Qatar update: Qatars National Human Rights Commission has announced they are hiring a Swiss law firm to file suit against Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE. They didn't specify which Swiss law firm, but apparently they plan to file multiple lawsuits, in local and international courts.

You've made it, Rabin!

Are you positing that no gay couple has ever hired a Muslim person to do something for their wedding?

Esquire network is dying? So, the network that killed G4 and Style is itself getting cancelled? Meanwhile, American Ninja Warrior, which spun off from a G4 show, still airs on NBC?

Felicia Day is an actor, how could IMDB mess that up?

McConnell is probably looking to replicate what happened in the House — back down in the face of overwhelmingly negative coverage and fierce resistance, wait for the story to die, then rush it through with as little forewarning as possible.

Also, Qatar update: Saudi Arabia has said it's list of demands are non-negotiable. Qatar has already dismissed the demands, and today re-affirmed that it officially rejects them. The US State Department has suggested that — crazy idea — maybe the blockade isn't about terrorism, but some underlying political motivation.

International news: a stolen police helicopter dropped several hand grenades on the Venezuelan Supreme Court. Nobody was hurt, as the grenades did not detonate.

McConnell is 100% willing to behead a horse if it means tax breaks for the rich.

Yes, numerous articles have said that McConnell made it privately clear that he would consider any action to publicly counter Russia to be Obama interfering in the election. A cornerstone of democracy is that both sides have faith in the electoral process — any action Obama could've taken would need bipartisan support…

If Garland came to a vote, they would need an actual reason to vote no.

He represents the worst impulses of hyper partisanship. Party loyalty as the goal of politics, at the expense of laws, country or anything else. Look at the healthcare debate right now — he wrote a law that helps nobody, because he can pressure it into passing, for a quick win without thinking about what a working…

I think the suspension would open him to trial, but he would still technically be President. I could be wrong, though.

Given the complete lack of Democrat support and narrow margin of error, they could figure that preventing a vote altogether is a better move than official rejection.

I think the T thing might just be because issuing presidential statements in 250 character bursts is a bad idea.

International news: corruption charges have been filed against Brazilian President Michel Termer. For the charges to proceed, the lower house of Congress would need a 2/3 vote to suspend him for six months — note this would be a suspension, not impeachment; in the increasingly likely event this goes to trial, Termer…

McConnell screwed up any potential action Obama could've taken. He would've needed bipartisan support to really go after Russia for interfering in the election, and McConnell made it clear he would turn any talk about Russia into a partisan talking point. Only one party defending an election as fair does not work.

McConnell has refused to even meet with March of Dimes, the organization that helped him recover from polio when he was a kid.

She's doing some sort of voice for the character. I think she's aiming for Marilyn Monroe?

"How about we split it — an independent Palestine exists Monday thru Wednesday, but Thursday thru Saturday is all Isreal. Sunday's will alternate. Sounds fair to me!"