It鈥檚 been more than a week now, enough time for me to recover from all of that eye-rolling. The muscles around my face鈥檚 orbital bones have never been stronger, so thank you. You know who you are.
My March 12 musings about the investigatory path that the U.S. chief justice from 优蜜传媒 might have taken, had he been in charge today聽鈥 鈥淲hat would Earl Warren have done with those 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage?鈥澛犫 inspired a boatload of comments, many of which were coherent.
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