Just a little review…..
Brett Kavanaugh is a US Federal Judge…
He’s a person like us all….
Right now?
He’s been on the bench for over a decade…
Had several FBI background checks and worked for the Justice Department…
But?
In this weeks US Senate confirmation hearings?
He sure didn’t sound and act like a local, state or federal judge…
Certainly not a guy up for spot on the nation’s highest court….
Angry….
Defiant….
Sneering….
And political….
He is dealing with being accused by at least FOUR women of sexual miscount back in the day…
Now instead of going along with letting the FBI check out the accusations against him?
He seems to have stretched the truth in speaking to members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee….
He has gone after his accuser in an unlikely judge’s manner…
He has NOPT looked like a man who should be passing judgement over others and certainly sounds intolerant to efforts to find the truth even if it’s unpleasant ….
And this has knocked his numbers among the public which does NOT get a chance to vote on his job application…
I understand Trump was told to pick someone else…
I see why…..
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New Open Thread is HERE….
Good morning people….
Something else most people did know the sneaky Republican’s are trying get over for Trump….
Orrin Hatch is one devious old timer …
Natasha Bertran
If confirmed, Kavanaugh—who was speaking primarily to an audience of one yesterday—will be on the bench when the Supreme Court hears this landmark case that could strengthen Trump’s pardon power.
Twitter
Something else most people did know the sneaky Republican’s are trying get over for Trump….
Orrin Hatch is one devious old timer …
Natasha Bertrand
If confirmed, Kavanaugh—who was speaking primarily to an audience of one yesterday—will be on the bench when the Supreme Court hears this landmark case that could strengthen Trump’s pardon power.
Twitter
Apparently you accept the idea of a “neutral,detached jurist.”
Any lawyer will tell you what a crock that is.
I agree Jack, no one is neutral in that sense of the word. But shouldn’t we seek a Judge who isn’t a political hack (see the Starr investigation) and who cries at the drop of a hat? Kavanaugh is unhinged and vindictive. He’s emotionally unsuited to sit on that Court.,
Jack…You mean Judges ARE POLITICAL?
Big winner from this Kavanaugh brouhaha?
Lindsay Graham
Graham ,often described as a “liberal” by conservatives in S.C. is now being hailed as a hero .He was already being looked upon more kindly by many of these types due to his dropping his former “neverTrumper” persona and essentially joining the cult.
In 2014,Lindsay received an unimpressive 56% Of the vote against seven nobodies.With his new Right Wing act he will likely be a shoo in in 2020 unless the Cult leader decides that Lindsay’s kissing of the ring is sufficient obeisance to merit the AG position when Beau Sessions bites the dust.
Are you talking about the Lindsaay Graham who worked for compromises with Democrats on such things as Immigration?
Not sure your point James, immigration reform used to be a conservative proposal.
Lindsay has gone over to the dark side, the Steven Miller and Trump side. He won’t be running for re-election, because he will be in Trump’ Cabinet.
Lindsey,Rubio, Schumer and others (gang of seven) worked TOGETHER on immigration reform before Trump turned GOPer’s to the Dark Side
Once again ,living in the past.
What does any of this have to do with the here and now?
Let me answer for you,James…
Not a damn thing.
Lindsay Graham circa 2018?In the Cult!
Our supposed “Never Trumper” on this site was absolutely giddy over Graham’s histrionic audition to be the Cult Leader’s next AG on Thursday.
Shows you how hollow that movement is.
Yes,I’ve been saying for awhile that,despite the various posts here about different Republicans who occasionally issue anti Trump public statements ,they’re not a significant part of the now Trump Party.
Several ,indeed ,have literally found a new career writing books and appearing on tv as “anti Trump Republicans”(see for instance Rick Wilson, prior to Trump essentially aFlorida political operative ,now elevated to national status ,and regional talk show hosts Charlie Sykes and John Ziegler).
When did that bill pass Congress James? I must have missed that!? And, why is this relevant now?
I believe it didb’t
I believe it’s in the 2nd one the House just passed?
Are you intentionally being obtuse?
The point was referencing something that the Republicans have now repudiated isn’t evidence that they are compromising on anything.
