Crash Course: “Utterly devastating”: Legal experts say DOJ filing “pulverizes all of Trump’s arguments” to SCOTUS

The filing "feels like a veteran kindergarten teacher calmly correcting a naughty kid," legal analyst says [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci81NDY3VwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) “Utterly devastating”: Legal experts say DOJ filing “pulverizes all of Trump’s arguments” to SCOTUS The Justice Department on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump's appeal to have a special master review about 100 documents with classified markings that were seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, last month named federal Judge Raymond Dearie as a special master to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago and [barred the DOJ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTYvc2hlLWlzLXRvdGFsbHktaW4tdGhlLXRhbmstbGVnYWwtZXhwZXJ0cy1yaXAtanVkZ2VzLXByb2ZvdW5kbHktcGFydGlzYW4tcHJvLXJ1bGluZy9XA3NwY0IKY0XE70djvg_N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) from continuing its investigation into the 100 documents with classification markings. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals [overturned her order](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMjIvdHJ1bXBzLXdvcnN0LWRheS1ldmVyLWFwcGVhbHMtc2F5cy1tYXItYS1sYWdvLWFidXNlZC1kaXNjcmV0aW9uLWJ5LWJhY2tpbmcvVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) blocking the DOJ from investigating the documents but Trump filed an [emergency appeal](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMDUvZG9vbWVkLXRvLWZhaWwtbGVnYWwtZXhwZXJ0cy10cmFzaC10cnVtcHMtYXBwZWFsLWFmdGVyLWhlLXJ1bnMtdG8tc2NvdHVzLW92ZXItbWFyLWEtbGFnby1kb2NzL1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to the Supreme Court asking that the documents first be reviewed by Dearie. [Read the rest from Igor Derysh.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMTIvdXR0ZXJseS1kZXZhc3RhdGluZy1sZWdhbC1leHBlcnRzLXNheS1kb2otZmlsaW5nLXB1bHZlcml6ZXMtYWxsLW9mLXRydW1wcy1hcmd1bWVudHMtdG8tc2NvdHVzL1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) "It's not coming," Infowars host Owen Shroyer says as Jones gets hit with nearly $1 billion verdict As a Connecticut jury read their verdict on Wednesday — awarding nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to families of [Sandy Hook](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMTUvYS1maXJzdC1mb3Itc2FuZHktaG9vay1mYW1pbGllcy1yZW1pbmd0b24tZ3VubWFrZXItbXVzdC1wYXktNzUtbWlsbGlvbi9XA3NwY0IKY0XE70djvg_N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) shooting victims negatively impacted by [Alex Jones](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDMvYXR0b3JuZXlzLWluLWFsZXgtam9uZXMtc2FuZHktaG9vay1kZWZhbWF0aW9uLXRyaWFsLW1pc3Rha2VubHktZ2l2ZS1kYW1uaW5nLWluZm8tdG8tcHJvc2VjdXRpb24vVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)' claims that the tragedy was a hoax — statements are already being made by the Infowars camp that, somehow, the bank-busting debt is actually a win for Jones in his efforts to champion "the truth." Infowars host Owen Shroyer aired an emergency broadcast of his "War Room" show once the total damages had been announced to pat Jones on the back for what the rest of the world views as a financially crippling loss. Comparing Jones to the likes of Muhammad Ali in terms of how the Connecticut verdict will make him fight even harder, Shroyer joked about the Sandy Hook families waiting for their checks to be cut saying "They aint coming." 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(Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Angela Lansbury was the world’s big sister Born in London in 1925 to an actor mother ([Moyna Macgill](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0QkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW1kYi5jb20vbmFtZS9ubTA1MzIyNTYvVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)) and politician father, Lansbury started acting as a teenager in Shakespeare performances. With the war raging, her family moved to the United States, ending up in Hollywood. At 17, Lansbury appeared onscreen for the first time as the housemaid in "[Gaslight](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0R5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2xhc2hmaWxtLmNvbS8xMDQ5NDMxL2FuZ2VsYS1sYW5zYnVyeXMtYnJpbGxpYW50LWFjdGluZy1jYXJlZXItc3RhcnRlZC13aXRoLWFuLW9zY2FyLW5vbWluYXRpb24tZm9yLWdhc2xpZ2h0L1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)," the 1944 film that would spawn a psychological movement or at least, a name for the manipulation seen in the story, where an abusive husband tries to convince his wife that her reality is not her own. In "Gaslight," Lansbury's Nancy, the new maid, is huge-eyed and bold, speaking volumes with a slight dip of her voice or flicker of her glance. Right from the beginning, she was trying to warn us. [Read the rest from Alison Stine.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RLaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMTIvYW5nZWxhLWxhbnNidXJ5LXdhcy10aGUtd29ybGRzLWJpZy1zaXN0ZXIvVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "Conway School Board passes bathroom ban, culls books with transgender themes," [Arkansas Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0R5aHR0cHM6Ly9hcmt0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJrYW5zYXMtYmxvZy8yMDIyLzEwLzExL2NvbndheS1zY2hvb2wtYm9hcmQtcGFzc2VzLWJhdGhyb29tLWJhbi1jdWxscy1ib29rcy13aXRoLXRyYW5zZ2VuZGVyLXRoZW1lc1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "Texas family of 5 sentenced in Jan. 6 case," [CBS News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy90ZXhhcy1mYW1pbHktb2YtNS1zZW50ZW5jZWQtaW4tamFuLTYtY2FzZS9XA3NwY0IKY0XE70djvg_N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Warner Bros. Discovery is effectively killing Cartoon Network," [The Verge](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhldmVyZ2UuY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMTIvMjM0MDA5NDMvd2FybmVyLWJyb3MtY2FydG9vbi1uZXR3b3JrLWxheW9mZnMtZGF2aWQtemFzbGF2VwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "Brandy Says She’s ‘Following Doctors’ Orders’ After Reports of Seizure-Induced Hospitalization," [Variety](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RRaHR0cHM6Ly92YXJpZXR5LmNvbS8yMDIyL211c2ljL25ld3MvYnJhbmR5LWhvc3BpdGFsaXphdGlvbi1yZWNvdmVyaW5nLTEyMzU0MDEzODMvVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "Joe Biden is too timid. It is time to legalize cocaine,"[The Economist](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvbm9taXN0LmNvbS9sZWFkZXJzLzIwMjIvMTAvMTIvam9lLWJpZGVuLWlzLXRvby10aW1pZC1pdC1pcy10aW1lLXRvLWxlZ2FsaXNlLWNvY2FpbmVXA3NwY0IKY0XE70djvg_N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images) Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind The term "incel," short for involuntary celibate, began life as a [slur wielded online](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMTUvc2VjcmV0LXJlcG9ydC1kZXRhaWxzLWdyb3dpbmctb2YtaW5jZWwtdGVycm9yaXNtL1cDc3BjQgpjRcTvR2O-D83sUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Specifically the term refers to young, typically heterosexual men who claim they are unable to have sex because modern society, and particularly women, persecute men. In the past two decades, internet forums supercharged the idea's spread and made it into a community, replete with its own slang, ideology, and heroes. [Read the rest from Matthew Rozsa.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlKnTBP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMTIvaW5jZWwtbWlzb2d5bnktc3R1ZHkvVwNzcGNCCmNFxO9HY74PzexSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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