He won’t give up: Even though his own experts have advised Jeff Sessions to stay away from state-level legalization of marijuana, the attorney general seems determined to throw wrenches in the process. Mark Joseph Stern explains how the inveterate weed-hater might go about making trouble for states where pot is becoming legal.
Updated today: Our Donald Trump Election Brag Tracker. The guy just can’t help himself.
Yessir: Contra Glenn Greenwald, Michelle Goldberg sees the growing power of generals in the Trump Administration as a “symptom, not the cause of democratic crisis.”
Long time coming: Barbara Lee was the only member of the House to vote against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force after 9/11. Josh Keating talks to the representative about new hopes for that amendment’s repeal.
For fun: Jaime Lannister is no good at battles.
Simple, really,
Rebecca
P.S. If you burn through (ha) all things Westeros, you may like our Game of Thrones TV Club, just for Slate Plus members.
