• Now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s two year probe into President Trump and Russia’s possible campaign influences on the 2016 election,  it is a waiting game to see what Attorney General William Barr decides to release to the public.
• It has been hinted at that Barr could even release his first summary of Mueller’s findings today.
• With the release of his report, Mueller has already said that he isn't seeking any new charges against Trump or his associates.
• Democrats would like access to all of the report and supporting evidence, but it is unlikely that will happen.
• That decision will require Barr to weigh the Justice Department's longstanding protocol of not releasing negative information about people who aren't indicted against the extraordinary public interest in a criminal investigation into the president and his campaign.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi already told Democrats that anything but the full report would be “insufficient” and wants to be able to discuss the full report publicly.
• In any case, Mueller’s drop of the report on Friday with no new indictments was welcome news to those associated with Trump or in his orbit.
• Trump was unusually quiet on Twitter on Friday even though he has been relentless in his attacks on Mueller’s investigation in the past. Perhaps a sign of goodwill?
• Trump may not be out of the woods yet though when it comes to legal troubles.
• There is still the matter of the Justice Department’s investigation in New York over Trump’s hush money payments that were sent to women during the campaign, and federal prosecutors are investigating possible foreign contributions made to the president’s inaugural committee.
• You can read more about Mueller's report HERE.

• Just a week after the Southern Poverty Law Center’s founder, Morris Dees, was fired from the watchdog organization, it’s current president Richard Cohen has also announced he will be stepping down.
• Cohen said in a statement that the board would now be searching for an interim president “in order to give the organization the best chance to heal.”
• Cohen has also taken responsibility for all problems that have led for the two top leaders of the organization to leave and that in October Cohen approached the board about finding a “new generation” of leadership.
• The center still hasn’t given any details on exactly why Dees was fired or why Cohen has stepped down now.
• But other reports, like from the Los Angeles Times say that an assistant legal director resigned in recent weeks over race and gender equity concerns which echo a similar story coming from a New Yorker piece where a former SPLC employee talks about his time working there and the culture of mistreatment and discrimination towards non-white and female staff by the current leadership.
• The Montgomery Advertiser also recently spoke with four employees at SPLC who also describe a “toxic” workplace environment that created a high staff turnover.
• Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff for Michelle Obama, has now been sent to conduct an in-depth review of the workplace environment.
• You can read more about the center’s fallout from Kim Chandler and the Montgomery Advertiser’s Brian Lyman, Melissa Brown and Andrew Yawn.

• An oversized picture of your face could be on Dexter Avenue next month.
• It’s all because of an international artist named JR who has created the “Inside Out” project where he takes pictures of locals in different cities all across the world and posts them up in sometimes huge displays in their town.
• It’s meant to give an identity and a voice to the people who live in these communities who may have otherwise gone unnoticed and shows what really makes a community.
• There’s a film on Netflix called “Faces Places” that explains JR’s whole process and the inspiration behind the whole thing. I highly recommend giving it a watch.
• You can learn more about how to participate and get your photo taken HERE.

• Charles Barkley put on a very humorous display of War Eagle pride last night during the Auburn V. Kansas game, in which many fans took notice.
• It ended up being a pretty great game for Auburn and put them in the sweet sixteen for the first time in 16 years.
• Congrats to them but what kind of Indiana girl would I be if I also didn't give a friendly shout out to Purdue who also won last night over Villanova in a very satisfying game.
• Go Boilermakers!
• You can read more about Auburn's win HERE.