Crash Course: Fani Willis unleashes the Kraken: Trump and 18 others indicted on racketeering charges

Fulton County D.A. files sweeping indictment of Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman and 15 others. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmvd--P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvczRlYjYwOHVyOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWRhazdlejJkYTZXA3NwY0IKZNS_WttkA0Oy2lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmvd--P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNWc5cmRxMGFtbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWRhazdlejJkYTYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZNS_WttkA0Oy2lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Fani Willis unleashes the Kraken: Trump and 18 others indicted on racketeering charges Former President Donald Trump and a long list of alleged co-conspirators were indicted late on Monday night on felony racketeering charges by a grand jury in Atlanta over Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. 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Stop underestimating the culinary potential of cottage cheese (and its lumps) Ashlie D. Stevens: For too long, [cottage cheese](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmvd--P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNzlyMGZqczA5aC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWRhazdlejJkYTYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZNS_WttkA0Oy2lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) was unfairly yoked to the diet industrial complex or discarded as an old-school, if virtuous, [deliÂ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmvd--P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva3g1anhpMzA0bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWRhazdlejJkYTYmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZNS_WttkA0Oy2lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)or diner side. However, it's seen some reputational repair in recent years. 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