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It was constitutionally required to CONSENT to seat Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court?
"Art. I, Sec. 5 states that “Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings.”...the Senate has established rules that allow it to refuse to vote on a nominee...just as it can refuse to vote on bills, treaties, or any other business..."
washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-co…
"...Democrats held up George W. Bush’s nomination of Miguel Estrada...for over two years, until he was finally forced to withdraw without ever getting a vote of any kind. They did so because they had concerns about Estrada’s judicial philosophy..."

washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-co…
By the way, we don't give a crap about Democratic Party Jesus.

We don't care if he's watching.
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It is fascinating how Brexit and Trump's election have brought out the same idiocy.

2016 was a great year for Western civilization, and I have a lot of empathy for my Brexit brethren.
Here's one of my FAVORITE pictures, by the way.

Saturday, November 12, 2016: President-elect Donald Trump and (vindicated) UKIP leader Nigel Farage meet at Trump Tower in New York City.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"The sheer freakishness of the image enhances its grip on us, for we can’t stop staring at this monstrously matey exchange of bonhomie in a lift lined with gold. Trump’s almost beatific post-electoral grin is matched by The Nigel’s starstruck guffaw."

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I see this mistake a LOT.

"12PM" and "12AM" aren't times.

The "M" in "AM" and "PM" stands for "meridiam," as in a divider. The strike of 12 noon divides the day into before noon (AM) & after noon (PM) parts.

Use 12N, or use 12:01PM.
Use 12M, or use 12:01AM.

#SundayMorning
If you use "12AM" or "12PM," it's ambiguous. Using "midnight" can also be ambiguous.

If you say, "Wednesday at 12AM," what does that even mean?!
1. Wed noon?
2. Tue midnight leading into Wed?
3. Wed midnight leading into Thu?

If you say "Wed at 12:01AM," that's unambiguous. 👍
P.S. "By convention, 12AM denotes midnight and 12PM denotes noon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_c…

I think that "convention" is due to so many people making the mistake over and over again, and so we just accept it.

I DON'T ACCEPT IT.
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When @MZHemingway recommends that you read a @VDHanson article "now," you know that it's beyond stellar, so you drop everything and read it.
"Instead of presuming Trump innocent unless he finds evidence of Russian collusion, Mueller started with the assumption that the reckless raconteur Trump surely must be guilty of some lawbreaking. Thus, it is Mueller's job to hunt for past crimes..."
realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/…
"As a result of wrongful conduct, more than a dozen officials at the FBI and DOJ have resigned or retired, or were fired or reassigned. Yet so far none of these miscreants has...faced the same legal scrutiny that Mueller applies to Trump associates."
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Mitch McConnell wrote an op-ed calling for bipartisanship, and people are not having it
#WednesdayWisdom #McConnell
washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11…
2/"The date was Oct. 23, 2010 — nearly two years into President Barack Obama’s first term and two weeks before the first midterm elections of his presidency. Speaking to the National Journal, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made a now-infamous statement:
3/“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” As The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler has pointed out, reading the quote in its full context makes it clear that McConnell was saying that it would be impossible for
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The Suffocation of Democracy

By: Christopher R. Browning

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As a historian specializing in the #Holocaust, #Nazi Germany, and #Europe in the era of the world wars, I have been repeatedly asked about the degree to which the current situation in the United States resembles the interwar period and the rise of #fascism in Europe.
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I would note several troubling similarities and one important but equally troubling difference.

In the 1920s, the US pursued #isolationism in foreign #policy and rejected participation in international organizations like the League of Nations.
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So let's see...
Mitch McConnell blocked almost *all* of President Obama's judicial appointments.
->Before<- Garland.
Oh, did you miss that?
Darn.
Then Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland.
From the Supreme Court.
--more
2. Then Mitch, the Russians, some Arabs, a few Israeli mobsters, and half a dozen multi-billionaire criminals put this dimwitted deranged golfer in the White House, and
THE ENTIRE MINDLESS PRESS CORPS said, with one voice,
3. "My, that [name deleted] sure has been a fireball at seating judges and Supreme Court Justices!"
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And I went out into the chicken house to find that bottle of whiskey I hid there.
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<sigh>
--jeff out
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Meet the #Payseur Family—Bloodline of the French Monarchs. And PRINCIPLE owners of "#1 Type A shares" in hundreds of the largest / oldest corporations in the US.
I'm digging because of #QAnon's previous posts:
3) Also cam across a few weird things in my research... Coincidence?

#QAnon #TheGreatAwakening
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President Trump just named Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. But he’s not the one backing the pick. That would be a dark money group called JCN. Let’s talk about them. 1/7
thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-of…
JCN, or the Judicial Crisis Network, looks to spend big backing Kavanaugh. They dropped $17 million to keep Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court and put Neil Gorsuch on it. 2/7
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It was clear that Neil Gorsuch was JCN’s—and the $17 million it spent—victory: its public face attended Gorsuch’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House Rose Garden 3/7
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(1) A Spotlight On Evan McMullin.
(2) His full name is David Evan McMullin. He was born on April 2, 1976.

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(3) He was born in Provo, Utah.

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