Are u saying that GOPer’s lie like their party leader Keith????
I’d say THAT applies to a good many Republican lawmakers….
Yes….
James ,for reasons unknown, feels some weird duty to defend Republicans when any of us offer criticism of them.
As we have both pointed out his “defense” is nothing but irrelevant “whataboutisms.”
Much of this is,in my view, due to his refusal to accept what the Republican Party has become.See for instance his statement that Trump has turned Republicans to the “dark side.”
Trump isn’t the cause of anything.He is simply a logical consequence of where the Republican Party has been heading for years.James, on the contrary, seems to view the Republican Party as a mildly conservative group which has been hostilely taken over by Trump,thus we are often treated to his sometimes hilarious efforts to “prove” that most Republicans “really” don’t support Trump ,that his approval ratings are in a precipitous decline ,and that ,if he would just exit the stage ,Republicans would abandon this phase of their existence as some kind of “bad dream” and cheerfully become born again “compromisers” eager to do business with their Democratic counterparts.
All of to which I respond,
Horse manure.
There are many books showing how the GOP has been moving unidirectionally to the Right since 1964 (Goldwater & the Civil Rights Act), 1968 (the Southern Strategy), 1973 (Watergate, Roe v. Wade & The Moral Majority), 1980 (Reagan’s nomination) and/or 2010 (the Tea Party), for example How the Right Lost Its Mind (2017) by Charles Sykes.
At each point, successive groups of relatively moderate Republicans felt squeezed out, so that the Republican Party of 2018 looks almost nothing like that of 1963 — more like the Dixiecrats of 1963 or the McCarthyites of 1953.
But Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 primaries did mark a very sharp, abrupt lurch to the Right, and to the party’s base rather than its leaders and former donors.
Hey Keith….
Here’s the link on the House passed tax tac cut 2.0 bill….
The Politico piece points out the Senate isn’t considering the bill…
South Dakota Governor
http://cgpolitics.blogspot.com/2018/09/south-dakota-governor-race-of-day.html
Morning All
Tennessee Governor
http://cgpolitics.blogspot.com/2018/09/tennessee-governor-race-of-day.html
SNL open worth a watch…
Tennessee U.S. Senate
http://cgpolitics.blogspot.com/2018/09/tennessee-us-senate-race-of-day.html
Morning All….
Donald Trump is doing a presser rant….
There will be TONS of follow up media
Jon Cornyn says it would be “cruel” to make Mark Judge testify because he has anxiety. Of course Dr. Ford has anxiety too but ….
Cornyn can go fuck himself
Love the discussion today!
Quebec elects CAQ majority government, Liberals see historic losses
Liberals knocked out of power by François Legault’s party, Parti Québécois leader resigns
Benjamin Shingler · CBC News ·
Posted: Oct 01, 2018 7:14 PM ET | Last Updated: 35 minutes ago
Coalition Avenir [Future] Québec, a right-of-centre party that has never held power, will form a majority government in Quebec, dealing a historic blow to the incumbent Liberals, according to a CBC News projection.
“We did it!” CAQ candidate Geneviève Guilbault exclaimed, beaming, as news of the majority was broadcast on a giant screen behind her at the party’s Quebec City headquarters, only half an hour after polls closed.
“This is finally happening, this big change for all Quebecers,” said Guilbault, who may become deputy premier under CAQ Leader François Legault.
The election also saw major losses for the pro-independence Parti Québécois at the hands of another emerging party, Québec Solidaire. The PQ’s leader, Jean-François Lisée, resigned in his concession speech.
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The CAQ, which promises to lower taxes, privatize some aspects of the health-care system and cut the number of immigrants, capitalized on an appetite for change among Quebec voters.
The Liberals had held power for the past 15 years, with the exception of a brief PQ minority government.
Founded in 2011, the CAQ was the favourite heading into the campaign, though Legault stumbled badly at times, particularly when pressed to explain his party’s immigration policy.
But he regained momentum in the final week of the campaign, much of which he spent in the regions outside Montreal, where he enjoys broad support among key francophone voters….
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-election-result-1.4846201
First shoe drops?
The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe
BREAKING: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not teach at Harvard Law next semester, the school announced Monday.
