"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
March 25, 2019, 07:48 PM
bald1
"If they can admit..."? They won't even utter any truth on their death beds.
Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192
March 25, 2019, 07:58 PM
olfuzzy
And meanwhile:
Another of President Trump's nominees to the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday, as the White House continues its push to transform the key left-leaning appellate court that the president repeatedly has derided as hopelessly biased and "disgraceful."
By a 77-20 vote, the Senate invoked cloture to end debate on Trump's nomination of Arizona-based Magistrate Judge Bridget Bade, a former clerk to conservative 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones. Bade is slated to replace Bill Clinton-nominated Judge Barry Silverman, who has been on senior status since late 2016 -- effectively judicial semi-retirement.
Bade was one of 51 judicial nominees the White House renominated earlier this year after the Senate failed to take action on them during the previous congressional session. Still waiting in the wings were Trump's other conservative 9th Circuit nominees: Daniel P. Collins, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia; Daniel A. Bress, also a former Scalia clerk; and former George W. Bush administration official Kenneth Lee. All are currently in private practice.
Monday's vote all but assures Bade's confirmation this week after she was cleared out of the Judiciary Committee by a 17-5 bipartisan vote in February. Democrat Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse and Chris Coons joined Republicans to support Bade in the committee, while Democrat presidential contenders Amy Klobuchar, Corey Booker, and Kamala Harris sided with Richard Blumenthal and Mazie Hirono to reject Bade.
How many men would have been strong enough to stand up under daily, relentless character assassination for 2 plus years? How many could do that and still excel in their job beyond 85% of their peers? Trump is tough as granite.
The first 15-20 seconds of this video is a great description of the man, and what he faces in DC:
March 25, 2019, 08:29 PM
Dakor
^^^^^^^ Agreed, The greatest character introduction in all of movie history! Trump needs to now set the dog loose on some current DOJ officials and previous admins.
March 25, 2019, 08:49 PM
Cliff
Joey D 3/25/19
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INTERVIEW - JOE DIGENOVA - legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia – analyzed the findings of the Mueller report.
Mueller finds no proof of Trump collusion with Russia; AG Barr says evidence 'not sufficient' to prosecute. (NBC News) - Special counsel Robert Mueller found no proof that President Donald Trump criminally colluded with Russia and reached no conclusion about whether Trump obstructed justice, Attorney General William Barr told Congress on Sunday.
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
Justice Department sides with court ruling Obamacare invalid
The Department of Justice on Monday announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The move is an escalation of the Trump administration's legal battle against the health care law.
The DOJ previously argued in court that the law's pre-existing condition protections should be struck down. Now, the administration argues the entire law should be invalidated.
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor ruled in December that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is unconstitutional, and that therefore the rest of law is invalid.
The DOJ said Monday that it agrees that decision should stand, as the case now works its way through the appeal process in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
"The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s judgement should be affirmed," the department said in a short letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The move is certain to prompt new denunciations from Democrats, who had already seized on the Trump administration's earlier call for the pre-existing condition protections to be struck down.
That stance was a major issue in last year's midterm elections, and many Republican candidates in tough races struggled with whether to say they agreed with the Trump administration's position.
Many legal experts in both parties think that the lawsuit, which was brought by 20 GOP-led states, will not ultimately succeed. The lower court judge who ruled against the law in December is known as a staunch conservative.
The case centers on the argument that after Congress repealed the tax penalty in the law's mandate for everyone to have insurance in 2017, that the mandate can no longer be ruled to be constitutional under Congress's power to tax. The challengers then argue that all of ObamaCare should be invalidated because the mandate is unconstitutional.
Most legal experts say that legal precedent shows that even if the mandate is ruled unconstitutional, the rest of ObamaCare should remain unharmed, as that is what Congress voted to do in the 2017 tax law that repealed the mandate's penalty.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
March 25, 2019, 09:35 PM
Sigmanic
Tucker pretty much nailed it tonight in his monologue. Well worth watching...
Not just the monologue but he made that one left wing jackass guest sound like a moron.
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March 25, 2019, 09:43 PM
Sigmanic
quote:
Not just the monologue but he made that one left wing jackass guest sound like a moron.
Agreed - the entire show is worth watching! But, for the folks that don't want to invest the time, the first segment monologue is really fantastic!
March 25, 2019, 09:44 PM
justjoe
Hannity gets a bit overwrought, but you could see that he and Tucker are both committed to getting the real story out-- a story of would-be totalitarians attempting a takeover of our country-- and exposing those who were behind the attempted coup. It's not just about ratings. They clearly know that our country is in jeopardy, and that the chips are down. This is a historic crisis, unlike anything since the Civil War.
Originally posted by bald1: Serving a "nothing burger!"
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