Ana Maria Archila, the woman who confronted Flake in the elevator: “This is a demonstration that what thousands of people have been doing--telling our stories and standing up for ourselves--is working. We will continue to fight until this nomination is withdrawn or voted down.”

Now Joe Manchin says that he supports Flake's call for a delay and FBI investigation. Undecided senators falling in line.

Furthermore, there are no subpoenas or other compulsory processes in background checks. It is a completely voluntary process for everyone involved.

Me

Susan Rice has our vote. Time to run .Sen. Susan Collins out of her seat. Time has run out.

We stand ready. We need .Sen. Susan Collins out

Asha talking about collusion, FARA, Conspiracy. Puts these into perspective. Helpful. Collusion is the act of agreeing to do something to achieve a desired result. When it’s with foreign powers is a crime called conspiracy. I got it now Asha Asha Rangappa Thank you. 🙏

Feds Detail What They Call Lies Told By Paul Manafort Since His Guilty Plea - npr.org/674322275

Anthony and Jason are amazing. But I also worked my butt off on this story.

Sober, informed take on today's filings. lawfareblog.com/totally-clears…

I can see DOJ indicting Trump after he leaves office, but if they believe he committed a crime, they can’t simply wait and assume he isn’t re-elected. Has to be some mechanism for accountability now or their “can’t indict a sitting president” opinion completely falls apart.

So between NYT and WaPo, we have learned, in the past 24 hours, that Trump was the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation for working on behalf of Russia and that he attempted to stop U.S. officials from having a record of his conversations with Russia's president.

key passage in Roger Stone indictment: he “was contacted by senior Trump campaign officials to inquire about future releases” of stolen information by Wikileaks

If reports are true that one of the people Don Jr. called before/after the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 was real estate developer Howard Lorber, it should be noted that Lorber has extensive biz dealings in Russia and brought Trump to Moscow in 1996. axios.com/donald-trump-j…

Even if Mike Bloomberg doesn't run, The Atlantic reports his advisers are putting together plans for a massive data collection project, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a data-centric operation "designed to ensure one goal: crush Donald Trump." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Do I have this right? The president is declaring a national emergency in order to take money from the federal counter-narcotics budget to build a wall along the border as part of his plan to stop drugs that a wall won't really stop? nytimes.com/2019/01/22/nyr…

I’m back!!!