And there it is. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially a member of SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/CY1xiaagyf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 7, 2022
inshallah https://t.co/HaaLr3EbuB
— zeddy (@Zeddary) April 7, 2022
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And there it is. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially a member of SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/CY1xiaagyf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 7, 2022
inshallah https://t.co/HaaLr3EbuB
— zeddy (@Zeddary) April 7, 2022
Some Republicans walk out during the applause. Mitt Romney stays and continues to clap pic.twitter.com/b9z8huQQIY
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 7, 2022
Huge presser with CBC members happening just off the Senate floor after KBJ confirmation vote: pic.twitter.com/WJ6Tb7nEEF
— Jordain Carney (@jordainc) April 7, 2022
Rand Paul is late to the vote on Justice Jackson; he was distracted working on some comments about her in his family newsletter.https://t.co/uS3m1qUh4i
— HatIsWithCriminalDefendants (@Popehat) April 7, 2022
In conclusion: this was the fullest, and the most joyful, I've seen the chamber be in a long time.
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) April 7, 2022
Biden and Judge Jackson during her SCOTUS confirmation vote. (Mandel Ngan/Getty) pic.twitter.com/ZfCbFYuZAT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 7, 2022
Psaki: "I'm not spending a lot of time, nor is the president, thinking about the dress code of Rand Paul today. We're thinking about the historic confirmation of an eminently qualified Black woman to serve on SCOTUS. I'm not really worried about his khakis." pic.twitter.com/0RKyr6qXIe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 7, 2022
#MoscowMitch lies like normal people breathe — and presumably for the same reasons:
Baier: It used to be that nominees were not attacked over ideology, especially if they had the votes which clearly the Democrats did. Do regret any of the rhetoric?
McConnell: No, ideology is the point… pic.twitter.com/jzIH2StlkZ— Acyn (@Acyn) April 7, 2022
A little SCOOPLET in Playbook PM: The White House has begun sending invitations to an event celebrating Jackson’s confirmation Friday afternoon at the White House.
I'm told Biden, Harris and Jackson are all expected to attend.
https://t.co/inktkohBtW— Eugene Daniels (@EugeneDaniels2) April 7, 2022
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is having absolutely none of Rep. McCarthy’s attacks on the 1/6 committee:
“We were gonna have a 9/11-style commission … You know who vetoed it? The 4th branch of government, Donald Trump, who some of their members slavishly report to like sycophants.” pic.twitter.com/x3y6jz4v6w
— The Recount (@therecount) April 6, 2022
If you only watch one thing today, make sure it’s this clip of Jamie Raskin. pic.twitter.com/48m4O0MINU
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) March 29, 2022
House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene heckles Jan. 6 committee member Jamie Raskin as he urges House to hold Navarro and Scavino in contempt of Congress, shouting epithets: “Ashli Babbitt” and “What about the Russia collusion”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 6, 2022
Raskin response Greene Heckling: The gentlelady said something about the Russian hoax… if she wants to continue to stand with Putin and his bloody invasion, she is free to do so and we understand there is a strong Trump/Putin axis in the gentlelady’s party.. pic.twitter.com/aZQMRe4FmJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 6, 2022
Very strong pro-Putin axis — here’s the ‘objectively pro-war crimes’ caucus:
Six GOP House members voted against a bill that would require the State Dept to report and preserve evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Tom Massie (KY)
Scott Perry (PA)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA)
Warren Davidson (OH)
Andy Biggs (AZ)
Paul Gosar (AZ)— Kristin Wilson (@kristin__wilson) April 6, 2022
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Gotta respect the bald moral deciduousness of pretending to be scandalized by the DNC chair saying rude things about Republicans in the same week an elected House GOP member called Democrats "pro-pedophile." https://t.co/F6xIrdLqOC
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
Good for Jaime Harrison. Hot-Take Josh should be listed as a major in-kind donor on the RNC’s balance sheets.
Of course, his defense would be But I’m just doin’ it for the lulz social media klout!
Or lol Hillary's "gaffe" about the basket of deplorables? Or Obama's "cling to guns and religion" and "you didn't build that"?
