Mike’s Blog Roundup

Steven Knight Visits the Criterion Closet
By Steve in Manhattan — April 21, 2026

Diane Ravitch’s Blog - Trump loyalists set up rigged trial to snare all his enemies;

emptywheel - Blanche puts Firtash’s lawyer in charge of criminalizing the Russia investigation;

Law Dork - the 2016 memos and the mess that Roberts has made of the Supreme Court;

Martin Longman - what if being decent online was profitable?

Tell Me a Story - devils!

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