Cheryl Rofer at Balloon Juice asks and deftfully answers the question: "How far do those [Russian] connections extend into the Republican Party?"
Cool story from durrati at DailyKos on how a lowly blogger helped to bring down Paul Manafort.
Paul Camos at Lawyers, Guns & Money offers mass shooting stats by the decade starting with the 1950s. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.
Steve M at No More Mister Nice Blog carefully explains how Democrats can win more elections without resorting to futile appeals to "moderate" Republicans and even Independents.
My daddy was a jazzer so there was no escape from greats like Stan Getz. And that was a good thing for me as I'm certain it was and is for Boohunney at Suburban Guerilla.
Round-Up by patrickB who blogs at Bjork Retort. You can also follow patrickB on Twitter too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).