Yesterday’s confirmationhearings for Department of Education (DOE) nominee Betsy DeVos went exactly as many of us thought they would … The only thing that could have been better is if President-Elect Trump had just announced he was doing away with the department altogether … I’m under no illusions that DeVos or Trump or anyone else will ever take down the DOE.…
I wonder what about the confirmationhearings changed McCain’s mind. … Another data point in the hypothesis that the GOP Congress will rein in Donald Trump.
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Making matters worst and, simply, more convoluted, is the fact that other Trump nominees to mostly non-environmental postings in the … Because of this, Senate confirmationhearings for several of these positions have gone, wildly, off topic and will continue to do so … With such things in place, we can move forward with Trump, only if he is willing to join us.…
Ten Democratic senators are running for reelection in states Trump won in November. … Sure enough, Senators McCaskill (MO), Manchin (WV) and Tester (MT) were calling for hearings and confirmation vote before Gorsuch was … Two more defections and Gorsuch’s confirmation is assured.
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President Trump lets us know:
My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too … Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018
For background read my two posts here | here. … Mohammed submitted a request to the judge overseeing pretrial hearings in that case, Army Col. James Pohl, Colonel Poteet said.…
FILE – In this Thursday, June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Rose … Senate committee that conducted confirmationhearings for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Pruitt, said in a letter Tuesday … The question now becomes this: What will Donald Trump do?…
proper for him to do so without giving the President a chance to pull his nomination (he first committed to recusal during his hearings … before confirmation) is an argument for another day. … Donald Trump helped that along by running his mouth about the “Trump/Russia thing” to Lester Holt. No one can deny that.…
Thus, gun rights may dominate any confirmation hearing with Sykes. … hearings. … It really does not matter who Trump nominates because, well…Trump where the Democrats are concerned. …
The latter will be used against him in confirmationhearings since Leftists equate voter ID requirements as akin to poll taxes which … This would be a battle royale of a confirmation fight and one Trump may be looking for. … David Stras
Elevated to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals by Trump, this Trump nominee won confirmation by a 56-42 vote. …
This also validates the argument of the Pro Trump people who in 2016 argued that picking the replacement for Antonin Scalia needed … to go to a Republican even if it was someone who was incredibly flawed as a candidate as Trump. … If RBG does decide to step down be prepared for a more bruising battle than the Kavanaugh hearings.…
There has been heavy insinuation around the edges, but only with the Trump administration have Democrat senators on the Judiciary Committee … One of the early adopters of religious bigotry disguised was Dianne Feinstein (D-China) during the confirmation of Notre Dame law professor … Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said to Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmationhearings in 2017 to serve as U.S.…
of Justice Kavanaugh who, during his confirmation hearing, was accused of sexual assault. … 866-OUR-VOTE (@KristenClarkeJD) January 24, 2019
Huffington Post culture and politics writer Lauren Bassett zeroed in on the Trump … hearings for the Supreme Court Justice in October 2018:
Ernst, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, said that she believed that “Dr.…
CNN, Kellyanne Conway described an assault she says happened to her in October:
[T]he White House counselor to President Donald Trump … His highly-charged confirmation process saw militant progressive activists virtually take over Washington, DC in a mob-rule-style show … It’s not known if Inabinett was motivated by the Kavanaugh confirmationhearings, but what *is* known is that the confrontation happened…
Remember in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmationhearings when Kamala Harris glared at Kavanaugh, asked a question, and then threateningly … “Trump was at the center of that effort.” … evidence that Trump said anything even close to, ”storm the capitol, folks!”…
Then Sykes and Colbert went on a rant about the justices lying in their confirmationhearings. … SYKES: “It’s like these judges, they basically lied during their confirmationhearings.”
COLBERT: “Especially Kavanaugh.” … In their confirmationhearings both women claimed a respectful viewpoint on Heller and gun rights, but issued strong dissents on Bruen…
members of all time, the view of him from the left is – not surprisingly – much different, which we first saw during his 1991 confirmation … hearings when then-Sen. … There has also been the disgusting targeting of his wife Ginni over the fact that she, like former President Donald Trump, believed…
Bush] (btw Trump won a higher % of the popular vote than Bill Clinton, who picked RBG & Breyer)…
Any questions, so far, Ilhan? … Omar’s accusation was based on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s refusal to hold confirmationhearings for Merrick Garland during … the 2016 lame-duck session of Congress, and holding confirmationhearings for Amy Coney Barrett in October 2020, also an election…
hearings. … Democrats’ hatred of Trump has made it impossible for them to accept his vindication. … If Mueller had enough evidence to charge Trump with obstruction, he would have done so.…
President Donald Trump with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, speaks before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the … Gillibrand suggested during an interview on MSNBC that “action” be taken against Trump-nominated Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil … And if they then go back on this — this statement they made during their confirmationhearings — I think we should look towards what…
…the…these people…ah…that…on the United States Supreme Court went through confirmationhearings and many of them in their public comments … prior to being nominated in their confirmationhearings and subsequently made it pretty clear what their position was on Roe v. … And make no mistake, few on cable television opposed Trump in a more laughable, ludicrous, and audacious manner than Wallace.…
A former on-air colleague adds: “He leans pro-Trump now.”
Wait, what? … gratuitious swing at Mollie Hemingway, whose bestselling book, Justice On Trial, a scathing rebuke of the Bret Kananaugh Supreme Court confirmation … hearings, has made her a top target of the progressive groups like MMfA:
A former colleague who sees him as one of the last remaining…
Confirmation of that comes from of all places, a well known anti-Trump publication, Foreign Policy. … The answer is the Trump administration’s Syria policy. … Starting with the economy, Trump set about and continued to improve all the U.S. DIME elements.…
Visual Confirmation Denied. Obama Decides Against Releasing Bin Laden Photos.
4. … Visual Confirmation Denied. Obama Decides Against Releasing Bin Laden Photos. … When he negotiated a contentious issue with Senator John Cornyn of Texas, his logical gravamen was “I won, and I will trump you on…
Russians hacking into the DNC emails, creating fake social media pages and profiles, in order to froth up the political waters, or Trump … hearings. … He wasn’t just abandoning Trump to the wolves.…
It covers the same ground that was covered by an intensive FBI investigation during the course of the confirmation hearing and it doesn … Roberts immediately replied with this nonsense:
We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. … This opens the door to an ugly confirmation hearing in the midst of a presidential election.…
