Justice

The Justice Department has dropped the case against Michael Flynn.

The next question is whether anyone will be punished for this. Only Durham’s team (and probably Barr) know the answer to that. Also, kudos to the tenacity of Sidney Powell.

[Update a few minutes later]

More from the AP. Note the anti-Trump spin.

[Update a while later]

Here’s how the hacks at AP describe Sidney Powell: “a conservative commentator and outspoken critic of Mueller’s investigation .”

They apparently didn’t think that it was worth noting that she was a former assistant U.S. Attorney at the Department of Justice, back in the days when it lived up to its name somewhat better.

[Saturday-morning update]

John Solomon: The dirty dozen revelations that sunk Mueller’s case against Flynn.

[Bumped]

[Update a while later]

Jim Jordan has a very pithy op-ed.

Hypertension

It’s pretty clear that those most at risk are those with other underlying conditions (most notably, I think, obesity and diabetes, which themselves often go hand in hand).

High blood pressure is one of them, but has anyone seen any numbers that indicate that it can be in and of itself? I’d bet that the rate of bad outcomes for someone (like me) who only has hypertension is pretty low. The reason that it is listed as one of the underlying conditions is that large number of people with other condition also have it. That is, other than my slightly superannuated condition and that, I don’t think I’m at high risk.

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