Gorsuch is confirmed
Good. It wasn’t easy to get there, but it’s done. That’s one of the main reasons a lot of people on the right held their noses and voted for Trump.
Continue reading →Good. It wasn’t easy to get there, but it’s done. That’s one of the main reasons a lot of people on the right held their noses and voted for Trump.
Continue reading →After the Syrian gas attack, President Trump had a choice: do nothing or do something. It’s a choice all presidents face, because sooner or later they will be tested—usually sooner, and not just once but many times and in many … Continue reading →
Here’s a bit of nuclear option history: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was smugly looking ahead to the presidency of Hillary Clinton last October and the possibility that Senate Republicans might dare to filibuster the new president’s Supreme Court … Continue reading →
Yesterday “The Other Chuck” had several questions, and this was one of them: There are several things about the unmasking by Rice other than the political angle that bother me. If it was motivated purely by politics, surely she would … Continue reading →
We all knew it would happen. But now it has happened: the GOP has voted to exercise the nuclear option for the confirmation of SCOTUS justices. This does away with the ability of the minority Senate party to block a … Continue reading →
I feel his pain. No, truly, I do. RINO extraordinaire John McCain has indicated (if these reports are correct) that he will be voting to end the filibuster for the Gorsuch nomination. He says he’s not happy about it: “It … Continue reading →
I’m still taking everyone’s suggestions (thanks for so many!) about the renaming of the blog under advisement. I may just be lazy (and responsive to most of you) and keep the status quo. But if I change it, it will … Continue reading →
I went shopping recently for a dress for a certain formal-ish occasion. Spent quite a few hours doing it, to no avail. So I decided to look online instead. I thought that would save me some time and effort. Ha! … Continue reading →
Andrew C. McCarthy has an important point to make about Susan Rice and the ummasking: The national-security adviser is not an investigator. She is a White House staffer. The president’s staff is a consumer of intelligence, not a generator or … Continue reading →
Here are two male ballet dancers performing the same variation from Don Quixote. Which do you prefer? I know which one I’d choose. Barani—whom I’ve never seen dance in person, nor even heard of–is very impressive, very athletic, one of … Continue reading →
The media is full of articles about Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice’s role in “unmasking” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports. See this, for example: Former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice ordered … Continue reading →
Quite a few people on the right think so. Marc Thiessen writes Filibustering Gorsuch is not only transparently partisan but also strategically stupid. Scott Johnson of Powerline appears to agree: The Democrats’ filibuster is irrational from the perspective of the … Continue reading →