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
Maybe this is an obvious point, but it seems like Kavanaugh’s defenders want to judge his lies/misdirections by the standards of a political or a partisan operative, rather than those of a Supreme Court nominee under oath.
Yes DSD….
It’s NOT supposed to be this way….
But it seems to be …
The United States will no longer give same-sex domestic partners of diplomats and United Nations staff visas to live in the country, under a new policy that took effect this week.
Married same-sex spouses – like opposite-sex spouses – will still be eligible to enter the country, but it remains illegal in most countries around the world for same-sex couples to wed…..
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Jason Kander has withdrawn from the Kansas City Mayor Race after revealing that he suffers from PTSD and depression.
Kander who narrowly lost a Senate race a few years ago ,has been mentioned as a possible future presidential candidate.With this revelation, such talk is over.
Kander is wisely electing to deal with his personal issues and leave politics behind.
Good luck to him.
Kander is a young enough guy he cpuld come back in some capacity. Perhaps in a decade or so.
Ironically enough the Senate seat that Kander narrowly missed winning in 2016 was previously held by a Democrat who battled depression–Thomas Eagleton. Revelations that he sought electroshock therapy led to him resigning as Vice Presidential nominee in 1972.
The NYTimes is breaking a story on tax dodges done by Trump or his businesses….
This would known to Mueller who has just about ALL of Trump people who handled his finances singing like birds ….
I’ll post this up later with reactions
Trump’s father started paying his son in the six figures since he was 3 years old….
New York State is looking at this…
Post coming later…
Latest emanations from the Trumpworld, via the Mystical Medium of Twitter:
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This is really an incredible time for our Nation – WE are RESPECTED AGAIN!
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“America will always be a nation of great builders, because in America, we honor work, we honor grit, we honor craftsmanship, we honor the men and women who turn dreams into a reality with their own two beautiful hands.” — President @realDonaldTrump
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“USMCA Wins Praise as a Victory for American Industries and Workers”➡️http://45.wh.gov/USMCA
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Proud of our great First Lady – and she loves doing this!Donald J. Trump added,
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.@FLOTUS holds a 6month old baby at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana. The First Lady handed out teddy bears and Be Best-themed blankets donated by the White House to young children and their mothers.
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Yesterday, it was my great honor to present the Medal of Honor to Ronald J. Shurer II, for his actions on April 6, 2008, when he braved enemy fire to treat multiple injured Soldiers. Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-award-medal-honor-5/ …
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THE ONLY REASON TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT IS IF YOU’RE TIRED OF WINNING!
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Great reviews on the new USMCA. Thank you! Mexico and Canada will be wonderful partners in Trade (and more) long into the future.
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Happy 7th birthday to Tristan, a very special member of the Trump family!
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WOW – THANK YOU TENNESSEE!
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Thank you Tennessee – I love you!
Good Morning People
The fireworks continue!
Confiident, eh?
Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennesee Republican who at times has been at odds with President Trump, told Hill.TV on Tuesday evening that he is confident Senate Republicans will have enough votes to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by “no later than Saturday.”….
More…
I’ll have a daily poll post later but her’s why I doubt that the NJ Senate seat is going anywhere….There are a good many undecided’s…But they include a good amount of Dem’s who I can’t see being against Trump and voting for a GOP senator
A new Fairleigh Dickinson poll finds Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) leads challenger Bob Hugin (R), 43% to 37% among likely voters…..
Vox
White evangelicals are the only religious group to approve of Trump’s presidency
Twitter
The Atlantic
Conservative women activists around the country are angry about what’s happening to Kavanaugh. And they think voters are angry, too. @emmaogreen reports:
Twitter
If you have a cell phone?
Trump & Co. just checked in
For some reason, the alert I got was in Russian.
He, he, he
REALLY CG????
then, without asking for them, he sent me some photos of Melania.
Morning All…..
Collins just said she thinks the review was ‘thorough’….
Seriously
Does ANYBODY think this guy IS NOT gonna be confirmed?
It looked dicy about a week ago…
But NOW?
Chris Cillizza
Comments by Flake and Collins leaving GOP briefing suggests this cake is baked (or close to it). Kavanaugh looks like he’s headed to the Court….
