Morning Jolt: What to Do about Conyers

Making the click-through worthwhile: John Conyers' disorientation and Nancy Pelosi's strategic obliviousness, Senator Al Franken's implausible claim that he's a victim of a witch hunt against hugs, and that big New York Times profile of a white nationalist and how it revealed more than the editors thought.

John Conyers' Disorientation and Nancy Pelosi's Strategic Obliviousness

Congressman John Conyers should have been removed from office a long time ago, for his own good:

He has already handed over much of the day-to-day committee work to staff aides and other Democratic members in recent years, and has often appeared disoriented. In at least two separate occasions -- once at a United Automobile Workers event in Michigan and once at a meeting of top Democrats on Capitol Hill -- Mr. Conyers showed up wearing pajamas, according to two people familiar with the incidents.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Conyers said she had "no knowledge this ever ...

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