Al Franken’s return to national politics appears increasingly imminent.

USA Today’s decision to give the former senator a 900-word platform in its op-ed section to rage against Judge Brett Kavanaugh this week is another indication of that. “Brett Kavanaugh is a partisan who was nominated, and will likely be confirmed, in order to help achieve the Republican Party’s goals: destroying protections for people with pre-existing health conditions, eradicating what’s left of workers’ rights and, yes, overturning Roe v. Wade,” Franken wrote on Friday, slamming Senate Republicans for “destroy[ing] the independence of our judicial system and turn[ing] it into yet another partisan battlefield.”