Twitter
Like the Tax Bill….
In the end this about policy
Brett Kavanaugh will carry the water for theRepu Lucan Right
33 days until the 2018 Midterm elections vote….
I don’t think it was ever that” dicey.”
The Democrats got played with this demand for an FBI “ investigation.”
All that did was provide cover for the three Republican fence straddlers
Politically, it would have been better to have taken the vote last week ,minus the “ investigation “( Unlike Republicans who complain when an FBI investigation doesn’t back up their beliefs,I have no criticism of what the FBI did ,considering the restricted contours they were operating under)
The Democrats wanted the re-opened check
I don’t think they got played..
They put up fight helping their base
They were gambling for toehold
It looks like they lost
Collins, Flake and others always scurry back to the party
And this IS really about a guy telling the Rights political policy wants
Of course james will ignore that he insisted on here last week that Kavanuagh would be pulled or had no chance.
Yes, jack is correct. The Democrats did get played on the FBI investigation. (Of course that was never anything other than a stalling tactic. They knew very well that the FBI would not find anything on Kavanuagh.) Republicans should thank Jeff Flake on that.
The Democrats have gotten played on Supreme Court politics for two years now. This whole debacle for them might wind up costing a Senate seat or two as well.
I just said LAST week Kavanaugh looked like a loser
THAT has changed CG….
Yes
The majority party in the Senate is in the drivers seat in confirmations
We learned that with Gerilick , eh?
Dig this…..
A Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate was arrested Thursday with what police said was 48 pounds of illegal pot.
State police arrested Compassion Party candidate Anne Armstrong, along with the party’s candidate for attorney general, Alan Gordon….
More…
More local details about off-brand candidates for Governor of Rhode Island.
One of the two losers to Cranston Mayor Allan Fung in last month’s GOP primary, House Minority Leader Rep. Patrician Morgan, has endorsed not Mayor Fung, but the independent candidate, also a former House Minority Leader, Joe Trillo, the R.I. chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaigns. (So far, ex-Rep. Trillo has not polled in the double digits.)
The other members of the House Republican caucus have responded by removing Rep. Morgan as their leader.
See (for example):
https://turnto10.com/politics/candidate-for-governor-joe-trillo-says-he-has-major-announcement
https://turnto10.com/politics/morgan-removed-as-house-minority-leader-hours-after-endorsing-trillo-for-governor
¶ As for that story about the arrest of the Compassion Party’s candidates for Governor and Attorney General, here’s a local news link:
https://turnto10.com/news/local/compassion-party-candidates-for-governor-and-ag-arrested-with-48-pounds-of-pot
I get hit up for about 20 campaign funding money requests daily…
“Sixty House Democratic candidates broke the $1 million mark in fundraising from July through September, a whopping total fueling the party’s campaign to retake the House in November,” Politico reports.
“Thirty of those candidates exceeded $2 million raised last quarter, while eight of them brought in more than $3 million over that period.”
Politicalwire…
Morning People….
Boston Red Socks beat the NY Yankees 5-4…..
Good Morning All….
Good Afternoon People…
I’m hoping the NY Giants can somehow get their shit together this afternoon ….
Morning All…..
29 days until the Midterm Vote in most place….
Some states are already voting….
The NY Giants get better…
But not good enough to get the win….
Brett Kavanaugh begins working with the Supreme’s….
However, the San Francisco Giants ….
699 days, or 99 weeks & 6 day(s) since Election Day, 2016
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TODAY
29 days, or 4 weeks & 1 day until Election Day, 2018
87 days, or 12 weeks & 3 day(s) until the 116th Congress sits
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Former First Daughter Barbara Bush was married yesterday in Kennebunkport, Maine to some actor/screenwriter. This was all kept a secret.
Her father, the former President, walked her down the aisle, her grandfather, the former President, was the ring bearer, and her Aunt Doro officiated the wedding.
Congrats to all.
They all looked Happy in photo’s and the family has. Grown…
Congrats to all. Glad to hear GHW Bush was able to make the trip. For the 1st time ib our nation’s history we have 2 94 yr old former Presidents–with Jimmy Carter celebrating his birthday last week.
