the way until those who would move ahead solve her riddle:  —  What does Kyrsten Sinema want?  And why doesn't she stick around to explain it?

Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says  —  In an internal memo, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization.  — Read in app  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, which has been under fire …

The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch  —  Trump's first Supreme Court appointee's radical vision to remake America, explained.  —  Neil Gorsuch was ready to blow up the US housing market over a minor legal violation.  —  The case in front of the Supreme Court was Collins v. Yellen (2021) …

Bullshit, Branding and CRT  —  The Nine Incredible Tricks to Get Your Moral Panic Trending!  —  As a professor who teaches policy students how to write about public policy, I spend a lot of time talking about argumentation, which is partly about how to write concisely and clearly …

As Bikers Throng the Streets, 'It's Like Paris Is in Anarchy'  —  An ecologically minded experiment to make Paris a cycling capital of Europe has led to a million people now pedaling daily — and to rising tensions with pedestrians.  — Read in app

Pelosi on verge of cementing legacy as one of the most powerful members of Congress ever — or ending her career on a sour note  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) raised eyebrows this past week with a specific a phrase she uttered during a leadership team meeting.

U.S. prosecutors ask judge to sentence men accused of plotting ‘race war’ ahead of Va. gun rally as domestic terrorists  —  Federal prosecutors have requested that two members of The Base, a white-supremacist group, be sentenced as domestic terrorists after investigators accused them of planning …