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Jennifery Bendery @jbendery with the scoop:

huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
"Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says he’s not inclined to support judicial nominee Steven Menashi, a major blow for an already controversial court pick."

“I’m real doubtful,” Kennedy told HuffPost...

huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
“My thought is, look, if he’ll treat a United States senator the way he treated us, I wonder how he would treat the people.”

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"Kennedy said after the hearing, he asked Sen. Lindsey Graham to bring Menashi back in for another hearing so senators could have a 'second shot at it.' It’s not clear if Graham supports doing so."

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"The president used Pence to tell Zelensky that US aid was still being withheld while demanding action on corruption. At that time — following Trump’s call with Zelenksy — Ukraine probably understood action on corruption to include investigating Biden"

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This is a very bad look:

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He didn't "register" it?

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"Mr. Trump has quietly been urging a deal to reduce tensions between Ukraine and Russia that would pave the way for a removal of Western sanctions on Moscow, long a goal of Mr. Putin’s."

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"Mr. Trump himself hinted that was his goal when asked about Mr. Zelensky two weeks after the July 25 call. “I think he’s going to make a deal with President Putin, and he will be invited to the White House,” Mr. Trump told reporters."

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Just that line alone, from an American president:

“I think he’s going to make a deal with President Putin, and he will be invited to the White House.”

Let that sink in for a second.
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Jennifer Bendery
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Remember Steven Menashi? Trump's controversial judicial nominee who progressives are strongly opposing + Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is "doubtful" of supporting?

Now he's tied up in Trump's Ukraine scandal. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee just sent Menashi a letter with detailed ?s about what he knew about Trump's Ukraine call + the whistleblower complaint.

Menashi has been a White House legal advisor for a year. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
In case you don't know of Menashi, he's Trump's pick for a lifetime seat on a US circuit court who worked w/ Stephen Miller on Trump's immigration policy + helped Betsy Devos roll back Title IX protections for survivors of sexual assault on campuses.

He also said all this stuff.
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Cat 1 vs TS label only means WIND SPEED - which is largely irrelevant in this case.

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River already high, ground sodden.
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(3) Read this article to see why I am extra worried about NOLA this time.

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Marshall Cohen
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ROLLING THREAD: Here is what lawmakers are saying about the possibility of Trump pardoning Manafort. Our reporters are hustling on Capitol Hill.
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1) The MAGA Army Of Judges Are On Their Way

As the Democrats continue to implode, something historical happened in the Judiciary Committee earlier today.



From the article linked above:

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved more than three
2) dozen nominees to the federal bench, paving the way for a full vote before the Senate as President Trump continues to reshape the federal judiciary.

The nominees include six to the federal circuit courts, to which Trump has already appointed 30 judges. The Senate Judiciary
3) Committee also approved 34 nominees to the federal district courts, two to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and two to the U.S. Court of International Trade.

The 44 judicial nominees passed out of the committee marks the most approved in a single markup since 1981.
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Jamie Dupree
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I'm in the room and getting set up
The view from the other side of the witness table. Right now, it's like early pre-boarding. Soon it will be elbow to elbow at the press table
Forgot the photo. Rookie.
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Buster Hyde USMC/Ret
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Premature Re-Closure
In his May 2017 testimony, Comey maintained that both Abedin & Weiner had been investigated.

Sen John Kennedy (R-La.) to Comey (under oath)
"Is there an investigation with respect to the two of them?"

Comey:
"There was.... it is..we completed it."😳
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Couldn’t prove any sort of criminal intent.”
At the time, the Senate Judiciary Committee was
UNAWARE that the FBI had NOT interviewed Abedin
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