(Matt Davies via GoComics.com) . Good for the Democrats — they should keep fighting the Gorsuch charade, no matter how sad it makes the Media Village Idiots. Per the Washington Post: Senate Democrats secured enough votes to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, increasing the likelihood that …
None of This is Normal
I have no idea why the Joint Chiefs would invite him: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, landed in Iraq on Monday, military officials said, visiting the country as the American military is aiding Iraqi forces in their brutal fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State. It was unclear what Mr. Kushner, who has been …
Open Thread: All Putingate Needed Was A Saudi Connection…
WaPo SCOOP: Blackwater founder Erik Prince held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel https://t.co/TBdvxNkeUk — Matea Gold (@mateagold) April 3, 2017 Betsy deVos’s brother, Erik Prince, pops up again… The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as …
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Cassidy-Collins is still percolating
Just a heads up, Cassidy-Collins is still percolating in the background of health policy. And it has the chance of being a winner on purely Republican terms as it forces the issue out of DC and makes health policy the problem of the governors. Do not be surprised if this keeps on showing up again …
The Maskirovka Slips XIV: Susan Rice is Once Again Public Enemy #1
Nothing in this story indicates anything improper whatsoever nor does it explain or justify Nunes's bizarre conduct. https://t.co/tlMh2TduMR — Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) April 3, 2017 Bloomberg‘s Eli Lake, who seems to have become the Congressman Nunes whisperer, reports: White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities …
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Why pay for what is needed?
The Washington Post reports on a punitive policy idea out of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who not only supports work requirements and premium payments but also a new additional condition: to make applicants undergo a drug test if they’re suspected of substance abuse. If Walker gets his way, Wisconsin would be the …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Keep Resisting
Bill Nye is going to march on Washington https://t.co/ogDRWizE3k pic.twitter.com/EUaO4zyz1Y — Popular Science (@PopSci) April 3, 2017 Bill Nye, star of the megahit “Science Guy” television show of the 90s, announced his public support of the March for Science in a blog post on Thursday. The April 22 march is billed as a call for …
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