The level of specificity in this plea agreement should be at least disquieting for the congressman,

Ella has had her share of hard knocks. She knows first-hand what pain feels like.

Historically, political contributions have not been treated as bribes. If political contributions are bribes, then you ask for help from that same politician, then you could run a paddy wagon up K Street and clear out the place, because that's the way business is done in this town, and that doesn't make a bribe.

I don't know that you can realistically blind

Puppets do not have thoughts, they are more like our thoughts, images of our thoughts, as if our minds were populated with remnants of the older, more cliched stories that we manipulate and that manipulate us.