Another round of news and notes from the front lines of the debate over the FIRST STEP Act

I am not sure I will need to do regular round-ups of stories and commentary surrounding the prospects of the FIRST STEP Act. But I am sure that there have been lots of notable developments and discussion since I did this last round-up of stories just a few days ago. So, from various sources and various authors (including Jared Kushner):

• "Trump-backed prison reform bill to overhaul controversial 'three strikes' rule"

• "A bipartisan criminal justice reform bill faces an uphill battle in Congress, even as Trump promises to sign it"

• "Bucking McConnell, Sens. Graham And Paul Call For Vote On Criminal Justice Bill"

• "Conservatives Aren't Giving Up on Criminal Justice Reform Just Yet"

• "Criminal Justice reform: We can improve expensive, ineffective system by lowering recidivism"

• "GOP senator accuses fellow Republican of spreading ‘fake news’ about criminal justice reform bill"

• "Prison reform is on the horizon -- Now the Senate must pass it"

• "Bipartisan criminal-justice reform could happen soon — if the 1990s wing of the GOP gets out of the way"

• "Authoritarian Sen. Tom Cotton wants more nonviolent criminals to needlessly rot in jail"