The biggest news this weekend is, of course, that the immediate threat of a government shutdown was averted, though I strongly suspect we’ll go through the same all over again in mid-November.  But the other good news is that one of Trump’s co-conspirators in the Georgia election case has agreed to a plea deal … a more lenient sentence in exchange for telling what he knows about the other 18 defendants in the case.  My fondest hope is that this is the first of several, and that his testimony will help prosecutor Fani Willis make her case against not only Donald Trump, but the others as well.  This case needs to send a clear message to any who might consider attempting to override our votes in future elections.  Our friend Keith has the story …