Al Franken

I hope you’re all enjoying your summers. If you’re lucky, that means some time with family. I just got to visit my daughter, Thomasin, who does ceramics, and we made these plates together.

This Supreme Court has grown increasingly partisan in its rulings. None more pointedly than its landmark immunity decision, giving presidents absolute immunity for exercising their core constitutional powers and the presumption of immunity for other official acts.

I hope you’re enjoying your 4th of July, celebrating our democracy — while we still have it.

I suspect that you’ve been getting your share of urgent “end-of-quarter” emails. That’s because it’s just about the end of the quarter.

Tonight will be the first of two debate rematches for Biden and Trump. I know I’ll be watching.

Two years ago today, Samuel Alito and five Republican Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade.