Kagro in the Morning - March 16, 2021

<p class="AlignCenter" style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://play.radiopublic.com/daily-kos-radio-kagro-in-the-morning-8QNrQp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Radio Public</a>|<a href= "http://kagrox.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">LibSyn</a>|<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknlsM6zUMIdxtz1qEAbhuA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>|<a title="" href= "https://www.patreon.com/kagrox?ty=h" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a>|<a href="https://cash.me/%24kagro" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Square Cash</a> (<a href= "https://cash.me/app/FLVKHBX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Share code</a>: Send $5, get $5!)</p> <p>A couple of things for your consideration today.</p> <p>Have you ever wondered, how did the FBI investigate accusations of<a href= "https://www.vox.com/2018/9/16/17867706/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a><a href= "https://www.vox.com/2018/9/16/17867706/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh</a> without ever <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/16/fbi-brett-kavanaugh-background-check-fake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interviewing either Ford or Kavanaugh</a>? Well, so has Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Mr. Whitehouse has requested that our new Attorney General, <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/politics/merrick-garland-ag-remarks/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a>, bring <a title= "" href= "https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-releases-letter-to-garland-on-oversight-matters-olc-politicization-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his attention to just that question</a>.</p> <p>Then there’s our big bête noire around here: <a title= "" href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/us/politics/democrats-filibuster-manchin-sinema.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Filibuster</a>. This Jim Crow relic was