That Politico polling linked above has 2 of the 3 most competitive NC House races as "toss ups" (both currently held by Republicans in districts that went solidly for 45)
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SB, US prosecutors are never "obliged" to prosecute.
And a significant majority of white collar defence lawyers aren't convinced that Kavanaugh would lose a criminal perjury prosecution based on his testimony at these hearings (the standard is quite high). As I've mentioned before, there is a chance that that changes as more of the documents the Republicans withheld become public over the next two years.
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Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostIf a house impeachment proceeding shows illegality - such as perjury - would federal prosecutors be obliged to prosecute? And if Kavanugh was locked up, would that be enough to persuade the Senate (I assume the answer is "no" to pretty much anything Kavanaugh might have done, including murder)?
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostA cautiously positive article on the decline of female GOP voters.
I didn't know that more women than men voted in US elections by such a significant margin. Nor that the male shift away from Dems began during the Civil Rights era. We really do wear the black hats don't we?
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So an actual Nazi is gaslighting America
https://twitter.com/mattgertz/status/1049697900698263552?s=21
https://twitter.com/mattgertz/status/1049698530791759872?s=21
And all that can save us is Taylor Swift.
https://twitter.com/brian_mansfield/status/1049474668388859905?s=21
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"I can't say enough good things about Jared and Ivanka," Haley said during Tuesday's news conference. "Jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. ... And Ivanka has been just a great friend, and they do a lot of things behind the scenes that I wish more people knew about, because we're a better country because they're in this administration."
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Is "seriously but not literally" still a thing?
In other news, some quite spectacular lying adverts in here. I'd have thought Republicans trying to make out that ex-military Democrats were peacenik traitors was a waste of money, but perhaps it isn't. Especially when you lie. These people must have grown up with posters of Saxby Chambliss on their walls.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...idterms-876287
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The Nikki Haley theory I've seen going around is that she'll be the perfect person to be appointed interim Senator for South Carolina when Lindsay Graham gets made AG after Beauregard is sacked, which conveniently has to happen after the mid-terms, just when Haley said she's leaving the UN job.
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I think the assumption goes that only a sitting or former Senator could get confirmed. And Graham was auditioning for the job last week, and Trump was duly impressed. There's no other Senator who's more likely to be offered the job, or more likely to get confirmed. If Graham can't get confirmed then probably nobody can.
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I don't get the premise.
There was a time when "traditions of collegiality" almost required Senators to vote for colleagues who were nominated for Cabinet positions, but that ship was set ablaze and adrift years ago (with Graham just having done another incendiary bombing run on the hulk last week).
It may be that no one who would immediately fire Rosenstein and Mueller could be confirmed, but to me that is a feature, not a bug.
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Originally posted by Tubby Isaacs View PostI'd have thought Republicans trying to make out that ex-military Democrats were peacenik traitors was a waste of money, but perhaps it isn't. Especially when you lie.
This Republican was, of course, the same guy who got into office because a rigged Supreme Court interpreted the constitution as saying that meeting the vote counting deadline is more important than counting the votes properly. And all the articles I've read in the last week that say the Supreme Court has become a partisan institution beyond repair thanks to Mitch McConnell. They Supreme Court already rigged an election in 2000, surely that should have set alarm bells ringing.
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