Happy Friday. Rep. Raul Labrador came to Congress in 2011, a tea party darling with hopes of upending Washington as it is. He wanted to drain the swamp before that became a slogan. Now’s he’s leaving Congress, more disillusioned than ever. “This is a place that just sucks your soul,” he says. [Politico]
-> From @petridishes: "I bet Jeff Sessions also likes that part of the Bible where a man suggests there is a higher authority than government and that children should be suffered to come unto him and is duly punished by the proper authorities”
Behind the Headlines: Tribune reporters Jessica Miller and Lee Davidson, columnist Holly Richardson and editorial page editor George Pyle join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories, including the exclusion of LGBTQ resource centers from the Provo Freedom Festival and the Salt Lake City Council forbidding Mayor Jackie Biskupski from suing the state over the inland port without their permission.