WHAT'S BREWING
BOY SCOUTS FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY AMID ABUSE ALLEGATIONS The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy amid allegations of rampant sexual abuse by scout leaders, employees and volunteers. “The BSA cares deeply about all victims of abuse and sincerely apologizes to anyone who was harmed during their time in Scouting.,” Roger Mosby, the president of Boy Scouts of America, said in a statement. [HuffPost]
BOLTON WORRIED WHITE HOUSE COULD SUPPRESS HIS BOOK John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, suggested that he was worried the administration could try to bury details about his time in the White House as it reviews the manuscript for his highly anticipated memoir. “I hope it’s not suppressed,” Bolton reportedly said during a 90-minute appearance at Duke University. [HuffPost]
BLOOMBERG MAKES NEVADA DEBATE Billionaire Michael Bloomberg qualified for Wednesday's Democratic debate in Nevada after a major poll showed him second to Sen. Bernie Sanders. It will be the first time Bloomberg, whose rise is propelled by his fortune, faces rivals for the 2020 nomination. [HuffPost]
'NO POLITICAL COST' TO SUPREME COURT EXPANSION Expanding the Supreme Court would not be politically costly for Democrats, according to an academic survey commissioned by a group that supports the idea. Aside from that, candidate endorsement has no statistically significant impact on actual behavior, including the likelihood of voting or the likelihood of voting for a Democratic or Republican candidate. In other words, when Democratic candidates endorse court expansion, there is no impact on election results. [HuffPost]
REGAN'S DAUGHTER SLAMS TRUMP “We are so bombarded with the crudeness of Donald Trump, his cruelty and wanton disregard for the tenets of our Constitution, that the image of a president who has a moral compass, reveres our democracy and follows its laws is fading from our collective psyche,” Patti Davis, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, wrote in a column for The Daily Beast. [HuffPost]
HOW WARREN BUILT A FOREIGN POLICY THAT PASSES THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF TEST Sen. Elizabeth Warren would approach the world like she would the U.S.: using the power of government to reshape the relationship between powerful wealthy interests and significantly less powerful communities. She wants to reduce America’s foreign military presence, but increase Washington’s power to tackle problems such as the way global financial corruption and authoritarianism enable each other. [HuffPost]
VIRGINIA ASSAULT WEAPON BAN FAILS Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party balked at the proposal. State senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with gun advocates. [AP] | 
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