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tl;dr: “On #SCOTUS, McConnell is Nervous” nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/…
Note: I do wish the Thapar part was: (1) way higher than the last graf, and (2) explored more for its effect in shaping McConnell’s thoughts on the other possible nominees/process.
BTW, today is the 10th anniversary of Judge Kethledge taking the bench. He’s currently on the 6th Circuit — and one of Trump’s top possible nominees for #SCOTUS (although it sounds like he’s in 4th, as of today, but that’ll likely change a dozen times before Monday night).
Also today, the anniversary of Reagan’s announcing he would be nominating Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court.
Heh.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies the foreign country-owned company's request to stay a contempt order resulting from its refusal to comply with a grand jury's subpoena. Chief Justice Roberts' "administrative stay" is vacated, so the result is the contempt order is back in effect.
That order of the court follows this request, made Monday but put on the docket today, to file a cert petition in the case under seal. Not clear what will happen with that now, but the contempt order (and associated fines) will now be back in place.
REDACTED DOCUMENT: Here's the redacted motion at SCOTUS, noted previously, of what appears to be the foreign-owned company seeking to file its petition for certiorari in the grand jury dispute under seal. documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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In the wake of yesterday's contentious hearing involving Concord in the Russian troll farm case, Concord's lawyers are STILL AT IT, in a new filing that could be one sentence and instead is four pages: documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
Here's @ZoeTillman on yesterday's hearing: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Concord's lawyers say that Judge Dabney Friedrich created "at a minimum an appearance of bias or prejudice in favor of the government" yesterday.
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JUST IN: Natalia Veselnitskaya — the lawyer in the Trump Tower meeting — was indicted related to her alleged actions the Prevezon matter (a hearing for which she also attended on that day in June 2016) on Dec. 20, 2018. The case was unsealed today. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
Here's my report on this Very Interesting Development. —> The Russian Lawyer At The Trump Tower Meeting Was Indicted On Charges Of Obstructing Justice In A Money-Laundering Case buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
Update: I just talked to Bill Browder about today's Veselnitskaya indictment news: Needless to say, he's happy. buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
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That moment when Q drops the most intel he has in weeks, and you're on the road travelling all day! 😩
I know I'm late to the party folks, but I'm back and ready to rock! 🤓🙏🏻😎

This will be my QThread for January 6th.
2. Drop 2653
The History of RBG.
Ruth is a radical socialist who was appointed by Bill Clinton to provide #SCOTUS protections for the DS. Q linked an article that summarizes the radical views of Ginsburg. humanevents.com/2005/08/23/sen…
3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. RBG was appointed by Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993.
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🌿Calm🌿

📌The 2008 meltdown helped launch this grass roots, whether you call it the tea party, conservative, populist movement, it helped Trump get elected,” said Rep. Jim Jordan a first-termed in 2008.

📌2008 meltdown Op ->TeaParty Op = 45 Op

📌Stay tuned😎
🌿Calm2🌿

“I was ..wondering whether I wd just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway, & that I would just be personally annihilated.”

Christine Blasey Ford, on whether to come forward

The FBI investigation will address any inconsistencies
🌿Calm3🌿

Kavanaugh lied when he claimed seniors were allowed to have beers because the drinking age in Maryland was 18, the legal drinking age in MD at the time was 21.

👉🏼The American Bar Association had concerns about Kav 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.
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Ok, as it's almost noon on the west coast:

I know everyone's wondering what might happen next with the Michael Cohen fallout/Jeff Sessions/etc. but:

1. We are SEVEN business days out from #SCOTUS confirmation hearings beginning. You know what to do.

(Scroll up for more information)

2. It's important we continue to pay attention to what the Senate is doing. By now, you've probably heard of the DeVos proposal on using federal funds to buy guns.

Support the Chris Murphy amendment block.

washingtonpost.com/news/grade-poi…
3. McConnell is about to try and push through 17 more nominees, including 12 judicial nominees.

rollcall.com/news/politics/…
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Sometimes, people get annoyed when I tweet about the same thing over and over, but we can't stop focusing on Kavanaugh/#SCOTUS, all.

Here's a key story about Kavanaugh from the release of Bush White House-era documents today. Take the time to read it: nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/…
Remember: Mitch McConnell has been pushing for September hearings all along, with the aim of confirming Kavanaugh by October 1st.
rollcall.com/news/politics/…
While it looked like the Democrat fight for documents might delay the hearings past September: politico.com/story/2018/07/…
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#SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh says the White House first called him hours after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he was stepping down. That and more in Kavanaugh's newly released Senate questionnaire buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Kavanaugh membership as an undergrad in Yale's Truth and Courage Society isn't listed in his Senate questionnaire, which only asks for memberships since he started law school (it was in his DC Circuit questionnaire). Previously from @mollyhc on this: buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyh…
@mollyhc Since becoming a judge in 2006, Kavanaugh's newer memberships included coaching youth basketball teams, volunteering with Catholic Charities, and joining the John Carroll Society (for Catholic professionals) and the Lawyers Club of Washington
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☘️MondayMadness☘️

Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. CC Judge of the U.S. Ct of App for the D of C , to replace Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy on the #SCOTUS

Ex-WH ethics chief Norm Eisen files complaint demanding probe into Jim Jordan sex abuse coverup claims
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A federal judge has ordered Michael Flynn and Robert Mueller’s team to appear in court on Tuesday for a hearing

The Secretive Puppetmaster Behind Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

Ivanka Trump's Chinese-Made Products Conveniently Spared From Dad's Tariffs
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Trade Wars Risk Sparking Mass Currency Devaluations

Pyongyang is now emphasizing that the Summit accord is just the start of talks, not a promise to unilaterally disarm as 45 falsely claimed.

James Packer resigns from Consolidated Press Holdings board
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