Bless ALL the old timers …
I remember reading a piece recently on The Carter’s who live simply and are a bit active….
I take it the piece was not about Sean and Beyoncé Carter.
One of my neighbors married a woman from Plains, GA. When they went back there to visit family they were invited to lunch with President Carter and Rosalynn at their farm house. I saw the photos. Yes they live veey down to earth.
Your President tweets:
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Great to see @AGPamBondi launch a cutting-edge statewide school safety APP in Florida today – named by Parkland Survivors. BIG PRIORITY and Florida is getting it done! #FortifyFL
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Every day, our police officers race into darkened allies, deserted streets, & onto the doorsteps of the most hardened criminals. They see the worst of humanity & they respond with the best of the American Spirit. America’s LEOs have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation!
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We thank you. We salute you. We honor you. And we promise you: we will ALWAYS have your BACK – now and FOREVER! #IACP2018
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America’s police officers have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation. In moments of danger & despair you are the reason we never lose hope – because there are men & women in uniform who face down evil & stand for all that is GOOD and JUST and DECENT and RIGHT! #IACP2018
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It was my great honor to address the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. Thank you! #IACP2018 #LESM
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Departing Washington, D.C. for the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. Look forward to seeing everyone soon! #IACP2018
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Columbus Day is not going well for the Cleveland Indians.
The Atlanta Braves and Washington Redskins are having uneasy feeling about now..
But the Browns have more wins right now then the last few years!
You mean Indigenous People’s Day ?
Murder in the Bronx; the Evil Empire loses 16-1 to Red Sox Nation.
Boston now leads the 5-game American League Division Series 2 games to 1
Brock Holt (B) makes Major League history by being the first player ever to hit the cycle in post-season play.
A seven-run fourth inning put the Red Sox in control as they routed the Yankees, 16-1, to win Game 3 of the American League Division Series.
The Sox lead the series, 2-1, and can clinch it with a win Tuesday at Yankee Stadium in Game 4.
Brock Holt hit for the cycle, the first time any player has done so in the postseason.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.BostonGlobe.com.
Good Morning ……
BK first day at work…..
The country still is in one piece….
Morning All….
When in trouble?
Run AGAINST Hillary Clinton?
Doug Wong
@DWongDC
Heidi Heitkamp calls out Hillary Clinton for saying Democrats ‘cannot be civil’ with Republicans
What Hillary said yesterday was horrible. I do not know how any sensible person can defend it.
As Trump’s has the RIGHT to say what he pleases….
(Even you don’t defend EVERYTHING the guys says)
So does Hillary….
I defend very little of what Trump says.
When Hillary speaks in the way she did, she makes clear that she has a lot in common with Donald Trump in the way she views others and the people who will defend her are the exact same sort of people who defend the things that Trump says.
Cruz backs out of a Town Hall event with O’Rourke…..
Morning people….
Morning…..
The U.S. evangelist pastor who’d been arrested and held for trial in Turkey has just been released and will soon return, according to these tweets recently sent out by Pres. Trump:
Donald J. Trump
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PASTOR BRUNSON JUST RELEASED. WILL BE HOME SOON!
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My thoughts and prayers are with Pastor Brunson, and we hope to have him safely back home soon!
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So nice, everyone wants Ivanka Trump to be the new United Nations Ambassador. She would be incredible, but I can already hear the chants of Nepotism! We have great people that want the job.
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Working very hard on Pastor Brunson!
New Open thread is here….
Amazing how so many things Trump either says or does is excused with the Clinton card. Just like the old days.
But I never recall Michelle Obama complaining about being the most bullied woman in the World, or Barack Obama inviting someone who used the word “motherfucker” into a media event in the Oval Office. Do you?
Oh but someone used the “N” word in front of Obama and that was “horrific.” Not horrific enough for the ordinary racists in the Republican Party to stop, but they’re entitled white boys. You know the kind that work at the White House and keep flashing the white power symbol.
The relentless “whataboutism” to excuse this Administration is getting old, very old. It’s still amazing why someone who “isn’t very much a Republican” would spend so much time defending the Trump Party.