Exclusive: Trump lawyers in talks with Justice Department about Jan. 6 criminal probe (CNN).

In addition to seeking to protect conversations (probably a lost cause), this is an opportunity to suss out what the prosecution already has. Given the skill the DoJ has exhibited so far, not likely they will give much away.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich