Reading archive 2022-03-30

Will Smith, spit-polished thuggery and disrespect

Opinion: Cawthorn’s ‘orgies’ line shows how right-wing politics can boomerang - "Cawthorn is one of a new breed of Republican representatives who operate in the most fetid gutters of the new political pathways carved by Donald Trump. This class includes worthies like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Matt Gaetz (Fla.): They’re basically professional media provocateurs who also happen to have gotten elected to Congress."

Collins says she will back Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court: The moderate senator from Maine becomes the first Republican to announce her support for Jackson, giving the White House at least a minimally bipartisan vote.