justice department ought to reconsider apparently for political reasons charges against two republican members of congress. and so i think it fits very much in the idea that if it's something we don't like, it ought to be criminal even if we can't cite any law whatsoever that would be broken. now, that being said, in some ways i thought the news at the briefing today was sarah sanders acknowledging, despite the evident fury and, quote, unquote, volcanic anger of president trump about this op-ed, that in fact they are not talking about subjecting those around president trump to lie detector tests at this time. so in a way, that was admitting that they're basically backing off, you know. it underscores -- the whole controversy underscores the isolation and the potential well-founded paranoia of president trump. is there anyone around him he can trust? unlike other presidents, including by the way, richard