Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The Supreme Insurrectionist
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. We begin today with Adam Serwer of The Atlantic being totally non-surprised that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is an insurrectionist. The most charitable interpretation of Alito’s non-disavowal of the upside-down flag and its meaning is that, because the Court has several forthcoming cases related to Trump’s actions, he wanted to...

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