In Which We Discuss:

1. Bernie is really running for president, not just favorite activist hero

2. All the most boring Congressional committees have all the best hearings these days

3. Jerry Nadler is going after every document owned by every person in America. Consider yourself on notice.

4. Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s pen-pal romance has hit a rough patch

5. Donald Trump won the TV arms race by creating the most defining and fascinating two hours of television known to the modern era

6. Our latest national emergency is Luke Perry’s death

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