Maxine Waters received a death threat, and Jim Acosta was harassed by the crowd at a Trump rally. The only thing that seems to have happened to Sarah is that she had to get into a car and look for a different restaurant.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/26/acosta-heckled-henry-mcmaster-trump-rally-orig-llr.cnn

https://www.essence.com/news/donald-trump-threatened-congresswoman-maxine-waters-twitter

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-receive-temporary-secret-service-protection-at-home/

Thanks Jill! Thanks Susan!

http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/live-blog-of-opinions-with-scotus-map-and-first-mondays/

Digby's take on the IG report.

"A cabal of FBI agents in the New York office loyal to Rudy Giuliani apparently hectored their bosses, leaked to the press and urged former agents to go on television to put the Department of Justice and the FBI under pressure to act harshly against Hillary Clinton, even when if was outside the norms, rules and laws of the department. They were successful beyond their wildest dreams."

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/18/heres-whats-buried-beneath-that-fbi-report-how-rogue-agents-sabotaged-the-clinton-campaign/

From New York Magazine's The Cut:

The Lessons
1. People of color matter.

When Hillary Clinton lost, Democratic pundits and campaign strategists across the country insisted that “identity politics” lost the race. Not likely Russian collusion, not thinly veiled sexism, not “racial anxiety” (read: plain ol’ racism). No: They insisted the problem was that we’d ignored rural white voters for too long.

Abrams chose to buck popular thinking and insist on a simple principle: Everyone, including people of color, must be central to a winning strategy. The question of whether this would work was answered by her victory. It is now up to us, and every Georgia voter, to prove this point once and for all by sending her to victory in the general election.

2. Black women are leaders for all people.
3. We need more fully franchised voters.

The Homework
1. Donate, donate again, then donate more.
2. Go local.
3. SHOW UP. Yes, in ALL-CAPS. A primary is an important battle, but Nov. is the war.

https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/stacey-abrams-broke-the-rules-of-politics-to-win-in-georgia.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cut%2520-%2520May%252026%252C%25202018&utm_term=The%2520Cut%2520Saturday%2520Send

"In 1805, the month of Ramadan fell in December. Far from his friends, family and home, one Tunisian man was attempting to observe it in Washington, D.C. This was the statesman Sidi Soliman Mellimelli, who was spending six months in the United States, on a diplomatic mission..."

Read the rest here:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-ramadan-fast

For what it's worth, here's Matt Yglesias' takeaway from Tuesday.

Winners:
DCCC
Medicaid expansion
Black Democrats

Losers:
The GOP mobilisation strategy
Our Revolution
Georgia Republicans

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/22/17382650/georgia-texas-kentucky-arkansas-winners-losers

April 2014

A firm led by former Republican governor and congressman Buddy Roemer is investing millions into The Young Turks Network to significantly increase its content, sales, and platform presence.

The investment of $4 million, with an option to go up to $8 million, came out of a conversation Roemer and The Young Turks Network founder Cenk Uygur had backstage before speaking at a conference about money in politics last year. The relationship between the conservative Louisiana politician and the founder of the progressive media outlet stemmed from both making the removal of money’s influence on politics their signature issues.

Fast forward to yesterday's announcement:

The Young Turks Launch 24-Hour YouTube Channel

The new channel will run TYT programming 24/7, including The Young Turks, TYT Interviews, NerdAlert, What The Flick?!, Think Tank, and Pop Trigger.

snip=================================

TYT generates over 200 million views a month and ranks number one in News and Politics on all digital platforms in the 18-24 demographic.

Nothing says "let's take the money out of politics" like accepting a $4,000,000 - $12,000,000 investment deal from a Republican multimillionaire.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/04/buddy-roemer-firm-invests-4-million-in-young-turks-network-186934

https://www.mediaite.com/online/the-young-turks-launches-24-hour-youtube-channel/

It looks like it was a rout.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17326612/ohio-primary-elections-2018-live-results-kucinich-cordray-dewine-mary-taylor

for the royal baby to be born...

...with a life sized wax figure of the Queen peering out an open car window.