Kavanaugh

Thirty-nine members of Congress, primarily from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, signed this letter to Trump yesterday, committing themselves to pursuing an investigation of Brett Kavanaugh that could lead to his impeachment.

Friday morning-- AGAIN-- the battle over Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation completely dominated the news. The blockbuster NY Times investigation into Trump's history as a fraudster seems to have disappeared entirely from the headlines without a trace. These were the top xxx headlines on Memeorandum on Friday morning.

John Neely Kennedy, the junior senator from Louisiana, sounded like an imbecile yesterday when, as part of the Kavanaugh brouhaha, he referred to his Democratic colleagues by saying that "These are people-- I’m not gonna name names-- but I’m not sure they have a soul. I don’t think their mother breast-fed them.

Students were to leave on buses on Wednesday night, spend two nights on the bus, and return Friday morning. The credit was only offered to students opposing Kavanaugh. The course reportedly was canceled after an uproar from taxpayers and citizens.

The Democrats and the media lost on Thursday, as the seventh FBI investigation related to Judge Brett Kavanaugh turned up no corroboration of accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations that the Judge sexually assaulted her in 1982.

by NoahRemember when Melania Trump announced her "Be Best" campaign? Yeah, I barely did as well. No matter. Every First Lady adopts a cause and "Be Best" was, at least on paper, her effort to do something for the mental, physical, and emotional welfare of children. She has even given some words, if not much in the way of actions, to the problem of bullying.

Going Down by Nancy OhanianThe pundit class doesn't remember how different wave elections are. Seats no one was looking at suddenly some into play. Whose war chest is bigger stops being meaningful. TV ads are just as expensive but really unimportant. Even name recognition stops mattering.

Democrats are laying a perjury trap for Kavanaugh by asking detailed questions about inscriptions in his yearbook and drinking games from 35 years ago. If he is confirmed, Democrats plan to impeach him on the basis of contradictions in his testimony about sexual terms in his yearbook.

by NoahWith all the commenting on Brett Kavanaugh and his lowlife character issues, let's not forget another major line in this sordid episode of American history. Let's not lose sight of what the Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court has rawly exposed, and that is that, to the Republican mind, sexual assault is not wrong in any way, shape or form. They don't get why anyone would be upset about it.

When The Arizona Republican Party first selected Flake as its candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2012, he had already served 6 terms (12 years) in Congress. Before that he had been executive director the the Barry Goldwater Institute. His credentials as an extreme right-wing kook-- with a libertarian bent-- could not be challenged. His first primary was against 4 conservatives, although Flake was by far the most conservative. In the House he was a bit of a pest to establishment Republicans as he fought to end earmarks and special interest corruption.