from Robert Caro's Master of the Senate, about LBJ: "there took place therefore so many 'extended discussions' of measures to keep them from coming to a vote that the device got a name, 'filibuster,' from the Dutch word vrijbuiter, which means 'freebooter' or 'pirate'..." /1

"Buffalo Bills and Sabres fans must be fully vaccinated to attend games at Highmark Stadium and KeyBank Center this fall, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said: " 'Our goal is 100% full house and that's ensuring everybody entering that facility, fans, staff are vaccinated' "

new Monmouth University poll: proportion who say they'll never get covid vaccine if they can avoid it 5% of Democrats 22% of independents 43% of Republicans

"...and which passed into the Spanish as filibustero, because the sleek, swift ship used by Caribbean pirates was called a filibote, and into legislative parlance because the device was, after all, a pirating, or hijacking of the very heart of the legislative process..." /2

"Like seniority, filibustering became a tool of the South early on..." /3

from my CNN colleague @Kevinliptakcnn : "The US intelligence community has only 'low to moderate confidence' that Russia offered bounties on American troops serving in Afghanistan, and isn't imposing punishment on Moscow for the possible action, a senior official said"