Not a slow news day
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- The UK House of Lords today agreed to progress the Benn Bill, clearing the way for it to go to the Queen as early as Monday.
- Boris Johnson's brother resigned from Parliament citing a conflict between family and country.
- Yascha Mounk calls Johnson's prorogation of Parliament "the most dangerous assault on Britain's institutions in living memory."
- Political scientist Will Jennings tries to find the Brexit option most palatable to the "median voter."
- Sterling rose to a 3-week high, $1.2319, as traders breathed a sigh of relief that Brexit may be delayed.
- In the same magazine, James Fallows points out that the Fall of Rome "wasn't that bad."
- A Federal employee has come forward with "credible allegations" of misconduct in the annual, legally-mandated federal tax audits of the President and Vice President.
- Bruce Schneier calls out a company called Crown Sterling for being "complete and utter snake oil."
Finally, RawStory has a collection of responses to the President's Sharpie-altered weather map. (This is not, however, the first time the Administration has tried to make one of its Dear Leader's errors be true.) Enjoy.
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