BECAUSE OF COURSE: GOP Sen. Murkowski says she’ll vote against Blanche confirmation, jeopardizing the nomination. “Murkowski said the job needs to go to an Attorney General who will “‘check the worst impulses of the administration,’ and she doesn’t think Blanche would do that. She said she is also concerned about the weaponization of the Justice Department, which she said has become more frequent under the Trump administration.”

Murkowski voted to confirm Barack Obama’s “loyal wingman,” Eric Holder, as AG.