Opponents of a real crackdown on military sexual assault have help from a key Democratic senator

According to Austin, who is still deciding on what changes to recommend, “Clearly what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working.” Gen. Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has shifted from his previous opposition to such a policy, now saying “we’ve been at it for years, and we haven’t effectively moved the needle.” So…

Slowest learner in Senate says McConnell should get another shot at blocking a Jan. 6 commission

If you listen to Manchin in that interview from last fall, he would have you believe he’s still outraged. “[Garland] didn’t even get a hearing,” Manchin exclaims. “He didn’t even get a meeting. […] They didn’t have the courtesy—and I said it was the saddest day of my life, being a U.S. Senator seeing my colleagues…