MaddowBlog will probably be pretty quiet today in honor of the 4th of July.
That said, I’ll be around and may jump back in with some content if there’s a major, unexpected news development.
Looking ahead, readers should also expect relative silence over the weekend — our Saturday feature, “This Week in God,” will return a week from tomorrow, on July 12 — barring a major breaking news story. We’ll return to the normal schedule on Monday morning. In the meantime, this can serve as an open thread.
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."