Slate Voice

In some ways, last week was a banner week for limited acts of moral courage in the Trump era. In the Senate, Jeff Flakeannouncedlast Wednesday he would join Rand Paul and John McCain to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA, citing herties to a torture regime in which she participated and then worked to obscure. She was still confirmed on Thursday, when six Democrats voted on her behalf. Also on Wednesday, a host of Senate Republicans voted to save net neutrality.