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
Guys like Josh (and a lot of the Republican professional class) don’t like to be made to feel uncomfortable by the reality of what they’re enabling and get very offended when you point that out
— Jay (@jdbatts79) April 6, 2022
I've never seen Kraushaar offer an analysis that wasn't just a naked expression of his own preferences. It's honestly kind of impressive.
— Merkin Muffley (@MerkinMuffley5) April 6, 2022
The clicks were so easy when the former guy was running the news cycle with 200+ tweets per day and an unlimited White House corruption buffet with carryout boxes for later book material
— Tweetmonger™️ (@DwayneFuhlhage) April 6, 2022
Basically this. Journalists either knowingly launder bad-faith Republican complaints into weeklong debates or they're so naive that they shouldn't be covering politics. https://t.co/zIDjcwk7IP
— Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) April 6, 2022
When fascists are doing it,
Hypocrisy is just advertising. pic.twitter.com/tJPbcdyhNO— SirFox (@DemonBob_Badman) April 6, 2022
Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Our Failed Major Media, Wired for RepubsPost + Comments (35)
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NEW: Responding to my question what he says to Democrats worried about the midterms, President Obama tells me: “We got a story to tell, just got to tell it.” pic.twitter.com/eBFsi0o9rA
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) April 5, 2022
Biden's public approval rating up three points to 45%: Reuters/Ipsos poll https://t.co/9c40oaj9zf pic.twitter.com/wcPPxTQlir
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 6, 2022
You don’t understand — Steve has a stylish ‘Roland Headley War Correspondent’ outfit all picked out!
Steven Portnoy of CBS News asks Jen Psaki why the US isn't calling for a world war against Russia at this point pic.twitter.com/NVbnGNavA9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 5, 2022
Top U.S. Senate Republican: Passing COVID aid requires border amendment https://t.co/ieCqlvpRZ8 pic.twitter.com/vWzdddn6zq
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2022
Study: States won by Trump in the 2020 election have higher murder rates than those carried by Joe Biden. The highest murder rates, the study found, are often in conservative, rural states. https://t.co/jUbtnOzsEX
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 5, 2022
They agree that NATO is very accomplished, but they can’t support NATO’s legislating from the bench. https://t.co/KJfPxNygYR
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) April 5, 2022
A plausible reason for the timing of the invasion, in fact, is Kremlin concern about the closure of a window of opportunity as the damage the previous — and Republican-led — U.S. administration had done to NATO partnerships & Ukraine’s self defense was repaired.
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) April 5, 2022
Probably the 20th fully vaxed person who I’ve heard has tested positive in the past three days (one of whom was me).
If you are due for a booster and haven’t gotten it yet, do it. https://t.co/065oUl6ntB
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 6, 2022
One needs only see Putin cite cancel culture as a justification for invading Europe while a Supreme Court justice hides his wife's involvement in a coup driven by a belief in extradimensional lizard currency to know this is an astute observation by the President. https://t.co/hXXW3fxHXN
— zeddy (@Zeddary) April 4, 2022
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Ukraine President Zelenskiy says he will address UN Security Council on Tuesday https://t.co/P9hlebFCNq pic.twitter.com/8oakUCtbre
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2022
Republicans opposed Social Security in 1935; Medicare in 1965; the ACA in 2010 and COVID Relief from 2020-2022. That's who they are.
These life-saving pillars of American health and financial security became law anyway — because Democrats fought back and won.
That's who WE are!
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) April 4, 2022
Probably not the best place for this, *but* so many of us are in this demographic…
Cataract surgery may reduce your dementia risk. Older adults who underwent cataract removal had a lower risk of Alzheimer’s. Conclusion from a study of 3038 people 65 & up. 1382 had cataract surgery. All were part of a decades-long memory study https://t.co/u1TPkgjRsS
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) April 5, 2022
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The Senate pushed Judge Jackson's nomination past a key hurdle with a 53-47 vote Monday. The chamber voted to “discharge” Jackson's nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee after the panel deadlocked earlier.https://t.co/2Cw6uUuQjD
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson secured the support of two more Senate Republicans, as she cleared a procedural hurdle toward becoming the first Black woman to serve on the nation's top judicial body https://t.co/pu2civdVQ3 pic.twitter.com/eCBZP42QNs
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2022
Iowa voter: “The main thing they did this for is so they could get TV time.”
