After reading Lambert's Most Excellent Roundup of what matters and why re: the Abu G song and dance coming from the White House, I checked in with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. They are doing what needs to be done, but today is critical- the House meets to decide about issuing subpoenas, and the Senate will meet on Friday in an executive meeting, probably also to talk about what to do with the information they learn today from the IG about misuses of the Patriot Act powers by the FBI. So make some phone calls, and use words like "constitutional crisis" and "spine" and "I support your efforts and want you to go farther:

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