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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin issued a sternly worded statement Thursday calling on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 insurrection. The New York Times reported that an upside-down American flag was seen flying at his home for several days following the attack on the Capitol.

The Arizona Supreme Court granted a request from Attorney General Kris Mayes to pause its ruling for 90 days.

Samuel Alito's flag is upside down. So is the Supreme Court

At least we know how the Alito house is going to vote come November.

Democrat calls out 'do-nothing' GOP for attending 'cult leader's' trial

It’s never a good look to call out from your actual job to fangirl.

Billionaires willing to kill democracy for trillions in tax breaks

They love their money more than they hate Trump.

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Rachel Maddow spoke with MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Thursday about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after The New York Times reported that an upside-down American flag was seen flying over his home in the weeks following the Jan. 6 insurrection. The inverted flag became a “Stop the Steal” symbol for Donald Trump’s supporters who were trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

Missouri Democrats scored a major win on Friday after Republicans abandoned their effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The victory paves the way for a ballot measure that would restore abortion rights to pass with just a simple majority this fall.

The fur was flying in a contentious hearing Thursday night as the House Oversight and Investigations Committee passed a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Democrats, with some help from GOP Chair James Comer, exposed the purely political motives behind this attack on Merrick and President Joe Biden over the White House’s refusal to turn over audio and video recordings from Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. 

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The New York Times reported on Thursday evening that an upside-down American flag was seen flying over Justice Samuel Alito’s home in the weeks following the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. The inverted flag—historically, signifying an emergency—became a symbol for Donald Trump supporters who wanted to overturn the 2020 election. 

A new YouGov poll for Yahoo News shows that 52% of Americans now believe the central premise of Donald Trump’s hush money trial: that he did "falsify documents to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star." Just 22% say he did not, while roughly one-quarter say they don't know.

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.

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A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

Rep. Eric Swalwell of California took the “do-nothing” Republicans to task during Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee meeting to discuss the GOP’s plan to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to release the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. Written transcripts of the interview were released to the public months ago.