Grassley: “I’m not going to dispute what you said… But that doesn’t apply to me. ”
“Excuse me senator! You are the head [of them]!”
(h/t @American_Bridge) pic.twitter.com/eErM4M5SUj
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 3, 2022
Here's a breakdown of how the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. pic.twitter.com/3OAWxEmbXD
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2022
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U.S. House panel investigating Capitol attack aims for May hearings https://t.co/l16DDXfetF pic.twitter.com/4bGbAVmMmp
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2022
.@WHCOS Klain says Pres. Biden has confidence in Attorney General Garland to make decisions about possible prosecutions.
“Only Richard Nixon and Donald Trump, in the modern era, believed that prosecution decisions should be made in the Oval Office." https://t.co/iO2b8gcEBY pic.twitter.com/DLARSxKmkm
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 4, 2022
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Everything All At OncePost + Comments (129)
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The Rappahannock Tribe, in Virginia, has reacquired 465 acres of its sacred land — thank you Madame Interior Secretary for making this happen. pic.twitter.com/hCjcjf4b7B
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) April 2, 2022
Only if you insist on framing it this way.
Sheesh. https://t.co/gD1TdLCXMJ
— Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) April 2, 2022
New: Jan. 6 committee sources tell me one benefit of Jared Kushner testifying for more than 6 hours yesterday is that it might get other Trump officials worried about what he said — and get them to also appear
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 2, 2022
peculiar that nearly every Claremont Institute guy seems real sad that Russia is getting pantsed. wonder what that’s about
— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) April 2, 2022
J.D. Vance, despite his big talk at yesterday’s America Frist Con, once again writing checks he can’t cash:
Lol
If you're gonna try to link dumb culture war stuff and pop culture you should really hire an intern to create a cheat sheet of which corp owns what IP https://t.co/4bIgEss2ua
— Mike Black (@MikeBlack114) April 2, 2022
(Why hasn’t he cancelled his Disney subscription, since The Mouse owns Star Wars now?)
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Trans people exist everywhere.
We are in every country, in every state, in every city and neighborhood. This Trans Day of Visibility, we celebrate by being more visible than ever before. #TDOV pic.twitter.com/FOWRiWNk20— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 31, 2022
Biden issued a statement today to mark Transgender Day of Visibility:
“To everyone celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility, I want you to know that your President sees you.” https://t.co/VJBe42Vmop pic.twitter.com/ApXZFLLWuQ
— Axios (@axios) March 30, 2022
Elsewhere…
Asked if he could comment on the reports about declassified intel showing Putin doesn't trust his military leadership, Biden, while getting a vaccine shot, answered: “No, I can't." https://t.co/BKESi24bLJ
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 30, 2022
A super political action committee affiliated with Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reserved almost $102 million in ad time in a bid to defend Democrats’ narrow majority in the House https://t.co/JtAmocq6J3 via @gregorykorte
— Mario Parker (@MarioDParker) March 30, 2022
My most unpopular take, at least on this website, is the Democratic Party is extraordinarily skilled at politics. How else could they fight GOPers more or less to a draw, despite the fact that the Constitution — and especially the malapportioned Senate — is rigged against them?
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 30, 2022
The wild thing is one of the GOP’s talking points for this hearing was to all promise KBJ that they’d be fair to her and wouldn’t make personal attacks. They knew going into it that it would backfire on them if they went nuclear on KBJ.
And they still couldn’t help themselves. https://t.co/el3cZQw3Vj
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 31, 2022
Kirsten Sinema now has a big sad, because while Susan Collins may not be very bright, she can tell which way the wind blows…
Biden is “incredibly grateful to Senator Collins for her thorough and fair consideration,” White House spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield says at press briefing. https://t.co/utE4USSpas
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 30, 2022
Facing new political reality, Sen. Murkowski considers a vote for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Jackson https://t.co/WZ7fegzuL1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 31, 2022
But one perk of being on the Judiciary Committee is, if you like to demagogue about cultural issues, every few years or so you can be the star of the next SCOTUS confirmation hearing!
I think that explains the quality of the Republicans who sit on the committee.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 31, 2022
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